Welcome to the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, Kicking Off at 2 PM

The 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas continues with Day 1 of Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, which begins at 2 p.m. local time.

We’re likely to see a large field of elite players, including defending champion Daniel Zack. At the 2022 WSOP, the all-time high of 196 entries created a total prize pool of $1,827,700, and saw Zack capture his second gold bracelet and the $440,757 first-place prize. Zack reached the promised land after a grueling seven-hour heads-up battle with Dusten Dirksen, on a final table that also included bracelet winner Alex Livingston and Kane Kalas.

Notable players that cashed last year's event include Todd Brunson in 12th, Connor Drinan in 19th, and Mike "The Mouth" Matusow in 29th.

There’s a bit of a tweak to this year’s structure, as Levels 1-6 will drop to 40-minutes from 60-minutes, Levels 7-10 will be 60-minutes long, and Levels 11 and beyond will be 90-minutes, giving players plenty of play as the tournament progresses to run up their 60,000 chip starting stack. Players will play ten levels today and receive a 15-minute break every two hours of play, with late registration open until the start of Day 2.

Level	Duration (min)	Blinds	Limits
1	40	300-500	500-1,000
2	40	300-600	600-1,200
3	40	400-800	800-1,600
		15-minute break
4	40	500-1,000	1,000-2,000
5	40	600-1,200	1,200-2,400
6	40	800-1,500	1,500-3,000
		15-minute break
7	60	1,000-2,000	2,000-4,000
8	60	1,500-2,500	2,500-5,000
		15-minute break
9	60	2,000-3,000	3,000-6,000
10	60	2,000-3,000	3,000-6,000

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