Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Day 1 Completed

06-29-2023 00:36 UTC-8

Nick Guagenti Tops Day 1 of Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Day 1 has concluded for Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with Nick Guagenti bagging up the lead after amassing 656,000 in chips. Not too far behind is Mike Linster, who managed to bag up 540,000 by the end of the day.

Guagenti has tournament cashes dating back to 2006, and won his first WSOP bracelet in an online event back in 2020. More recently, Guagenti earned a 16th-place finish in Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. and is currently positioned to make another deep run.

End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Nick Guagenti	United States	656,000	109
2	Philipp Krieger	Germany	542,000	90
3	Mike Linster	United States	540,000	90
4	Robert Campbell	Australia	497,000	83
5	Amnon Filippi	United States	489,000	82
6	DID NOT REPORT 2	United States	485,000	81
7	Jeremy Brousseau	France	423,000	71
8	Ryan Bambrick	United States	418,000	70
9	Sean Remz	United States	400,000	67
10	Joseph Silverman	United States	389,000	65

Day 1 drew a total of 1,125 players, generating a total prize pool of $1,501,875. The money bubble burst in two spots at the very end of the day, which means that the remaining 168 players are guaranteed a minimum $2,409 payday. The eventual winner will take home $259,549 in addition to the gold bracelet.

Some notables who will continue onto Day 2 include 2019 Player of The Year Robert Campbell (497,000), Amnon Filippi (489,000), JJ Liu (374,000), James Chen (316,000), 2008 Player of The Year Erick Lindgren (245,000), Jeff Lisandro (150,000), Anthony Zinno (100,000), and Joe Hachem (97,000).

Some not-so-fortunate players included David Williams, Frank Kassela, Shaun Deeb, Ted Forrest, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, and Sam Farha – all of whom busted out before the end of Day 1.

Day 2 begins on June 29 at 1:00 p.m. local time. Levels will be extended to 60 minutes each, and play will continue for an additional 10 levels. Day 2 will start on Level 16, which features 3,000/6,000 blinds and a 6,000 ante. Players will get a 15-minute break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after level 21 (~7:30 p.m.)

Be sure to stick with PokerNews for all the Day 2 action as we race toward a final table here in Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better!

Tags: Amnon Filippi Anthony Zinno Barry Greenstein David Williams Erick Lindgren Frank Kassela Jeff Lisandro JJ Liu Mike Linster Mike Matusow Nick Guagenti Rob Campbell Sam Farha Shaun Deeb

06-29-2023 00:35 UTC-8

Seat Draw for Day 2

Matthew Pitt

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Casino	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Horseshoe	600	1	Andreas Frohli	United States	98,000	16
Horseshoe	600	2	Scott Numoto	United States	50,000	8
Horseshoe	600	3	Anthony Askey	United States	30,000	5
Horseshoe	600	4	Lee Johnson	United States	112,000	19
Horseshoe	600	5	Wendy Weissman	United States	152,000	25
Horseshoe	600	6	Xiaochuan Zhang	China	385,000	64
Horseshoe	600	7	Fu Wong	United States	340,000	57
Horseshoe	600	8	Calen McNeil	Canada	31,000	5

Horseshoe	601	1	Joseph Silverman	United States	389,000	65
Horseshoe	601	2	Nitesh Rawtani	United States	238,000	40
Horseshoe	601	3	Erick Lindgren	United States	245,000	41
Horseshoe	601	4	James Chen	United States	316,000	53
Horseshoe	601	5	Bobby Oboodi	United States	49,000	8
Horseshoe	601	6	Justin Rossell	United States	74,000	12
Horseshoe	601	7	Edward Chiaramonte	United States	68,000	11
Horseshoe	601	8	Robert Campbell	United States	40,000	7

Horseshoe	602	1	Vincas Tamasauskas	Lithuania	38,000	6
Horseshoe	602	2	Amnon Filippi	United States	489,000	82
Horseshoe	602	3	Leonardo Teixeira	BrazilBrazil	63,000	11
Horseshoe	602	4	Dean Koenig	United States	35,000	6
Horseshoe	602	5	David Bach	United States	27,000	5
Horseshoe	602	6	Michael Wehner	United Kingdom	53,000	9
Horseshoe	602	7	Allen Kessler	United States	1	0
Horseshoe	602	8	Perry Friedman	United States	56,000	9

