Flack, Matusow, Glaser Hunting Bracelet in Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
On the second day of the 2018 World Series of Poker, the limit Omaha Hi-Lo aficionados came out in full force to contest for the bracelet in Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better. A total of 911 players paid the requisite $1,500 to play, six more than the event drew last year. Together, they created a total prize pool of $1,229,850, and the winner on Saturday, June 2 will receive the biggest chunk worth $239,771, as well as the gold WSOP bracelet.
After ten levels of 60 minutes and plenty of chopped pots, 295 of the entrants made it through to the second day. It was Dao Bac who claimed the Day 1 chip lead with 74,700. Nick Guagenti, who had a deep run in last year's Main Event, also had a strong showing with 65,600, as well as Pamela McPeak, who bagged 64,900.
Top Chip Counts After Day 1
Place | Name | County | Chip Count | Big Bets |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dao Bac | United States | 74,700 | 75 |
2 | Nick Guagenti | United States | 65,600 | 66 |
3 | Pamela McPeak | United States | 64,900 | 65 |
4 | John Monnette | United States | 62,000 | 62 |
5 | Tommy Chen | United States | 61,400 | 61 |
6 | Frank Muir | United States | 61,300 | 61 |
7 | Kate Hoang | United States | 58,400 | 58 |
8 | John Jenkins | United States | 58,200 | 58 |
9 | Michael Zepek | United States | 53,200 | 53 |
10 | Brian Haack | United States | 53,100 | 53 |
Among those that made it through to the second day were many former WSOP bracelet winners, including six-time winner Layne Flack (41,500), four-time winner Jeff Madsen (31,900) and three-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser (27,200). Glaser won this very event back in 2016 and will be trying to achieve an improbable second victory in three years. Allen Kessler (39,600), John Racener (31,300) and Mike Leah (22,500) also advanced to Day 2.
Mike Matusow made it to Day 2 with 14,800. "The Mouth" showed why he earned his moniker by bombarding his opponents with a non-stop barrage of words throughout the day. Matusow made it through in good company, as fellow bracelet winners Madsen, Chris Tryba and Leif Force also advanced from a stacked table that brought a combined 16 bracelets together at one point.
Six of those belonged to Chris Ferguson, who busted out shortly before the end of the night at the hands of Matusow himself. Holding a hand with ace-four of clubs, Matusow flopped the nut flush to end Ferguson's bid for a seventh piece of jewellery in the ultimate level of the night.
Plenty of notables showed up for this event and many of them fell by the wayside on the first day. James Woods was among the first to fall, and the actor was joined on the rail by Ari Engel, Sorel Mizzi, Brian Hastings, James Obst, Mike Ross, Felipe Ramos, Kathy Liebert, Kristen Bicknell, Jeff Lisandro and Todd Brunson.
On Friday, June 1 at 2 p.m. local time, the remaining players will return in level 11, with limits of 500/1,000. Another ten levels of 60 minutes are scheduled as play continues in the Amazon Room of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. PokerNews will be on the floor to cover this event start-to-finish as the 2018 World Series of Poker rolls on.
