Event #45: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-21-2022 16:03 UTC-8

Chen On Top of Latest Counts From Ballys Blue Section

NicholasBaltz

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pete Chen	125,000 125,000	125,000

Sasha Liu	105,000 95,000	95,000
Joseph Cheong	42,000 42,000	42,000

Joe Serock	38,000 38,000	38,000

Erik Seidel	25,000 25,000	25,000

Ryan Depaulo	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tommy Le	25,000 25,000	25,000

Ankush Mandavia	25,000 25,000	25,000

Steve Zolotow	21,000

06-21-2022 15:44 UTC-8

Rheem and Weisman Keep Up the Pressure

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NicholasBaltz

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Dylan Weisman saw a flop and called a bet of 5,000 to the turn .

Both players checked and the river brought the . Weisman led for 4,000 and his opponent tank-folded.

On the neighboring table, Chino Rheem faced a bet of 3,500 on the turn and raised it up to 15,000.

His opponent called and they saw the river. Chino bet 20,000 when checked to, and that was enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	240,000 90,000	90,000
Dylan Weisman	130,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Dylan Weisman

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

06-21-2022 15:13 UTC-8

Negreanu Takes a Seat

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NicholasBaltz

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Six-time WSOP bracelet winner and two-time Player of the Year Daniel Negreanu has joined the field.

He has a PLO title to his name and will look to spin it up with the late reg.

Negreanu has already run his starting stack up in the first few hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

06-21-2022 15:05 UTC-8

Rheem Runs It Up Fast, Coppola Building a Stack

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NicholasBaltz

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Coppola	185,000 185,000	185,000
Chino Rheem	150,000 129,000	129,000
Ken Aldridge	140,000 108,500	108,500

Shawn Stroke	80,000 33,000	33,000
Kyle Arora	67,000 35,000	35,000
Johann Ibanez	63,000 13,400	13,400
Kelvin Kerber	27,000 -20,000	-20,000
Shea Quintin	9,000 9,000	9,000
Andre Templeman	Busted
Jason Stockfish	Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

06-21-2022 14:34 UTC-8

Break

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NicholasBaltz

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Players are on another 20-minute break.

06-21-2022 14:31 UTC-8

Rheem Ready To Gamble, Weisman Spins It Up

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NicholasBaltz

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Chino Rheem took the seat previously occupied by Tommy Le and went right to work.

Andre Templeman opened to 1,500 under the gun and there were a couple of calls before Rheem raised it up to 7,500 from the big blind. Three players called and it was four ways to the flop.

The small blind open-shoved for 6,400, Rheem shoved for 16,900 and Templeman came over the top with the bigger stack. The other player folded and the race was on.

Small Blind:
Chino Rheem:
Andre Templeman:

The turn brought the and the river was the as the small blind tripled up and Rheem took the side pot to end up close to where he started.

Meanwhile, one table over, Dylan Weisman has already spun his stack back over 100,000.

"It was a cooler," said Weisman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Weisman	109,000 81,000	81,000

Andre Templeman	26,000 -4,000	-4,000
Chino Rheem	21,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Andre Templeton Chino Rheem

06-21-2022 14:05 UTC-8

Tanita Takes It With Tens

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NicholasBaltz

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

The action was found with Dylan Weisman three-betting to 8,500 from the big blind and only Robert Tanita came along from the small.

Tanita check-called 4,000 from Weisman on the flop and they saw the turn.

Tanita check-called again, this time 9,000 from Weisman and the river brought the . Both players checked this time and Tanita rolled over a set of tens for the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Tanita	55,000 55,000	55,000
Dylan Weisman	28,000 -39,000	-39,000

Tags: Dylan Weisman Robert Tanita

06-21-2022 14:00 UTC-8

Arieh and Le Both Bust a Bullet

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NicholasBaltz

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Arora	32,000 32,000	32,000
Ken Aldridge	31,500 -6,500	-6,500

Jason Stockfish	24,000 -28,000	-28,000
Allen Kessler	22,000 -2,000	-2,000
Josh Arieh	Busted

Tommy Le	Busted