Horseshoe	603	1	John Eckhart	United States	150,000	25
Horseshoe	603	2	Jared Koppel	United States	262,000	44
Horseshoe	603	3	David Dille	United States	76,000	13
Horseshoe	603	4	Yuval Bronshtein	Israel	105,000	18
Horseshoe	603	5	Aaron Schaff	United States	36,000	6
Horseshoe	603	6	Andrew Barber	United States	235,000	39
Horseshoe	603	7	Michael Holtz	United States	132,000	22
Horseshoe	603	8	Kyle Emerson	United States	211,000	35

Horseshoe	605	1	Shaun Carvill	United Kingdom	73,000	12
Horseshoe	605	2	Damien Pilkington Lewis	United Kingdom	76,000	13
Horseshoe	605	3	John Goyette	United States	168,000	28
Horseshoe	605	4	Ryan Hughes	United States	216,000	36
Horseshoe	605	5	Joe Hachem	Australia	97,000	16
Horseshoe	605	6	Brian Bauer	United States	142,000	24
Horseshoe	605	7	Mike Beasley	United States	97,000	16
Horseshoe	605	8	Jose Severino	Panama	329,000	55

Horseshoe	606	1	Kyle Cartwright	United States	169,000	28
Horseshoe	606	2	Alberto Fonseca	Costa Rica	149,000	25
Horseshoe	606	3	Miguel Gonzalez	Mexico	381,000	64
Horseshoe	606	4	Kyle Montgomery	United States	121,000	20
Horseshoe	606	5	Ashish Gupta	Australia	178,000	30
Horseshoe	606	6	Michael Sortino	United States	131,000	22
Horseshoe	606	7	Shawn Wheeling	United States	99,000	17
Horseshoe	606	8	Mike Linster	United States	540,000	90

Horseshoe	607	1	Michael Six	United States	174,000	29
Horseshoe	607	2	Jeremy Brousseau	France	423,000	71
Horseshoe	607	3	James Pritchard	United States	234,000	39
Horseshoe	607	4	William Kopp	United States	300,000	50
Horseshoe	607	5	Paul Sokoloff	United Kingdom	28,000	5
Horseshoe	607	6	Tom Koral	United States	112,000	19
Horseshoe	607	7	Nicholas Chow	United States	118,000	20
Horseshoe	607	8	Nick Guagenti	United States	656,000	109

Horseshoe	608	1	David Hipperson	United States	56,000	9
Horseshoe	608	2	Marcel Vonk	Netherlands	318,000	53
Horseshoe	608	3	Corey Emery	United States	117,000	20
Horseshoe	608	4	Felipe Jimenezmaia	Brazil	130,000	22
Horseshoe	608	5	Denis Vladimirov	Russia	185,000	31
Horseshoe	608	6	Benjamin Hebert	United States	57,000	10
Horseshoe	608	7	Edward Doyle	United States	66,000	11
Horseshoe	608	8	John Monnette	United States	83,000	14

Horseshoe	609	1	Jake Liebeskind	United States	207,000	35
Horseshoe	609	2	Dylan Wilkerson	United States	53,000	9
Horseshoe	609	3	DID NOT REPORT 1		130,000	22
Horseshoe	609	4	Jose Paz-Gutierrez	Bolivia	150,000	25
Horseshoe	609	5	Craig Natte	United States	113,000	19
Horseshoe	609	6	Robert Whyte	Canada	102,000	17
Horseshoe	609	7	Steven Martinelli	United States	69,000	12
Horseshoe	609	8	Jochen Pfeifer	Germany	120,000	20

Horseshoe	610	1	Jorge Leon	United States	204,000	34
Horseshoe	610	2	Paul Rigg	United Kingdom	31,000	5
Horseshoe	610	3	Adrian Jimenez	United States	114,000	19
Horseshoe	610	4	Itzhak Weltfreid	United States	168,000	28
Horseshoe	610	5	Marcus Stein	United States	71,000	12
Horseshoe	610	6	Sean Remz	United States	400,000	67
Horseshoe	610	7	William Kerkaert	United States	111,000	19
Horseshoe	610	8	Richard Tatalovich	United States	332,000	55

Horseshoe	611	1	David Cohoon	United States	79,000	13
Horseshoe	611	2	Jarryd Godena	Australia	137,000	23
Horseshoe	611	3	Philipp Krieger	Germany	542,000	90
Horseshoe	611	4	Steven Loube	United States	231,000	39
Horseshoe	611	5	Jerome Zerbib	France	52,000	9
Horseshoe	611	6	Sterling Savill	United States	64,000	11
Horseshoe	611	7	John Marlowe	United States	98,000	16
Horseshoe	611	8	Paul Hoefer	Germany	145,000	24

