Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

11-04-2021 00:13 UTC-8

Ramos Eliminates Bell

Josh Noy

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Felipe Ramos bet 25,000 on a board showing the and Christopher Bell raised all-in.

Ramos took some time before making the call and got help on the river. Ramos showed the for a full house, while Bell missed a low draw with the and mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ramos	228,000 168,000	168,000

Christopher Bell	Busted

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11-04-2021 00:19 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	148,000 -10,500	-10,500

Erik Seidel	132,000 25,000	25,000

Jeff Gross	130,000 56,000	56,000

Justin Jones	123,000 -24,000	-24,000
Benny Glaser	118,000 68,000	68,000

Tom Koral	112,000 -10,500	-10,500

Yuval Bronshtein	112,000 52,000	52,000

Joao Vieira	110,000 39,500	39,500

Qinghai Pan	98,000 38,000	38,000
Michael Noori	85,000 85,000	85,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	77,000 -21,500	-21,500

Cliff Josephy	65,000 -89,000	-89,000

Adam Hendrix	64,000 10,500	10,500
Robert Campbell	50,000 -29,000	-29,000

Nick Schulman	38,000 -22,000	-22,000

Cary Katz	36,000 -117,000	-117,000

Scott Seiver	35,000 -25,000	-25,000

Jesse Klein	Busted

Dan Shak	Busted

Johnson Check-Raises the Turn

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Marco Johnson opened to 4,000 in early position and was called by the cutoff. The two players saw the flop and Johnson led out with a bet of 4,000. His opponent called and the rolled off on the turn.

Johnson checked this time and his opponent threw in a bet of 7,000. Johnson thought for a minute and then stuck in a check-raise to 40,000. His opponent wasted little time before folding and Johnson collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Johnson	138,000 138,000	138,000

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11-04-2021 00:45 UTC-8

Racener Raises Deeb

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Josh Noy

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The action was on John Racener after the runout, who bet 17,500. Shaun Deeb slid in a raise to 45,000 and Racener took some time before moving all-in. Deeb folded instantly, awarding the pot to Racener.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	162,000 92,500	92,500

Shaun Deeb	87,000 -61,000	-61,000

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11-04-2021 00:52 UTC-8

Four More Hands

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Josh Noy

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The 106 remaining players will be dealt four more hands before play concludes for the night.

11-04-2021 01:10 UTC-8

End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

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Jaxon

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Hastings	447,000 131,000	131,000

Tommy Chen	377,500 377,500	377,500
Chip Jett	308,500 -14,500	-14,500
Nick Schulman	295,000 257,000	257,000

Matt Livingston	289,000 289,000	289,000
Felipe Ramos	282,500 54,500	54,500

Ward Crane	240,000 240,000	240,000
Esther Taylor	240,000 -29,000	-29,000
Ari Engel	224,000 64,000	64,000

Dan Colpoys	223,000 223,000	223,000
Ryan Laplante	217,000 1,500	1,500

Anatolii Zyrin	200,000 -32,000	-32,000

Anthony Zinno	199,500 -20,500	-20,500

John Esposito	185,000 -65,000	-65,000

Yuval Bronshtein	178,500 66,500	66,500

Ashly Butler	178,000 34,000	34,000
Benjamin Miner	177,500 177,500	177,500
Marco Johnson	162,500 24,500	24,500

John Racener	159,500 -2,500	-2,500

Denis Strebkov	157,500 157,500	157,500

Ryan Rapaski	153,000 153,000	153,000
Erik Seidel	153,000 21,000	21,000

Michael Bees	152,500 152,500	152,500
Aaron Kupin	151,000 151,000	151,000
Alan Sternberg	150,000 150,000	150,000

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11-04-2021 01:17 UTC-8

Day 2 Seat Draw

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Jaxon

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

ROOM	TABLE	SEAT	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
Amazon	425	1	Ari Engel	United States	224,000	90
Amazon	425	3	Scott Tuttle	United States	45,000	18
Amazon	425	4	Ryan Laplante	United States	217,000	87
Amazon	425	5	Danny Chang	United States	50,000	20
Amazon	425	6	Brandon Shack-Harris	United States	93,000	37
Amazon	425	7	Stephen Ladowsky	Canada	99,000	40

