Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)

Day 1 Completed

05-31-2024 23:56 UTC-8

Phil Ivey Chases 11th Bracelet as he Advances to Day 2 of Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

Tyler Foran

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Day 1 of Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2024 World Series of Poker held at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas attracted 734 runners, and created a prize pool of $3,371,000.

After 15 levels of play, 130 players bagged their chips to advance to Day 2. Of them,110 players will reach the min-cash of $10,000, however, all eyes are on the grand prize of $606,654 along with a WSOP gold bracelet.

Phil Ivey made his first appearance of the 2024 WSOP, joining the field at the last moment, and managed spin up his stack to 159,000 to advance to Day 2 as he looks to capture his 11th WSOP bracelet.

Players beginning Day 2 as the largest stacks include Jered Laurence (887,000), and Yang Wang (885,000), who both began their massive upswing nearing the end of the night.

Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Jered Laurence	United States	887,000	111
2	Yang Wang	China	885,000	111
3	Jason Berilgen	United States	798,000	100
4	Sampo Ryynanen	Finland	780,000	98
5	Dylan Smith	Canada	691,000	86
6	Steven Loube	United States	667,000	83
7	Michael Kuney	United States	661,000	83
8	Michael Duek	United States	655,000	82
9	Anson Tsang	Hong Kong	634,000	79
10	Farid Jattin	Colombia	588,000	74

There was no shortage of notables at this inaugural event, with many of them finding a bag at the end of the night including, Farid Jattin (588,000), WSOP bracelet winners Julien Sitbon (542,000), Joao Simao (512,000), Anthony Zinno (486,000), Joao Vieira (466,000), Chance Kornuth (400,000), and Poker Hall of Famer Brian Rast (68,000).

Despite being eliminated in a massive pot four-way all-in during Level 7, Daniel Zack was able to regroup as he jumped back in the field and finished the day with a healthy stack of 230,000.

Not everyone was as fortunate as those mentioned above though, as many had fallen short as they busted on Day 1, including Daniel Negreanu, Nohad Teliani, Adam Hendrix, and Patrick Leonard who had his aces cracked late in the night by Eshaan “Brown Balla” Bhalla.

Day 2 restart will begin at 12:00 p.m. local time on June 1 in the Bronze section of Horseshoe, while Day 3 will take place at the same time on June 2. Play will continue for ten 60-minute levels with a 15-minute break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 21 at about 6:30 p.m.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates straight from the tournament floor of Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha as we find out who the next WSOP bracelet winner will be.

Tags: Adam Hendrix Anthony Zinno Brian Rast Chance Kornuth Dan Zack Daniel Negreanu Farid Jattin Jered Laurence Joao Simao Paris Las Vegas Patrick Leonard Phil Ivey Yang Wang

05-31-2024 23:55 UTC-8

Day 2 Seat Draw

Yori Epskamp

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Horseshoe	604	1	Michael Martinelli	United States	103,000	13
Horseshoe	604	2	Farid Jattin	Colombia	588,000	74
Horseshoe	604	3	Amnon Filippi	United States	280,000	35
Horseshoe	604	4	Ryan Laplante	United States	171,000	21
Horseshoe	604	5	Pedro Rodriguez	United States	48,000	6
Horseshoe	604	6	Benoit Galland	Canada	284,000	36
Horseshoe	604	7	Eric Wasserson	United States	250,000	31
Horseshoe	604	8	Dario Sammartino	Italy	165,000	21

Horseshoe	605	1	Don Todd	United States	196,000	25
Horseshoe	605	2	Jared Koppel	United States	341,000	43
Horseshoe	605	3	Jaswinder Lally	Canada	214,000	27
Horseshoe	605	4	Terry Woodruff	United States	465,000	58
Horseshoe	605	5	David Mzareulov	Azerbaijan	256,000	32
Horseshoe	605	6	Julien Sitbon	France	542,000	68
Horseshoe	605	7	Mark Aridgides	United States	167,000	21
Horseshoe	605	8	Phuoc Vo	United States	91,000	11

