Welcome to Event #35: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix
We will start today at 3 p.m. local time with Event #35: $1,500 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Big O (5-Card PLO/8) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The tournament will be held for the third time and is set to take three days. Vladimir Shchemelev took the tournament down last year after beating a field of 688 entries and winning $193,484.
The rotation in this event consists of three variants of Omaha hi-lo: pot-limit Omaha hi-lo, fixed-limit Omaha hi-lo, and big O (five card pot-limit Omaha hi-lo). Each game will be played for seven hands before moving on to the next, and a maximum of seven players will be seated at each table.
Cards will be in the air at 3 p.m. local time and Day 1 play will consist of ten 60-minute levels. All players will begin with 7,500 chips. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels and late registration will run through the end of Level 6, closing at approximately 9:45 p.m.
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