Amazon	426	1	Justin Liberto	United States	144,000	58
Amazon	426	3	Ryate Walstad	United States	15,000	6
Amazon	426	4	Matthew Woodward	United States	98,500	39
Amazon	426	6	Joshua Faris	United States	115,000	46
Amazon	426	7	Dan Colpoys	United States	223,000	89
Amazon	426	8	James Morse	United States	106,500	43

Amazon	427	2	Omar Saeed	United States	16,500	7
Amazon	427	3	Dylan Wilkerson	United States	129,000	52
Amazon	427	4	Brad Ruben	United States	142,000	57
Amazon	427	6	Erik Seidel	United States	153,000	61
Amazon	427	7	Derek McMaster	United States	91,000	36
Amazon	427	8	Raymond Henson	United States	50,000	20

Amazon	428	2	Chip Jett	United States	308,500	123
Amazon	428	3	Benjamin Miner	United States	177,500	71
Amazon	428	5	Gregory Jamison	United States	135,000	54
Amazon	428	6	Robert Mizrachi	United States	46,000	18
Amazon	428	7	Jason Riesenberg	United States	104,500	42
Amazon	428	8	Cliff Josephy	United States	52,000	21

Amazon	429	1	Scott Anderson	United States	48,500	19
Amazon	429	2	Alan Sternberg	United States	150,000	60
Amazon	429	3	Juan Ramirez	United States	24,500	10
Amazon	429	4	Denis Strebkov	Russia	157,500	63
Amazon	429	6	Tim Seidensticker	United States	125,000	50
Amazon	429	7	Esther Taylor-Brady	United States	240,000	96

Amazon	430	2	John Esposito	United States	185,000	74
Amazon	430	4	Yevgeniy Timoshenko	United States	38,500	15
Amazon	430	5	Daniel Parker	United States	113,500	45
Amazon	430	6	Brian Hacker	United States	66,000	26
Amazon	430	7	Joe Hachem	Australia	33,000	13
Amazon	430	8	John Racener	United States	159,500	64

Amazon	434	1	Ward Crane	United States	240,000	96
Amazon	434	3	Hernan Salazar	United States	50,500	20
Amazon	434	4	Thomas Welborn	United States	101,000	40
Amazon	434	6	Michael Bickel	United States	23,000	9
Amazon	434	8	Ashly Butler	United States	178,000	71

Amazon	435	1	Scott Seiver	United States	118,500	47
Amazon	435	2	Jordan Siegel	United States	113,500	45
Amazon	435	3	Anatolii Zyrin	Russia	200,000	80
Amazon	435	4	Jeff Gross	United States	58,500	23
Amazon	435	6	Christopher Conrad	United States	41,000	16
Amazon	435	8	Ryan Rapaski	United States	153,000	61

Amazon	436	1	Kane Kalas	United States	56,000	22
Amazon	436	3	Richie Allen	United Kingdom	130,000	52
Amazon	436	4	Roland Israelashvili	United States	80,000	32
Amazon	436	5	Jake Liebeskind	United States	84,000	34
Amazon	436	6	Tom Koral	United States	141,000	56
Amazon	436	7	Anthony Zinno	United States	199,500	80

Amazon	437	1	Louis Werman	United States	115,000	46
Amazon	437	2	Marco Johnson	United States	162,500	65
Amazon	437	3	Kyle Montgomery	United States	97,500	39
Amazon	437	5	Michael Bees	United States	152,500	61
Amazon	437	6	Adam Hendrix	United States	74,500	30
Amazon	437	7	Joshua Pender	United States	50,000	20

Amazon	438	1	Corey Hochman	United States	75,500	30
Amazon	438	2	Noah Bronstein	United States	17,500	7
Amazon	438	3	Brian Dulac	United States	44,500	18
Amazon	438	5	Robert Stevanovski	United States	118,000	47
Amazon	438	7	Florian Fuchs	United States	96,500	39
Amazon	438	8	Thiago Macedo	Brazil	57,500	23

Amazon	439	1	George Linkenback	United States	49,500	20
Amazon	439	2	Leif Force	United States	99,500	40
Amazon	439	3	Richard Sklar	United States	76,500	31
Amazon	439	5	Justin Jones	United States	130,500	52
Amazon	439	7	Damjan Radanov	United States	85,000	34
Amazon	439	8	Ted Leva	United States	142,000	57

Amazon	443	1	Tommy Chen	United States	377,500	151
Amazon	443	2	Andjelko Andrejevic	United States	133,500	53
Amazon	443	3	Nick Schulman	United States	295,000	118
Amazon	443	5	Andrew Kelsall	United States	30,000	12
Amazon	443	6	Christopher Vitch	United States	49,000	20
Amazon	443	7	Brian Hastings	United States	447,000	179

