Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Started
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$1,795,130
Entries
2,017
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
2,017
Players Left
117
Welcome to Day 1 of the 2023 WSOP at Horshoe and Paris Las Vegas and Event #21: $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha. The $1,000 buy-in has a 12:00 p.m. local start time that will give each player 20,000 starting chips and they will need to play 17 levels of 40 minutes to make it through to Day 2. Level 1 will begin with blinds of 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante.
This event at the 2022 WSOP attracted 1,891 entries and created a prize pool of $1,682,990, with a first-place prize of $255,359. Daniel Weinman took home the first-place spoils and his maiden World Series of Poker gold bracelet by defeating Jamey Hendrickson heads up who had to settle for $157,819.
2022 WSOP Final Table Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | PRIZE (USD) |
| 1 | Daniel Weinman | United States | $255,359 |
| 2 | Jamey Hendrickson | United States | $157,819 |
| 3 | Eduardo Bernal Sanchez | Columbia | $116,751 |
| 4 | Germandio Andoni | United States | $87,167 |
| 5 | Chino Rheem | United States | $65,686 |
| 6 | Ferenc Deak | Hungary | $49,962 |
| 7 | Stephen Song | United States | $38,363 |
| 8 | Ruslan Dykshteyn | United States | $29,739 |
This tournament will allow players two reentries while late registration is open, with late registration closing after 9 levels and a dinner break (approximately 7:40 p.m.). Players will get a 20-minute break after every three levels of play and one 60-minute dinner break after the ninth level.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor giving you all the updates and coverage of Event #21 action beginning at 12 p.m. local time.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
The tournament director has instructed the dealers to shuffle up and deal as Event #21 officially gets underway.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
The under-the-gun player raised to 300 before Ryan Smith three-bet to 1,100 in the cutoff. The button and blind quickly folded and the original raiser made the call.
The dealer fanned a flop of 10♥8♦5♠ and once checked to, Smith fired a bet of 1,200 which was called.
The 5♣ fell on the turn and the under-the-gun player checked once again and Smith continued for 2,000, which was enough to drag the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
On a flop of Q♦9♠4♦, both Trent Clelland and his opponent put 4,300 in the middle to see the K♠ turn.
Both players quickly checked the turn and the 2♦ river brought in a front door flush draw. Both players knuckled the table once again and Clelland showed A♠J♣10♠8♦ for a straight on the turn before his opponent mucked her hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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35,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Josh Arieh was seen taking his seat right on time. Arieh won player of the year in 2021 and has said that despite his lack of study in the game, he's felt he's had a knack at the Omaha variants for quite some time. In 2021 he won both the $1,500 PLO as well as the $10,000 PLO8 Championship.
Tyler Brown, recent winner of the $1,000 Mystery Bounty, was seen here sporting a new look. Before winning that event for a whopping $1,000,000, he was fresh off the final table of the $5,000 NLH/PLO Mix. Upon further inspection, it appeared that Brown's specialty may be in the Omaha variants. Brown logged three cashes in the PGT Omaha Series, including a runner up for $146,000.
Dylan Weisman was also seen in the field. Weisman is a dedicated PLO coach and won this very event in 2021 for $166,461. His most recent Omaha win was in the $25,000 PLO Championship at the PGT PLO series for a whopping, $416,500.
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Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Five players limped before the flop to see the A♣Q♦J♥ and the action checked to YouTube Vlogger Joshua 'PLO Professor' Thatcher who fired out a bet of 400 and only the under-the-gun player made the call.
The 9♠ fell on the turn, and the under-the-gun player checked to Thatcher once again who announced "Pot" for 2,000. His opponents cards hit the muck and he tabled J♣7♦4♥, mucking his fourth card.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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29,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Fernando "Jnandez" Habegger, started off the series with a bang, getting runner-up in the $5,000 NLH/PLO mix for $330,344. PokerNews got the opportunity to chat with Habegger earlier this week. Habegger mentioned that his intention will be to play as many of the PLO events he can, but will not be playing more NLH events as it's not his game of choice.
Chino Rheem, who final tabled this event in 2021, is seated directly to Habegger's right. Rheem has two runner ups in bracelet events, but the hardware has eluded him.
Michael Holmes, who is also fresh off a second place finish in the $600 PLO Deepstack was also seen in the field. According to a friend of his, he was never much interested in playing WSOP events but the tenacity of a fellow Omaha player convinced him it was worth taking a shot. It worked out well for him, considering he turned his one bullet of $600 into $134,171.
Jefferson Guerrero spoke with PokerNews just before returning to heads up play in the $600 NLH Deepstack and said his game is more Omaha and he was looking forward to playing as many PLO events as he can. Ultimately, Guerrero fell in second place in the Deepstack for $216,941. He assured PokerNews that we'll be seeing a lot of him this summer.
Andrew Neeme, one of YouTube's earliest poker vloggers, was also seen in the field. Neeme has spent more time the last couple years studying PLO.
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