Event #18: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker

Event #18: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

Day 1 Completed

06-07-2019 01:25 UTC-8

Yarron Bendor Leads $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship; 90 Players Remain and Registration Still Open

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Day 1 of the Event #18: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship has come to a conclusion at the 2019 World Series of Poker with Yarron Bendor leading the approximate 90 survivors into Day 2.

The second Omaha Hi-Lo event of the series saw the first Championship event of the series take center stage inside the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. A field of 173 players entered the tournament throughout the day, and that number is set to increase with registration open until the start of play on Day 2.

Even with the final number set to increase, the 173-player field is the biggest since 2014 when Brock Parker defeated a 178-player field, while the record in this variation of the Championship is 212 players back in 2010 when Sammy Farha collected the WSOP bracelet.

The Omaha Hi-Lo Championship is grouped in one of the tougher events of the series, and as a result, a plethora of tournament veterans, cash game regulars and out-of-town grinders take a seat. The likes of WSOP bracelet winners David "ODB" Baker, Gary Benson, Todd Brunson, Andrew Brown, Scott Bohlman, Steven Loube, Randy Ohel, Julien Martini, Jarred Graham, Scott Clements, Ryan Hughes, Brian Rast, Mike Gorodinsky, Steven Wolanksy, Jesse Martin, Josh Arieh, Layne Flack, and Daniel Negreanu all found themselves on the rail throughout the day.

However, the man on top is Yarron Bendor who finished the day with 375,500 in chips. Bendor finished in third-place in this event in 2017 behind Abe Mosseri and Negreanu. Although Bender was one of the chip leaders for the majority of the day, he shot past David Benyamine in the final few hands to be the only player in reaching distance of 400,000 in chips. Benyamine sits in second with 291,500, while Richard Ashby (290,500), Shaun Deeb (263,500), David "Bakes" Baker (221,000), Alex Foxen (218,000), and Tom Koral (216,500) are also among the leaders.

The first Omaha Hi-Lo event of the series concluded a few days ago with Derek McMaster collecting his first WSOP bracelet and the $228,228 first-place prize. McMaster entered today's tournament and continued his good fortune following his event in Event #4 to finish with 240,000 in chips; good for fifth place among the notable player finishers.

Also surviving into Day 2 include WSOP bracelet winners Sam Higgs, Mike Wattel, John Racener, Perry Friedman, Mike Matusow, Owais Ahmed, Nick Schulman, John Monnette, James Obst, Ben Lamb, Dan Zack, Chris Vitch, Ray Dehkharghani, Chris Ferguson, Brandon Shack-Harris, and defending champion Paul Volpe.

Day 2 begins at 2 p.m. (PDT) on Friday, June 7, with the remaining players scheduled to play seven 90-minute levels with registration remaining open until the start of play. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the floor to provide continuous live updates of all the Event #18 action, so stay tuned to d9y.shop for all the live coverage of this event, and the entire 2019 World Series of Poker.

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06-07-2019 01:20 UTC-8

Day 2 Seat Draw Event #18: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

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Level 10 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
Amazon	416	1	Dominik Baud	Switzerland	172,000
Amazon	416	2	Max Pescatori	Italy	94,000
Amazon	416	3	Bryce Yockey	United States	67,500
Amazon	416	4	Robert Mizrachi	United States	120,000
Amazon	416	5	David "Bakes" Baker	United States	221,000
Amazon	416	6	Bart Hanson	United States	60,500
Amazon	416	7	Curtis Phelps	United States	169,500
Amazon	416	9	Ben Lamb	United States	21,500

Amazon	417	1	Richard Ashby	United Kingdom	290,500
Amazon	417	2	Esther Taylor	United States	63,000
Amazon	417	3	Alex Foxen	United States	218,000
Amazon	417	5	John Monnette	United States	110,000
Amazon	417	6	Derek McMaster	United States	240,000
Amazon	417	7	Anson Tsang	Hong Kong	110,000
Amazon	417	8	Josh Pollock	United States	89,000
Amazon	417	9	Roland Israelashvili	United States	70,000

Amazon	418	1	Yarron Bendor	United States	375,500
Amazon	418	3	Christopher Roth	United States	107,000
Amazon	418	4	Nick Guagenti	United States	168,500
Amazon	418	5	Dan Zack	United States	92,500
Amazon	418	6	Michael Chow	United States	20,000
Amazon	418	7	Andrew Yeh	United States	196,000
Amazon	418	8	Jameson Painter	United States	94,000
Amazon	418	9	Eric Wasserson	United States	104,000

Amazon	419	1	Ylon Schwartz	United States	129,500
Amazon	419	2	Anthony Zinno	United States	45,500
Amazon	419	3	Anthony Alberto	United States	157,000
Amazon	419	4	Gary Bolden	United States	156,000
Amazon	419	5	Joey Couden	United States	74,000
Amazon	419	6	David Benyamine	United States	291,500
Amazon	419	7	Andrew Kelsall	United States	54,000
Amazon	419	8	Bradley Helm	United States	90,000
Amazon	419	9	Ofir Mor	United States	82,000

Amazon	424	1	Matthew Gonzales	United States	69,000
Amazon	424	2	Delmiro Toledo	United States	258,000
Amazon	424	3	Jyri Merivirta	Finland	92,000
Amazon	424	4	Frankie O'Dell	United States	102,000
Amazon	424	5	James Obst	Australia	86,000
Amazon	424	6	Allen Kessler	United States	64,000
Amazon	424	8	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	143,500
Amazon	424	9	Jonathan Depa	United States	53,000