Horseshoe	607	1	Quirin Zech	Germany	232,000	29
Horseshoe	607	2	Matthew Shepsky	United States	65,000	8
Horseshoe	607	3	Jered Laurence	United States	887,000	111
Horseshoe	607	4	Parviz Razavian	United States	118,000	15
Horseshoe	607	5	Joao Vieira	Portugal	466,000	58
Horseshoe	607	6	David Prociak	United States	150,000	19
Horseshoe	607	7	Eshaan Bhalla	United States	451,000	56
Horseshoe	607	8	Kane Kalas	United States	90,000	11

Horseshoe	608	1	Toby Boas	United States	89,000	11
Horseshoe	608	2	Zachary Schwartz	United States	408,000	51
Horseshoe	608	3	Chance Kornuth	United States	400,000	50
Horseshoe	608	4	Tony Lin	United States	121,000	15
Horseshoe	608	5	Matthew Macioce	United States	188,000	24
Horseshoe	608	6	Michael Rocco	United States	167,000	21
Horseshoe	608	7	Robert Cowen	United Kingdom	547,000	68
Horseshoe	608	8	Jason Berilgen	United States	798,000	100

Horseshoe	609	1	Roussos Koliakoudakis	Greece	126,000	16
Horseshoe	609	2	Raj Vohra	United States	204,000	26
Horseshoe	609	3	Trey Brabham	United States	375,000	47
Horseshoe	609	4	Sterling Savill	United States	351,000	44
Horseshoe	609	5	Dean Freedlander	United States	209,000	26
Horseshoe	609	6	Carson Ha	Canada	203,000	25
Horseshoe	609	7	Anthony Hu	United States	517,000	65
Horseshoe	609	8	Sam Soverel	United States	240,000	30

Horseshoe	610	1	Kevin Benham	United States	153,000	19
Horseshoe	610	2	Gabriel Andrade	Ecuador	420,000	53
Horseshoe	610	3	Daniel Swartz	United States	283,000	35
Horseshoe	610	4	John Riordan	United States	328,000	41
Horseshoe	610	5	Matt Glantz	United States	89,000	11
Horseshoe	610	7	Dylan Smith	Canada	691,000	86
Horseshoe	610	8	Erick Lindgren	United States	208,000	26

Horseshoe	613	1	Polun Huang	United States	26,000	3
Horseshoe	613	2	Jesse Rockowitz	United States	326,000	41
Horseshoe	613	3	Anthony Zinno	United States	486,000	61
Horseshoe	613	4	John Dapkus	United States	96,000	12
Horseshoe	613	5	Tim Grau	Germany	275,000	34
Horseshoe	613	6	Endrit Geci	United States	57,000	7
Horseshoe	613	8	Patrick Naylor	United States	410,000	51

Horseshoe	614	1	Andrew Watson	United States	103,000	13
Horseshoe	614	2	Erle Mankin	United States	330,000	41
Horseshoe	614	3	Steven Loube	United States	667,000	83
Horseshoe	614	4	Anson Tsang	Hong Kong	634,000	79
Horseshoe	614	5	Brian Rast	United States	68,000	9
Horseshoe	614	6	Tong Li	China	116,000	15
Horseshoe	614	7	James Mordue	United States	220,000	28

Horseshoe	616	1	Fernando Habegger	Switzerland	358,000	45
Horseshoe	616	2	Michael Kuney	United States	661,000	83
Horseshoe	616	3	Kyle Merron	United States	435,000	54
Horseshoe	616	4	Naoya Kihara	Japan	296,000	37
Horseshoe	616	5	Thomas Gabriel	United States	144,000	18
Horseshoe	616	6	Sampo Ryynanen	Finland	780,000	98
Horseshoe	616	7	Hristo Bogdanov	United States	416,000	52
Horseshoe	616	8	Kyle Montgomery	United States	235,000	29

Horseshoe	617	1	Quan Zhou	China	125,000	16
Horseshoe	617	2	Trevor Hebert	Canada	327,000	41
Horseshoe	617	3	Rob Hollink	Netherlands	102,000	13
Horseshoe	617	4	Jie Shi	United States	425,000	53
Horseshoe	617	5	Bryce Yockey	United States	490,000	61
Horseshoe	617	6	Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi	United Kingdom	112,000	14
Horseshoe	617	7	Igor Zektser	United States	233,000	29
Horseshoe	617	8	Yang Wang	China	885,000	111