Horseshoe	612	1	William Bonnell	United States	20,000	3
Horseshoe	612	2	Timothy Oneil	United States	83,000	14
Horseshoe	612	3	Kevin Buck	United States	40,000	7
Horseshoe	612	4	Joseph Downey	United States	200,000	33
Horseshoe	612	5	Kelly Kim	United States	88,000	15
Horseshoe	612	6	Loni Harwood	United States	73,000	12
Horseshoe	612	7	Mauricio Ferreira Pais	Germany	278,000	46
Horseshoe	612	8	Alan Myerson	United States	90,000	15

Horseshoe	613	1	Paul Fehlig	United States	152,000	25
Horseshoe	613	2	Ryan Bambrick	United States	418,000	70
Horseshoe	613	3	Phillip Oliphant	United States	317,000	53
Horseshoe	613	4	William Annas	United States	319,000	53
Horseshoe	613	5	Igor Zektser	United States	232,000	39
Horseshoe	613	6	Christopher Conrad	United States	98,000	16
Horseshoe	613	7	Jeffrey Samson	United States	29,000	5
Horseshoe	613	8	Tim Van Loo	Austria	128,000	21

Horseshoe	614	1	Raymond Henson	United States	29,000	5
Horseshoe	614	2	Leif Force	United States	231,000	39
Horseshoe	614	3	John Zable	United States	323,000	54
Horseshoe	614	4	John Riordan	United States	160,000	27
Horseshoe	614	5	Tyler Jardine	Canada	233,000	39
Horseshoe	614	6	Michael Albert	United States	163,000	27
Horseshoe	614	7	Luis Velador	United States	301,000	50
Horseshoe	614	8	Rami Boukai	United States	302,000	50

Horseshoe	615	1	Scott Baumstein	United States	64,000	11
Horseshoe	615	2	Jason James	Canada	202,000	34
Horseshoe	615	3	Michael Wang	United States	250,000	42
Horseshoe	615	4	Joe Ritzie	United States	82,000	14
Horseshoe	615	5	Joseph McCarthy	United States	325,000	54
Horseshoe	615	6	Sebastian Pauli	Germany	68,000	11
Horseshoe	615	7	Paul Edwards	United States	149,000	25
Horseshoe	615	8	Jonathan Ingalls	United States	104,000	17

Horseshoe	616	1	Andrew Blum	United States	203,000	34
Horseshoe	616	2	Patrick Roteman	United States	34,000	6
Horseshoe	616	3	Jay Hong	United States	135,000	23
Horseshoe	616	4	Israel Garcia	United States	56,000	9
Horseshoe	616	5	Jeff Lisandro	Australia	150,000	25
Horseshoe	616	6	David Stephenson	United States	82,000	14
Horseshoe	616	7	Alexandr Orlov	Russia	50,000	8
Horseshoe	616	8	Michael Rodrigues Pires	Portugal	293,000	49

Horseshoe	621	1	Jason Riesenberg	United States	66,000	11
Horseshoe	621	2	Anthony Zinno	United States	160,000	27
Horseshoe	621	3	Lorell Pascual	United States	33,000	6
Horseshoe	621	4	Paul Zappulla	United States	126,000	21
Horseshoe	621	5	David Kalser	United States	67,000	11
Horseshoe	621	6	Karl Tretter	United States	94,000	16
Horseshoe	621	7	Joseph Deluca	United States	375,000	63
Horseshoe	621	8	Elie Nakache	Mexico	127,000	21

Horseshoe	622	1	Omar Saeed	United States	81,000	14
Horseshoe	622	2	Nathan Dewitt	United States	253,000	42
Horseshoe	622	3	Aaron Wallace	United States	342,000	57
Horseshoe	622	4	Robert Campbell (AU)	Australia	497,000	83
Horseshoe	622	5	Jeffrey Kostyniuk	Canada	137,000	23
Horseshoe	622	6	Peter Kelly	United States	143,000	24
Horseshoe	622	7	Guillermo Nunez	United States	344,000	57
Horseshoe	622	8	David Weiss	United States	103,000	17

Horseshoe	623	1	Matt Vengrin	United States	314,000	52
Horseshoe	623	2	Michael Chow	United States	150,000	25
Horseshoe	623	3	Scott Fitzhugh	United States	228,000	38
Horseshoe	623	4	Shawn Buchanan	Canada	15,000	3
Horseshoe	623	5	Christopher Gallagher	United States	103,000	17
Horseshoe	623	6	Peng Shan	United States	59,000	10
Horseshoe	623	7	Michael Kapernaros	United States	26,000	4
Horseshoe	623	8	Michael Estes	United States	117,000	20

