2019 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a1054
Prize
$463,670
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,814,200
Entries
193
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 0

Lee To Six Figures

Level 5 : 300/500, 0 ante

Brad Lee opened the action with a raise to 1,200 from the cutoff. Chris Vitch was on the button and called, as did both players in the blinds. The flop came {j-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and the players in the blinds checked to Lee, who made a continuation bet of 2,500. Vitch and the small blind folded and the big blind called, taking action heads up to a turn of {5-Spades}.

The big blind checked and Lee fired again for 6,000, prompting an immediate fold from his opponent.

On the next hand, Allen Kessler limped from under the gun. John Monnette limped behind him from middle position and Lee raised to 2,500. Kessler called and Monnette folded. The flop came {q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and Kessler check-folded to a continuation-bet of 2,000 from Lee.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Brad Lee
Brad Lee
108,000
108,000
108,000
Profile photo of Chris Vitch
Chris Vitch
41,700
-100
-100
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
35,000
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of John Monnette us
John Monnette
8,600
-38,600
-38,600
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Allen KesslerChris VitchJohn MonnetteBrad Lee

Kessler Wins Despite Worst Possible River

Level 5 : 300/500, 0 ante

Action folded to Chris Vitch in the hijack who raised to 1,800. Allen Kessler was in the big blind and asked for confirmation of the bet size before tossing in chips to defend. The flop came {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{8-Spades} and both players checked. Kessler bet the pot, 3,900 on the {j-Clubs} turn. Vitch called.

Both players checked the {2-Hearts} river.

"Absolute worst possible river card," griped Kessler as he turned over {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}. He then tabled {a-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} to complete his hand, showing queens up with a missed nut-low draw.

"I'm sorry about your river, Allen," Vitch said calmly as he tossed his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Allen Kessler
41,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Chris Vitch
Chris Vitch
36,000
-5,700
-5,700

Tags: Allen KesslerChris Vitch

Updated Chip Counts

Level 5 : 300/500, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of James Obst au
James Obst
87,500
-6,200
-6,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
83,500
-16,500
-16,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Bryce Yockey us
Bryce Yockey
69,100
-900
-900
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Ross us
Mike Ross
69,000
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
66,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Joey Couden us
Joey Couden
61,000
-14,000
-14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
59,500
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Jameson Painter us
Jameson Painter
52,000
2,500
2,500
Profile photo of Tim Marsters au
Tim Marsters
51,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
47,500
5,600
5,600
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Kate Hoang us
Kate Hoang
43,500
3,400
3,400
Profile photo of George Linkenback us
George Linkenback
42,000
-1,200
-1,200

More Chip Counts

Level 5 : 300/500, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nick Guagenti us
Nick Guagenti
111,500
21,500
21,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
92,500
2,500
2,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Randy Ohel us
Randy Ohel
90,600
21,100
21,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
78,200
14,200
14,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Owais Ahmed us
Owais Ahmed
76,500
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Gregorich us
Mark Gregorich
64,800
6,800
6,800
Profile photo of Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
64,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
50,200
-1,300
-1,300
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
48,500
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Darryll Fish us
Darryll Fish
44,200
-300
-300
Profile photo of David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
44,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
39,000
-20,200
-20,200
Profile photo of Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
13,800
-17,200
-17,200
Profile photo of Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Radanov Raises Pot on River With Broadway

Level 5 : 300/500, 0 ante
Damjan Radanov
Damjan Radanov

A player raised from under the gun to 1,200 and Damjan Radanov three-bet from the hijack to 4,000. Action folded back to the original raiser, who called.

The flop came {5-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{10-Spades} and both players checked. Radanov's opponent bet 2,000 on the {j-Hearts} turn and he asked to make sure of the amount before making the call.

The river came {9-Diamonds} and Radanov's opponent bet 3,000. He raised the pot to 21,800 and his opponent thought for some time before calling.

Radanov tabled {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{3-Spades}, showing Broadway and taking the pot down with the nuts.

Player Chips Progress
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Damjan Radanov
66,200
66,200
66,200

Tags: Damjan Radanov

Marsters Wins on River

Level 5 : 300/500, 0 ante

On a board reading {6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Hearts} with the blinds in the middle and 5,500 in front of both players, Tim Marsters had bet 11,000 from the cutoff. Action was back on his opponent in the hijack and after thinking for some time, tapped the table a couple times before tossing his hand the dealer's way as the pot was sent to Marsters.

Player Chips Progress
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Tim Marsters
63,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Tim Marsters

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

Hoang Finds Double

Level 6 : 300/600, 0 ante
Kate Hoang
Kate Hoang

Kate Hoang had the winning hand of {a-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Spades} still tabled on a board of {7-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} as the dealer counted her stack of 55,100 for her opponent to match. With the double, she now finds herself with over six figures and is a name to watch out for as the tournament progresses.

Hoang has made numerous WSOP Omaha Hi-Lo final tables throughout her career, including second-place finishes in last year's $1,500 Limit O8 event for $148,150 as well as the 2016 $3,000 PLO8 event for $182,282. She also made the final table in this very event last year, taking 8th place for $44,738.

Player Chips Progress
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Kate Hoang
110,200
66,700
66,700

Tags: Kate Hoang