Michael McKenna Chip Leader After Day 1 of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship
Ten hours of play have been completed and Day 1 of Event #65: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship is officially in the books. The day saw 175 players enter the tournament throughout the duration of the day and when the final hands were through, Michael McKenna (355,600) found himself as the chip leader among the 118 remaining.
Randy Ohel sits in second. Ohel was seen entering the tournament shortly after the first break. He chipped up steadily, reaching almost 100,000 in less than three hours of play. He was one of the chip leaders by the third break with around 136,000 and was flirting with the 200,000-mark by the last break of the night. The last two levels of the night saw that increase to his final resting total of 304,100
Third in chips and hot on his tail is Omaha Hi-Lo beast Kate Hoang, who found a double up early on and accumulated her stack to 291,800 over the course of the day without much resistance. Rounding out the likely top five in chips are Stephen Johnson (228,000) and Robert Cowen (215,700).
Other notable players to bag large stacks include Alex Foxen (170,600), Scott Bohlman (166,000), John Esposito (155,000), and Chris Vitch (126,100), who spent most of the day at or below starting stack before working his way to an above-average stack at the end of the day.
Many other entrants were not as fortunate. Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu, Jennifer Tilly, Erik Seidel, Roland Israelashvili, and Julien Martini were among the 57 players to be eliminated during today’s action.
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. Action checked to the original raiser who made a continuation-bet of 2,500. Hoang called and Foxen folded.
turn, bringing the 
river. Hoang bet 4,000 and her opponent confirmed the amount before tossing in chips to call.
, good for Broadway and the pot as her opponent sent his cards to the muck.
with a player from middle position all in. Action was on the cutoff, who had a bet of 3,000 in front of him already. He folded, putting action onto Roger Teska on the button who had a bet of 15,000 already out. He called all in for less than the original shove to put action on the small blind, who was the final player in the hand. The small blind asked for a count and ultimately made the call.
and he earned the triple up. The small blind took down a small side pot with queens and nines while the player from middle position became one of only a few casualties in the tournament thus far.
as the dealer counted her stack of 55,100 for her opponent to match. With the double, she now finds herself with over six figures and is a name to watch out for as the tournament progresses.
and both players checked. Radanov's opponent bet 2,000 on the 
and action checked to Yockey, who bet 3,000. Linkenback called and the cutoff folded.
and Linkenback fired for another 20,000. Yockey called.
to make a pair of tens with the nut low and take three-quarters of the pot.
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