Event #4: Day 2 Seat Draw
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
497 | 1 | Tom Love | United States | 5,100 | 5 |
497 | 2 | Prince Docnes | United States | 21,900 | 22 |
497 | 3 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 28,700 | 29 |
497 | 4 | Pojana Jenne | United States | 9,200 | 9 |
497 | 5 | Denny Axel | United States | 46,400 | 46 |
497 | 7 | Daniel Buzgon | United States | 4,900 | 5 |
497 | 8 | Mike Leah | Canada | 22,500 | 23 |
497 | 9 | Tamir Ilcafass | United States | 16,700 | 17 |
498 | 1 | Philip Long | United Kingdom | 25,000 | 25 |
498 | 3 | Matt Glantz | United States | 12,200 | 12 |
498 | 4 | Danny Mangra | United States | 29,900 | 30 |
498 | 5 | Jared Koppel | United States | 38,200 | 38 |
498 | 6 | Aaron Steury | United States | 15,100 | 15 |
498 | 7 | Mike Matusow | United States | 14,800 | 15 |
498 | 8 | Dao Bac | United States | 74,700 | 75 |
498 | 9 | Mallory Smith | United States | 9,800 | 10 |
499 | 1 | Ryan Laplante | United States | 24,500 | 25 |
499 | 2 | Joe Ford | United States | 4,300 | 4 |
499 | 3 | John Reiss | United States | 30,300 | 30 |
499 | 4 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 12,700 | 13 |
499 | 5 | Randy Ohel | United States | 9,400 | 9 |
499 | 7 | Jorge Leon | United States | 8,000 | 8 |
499 | 8 | Forrest Auel | United States | 16,500 | 17 |
500 | 1 | Nader Isahac | United States | 1,300 | 1 |
500 | 2 | Jerry Wong | United States | 15,600 | 16 |
500 | 4 | Chad Eveslage | United States | 40,400 | 40 |
500 | 5 | [Removed:321] Nassiri | United States | 4,300 | 4 |
500 | 8 | Victor Ramdin | United States | 42,000 | 42 |
500 | 9 | Robert Slezak | United States | 29,600 | 30 |
504 | 1 | Gregory Kolo | United States | 7,600 | 8 |
504 | 2 | Justin Liberto | United States | 23,600 | 24 |
504 | 3 | Chase Haugland | United States | 22,400 | 22 |
504 | 4 | Brian Saltus | United States | 43,300 | 43 |
504 | 5 | Aron Dermer | United States | 22,100 | 22 |
504 | 6 | Kathy Chang | United States | 27,700 | 28 |
504 | 7 | Cat Antoniuk | United States | 6,400 | 6 |
504 | 8 | Ihab Ali | United States | 8,100 | 8 |
504 | 9 | James Yoo | United States | 51,000 | 51 |
505 | 1 | Martin Corpuz | United States | 45,600 | 46 |
505 | 2 | Sebastian Langrock | Austria | 31,600 | 32 |
505 | 3 | Maria Ho | United States | 8,400 | 8 |
505 | 4 | Jason Lester | United States | 9,500 | 10 |
505 | 5 | Olaf Arneson | United States | 25,700 | 26 |
505 | 6 | Monty Dennis | United States | 23,500 | 24 |
505 | 7 | Jim Grove | United States | 14,100 | 14 |
505 | 8 | Pamela McPeak | United States | 64,900 | 65 |
505 | 9 | Tad Jurgens | United States | 4,500 | 5 |
506 | 1 | Corey Hochman | United States | 27,400 | 27 |
506 | 2 | James Chen | Taiwan | 21,900 | 22 |
506 | 3 | Craig Chait | United States | 25,500 | 26 |
506 | 4 | Vladislav Tinchev | Germany | 28,900 | 29 |
506 | 5 | Kal Raichura | Canada | 20,500 | 21 |
506 | 6 | Brandon Gerson | United States | 18,800 | 19 |
506 | 8 | Sergio Torrez | United States | 7,200 | 7 |
506 | 9 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 32,500 | 33 |
507 | 1 | Jordan Zynda | United States | 18,200 | 18 |
507 | 2 | Julien Martini | France | 30,400 | 30 |
507 | 3 | Matt Vengrin | United States | 18,600 | 19 |
507 | 5 | Kate Hoang | United States | 58,400 | 58 |
