There are nearly 180 players registered right from the start and below are a few of those already in contention.
There are nearly 180 players registered right from the start and below are a few of those already in contention.
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Cards are in the air with over 160 entries to begin the day.
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
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Today sees the start of Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-Handed), which will get underway here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 2 p.m. local time with starting stacks of 60,000 and blinds of 200/300/300. Levels will last for 60 minutes on all four days of the event.
Day 1 will play for ten levels with a 15-minute break every two levels. Day 2 will start up at 1 p.m. Thursday and play for ten levels with 15-minute breaks and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 16 around 7:30 p.m.
Day 3 will follow a similar structure and Day 4 will play down to a winner with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a to-be-determined dinner break.
Last summer, the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship drew 731 runners for a prize pool of $6,798,300. Lou Garza won the event for $1,309,232 in a spectacular finish that saw him proposing to his girlfriend after defeating heads-up opponent Arthur Morris.
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lou Garza | United States | $1,309,232 |
| 2 | Arthur Morris | United States | $809,167 |
| 3 | Stanislav Halatenko | Ukraine | $570,307 |
| 4 | Travis Pearson | United States | $407,915 |
| 5 | Peng Shan | China | $296,154 |
| 6 | Sam Soverel | United States | $218,297 |
| 7 | Kosei Ichinose | Japan | $163,405 |
| 8 | Ren Lin | China | $124,243 |
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Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-Handed)
Jour 1 a débuté