Horseshoe	624	1	Matt Waxman	United States	40,000	7
Horseshoe	624	2	Ziya Rahim	United States	171,000	29
Horseshoe	624	3	Pearce Arnold	United States	76,000	13
Horseshoe	624	4	William Cascioli	United States	172,000	29
Horseshoe	624	5	Andrew Paterson	Canada	111,000	19
Horseshoe	624	6	Endrit Geci	United States	313,000	52
Horseshoe	624	7	Angela Jordison	United States	127,000	21
Horseshoe	624	8	Bryant Bustamante	United States	116,000	19

Horseshoe	625	1	DID NOT REPORT 2	United States	485,000	81
Horseshoe	625	2	Connor Drinan	United States	156,000	26
Horseshoe	625	3	Sokchheka Pho	United States	75,000	13
Horseshoe	625	4	Morton Davis	United States	129,000	22
Horseshoe	625	5	Joanne Liu	United States	374,000	62
Horseshoe	625	6	Joshua Steiner	United States	97,000	16
Horseshoe	625	7	Aaron Kupin	United States	74,000	12
Horseshoe	625	8	Derrick Rose	United States	322,000	54

06-29-2023 00:21 UTC-8

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Guagenti	656,000 224,000	224,000

Philipp Krieger	542,000 542,000	542,000
Mike Linster	540,000 105,000	105,000
Robert Campbell	497,000 497,000	497,000

Amnon Filippi	489,000 304,000	304,000

Jeremy Brousseau	423,000 423,000	423,000
Ryan Bambrick	418,000 418,000	418,000

Sean Remz	400,000 400,000	400,000
Joseph Silverman	389,000 389,000	389,000
Xiaochuan Zhang	385,000 385,000	385,000
Miguel Gonzalez	381,000 381,000	381,000
Joseph Deluca	375,000 375,000	375,000
Guillermo Nunez	344,000 344,000	344,000
Aaron Wallace	342,000 342,000	342,000

Fu Wong	340,000 340,000	340,000
Richard Tatalovich	332,000 332,000	332,000
Jose Severino	329,000
Joseph McCarthy	325,000 325,000	325,000
John Zable	323,000 323,000	323,000
Derrick Rose	322,000 322,000	322,000
William Annas	319,000 319,000	319,000
Marcel Vonk	318,000 4,000	4,000

Phillip Oliphant	317,000 317,000	317,000
James Chen	316,000 231,000	231,000

Matt Vengrin	314,000 59,000	59,000

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06-29-2023 00:11 UTC-8

Players in The Money

Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The money bubble unexpectedly burst as multiple players were eliminated during the final hands of the day.

All remaining players are guaranteed a minimum $2,409 payday.

06-28-2023 23:56 UTC-8

Four More Hands

Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The tournament director has just announced that each table will be dealt four more hands before bagging and tagging for the evening.

Stay tuned for a recap of Day 1.

06-28-2023 23:38 UTC-8

Kessler Gets Respect

Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The player in the hijack raised to 18,000 and was called by Allen Kessler in the cutoff and John Monnette in the big blind.

Action checked to Kessler on the 3♣4♥6♥ flop and he bet 25,000. Both players quickly folded and Kessler said, "I'll take it" as he collected the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	170,000 31,000	31,000
John Monnette	58,000 -58,000	-58,000

Tags: Allen Kessler John Monnette

06-28-2023 23:37 UTC-8

Liu Soaring in Latest Chip Count Update

Matt Hansen

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
JJ Liu	488,000 228,000	228,000
Nick Guagenti	432,000

Rob Campbell	295,000 159,500	159,500
Matt Vengrin	255,000
Erick Lindgren	216,000 192,300	192,300

Jeff Lisandro	200,000 107,000	107,000

Sokchheka Pho	182,000
Allen Kessler	139,000 33,000	33,000
Michael Rodrigues	135,000 75,000	75,000

Angela Jordison	127,000 72,000	72,000

John Riordan	119,000

Ray Henson	70,000 7,000	7,000
Joe Hachem	67,000 7,000	7,000

Perry Friedman	61,000 -54,000	-54,000

David "ODB" Baker	42,000 -31,000	-31,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

06-28-2023 23:25 UTC-8

Wang Forces a Fold

Dan O'Hair

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

A player limped from early position and Michael Wang raised pot to 18,000. Action folded back around to the limper, who called.

It was checked to Wang on the K♠2♠10♦ flop and he fired 30,000 into the middle. His opponent folded after a bit of thought and Wang took down the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	235,000

Tags: Michael Wang