507 | 6 | Colin Wickersheim | United States | 20,900 | 21 |
507 | 7 | John Roveto | United States | 23,200 | 23 |
507 | 8 | Jeff Shulman | United States | 32,600 | 33 |
507 | 9 | Randolph Jensen | United States | 46,900 | 47 |
508 | 1 | Frank Kassela | United States | 21,200 | 21 |
508 | 2 | Daniel Chio | United States | 44,900 | 45 |
508 | 3 | Sergey Zaporozhets | Russian Federation | 19,700 | 20 |
508 | 4 | Richard Katzman | United States | 9,100 | 9 |
508 | 5 | Douglas Exman | United States | 31,000 | 31 |
508 | 7 | David Self | United States | 33,800 | 34 |
508 | 8 | Allen Kessler | United States | 39,600 | 40 |
508 | 9 | Paul Honas | United States | 20,500 | 21 |
509 | 1 | Kevin Brewer | United States | 42,000 | 42 |
509 | 2 | Xunen Zheng | United Kingdom | 29,900 | 30 |
509 | 3 | Francis Whitaker | United States | 23,800 | 24 |
509 | 4 | Robert Campbell | United States | 42,200 | 42 |
509 | 6 | Laurent Olive | France | 14,200 | 14 |
509 | 7 | DID NOT REPORT 2 | United States | 23,400 | 23 |
509 | 8 | Justin Vold | United States | 27,800 | 28 |
509 | 9 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 31,900 | 32 |
510 | 1 | Chris Tryba | United States | 14,200 | 14 |
510 | 2 | John Urpsis | United States | 24,800 | 25 |
510 | 3 | John Wendell Robison | United States | 18,800 | 19 |
510 | 4 | Matt Waxman | United States | 43,200 | 43 |
510 | 5 | Hernan Salazar | United States | 15,400 | 15 |
510 | 6 | Patrick Gunn | United States | 33,100 | 33 |
510 | 7 | Lawrence Berg | United States | 16,300 | 16 |
510 | 9 | Joe Aronesty | United States | 10,200 | 10 |
511 | 1 | Cole Jackson | United States | 36,100 | 36 |
511 | 2 | Anton Morgenstern | Germany | 18,700 | 19 |
511 | 3 | Benjamin Dobson | United Kingdom | 7,500 | 8 |
511 | 4 | Scott Fitzhugh | United States | 19,600 | 20 |
511 | 5 | Mark Gregorich | United States | 15,800 | 16 |
511 | 6 | Anthony Frederick | United States | 21,400 | 21 |
511 | 7 | Denis Bilodeau | United States | 16,100 | 16 |
511 | 8 | J Smith | United States | 7,600 | 8 |
511 | 9 | Alan Sternberg | United States | 13,300 | 13 |
512 | 1 | Cornelio Mclean | United States | 18,100 | 18 |
512 | 2 | Adam Kipnis | United States | 8,600 | 9 |
512 | 3 | Gary Floyd | United States | 15,100 | 15 |
512 | 4 | Brett Jungblut | United States | 48,300 | 48 |
512 | 5 | David Levi | United States | 19,500 | 20 |
512 | 6 | Jacobo Fernandez | United States | 36,300 | 36 |
512 | 8 | Jose Paz-Gutierrez | Bolivia | 14,000 | 14 |
512 | 9 | Nick Polydoros | United States | 24,200 | 24 |
513 | 1 | Perry Friedman | United States | 10,200 | 10 |
513 | 2 | Barry Marfleet | United States | 11,100 | 11 |
513 | 3 | Michael Hinde | United States | 41,300 | 41 |
513 | 4 | Brian Schwartz | United States | 7,200 | 7 |
513 | 5 | Jose Razocabrera | United States | 47,000 | 47 |
513 | 6 | Jesse Hampton | United States | 4,700 | 5 |
513 | 7 | Dennis Napel | United States | 10,100 | 10 |
513 | 8 | Anthony Arvidson | United States | 24,500 | 25 |
513 | 9 | Timothy Foley | United States | 11,200 | 11 |
514 | 1 | Jason Gooch | United States | 14,400 | 14 |
514 | 2 | Brian Yee | United States | 26,700 | 27 |
514 | 3 | Jan Stein | United States | 24,300 | 24 |
514 | 4 | Mikhail Semin | Russian Federation | 24,900 | 25 |
514 | 5 | Dagang Wang | United States | 7,500 | 8 |
514 | 6 | Leo Fasen | United States | 31,800 | 32 |
