2024 WSOP Europe

Event #4: €2,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2024 WSOP Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq75
Prize
€91,400
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,000
Prize Pool
€398,231
Entries
229
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
229
Players Left
50

Defending Champion Hokyiu Lee Grabs Chiplead After Day 1 of Event #4: €2,000 Pot Limit Omaha

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Hokyiu Lee
Hokyiu Lee

Last year, Hong Kong's Hokyiu Lee, a self-proclaimed cash game specialist, took down the €2,000 Pot Limit Omaha event at the World Series of Poker Europe at King's Resort Rozvadov for his first bracelet. This year, after an arduous 11-hour Day 1, Lee found himself on top of the leaderboard as 50 players advanced to the second and final day of Event #4: €2,000 Pot Limit Omaha.

Looking for back-to-back victories in the same WSOP Europe event, a feat rarely accomplished, Lee accumulated 609,500 chips on Day 1. With a massive stack of 122 big blinds at the start of Day 2, Lee has a comfortable lead over the rest of the field as he aims to defend his title. However, Lee is not the only player in a good position to go back-to-back, as last year's fourth-place finisher Daniel Smuskovics is sitting right behind Lee in the standings with a stack of 565,000.

Daniel Smuskovics
Daniel Smuskovics

Other players who will bring more than 100 big blinds to Day 2 are David Sosic (560,000), Dennis Weiss (535,000), and Alen Sabic (506,500), while Thomas Eychenne (385,500) and Simeon Tsonev (314,500) also secured a spot in the top ten counts.

End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Hokyiu LeeHong Kong609,500122
2Daniel SmuskovicsGermany565,000113
3David SosicCroatia560,000112
4Dennis WeissGermany535,000107
5Alen SabicBosnia and Herzegovina506,500101
6Alexi SkoulosSweden485,50097
7Marco Di PersioItaly477,50096
8Thomas EychenneFrance385,50077
9Marek UharcekSlovakia356,00071
10Simeon TsonevBulgaria314,50063

Vivian Saliba was the only lady among the 229 entries, a turnout that bested last year's, and she also made it through the day, albeit among the shorter stacks with 81,500 chips at her disposal. Meanwhile, Anson Tsang has already won this event in 2018 and 2022 and is looking for his fourth overall bracelet by capturing the title for a third time. He bagged an above-average stack of 254,500, setting him up nicely for the grind that will be necessary on Day 2.

Anson Tsang
Anson Tsang

Other names who are coming back tomorrow hoping to get a slice of the €398,231 prize pool, which easily surpassed the €300,000 guarantee, include Jari Mahonen (244,000), Gabi Livshitz (208,000), poker commentator George Sandford (205,500), PLO specialist Dwayne Sluis (174,500), Fahredin Mustafov (146,500), and poker veteran Vladimir Troyanovskiy (115,000).

Meanwhile, Dario Alioto, Ermanno Di Nicola, Jan-Peter Jachtmann, Bjorn Verbakel, Tobias Peters, Samuel Stranak, Bernd Gleissner, and Stephen Nahm will not be adding a second bracelet to their collection as they did not manage to survive the onslaught of Day 1.

All who do return will restart tomorrow, September 25, at 3 p.m. local time. Blinds will resume in Level 15: 2,5

3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante, and all levels will remain 40 minutes in length. A break will be had after every three levels, and play will continue until a winner has been crowned. A cards-up live stream is scheduled to start at 6:45 p.m., although the starting time is subject to change.

The payouts have not been announced yet, so check back in with PokerNews tomorrow to find out who will be crowned the champion and with what gigantic sum of money they will walk away with.

Tags: Alen SabicAlexi SkoulosAnson TsangDaniel SmuskovicsDavid SosicDennis WeissDwayne SluisFahredin MustafovGabi LivshitzGeorge SandfordHokyiu LeeJari MahonenMarco Di PersioMarek UharcekSimeon TsonevThomas EychenneVivian SalibaVladimir Troyanovskiy