Horseshoe	618	1	Steven Forman	United States	189,000	24
Horseshoe	618	2	Rep Porter	United States	403,000	50
Horseshoe	618	3	Jose Ignacio Barbero	Argentina	183,000	23
Horseshoe	618	4	Mohammad Arani	United States	203,000	25
Horseshoe	618	5	Shiva Dudani	United States	113,000	14
Horseshoe	618	7	Andrew Whitaker	United States	309,000	39
Horseshoe	618	8	Stephen Hubbard	United States	561,000	70

Horseshoe	620	1	Alon Yehudai	United States	581,000	73
Horseshoe	620	2	Matt Stout	United States	134,000	17
Horseshoe	620	3	Daniel Zack	United States	217,000	27
Horseshoe	620	4	Phil Ivey	United States	159,000	20
Horseshoe	620	5	Michael Duek	United States	655,000	82
Horseshoe	620	6	Shannon Shorr	United States	67,000	8
Horseshoe	620	7	Scott Eskenazi	United States	461,000	58
Horseshoe	620	8	Andrew Magbual	United States	173,000	22

Horseshoe	621	1	Alex Loyer	United States	154,000	19
Horseshoe	621	2	Noah Bronstein	United States	18,000	2
Horseshoe	621	3	Eric Fields	United States	245,000	31
Horseshoe	621	4	Aditya Sadhu	United States	274,000	34
Horseshoe	621	5	Jarred Graham	Australia	217,000	27
Horseshoe	621	6	Kurtis Tinfow	United States	176,000	22
Horseshoe	621	7	Joshua Ladines	United States	422,000	53
Horseshoe	621	8	Najeem Ajez	Australia	195,000	24

Horseshoe	622	1	Chad Eveslage	United States	105,000	13
Horseshoe	622	2	Joao Simao Peres	Brazil	512,000	64
Horseshoe	622	3	Zachary Grech	United States	200,000	25
Horseshoe	622	4	Joseph Sanders	United States	309,000	39
Horseshoe	622	5	Luis Velador	United States	143,000	18
Horseshoe	622	6	Yin Wu	China	339,000	42
Horseshoe	622	7	Nick Marchington	United Kingdom	66,000	8

Horseshoe	623	1	Seth Maretz	Canada	161,000	20
Horseshoe	623	2	Kharlin Sued	United States	400,000	50
Horseshoe	623	3	Paul Radcliffe	United States	461,000	58
Horseshoe	623	5	Dan Shak	United States	231,000	29
Horseshoe	623	6	Daniel Harmetz	United States	250,000	31
Horseshoe	623	7	Ilkka Heikkila	Finland	200,000	25
Horseshoe	623	8	Philip Sternheimer	United States	113,000	14

Horseshoe	624	1	Frederick Hoban	United States	90,000	11
Horseshoe	624	2	Quan Tran	United States	391,000	49
Horseshoe	624	3	Scott Seiver	United States	228,000	29
Horseshoe	624	4	Rostyslav Sabishchenko	United Kingdom	391,000	49
Horseshoe	624	5	Mark Hammond	United Kingdom	193,000	24
Horseshoe	624	6	Matt O'Donnell	United States	188,000	24
Horseshoe	624	7	Antti Marttinen	Finland	91,000	11
Horseshoe	624	8	Justin Young	United States	241,000	30

Horseshoe	625	1	Chino Rheem	United States	193,000	24
Horseshoe	625	2	David Merino	Spain	298,000	37
Horseshoe	625	3	Yong Keun Kwon	United States	30,000	4
Horseshoe	625	4	Eric Lozano	United States	226,000	28
Horseshoe	625	5	Gary Benson	Australia	277,000	35
Horseshoe	625	6	Ka Kwan Lau	Hong Kong	110,000	14
Horseshoe	625	7	Oleksandr Trokhymenko	Ukraine	146,000	18
Horseshoe	625	8	Dylan Linde	United States	276,000	35

