Liberto Leads in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
After 17 levels of play, Day 1 of Event #58: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better at the 2022 World Series of Poker has come to an end. Out of the 1,303 players to start the day there were 203 who bagged tonight and with 196 spots being paid; they are almost in the money. The total prize pool is $1,739,505, with a min-cash of $2,404 and the first-place prize is $289,610.
The title of chip leader went to WSOP bracelet winner, Justin Liberto, who bagged 791,000 at the end of the night. Hailing from Baltimore, Liberto has multiple cashes under his belt over the years and won his first bracelet at the 2015 WSOP in Event #51: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed. He will be looking to add a second one to his collection but with two more days of play and a stacked field today, competition is fierce.
Event #58: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Liberto | United States | 791,000 | 132 |
| 2 | Richard Crooks | United States | 675,000 | 113 |
| 3 | Jacob Ferro | United States | 639,000 | 107 |
| 4 | Peter Neff | United States | 568,000 | 95 |
| 5 | Michael Banducci | United States | 555,000 | 93 |
| 6 | Rodney Spriggs | United States | 499,000 | 83 |
| 7 | David Prociak | United States | 432,000 | 72 |
| 8 | Richie Allen | United Kingdom | 425,000 | 71 |
| 9 | Bradley Helm | United States | 424,000 | 71 |
| 10 | Corey Wade | United States | 415,000 | 69 |
Reigning champion of this event, Kevin Gerhart bagged 147,000 at the end of the night which was just under the average stack. Other notables and big stacks to end the night were Richard Crooks (675,000), Jacob Ferro (639,000), Peter Neff (568,000), Rodney Spriggs (495,000) and Alex Foxen (343,000).
The action will resume at 2:00 p.m. PT on June 28 in Bally’s where the players will continue to play for the coveted gold bracelet and the first place prize of $289,610. Blinds begin at 3,000/6,000 tomorrow and there will be 10 levels played.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates on all of the action throughout the day as the $1,500 PLO8 event inches towards crowning its champion.
and Liberto's aces held for the high half of the pot. Liberto also took half of the low with ace-deuce.
, Smitson put Johnston all in for his remaining 4,000 and Johnston called. 
, did not help matters for Johnston, but the river 
river, that saw the hijack check to Bronshtein who bet 25,000, sending his opponent into the tank. After less than a minute, the hijack called and Bronshtein turned over 
between six players including Roland Israelashvilli in late position. 
and Gamble bet 1,700. The cutoff got out of the way and the button re-raised. Gamble and the button re-raised each other until he was all in and cards went up. 
which didn't make much of a difference for either of them and Gamble took the pot down while also getting a double up.
and Esposito who was first to act threw out a 5,000 bet, which all but one player in middle position folded to.
hit on the river and Esposito scooped the pot with a set of eights for the high and deuce-six for the low, sending his opponent out of the tournament about halfway through Level 5.
