Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Dia 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-08 17:19 UTC-7

Arieh's Aces Cracked

ClaudioElizalde

Nível 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a board reading 10♦9♣6♦, Josh Arieh was facing a bet of 14,000 from Yaser Al-Keliddar. Arieh weighed his options and made note of the the fact Al-Keliddar was short and maybe had a quarter pot bet left behind.

Arieh decided to put Al-Keliddar all in, which he did call.

Yaser Al-Keliddar: Q♥9♠J♥5♠
Josh Arieh: AxAx2xXx

The board brought a 10x and Arieh said, "That's me.", but when the river rolled off an 8x, Arieh conceded, "That's you.", as Al-Keliddar made a straight.

Al-Keliddar won a bracelet in a $3,000 NLH 6-max tournament in 2018 here at the Series and is looking to add to his accomplishments today.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Josh Arieh	71,000 -12,000	-12,000

Yaser Al-Keliddar	49,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Josh Arieh Yaser Al-Keliddar

Nível: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

2023-06-08 17:29 UTC-7

More Chip Counts

Nível 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Pei Li	95,200 35,200	35,200

Leonid Yanovski	70,000 27,500	27,500
Robert Mizrachi	68,000 26,400	26,400

Ryan Smith (CAN)	49,300 -10,800	-10,800
Thomas Taylor	48,000 -19,200	-19,200
Erik Cajelais	47,000 31,000	31,000

Cliff Josephy	37,200 3,200	3,200

Calen McNeil	37,000 17,000	17,000

Brady O'Hara	28,300
Esther Taylor	19,400
Trent Clelland	Eliminado
Eben Kurtzman	Eliminado
Joshua Thatcher	Eliminado

2023-06-08 17:45 UTC-7

Aronowitz Shows the Flush

Nível 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Four players limped to see the Q♥10♣7♣ flop and the action quickly checked to the 3♥ turn. The small blind checked and Matthew Aronowitz dropped a bet of 5,000 across the line. Only the button made the call.

The J♣ completed the board, and Aronowitz continued for 6,000. The button mucked their hand and Aronowitz tabled K♣Q♣9♠8♦ for a king-high flush as he scooped the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Matthew Aronowitz	64,000

Tags: Matthew Aronowitz

2023-06-08 17:51 UTC-7

Kamikaze Triple Up

ClaudioElizalde

Nível 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was a raise from Farhad Jamas in early position that Allen Kessler just called on the button. Sean "Death Mission" Shah then squeezed all-in with his short stack and both Jamas and Kessler got it in as well. Jamas was the covering player and Kessler only had a smidge more than Shah, who was at risk.

At this point Kessler waved PokerNews over, preemptively bemoaning an upcoming bad beat. "This death wish guy is just trying to dust it off!"

Cards were on their backs.

Sean Shah: A♣7♣10♥9♠
Allen Kessler: K♦K♣J♣6♦
Farhad Jamas: K♥K♠4♥3♣

The board ran out, 10♣7♠3♥ and this only fueled Kessler's tirade as he said, "Of course he gets there, I knew you were trying to give it away." To this Shah responded, "It's a $1k, Allen, what do you want from me?! I didn't say it was good."

The turn was the 5♣ and gave Kessler a worse flush draw than Shah. The river bricked a J♦ and Allen continued, "I had a perfect read on him, that's why I just called the button because I knew this guy couldn't control himself!"

"No, I can't control myself...", said Shah as he stacked the pot.

Kessler remained agitated as he was left with only two big blinds. The rest of the table was rather amused by the situation and continued on jovially.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Farhad Jamas	87,500 87,500	87,500
Sean Shah	23,000 23,000	23,000
Allen Kessler	2,200 -15,300	-15,300

Tags: Allen Kessler Farhad Jamas Sean Shah

2023-06-08 17:57 UTC-7

Fields Chipping Up

Nível 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The action folded around to the small blind who limped before Eric Fields checked his option.

The dealer spread a flop of J♥7♣5♣ and once checked to, Fields put out a bet of 2,000. His opponent tossed his hand into the muck and Fields collected another pot as he grow his stack nearing the 200,000 mark.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Eric Fields	168,000

Tags: Eric Fields

Nível: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

2023-06-08 18:15 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts - Elezra and Deeb Spotted in the Field

ClaudioElizalde

Nível 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dylan Weisman	140,000 75,000	75,000

Alex Livingston	130,000 37,500	37,500

Dario Sammartino	111,000 111,000	111,000

Daniel Negreanu	105,000 -20,000	-20,000

Josh Arieh	100,000 29,000	29,000

Thomas Taylor	63,500 15,500	15,500
Yuval Bronshtein	56,000 56,000	56,000

Nacho Barbero	46,000 -30,000	-30,000

Eli Elezra	43,000 43,000	43,000

Vincent Lam	34,000 -9,000	-9,000
Shaun Deeb	29,000 29,000	29,000

Sarah Sherman	24,000 -11,000	-11,000
Jordan Spurlin	13,000 -15,000	-15,000
Allen Kessler	4,500 2,300	2,300

2023-06-08 18:15 UTC-7

Altomonte Eliminated as Caldas Gambles to Triple

Nível 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The under-the-gun player raised to 2,600 before the player next to act dropped a stack of 5,000 chips across the line for a raise to 9,600. Joseph Altomonte was on the button and moved in for his 18,000 before Carlos Caldas announced "gamble city," and called off his 10,800.

The original raiser folded and the three-bettor instantly called.

Carlos Caldas: Q♠J♣10♠4♣
Joseph Altomonte: K♣K♠J♠8♥
Third Player: A♣A♥K♦8♣

The board ran out Q♦6♦3♦4♥8♦, for Caldas to make two pair and triple up, while the 2023 $600 Pot-Limit Omaha champion Altomonte was eliminated.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Carlos Caldas	36,800
Joseph Altomonte	Eliminado

Tags: Carlos Caldas Joseph Altomonte

2023-06-08 18:33 UTC-7

Liu Doubles Through Anderson

Nível 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Calvin Anderson raised to 2,500 under the gun and Renmei Liu three-bet all in next to act and the rest of the table quickly mucked as Anderson called.

Renmei Liu: A♦K♦K♠J♥
Calvin Anderson: 8♦8♣4♦4♣

The K♥J♠3♥ flop almost guaranteed the double-up for Liu as he flopped top set. The 4♥ turn gave Anderson some life as he picked up an out but the 9♠ river wasn't it as Liu collected the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jonathan Hutson	80,000 80,000	80,000
Esther Taylor	48,000 28,600	28,600
Calvin Anderson	42,000 42,000	42,000

Renmei Liu	20,600 20,600	20,600
Barny Boatman	17,000 -35,500	-35,500

Tags: Calvin Anderson Renmei Liu