Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Dia 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

2022-06-30 02:29 UTC-7

Star-Studded Field Lights Up Record Setting $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

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Nível 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

It's been the World Series of Breaking Records at the 2022 World Series of Poker and Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship did not disappoint.

Day 1 of the event saw record-setting 268 entries, besting the previous all-time high of 237 from the 2018 WSOP. Late registration is open until the start of Day 2, which kicks off at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 30 inside Bally's and Paris, Las Vegas.

Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Ryan Hughes	United States	407,000	163
2	Andrew Brown	United States	380,000	152
3	Sterling Savill	United States	342,000	137
4	Chino Rheem	United States	331,500	133
5	Filippos Stavrakis	United States	303,000	121
6	Michael Sortino	United States	289,500	116
7	Chance Kornuth	United States	273,500	109
8	Kyle Cartwright	United States	269,500	108
9	Damjan Radanov	United States	257,500	103
10	Amnon Filippi	United States	247,500	99

From the first day of action, just 124 players bagged and tagged a stack. Leading the pack of survivors is Ray Hughes, who bagged a massive 407,000, almost seven times the starting stack. Not far behind him are Sterling Savill (342,000) and Chino Rheem (273,500).

Other notable names who have jumped over the first hurdle include Daniel Negreanu (191,500), Brian Hastings (177,500) and defending champion Josh Arieh (189,000).

Looking for WSOP bracelet number 17 was Phil Hellmuth, however, his quest for another piece of WSOP hardware came to an early finish after he was despatched by Rheem. Other famous faces who failed to make it to the next stage were Danny Chang, Mike Matusow and Talal Shakerchi.

The prize pool and payouts have yet to be confirmed but will be announced when Day 2 gets underway. As this is the highest number of entries for this event, a record-setting prize pool is on the cards.

Tune into PokerNews to keep up to date with all the action from Day 2 of this Championship event.

Tags: Brian Hastings Daniel Negreanu Daniel Zack Danny Chang Eli Elezra Joe Hachem Josh Arieh Mike Matusow Paul Volpe Phil Hellmuth Ray Hughes Sterling Savill Talal Shakerchi

2022-06-30 01:33 UTC-7

Leonard Buys-in After Bracelet Win

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Nível 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Patrick Leonard (left) - Espen Jorstad (right)

Mere hours after winning his first WSOP bracelet, Patrick Leonard was back on the felt.

The Englishman took down Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team with his partner Espen Jørstad for a combined score of $148,067.

They beat the duo of Jamie Kerstetter and Corey Paggeot in heads-up play.

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Patrick Leonard	60,000 60,000	60,000

2022-06-30 00:36 UTC-7

Drinan Felted by Guagenti

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Nível 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Connor Drinan opened to 5,500 and was called by Nick Guagenti from the next seat over.

Drinan check-jammed the flop and was quickly called.

Connor Drinan:
Nick Guagenti:

Drinan had flopped Broadway but Guagenti had outs to a full house after making two pair. The turn filled Guagenti up and he secured the bust out after the completed the board.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Nick Guagenti	150,000 5,000	5,000

Connor Drinan	Eliminado

2022-06-29 22:43 UTC-7

Ohel Triples Up

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Nível 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was caught with a three-way all-in, in progress between Randy Ohel, Connor Drinan and the under-the-gun player. Ohel was the short stack for 41,000 while Drinan was covered by the third player.

Randy Ohel:
Connor Drinan:
Under-the-gun:

Ohel made a flush on the flop and held out for a triple up after the turn and river. Drinan's aces were the best hand for the side pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Randy Ohel	125,000 85,000	85,000

Connor Drinan	70,000

2022-06-29 21:12 UTC-7

PLO8 Championship Breaks Entry Record

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Nível 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

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Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship now has 248 entries, setting a new attendance record for the tournament.

The previous best turnout was in 2018, when Phil Galfond topped the 237-player field to win his third WSOP Bracelet and the $567,788 up top. That event generated a prize pool of $2,227,800.

Late registration is open until the start of Day 2 so there is till plenty of time for others to jump into the event.

2022-06-29 19:45 UTC-7

Paz-Gutierrez Doubles Through Fitoussi

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Nível 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Jose Paz-Gutierrez opened to 1,500 from middle position and was called by Bruno Fitoussi from the small blind.

Fitoussi check-raised the flop to put his opponent all-in. Paz-Gutierrez called off his short stack.

Jose Paz-Gutierrez:
Bruno Fitoussi:

The pot was chopped after the runout.

The pair battled again the very next hand, with their stacks being moved into the middle on the flop. Paz-Gutierrez had while Fitoussi had the .

The former made Broadway on the turn and held to double up following the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Bruno Fitoussi	110,000
Jose Paz-Gutierrez	28,500 -31,500	-31,500

2022-06-29 19:15 UTC-7

Big Scoop for Siegel

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Nível 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

The cutoff was all in preflop for around 25,000, with Jordan Siegel and and Aaron Schaff calling from the hijack and small blind respectively.

Schaff moved all in on the flop. Siegel, who was covered, called off his last 27,900 chips.

Cutoff:
Jordan Siegel:
Aaron Schaff:

The cutoff was way behind with just a pair of kings while Siegel was in a great position with a pair of aces as well as a wheel draw. Schaff too had outs to the wheel.

The turn gave Siegel "nut-nut" as he made his wheel and he scooped the entire pot after a peeled off on the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jordan Siegel	130,000
Aaron Schaff	40,000

2022-06-29 18:53 UTC-7

Dirksen Three-Quarters Hui

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Nível 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

With 33,000 in the middle on the board, Phillip Hui bet pot from the big blind before Dustin Dirksen jammed for 40,000 from the next seat over.

Scott Bohlman folded on the button after thinking about it for a few moments. Hui put in the call.

Dustin Dirksen:
Phillip Hui:

Both players flopped a ten-high straight but Dirksen had a better low. The completed the board and Dirksen took three-quarters of the pot to boost his stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dustin Dirksen	77,000 32,000	32,000
Phillip Hui	50,000 -20,000	-20,000

Scott Bohlman	35,000 -18,000	-18,000

2022-06-29 18:23 UTC-7

Defending Champion Arieh Sits Down

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Nível 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Defending Champion Josh Arieh has just taken his seat in the Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better Championship. He netted a $484,791 payday after being the last player standing.

He beat Danny Chang, who is also in the field, at heads-up play to claim his fourth WSOP bracelet.

Arieh has cashed in nine events at the 2022 WSOP and has two third-place finishes.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Josh Arieh	60,000 60,000	60,000

Danny Chang	60,000 60,000	60,000

2022-06-29 16:48 UTC-7

Laplante Wins Big in Three-Way Pot

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Nível 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Allen Kessler raced over to the PokerNews live reporting desk to notify the team about a huge hand that had just finished.

The pot was over 200,000, with Eric Kurtzman and Ryan Laplante all-in. Tsugunari Toma was the third player in the hand and was the covering stack.

The final board read and the players had their cards exposed.

Toma had for trip eights and the nut low. Kurtzman tabled his for nut low and two pair while Laplante had the for a full house and again the nut low.

Laplante took two-thirds of the pot while the other two players took one-sixth of the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ryan Laplante	100,000 100,000	100,000

Eric Kurtzman	32,000 -28,000	-28,000
Tsugunari Toma	25,000 25,000	25,000