514 | 7 | Alan Morgan | United States | 12,700 | 13 |
514 | 8 | Saige Ciarletta | United States | 13,300 | 13 |
514 | 9 | James Pursley | United States | 45,300 | 45 |
515 | 1 | Eric Judge | United States | 23,700 | 24 |
515 | 2 | Christopher Logue | United States | 34,500 | 35 |
515 | 3 | Lori Berumen | United States | 18,500 | 19 |
515 | 4 | Michael Zepek | United States | 53,200 | 53 |
515 | 5 | Nadezhda Magnus | United States | 20,000 | 20 |
515 | 6 | Ed Smith | United States | 33,600 | 34 |
515 | 7 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 17,400 | 17 |
515 | 8 | Hal Rotholz | United States | 9,600 | 10 |
515 | 9 | Osama Aweida | United States | 37,600 | 38 |
516 | 1 | Anthony Malcein | United States | 21,900 | 22 |
516 | 2 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 27,200 | 27 |
516 | 3 | Jonathan Cohen | United States | 19,000 | 19 |
516 | 4 | Raymond Davis | United States | 41,700 | 42 |
516 | 5 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | 14,800 | 15 |
516 | 6 | Manelic Minaya | United States | 17,000 | 17 |
516 | 7 | Wing Wong | United States | 12,900 | 13 |
516 | 8 | Ashton Griffin | United States | 26,500 | 27 |
516 | 9 | Don Zewin | United States | 6,400 | 6 |
517 | 1 | Derek Raymond | United States | 14,700 | 15 |
517 | 2 | Chris Klodnicki | United States | 21,800 | 22 |
517 | 3 | Thayer Rasmussen | United States | 3,000 | 3 |
517 | 4 | David Martin | United States | 800 | 1 |
517 | 5 | Alex Visbisky | United States | 51,000 | 51 |
517 | 6 | Thomas Hunt | United States | 12,000 | 12 |
517 | 7 | David Brookshire | United States | 26,700 | 27 |
517 | 8 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 14,300 | 14 |
517 | 9 | David Wonnenberg | United States | 12,800 | 13 |
518 | 1 | Matt Grapenthien | United States | 48,900 | 49 |
518 | 2 | William Brock | United States | 36,400 | 36 |
518 | 3 | Mack Lee | United States | 44,500 | 45 |
518 | 4 | Perry Green | United States | 19,800 | 20 |
518 | 5 | Peter Levine | United States | 32,000 | 32 |
518 | 6 | Michael Jacobs | United States | 20,900 | 21 |
518 | 7 | Christopher Schaler | United States | 45,700 | 46 |
518 | 8 | Ray Henson | United States | 19,400 | 19 |
518 | 9 | Scott Buller | United States | 52,100 | 52 |
519 | 1 | Peter Eichhardt | Sweden | 47,300 | 47 |
519 | 2 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 10,200 | 10 |
519 | 3 | Rylen Sanehisa | United States | 5,800 | 6 |
519 | 4 | Andrey Zhigalov | Russian Federation | 3,900 | 4 |
519 | 5 | Donald Spagnuolo | United States | 19,400 | 19 |
519 | 6 | Layne Flack | United States | 41,500 | 42 |
519 | 7 | John Monnette | United States | 62,000 | 62 |
519 | 8 | Pj Cha | United States | 5,600 | 6 |
519 | 9 | Lisa French | United States | 15,600 | 16 |
520 | 1 | Matthew Bathurst | United States | 28,400 | 28 |
520 | 2 | Nickolai Orlov | United States | 11,800 | 12 |
520 | 3 | Vinson Anenson | United States | 13,900 | 14 |
520 | 4 | Claudangelo Beaudouin | United States | 15,700 | 16 |
520 | 5 | Hope Williams | United States | 2,900 | 3 |
520 | 6 | Brayden Gazlay | United States | 14,300 | 14 |
520 | 7 | Jermaine Reid | United States | 13,200 | 13 |
520 | 8 | James Douglas | United States | 27,400 | 27 |
520 | 9 | John Racener | United States | 31,300 | 31 |
