Event #31: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low 8-or-Better Ziua 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

Event #31: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low 8-or-Better

Ziua 1 terminat

2013-06-17 23:50 UTC-8

Eric Rodawig Leads After Day 1

Nivel 10 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

It’s not very often that the pros get excited for a $1,500 buy in event, but today’s event was an exception, as everyone came out for Event #31 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight-or-Better. After ten levels of split pots and scoops, 936 players have been whittled down to just 129. The player who bagged the most chips at the end of the night was Eric Rodawig, who amassed an impressive stack of 154,800. Rodawig took the chip lead late in the night after winning a giant hand where he rivered a full house. Not far behind are Joao Simao (132,100), and Leif Force (118,200) .

In a field of nearly 1,000 entrants, we were bound to lose a ton of familiar faces, and that’s exactly what ended up happening. Some of the players who were not part of the final 129 were Joe Kuether, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Allen Kessler, Greg Raymer, John Monnette, Daniel Alaei, Phil Hellmuth, Joseph Cheong, Scotty Nguyen, both David Bakers, and Dan Kelly, who suffered a rare Day 1 bustout at this year’s WSOP.

Despite losing this laundry list of top notch pros, and many others not listed, we still have a stacked field returning tomorrow, including Allan Le (69,700), Yuval Bronshtein (60,800), Barry Greenstein (53,300), Josh Pollock (52,100), David Sands (48,600), Jason Mercier (37,100), Jonathan Little (30,100), Mike Matusow (25,900), and Owais Ahmed (17,600).

129 players will be returning tomorrow, but only 117 of them will make the money. Play will resume at 1 PM in the Amazon Room with the hopes of playing down to a final table. If the final table isn't reached, play will be stopped after ten levels. We will be here to bring you all the action, so make sure you come back tomorrow! Until then, good night!

2013-06-17 23:50 UTC-8

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts

Nivel 10 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Eric Rodawig	154,800

Joao Simao	132,100

Leif Force	118,200	8,200

Kirill Gerasimov	88,400	12,400

Matt Giannetti	77,200

Marco Johnson	76,700

Chad Layne	74,700

Sonu Sharma	73,300

Joseph Couden	72,900

Allan Le	69,700	21,700

Allen Cunningham	68,200	45,200

Loren Klein	66,800

Daniel Strelitz	63,700	34,700

Yuval Bronshtein	60,800	15,800

Jeffrey Landherr	57,600

Grant Sbrocco	57,300

Grzegorz Derkowski	56,000

Noomis Jones	54,200

Perry Green	53,600	1,600

Barry Greenstein	53,300	1,300
Team Pro
Ryan Lenaghan	53,000	42,000

Brian Hacker	52,400

Josh Pollock	52,100	-9,900

David Sands	48,600	14,600

Roland Israelashvili	47,700

Citeşte tot

2013-06-17 23:33 UTC-8

Three More Hands

Nivel 10 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

The floor has announced that we will be playing three more hands tonight.

2013-06-17 23:27 UTC-8

Force Gets 3/4 of Huge Pot

Nivel 10 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

As the Eric Rodawig hand was going on, there was another monster pot involving Leif Force. The finished board was , and we know that Force and his opponent got all the money in on the flop. Force had , and he ended up collecting 3/4 the pot, as his opponent showed .

After the chips were stacked up, we saw that Force was up to 110,000 after taking a majority of that huge pot.

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Leif Force	110,000	37,000

Taguri: Leif Force

2013-06-17 23:17 UTC-8

Rodawig Wins Ginormous Hand

Nivel 10 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Wow. There was a group of spectators already surrounding Eric Rodawig's table when we arrived, and here's what we saw. There was already almost 30,000 in the middle on a flop of . One player was all in for just 100 chips, and another had bet pot of 31,800, which was for all but 1,000 of his chips. It was on Rodawig, who was deep in the tank. He cut out the chips to make the call, and after another minute of thought or so, stuck it in, causing table mate Mike Matusow to go "wow you got some balls kid!"

Rodawig:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:

For the moment, Rodawig's bottom two pair was good, but that all changed when the hit the turn. It looked all but done for Rodawig, until the hit the river, giving Rodawig a winning full house. Upon seeing the card, Rodawig yelled out a "yes" that could probably have been heard by people down the hall in the amazon room. Once all the chips were stacked up, we pegged Rodawig's now giant stack at 150,000.

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Eric Rodawig	150,000

Taguri: Eric Rodawig

2013-06-17 22:56 UTC-8

Force Busts Lindgren

Nivel 10 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

We only caught the aftermath of the hand, but we saw that Leif Force just busted Erick Lindgren in a hand where both players held mostly high cards. Lindgren had a boatload of chips earlier today, but he slowly lost them throughout the day, and busted just before the day ended. Meanwhile, Force is now up to over 60,000 after winning that hand.

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Leif Force	73,000	51,000

Erick Lindgren	Eliminat

Taguri: Erick Lindgren Leif Force

Nivel: 10

Blinduri: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

2013-06-17 22:32 UTC-8

Few More Bustouts

Nivel 9 : 400/800, 0 ante

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Dan Smith	Eliminat

Eric Baldwin	Eliminat

David "Bakes" Baker	Eliminat

Erik Seidel	Eliminat

Tony Cousineau	Eliminat

Scott Clements	Eliminat

Naoya Kihara	Eliminat
Team Online
Joe Tehan	Eliminat

Ari Engel	Eliminat

Dan Heimiller	Eliminat

Adam Levy	Eliminat

Randy Ohel	Eliminat

Jason Somerville	Eliminat

Lee Watkinson	Eliminat

Scott Fischman	Eliminat

Chris Tsiolis	Eliminat

Shane Schleger	Eliminat

Can Kim Hua	Eliminat

2013-06-17 22:22 UTC-8

Money Watch

Nivel 9 : 400/800, 0 ante

189 players are remaining, and 117 of them will make the money. According to the clock, there is 80 minutes left in play. Will we reach the money tonight? We will find out shortly.