Amazon	425	1	Ville Haavisto	Finland	111,000
Amazon	425	2	Chris Amaral	United States	100,500
Amazon	425	4	Tom Koral	United States	216,500
Amazon	425	5	Marco Johnson	United States	39,000
Amazon	425	6	Kyle Miaso	United States	140,500
Amazon	425	7	Dario Sammartino	Italy	93,000
Amazon	425	8	Dan Santoro	United States	41,500
Amazon	425	9	Chris Bjorin	Sweden	60,500

Amazon	426	1	Robert Slezak	United States	143,500
Amazon	426	2	Brandon Shack-Harris	United States	58,000
Amazon	426	3	Frank Digiorgio	United States	77,500
Amazon	426	4	Ray Dehkharghani	United States	70,000
Amazon	426	5	Todd Barlow	United States	61,500
Amazon	426	6	Ryan Miller	United States	105,500
Amazon	426	7	Carol Fuchs	United States	71,500
Amazon	426	8	Perry Friedman	United States	158,500
Amazon	426	9	Ken Aldridge	United States	201,500

Amazon	427	1	Jose Paz-Gutierrez	Bolivia	86,000
Amazon	427	2	Jason Lester	United States	39,000
Amazon	427	3	Ryan Lenaghan	United States	128,000
Amazon	427	4	Robert Campbell	Australia	71,500
Amazon	427	5	Robert Stevanovski	United States	227,000
Amazon	427	6	Michael Mckenna	United States	53,000
Amazon	427	7	Simeon Myers	United States	81,500
Amazon	427	8	Sam Higgs	United States	190,000
Amazon	427	9	Chris Ferguson	United States	42,000

Amazon	433	1	Ryan Paluf	United States	51,500
Amazon	433	2	Gregory Jamison	United States	66,500
Amazon	433	3	Tony Cousineau	United States	63,000
Amazon	433	4	Chris Vitch	United States	76,000
Amazon	433	5	Jake Schwartz	United States	142,500
Amazon	433	7	Mike Matusow	United States	150,500
Amazon	433	8	Larry Kantor	United States	139,500
Amazon	433	9	Calen McNeil	Canada	55,500

Amazon	434	1	Matt Woodward	United States	80,000
Amazon	434	2	Dylan Linde	United States	124,000
Amazon	434	3	Andrew Barber	United States	2,500
Amazon	434	4	Mike Wattel	United States	172,000
Amazon	434	5	John Racener	United States	184,500
Amazon	434	6	Andrey Zaichenko	Russia	77,500
Amazon	434	8	Jeremy Heartberg	United States	84,500

Amazon	435	1	Timothy Flanders	United Kingdom	132,500
Amazon	435	2	Alexey Makarov	Russia	66,500
Amazon	435	3	Nick Schulman	United States	128,000
Amazon	435	5	Jeffrey Vaughn	United States	87,500
Amazon	435	6	Shaun Deeb	United States	263,000
Amazon	435	7	Paul Volpe	United States	114,000
Amazon	435	8	Stuart Elkin	United States	97,000
Amazon	435	9	Owais Ahmed	United States	145,500

06-07-2019 01:09 UTC-8

End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

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Player	Chips	Progress
Yarron Bendor	375,500 30,500	30,500

David Benyamine	291,500 -23,500	-23,500

Richard Ashby	290,500 50,500	50,500

Shaun Deeb	263,000 -17,000	-17,000

Delmiro Toledo	258,000 258,000	258,000
Derek McMaster	240,000 -5,000	-5,000

Robert Stevanovski	227,000 227,000	227,000
David "Bakes" Baker	221,000 41,000	41,000

Alex Foxen	218,000 93,000	93,000

Tom Koral	216,500 -3,500	-3,500

Ken Aldridge	201,500 76,500	76,500

Andrew Yeh	196,000 121,000	121,000

Sam Higgs	190,000 -5,000	-5,000

John Racener	184,500 24,500	24,500

Mike Wattel	172,000 -18,000	-18,000

Dominik Baud	172,000 172,000	172,000
Curtis Phelps	169,500 169,500	169,500
Nick Guagenti	168,500 73,500	73,500

Perry Friedman	158,500 71,000	71,000

Anthony Alberto	157,000 27,000	27,000
Gary Bolden	156,000 1,000	1,000

Mike Matusow	150,500 60,500	60,500

Owais Ahmed	145,500 10,500	10,500

Robert Slezak	143,500 143,500	143,500
Benny Glaser	143,500 25,500	25,500

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06-07-2019 00:51 UTC-8

Three More Hands

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The Tournament Director has announced that there will be three more hands remaining on Day 1 of Event #18.

06-07-2019 00:50 UTC-8

Late Day Chip Leaders

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Player	Chips	Progress
Yarron Bendor	345,000 80,000	80,000

David Benyamine	315,000 -29,000	-29,000

Shaun Deeb	280,000 30,000	30,000

Derek McMaster	245,000 140,000	140,000

Richard Ashby	240,000 75,000	75,000

06-07-2019 00:44 UTC-8

Arieh Eliminated by Higgs and Wasserson

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Josh Arieh was all in for his last 10,500 against Sam Higgs and Eric Wasserson.

Higgs bet out on every street on the board and Wasserson called him down.

Higgs tabled his , and Wasserson tabled his .

Arieh stood there stunned as he looked at his cards and tabled his and stated, "I had it scooped until the river!"

With Higgs tabling sixes-up as opposed to Arieh's fives-up, Arieh was eliminated late here on Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Higgs	195,000 85,000	85,000

Eric Wasserson	95,000 -25,000	-25,000

Josh Arieh	Busted

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06-07-2019 00:37 UTC-8

Ferguson Enters

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Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Ferguson	60,000

06-07-2019 00:21 UTC-8

Martin Eliminated by Obst and Bolden

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Jesse Martin was all in for 6,000 from middle position, and James Obst raised to 9,000 next to act in the hijack. Gary Bolden called from the button and the checked through to the river.