521 | 1 | Benjamin Scholl | United States | 26,400 | 26 |
521 | 2 | Ronan Nally | United Kingdom | 16,500 | 17 |
521 | 3 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 28,700 | 29 |
521 | 4 | Henry Chow | United States | 31,100 | 31 |
521 | 5 | Michael Noori | United States | 25,500 | 26 |
521 | 6 | Steve Lustig | United States | 26,000 | 26 |
521 | 7 | Micah Brooks | United States | 21,500 | 22 |
521 | 8 | Tom McCormick | United States | 12,700 | 13 |
521 | 9 | Ilya Dyment | United States | 7,700 | 8 |
522 | 1 | Tommy Chen | United States | 61,400 | 61 |
522 | 2 | Tony Ma | United States | 22,900 | 23 |
522 | 3 | Marsha Shutt | United States | 43,200 | 43 |
522 | 4 | Alex Christian | United States | 45,800 | 46 |
522 | 5 | Nick Guagenti | United States | 65,600 | 66 |
522 | 6 | Spencer Buzbee | United States | 23,000 | 23 |
522 | 7 | Jared Talarico | United States | 3,300 | 3 |
522 | 8 | Jeremy Privett | United States | 4,700 | 5 |
522 | 9 | Errol Massey | United States | 24,100 | 24 |
523 | 1 | Alan Bittikofer | United States | 44,800 | 45 |
523 | 2 | Jon Evans | United States | 27,600 | 28 |
523 | 4 | Terry Oltman | United States | 23,700 | 24 |
523 | 5 | Lloyd Fletcher | United States | 18,900 | 19 |
523 | 6 | Yuebin Guo | United States | 25,500 | 26 |
523 | 7 | Adam Haman | United States | 29,000 | 29 |
523 | 8 | Zachary Brooks | United States | 5,200 | 5 |
523 | 9 | Jason Gola | United States | 17,800 | 18 |
524 | 1 | Larry Colt | United States | 6,700 | 7 |
524 | 2 | Sean Eichendorf | Canada | 1,800 | 2 |
524 | 3 | Steven Lindlof | United States | 37,500 | 38 |
524 | 4 | Jason Rivkin | United States | 15,700 | 16 |
524 | 5 | Christopher Roth | United States | 51,800 | 52 |
524 | 6 | Danny Chang | United States | 32,400 | 32 |
524 | 7 | Sergey Kosach | Russian Federation | 25,600 | 26 |
524 | 8 | Robert Coates | United States | 27,500 | 28 |
524 | 9 | Daniel Spear | United States | 16,200 | 16 |
525 | 1 | Tuvya Felt | United States | 24,900 | 25 |
525 | 2 | Honesto Guiang | United States | 24,800 | 25 |
525 | 3 | Phuong Tran | United States | 20,300 | 20 |
525 | 4 | Michael Moore | United States | 29,200 | 29 |
525 | 5 | Ruben Vera | United States | 20,700 | 21 |
525 | 6 | Phu Tran | United States | 13,100 | 13 |
525 | 7 | Louis Cheffy | United States | 17,500 | 18 |
525 | 8 | Jeff Siegal | United States | 14,700 | 15 |
525 | 9 | Ricardo Rodriguez Ortega | United States | 13,800 | 14 |
526 | 1 | Daryl Kermmoade | United States | 3,400 | 3 |
526 | 2 | Wellington Draper | United States | 38,000 | 38 |
526 | 3 | Danny Wong | United States | 43,300 | 43 |
526 | 4 | James Hagan | United States | 10,700 | 11 |
526 | 5 | Ben Hammond | United States | 4,900 | 5 |
526 | 6 | Andrew Pillet | United States | 39,100 | 39 |
526 | 7 | Michael Eckstut | United States | 24,300 | 24 |
526 | 8 | Joe Brandenburg | United States | 24,200 | 24 |
526 | 9 | Jason Riesenberg | United States | 12,300 | 12 |
527 | 1 | Scott Kneeland | United States | 50,800 | 51 |
527 | 2 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | 18,600 | 19 |
527 | 3 | Chris Wallace | United States | 20,000 | 20 |
527 | 4 | Daniel Zhu | United States | 10,500 | 11 |
527 | 5 | Pete Rasmussen | United States | 30,700 | 31 |
527 | 6 | John Pinto | United States | 14,200 | 14 |
527 | 7 | Long Nguyen | United States | 17,300 | 17 |