Amazon	444	2	Rok Gostisa	Slovenia	66,500	27
Amazon	444	4	Shaun Deeb	United States	106,000	42
Amazon	444	5	Scott Stinson	United States	62,500	25
Amazon	444	6	Josh Arieh	United States	146,500	59
Amazon	444	7	Yuval Bronshtein	Israel	178,500	71
Amazon	444	8	Ryan Hughes	United States	98,500	39

Amazon	445	1	Michael Noori	United States	138,500	55
Amazon	445	2	Tim Burt	United States	7,000	3
Amazon	445	4	Ben Tang	United States	113,000	45
Amazon	445	5	Mark Gregorich	United States	71,000	28
Amazon	445	6	John Monnette	United States	68,000	27
Amazon	445	8	Aaron Kupin	United States	151,000	60

Amazon	446	1	Matt Vengrin	United States	118,000	47
Amazon	446	2	Charles Coultas	United States	77,000	31
Amazon	446	3	DID NOT REPORT 1	United States	31,000	12
Amazon	446	4	Ren Lin	United States	129,000	52
Amazon	446	5	Matt Livingston	United States	289,000	116
Amazon	446	7	Felipe Ramos	Brazil	282,500	113

Amazon	447	1	Ryan Miller	United States	55,000	22
Amazon	447	2	Mike Wattel	United States	68,500	27
Amazon	447	3	Hanna Khalaf	United States	90,000	36
Amazon	447	5	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	139,000	56
Amazon	447	6	Anthony Ajlouny	United States	59,000	24
Amazon	447	8	Seth Blackman	United States	45,500	18

11-04-2021 01:23 UTC-8

Brian Hastings Bags Chip Lead After Day 1 of Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Day 1 has drawn to a close after 10 levels in Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. By the time the clock struck 2 a.m. local time, a total of 194 entries were recorded with only 101 of them returning for Day 2.

Brian Hastings finished the day with the largest stack of 447,000 chips as he looks to grab hold of his fifth World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Hastings entered the field halfway through the day but wasted little time in building a stack. Once he did so, he found himself involved in a massive three-way pot where he rivered the nut-high hand along with the nut-low hand. A pot-sized river bet got paid off by Yueqi Zhu who once held the early lead and Hastings vaulted to the top of the leaderboard.

Hastings' previous WSOP wins came in 2012, two of them in 2015, and 2018 but he has yet to claim a victory in the game of Omaha. Hastings came so close in this very same event the last time it was held in 2019, finishing second to Nick Schulman. This all-around poker pro has accumulated nearly $4 million in career live tournament earnings and will be hoping to build on that number by the end of the week.

Event #66 Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

RANK	PLAYER	Country	CHIP COUNT	Big Blinds
1	Brian Hastings	United States	447,000	179
2	Tommy Chen	United States	377,500	151
3	Chip Jett	United States	308,500	123
4	Nick Schulman	United States	295,000	118
5	Matt Livingston	United States	289,000	116
6	Felipe Ramos	Brazil	282,500	113
7	Ward Crane	United States	240,000	96
8	Esther Taylor-Brady	United States	240,000	96
9	Ari Engel	United States	224,000	90

Some other big stacks moving on to Day 2 include Tommy Chen (377,500), PLO specialist Esther Taylor (240,0000), Chip Jett (308,500), and Felipe Ramos (282,500). This championship field attracted many big names and bracelet winners including the defending champion Schulman. It wasn't a profitable day for Schulman who only managed to put 29,500 chips in his bag but he will be returning tomorrow.

It wasn't meant to be for everyone as nearly half the field was sent to the rial on the opening day. It was a short-lived time on the felt for the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, David Williams, and Dario Sammartino who will not be returning for Day 2.

Late registration for this event will remain open until the start of play on Day 2 with each new entry getting a starting stack of 60,000 chips. The action will resume at 2 p.m. local time with the blinds on level 11 at 1,000/2,500 and a 2,500 big blind ante. Another 10 levels will be on the schedule for tomorrow with a winner being crowned on Day 4.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the updates throughout the tournament so keep it locked here.

Tags: Brian Hastings Chip Jett Daniel Negreanu Dario Sammartino David Williams Esther Taylor Felipe Ramos Mike Matusow Nick Schulman Tommy Chen Yueqi Zhu