Michael Wang in the cutoff faced an early-position limp and a pot-sized bet from another opponent. Wang re-potted it and the early position player moved all-in. Wang and the other player in the hand called, with Wang having both opponents covered.
Early position:
Late position:
Michael Wang:
Wang's aces held as the board ran out and both opponents were eliminated.
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Lexy Gavin bet pot in late position and the player in the small blind raised to put her all-in. Gavin called.
Lexy Gavin:
Small Blind:
The board ahead of the river came out , giving Gavin a flush draw and giving her opponent a straight draw. The peeled off on the river and Gavin was eliminated when her opponent made his straight.
Big stack Narunat Bas Pansuntorn was involved in a three-way pot on a flop that read . One opponent bet 25,000 which Pansuntorn called as did another opponent who had a substantial stack himself.
The turn brought the . All three players checked. The river came the . Pansuntorn bet 80,000. His opponent with the large stack called and the third player in the hand folded.
Pansuntorn showed the for the flush and took in the nice pot to add even more to his gigantic stack.
Greg Raymer was spotted getting up from his chair without any chips.
The board read and Raymer's hand of was left begging against the better full boat of Stephen Foutty who continued his surge up in chips, going from as low as 40,000 not long ago to north of a million.
Day 1 of Event #24: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack at the 2021 World Series of Poker is officially over with Shen Liang and Ahmad Shiraz leading the pack as the only two players to bag with more than two million chips.
Liang and Shiraz will be joined on Day 2 by 66 other players who bagged and tagged, with popular poker vlogger Andrew Neeme being one of them.
Event #24 Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Shen Liang
United States
2,285,000
76
2
Ahmad Shiraz
United States
2,165,000
72
3
Michael Prendergast
United States
1,890,000
63
4
Eric Polirer
United States
1,515,000
51
5
Donnie Phan
United States
1,515,000
51
6
Bosu Avunoori
United States
1,445,000
48
7
Daniel Wasserberg
United States
1,420,000
47
8
Maxx Coleman
United States
1,355,000
45
9
Emanuel Santiago
United States
1,350,000
45
10
Anthony Plotner
United States
1,295,000
43
Day 1 of the PLO tournament lasted for 11 hours and began with 1,572 runners, 236 of whom made the money and locked up a cash of at least $936. Over a dozen players ended the day with more than a million chips, among them Michael Prendergast, Eric Polirer, Donnie Phan, and Bosu Avunoori.
2004 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Raymer made a deep run but was ultimately eliminated in 125th place for $1,294. Fellow bracelet winners David Williams and Michael Wang joined "Fossilman" in making the money but also didn't make it to Day 2.
Other players in the field who didn't make it through Day 1 included Maria Ho, Shaun Deeb, Barry Greenstein, Ryan Laplante, Brandon Shack-Harris, Lexi Gavin, and Ethan "Rampage Poker" Yau.
The second and final day of the PLO tournament will commence on Oct. 13 at noon local time and will play down to a winner — who will earn a coveted bracelet and $127,428 in cash.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to cover the Day 2 action, so stay tuned.