Event #18: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha
Jour 1b a débuté
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #18: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha
Jours 1b
Event #18: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1b Starts at 4
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The second flight of the PLO-lossus, or Event #18: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha starts at 4 p.m. This is an unlimited reentry tournament that yielded a prize pool of over $1.2 million last year with 2,483 entries. Ryan Laplante won his first WSOP bracelet in this event and is the defending champion. He took the first-place prize of $190,328.
This is the second of two total starting flights. Day 1b will run for 18 30-minute levels and players will start with 5,000 chips. Late registration is open for the first six levels and players have unlimited reentries during that time. Last year, the first few levels of this tournament were completely wild and players couldn't seem to buy in fast enough. This is the second year for this event, which was a success last year. Last year's event became the largest live pot-limit Omaha tournament in history.
The 2017 WSOP is in full swing with several events wrapping up today in Brasilia, but Event #18 — which is possibly the most exciting — is kicking off what is sure to be an exciting Day 1b at 4 p.m. in the Amazon room,
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Niveau: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Some Runners for Day 1b
Niveau 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Bryce Yockey's table hasn't arrived yet, so in the midst of an entire flight filled with players Yockey is alone at his table waiting to be dealt his first hand. Meanwhile, the rest of them are likely to have lost or gained several chips since entering.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | -5,300 |
|
5,000 | 800 |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
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5,000 | -8,300 |
Blast Off
Niveau 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Jeff Hwang just tweeted one of the first hands from early in Day 1b. Hwang can likely be seen in any oot-limit Omaha field around Las Vegas for whatever buy-in.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
Niveau: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Abgar Bagoyan Makes a Boat
Niveau 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Abgar Bagoyan and two other players got all in on the turn with the board reading 
.
Bagoyan: 
Opponent #1: 
Opponent #2: 
The river was the 
, which gave Bagoyan a full house and won him the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,000 | 12,000 |
Mike Dentale Pots the Turn, Jason Mercier and Other Multiple Bracelet Winners Join
Niveau 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Mike Dentale was heads up on a flop and check-called 650.
The turn was the and he bet the pot by tossing out 3,500 chips. The pot was only 1,950 but it got the job done and his opponent folded.
Jason Mercier, Eric Lindgren, and former WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider have also joined the field.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
6,000 | |
|
5,000 | 3,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
Niveau: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Of All the Tables In All the Tournaments
Niveau 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
There are notable players and recognizable faces throughout the field, and sometimes a bunch of them end up at the same table.
Adam Owen, Naoya Kihara, David Williams, and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Howard "Tahoe" Andrew are all at the same table.
And the reward for best table change so far goes to three-time WSOP bracelet winner Rep Porter who spent about two minutes at his first table and then moved to the right of five-time WSOP bracelet winner Jason Mercier.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
9,200 | 9,200 |
|
6,200 | 6,200 |
|
|
5,700 | 700 |
|
5,100 | 5,100 |
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4,600 | 4,600 |
|
4,300 | 4,300 |