527 | 8 | James Dedauw | United States | 45,500 | 46 |
527 | 9 | Brandon Ageloff | United States | 35,500 | 36 |
528 | 1 | Harry Bienenfeld | United States | 24,000 | 24 |
528 | 2 | Paul Edwards | United States | 13,000 | 13 |
528 | 3 | Gary Vick | United States | 35,400 | 35 |
528 | 4 | Eddie Blumenthal | United States | 10,000 | 10 |
528 | 5 | Steve Allen | United States | 7,800 | 8 |
528 | 6 | Matt Gregoire | United States | 25,400 | 25 |
528 | 7 | Itsuko Yoroi | Japan | 34,900 | 35 |
528 | 8 | Rod Chern | United States | 44,800 | 45 |
528 | 9 | Gregory Dinkin | United States | 20,100 | 20 |
529 | 1 | Natasha Mercier | United States | 14,600 | 15 |
529 | 2 | Paul Harvell | United States | 9,600 | 10 |
529 | 3 | Chris Bjorin | Sweden | 31,900 | 32 |
529 | 4 | Wayne Diep | United States | 18,500 | 19 |
529 | 5 | Dan Matsuzuki | United States | 36,400 | 36 |
529 | 6 | Anita Perl | United States | 30,300 | 30 |
529 | 7 | Rafael Concepcion | United States | 32,400 | 32 |
529 | 8 | Paul Sokoloff | Canada | 7,500 | 8 |
529 | 9 | Dennis Tymchak | Canada | 7,900 | 8 |
530 | 1 | Keith Ohara | United States | 10,600 | 11 |
530 | 2 | Rudolf Schwartz | Canada | 22,400 | 22 |
530 | 3 | Todd Witteles | United States | 32,200 | 32 |
530 | 4 | Glenn Cozen | United States | 4,600 | 5 |
530 | 5 | Heikki Piira | Finland | 10,100 | 10 |
530 | 7 | Roderick Chin | United States | 4,300 | 4 |
530 | 8 | Richard Weeks | United States | 8,600 | 9 |
530 | 9 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 20,800 | 21 |
531 | 1 | Matt Woodward | United States | 37,900 | 38 |
531 | 2 | Stephen Johnson | United States | 6,600 | 7 |
531 | 3 | Cody Scherer | United States | 28,700 | 29 |
531 | 4 | Jesse Simonelli | United States | 29,000 | 29 |
531 | 5 | Joseph Brodsky | United States | 35,700 | 36 |
531 | 6 | William Kopp | United States | 19,400 | 19 |
531 | 7 | Marc Farrar | United States | 22,100 | 22 |
531 | 8 | Amit Sander | United States | 19,900 | 20 |
531 | 9 | Brian Haack | United States | 53,100 | 53 |
532 | 1 | Brett Shaffer | United States | 26,100 | 26 |
532 | 2 | Christopher Dzoan | United States | 21,600 | 22 |
532 | 3 | Paul Zibits | United States | 19,000 | 19 |
532 | 4 | Eric Snyder | United States | 16,200 | 16 |
532 | 5 | Daniel Brecht-Haddad | United States | 10,100 | 10 |
532 | 6 | Scott Nickleach | United States | 31,400 | 31 |
532 | 8 | Doug Saab | United States | 21,700 | 22 |
532 | 9 | James Klimkoski | United States | 29,600 | 30 |
533 | 1 | John Lewis | United States | 3,000 | 3 |
533 | 2 | Joel Salman | United States | 8,700 | 9 |
533 | 3 | John Jenkins | United States | 58,200 | 58 |
533 | 5 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 12,000 | 12 |
533 | 6 | Scott Clements | United States | 15,000 | 15 |
533 | 8 | Michael Russell | United States | 25,000 | 25 |
533 | 9 | Jason Stockfish | United States | 13,100 | 13 |
534 | 1 | Frank Muir | United States | 61,300 | 61 |
534 | 2 | Jason Phamolivo | United States | 36,600 | 37 |
534 | 3 | Thang Tran | United States | 9,700 | 10 |
534 | 4 | Matthew Suelflow | United States | 20,400 | 20 |
534 | 5 | Orlando Romero | United States | 25,400 | 25 |
534 | 6 | Dale Phillips | United States | 16,400 | 16 |
534 | 7 | Mike Wattel | United States | 33,500 | 34 |
534 | 9 | Michael Klatt | United States | 1,000 | 1 |