05-31-2024 23:45 UTC-8

Official End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

AaronMcBride

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jered Laurence	887,000

Yang Wang	885,000
Jason Berilgen	798,000 453,000	453,000
Sampo Ryynanen	780,000
Dylan Smith	691,000 691,000	691,000
Steven Loube	667,000 667,000	667,000

Michael Kuney	661,000
Michael Duek	655,000 655,000	655,000
Anson Tsang	634,000 286,000	286,000

Farid Jattin	588,000
Alon Yehudai	581,000 581,000	581,000
Stephen Hubbard	561,000 561,000	561,000
Robert Cowen	547,000 492,000	492,000

Julien Sitbon	542,000

Anthony Hu	517,000 252,000	252,000
Joao Simao	512,000

Bryce Yockey	490,000 490,000	490,000

Anthony Zinno	486,000

Joao Vieira	466,000

Terry Woodruff	465,000 359,000	359,000
Scott Eskenazi	461,000 351,000	351,000
Paul Radcliffe	461,000 461,000	461,000
Eshaan Bhalla	451,000
Kyle Merron	435,000 50,000	50,000
Jie Shi	425,000 370,000	370,000

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05-31-2024 23:00 UTC-8

Assorted End of Night Chip Counts

Connor Richards

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jered Laurence	887,000

Yang Wang	885,000 320,000	320,000
Sampo Ryynanen	780,000 780,000	780,000
Michael Kuney	661,000 661,000	661,000
Farid Jattin	588,000 98,000	98,000
Julien Sitbon	542,000 42,000	42,000

Joao Simao	512,000 262,000	262,000

Anthony Zinno	486,000 116,000	116,000

Joao Vieira	466,000 16,000	16,000

Eshaan Bhalla	451,000 151,000	151,000
Chance Kornuth	400,000 195,000	195,000

Fernando Habegger	358,000 358,000	358,000
Sterling Savill	351,000 235,800	235,800
Yin Wu	339,000 248,700	248,700
Dylan Linde	325,000 95,000	95,000

Justin Young	241,000 111,000	111,000
Sam Soverel	240,000 240,000	240,000

Dan Shak	231,000 231,000	231,000
Scott Seiver	228,000 68,000	68,000

Jaswinder Lally	214,000 144,000	144,000

Zachary Grech	200,000 90,000	90,000

Nacho Barbero	183,000 123,000	123,000

Phil Ivey	159,000 -21,000	-21,000

Ren Lin	121,000 -19,000	-19,000

Philip Sternheimer	113,000 -244,000	-244,000

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05-31-2024 22:44 UTC-8

Two More Hands

Connor Richards

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dealers have been instructed to deal two more hands before players bag and tag for the evening.

05-31-2024 22:40 UTC-8

Updated Counts as Play Winds Down

Connor Richards

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	500,000 -35,000	-35,000

Joao Vieira	450,000 380,000	380,000

Anthony Zinno	370,000 72,000	72,000

Ryan Laplante	270,000 235,000	235,000

Dylan Linde	230,000 218,000	218,000

Dan Zack	230,000 230,000	230,000

Phil Ivey	180,000 25,000	25,000

Brian Rast	175,000 5,000	5,000

Scott Seiver	160,000 -8,000	-8,000

Ren Lin	140,000 140,000	140,000

Justin Young	130,000 70,000	70,000
Chino Rheem	120,000 65,000	65,000
Michael Rocco	120,000 10,000	10,000

Shannon Shorr	100,000 100,000	100,000

05-31-2024 22:33 UTC-8

Small One for Sitbon

Tyler Foran

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Scott Seiver limped the button, followed by Julien Sitbon limping in the small blind, and the big blind checked his option.

All three players checked to the A♥9♥4♦K♥10♠ river, where Sitbon led for 16,000. Both the big blind and Seiver mucked, sending the pot to Sitbon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	535,000 370,000	370,000

Scott Seiver	168,000 -132,000	-132,000

Tags: Julien Sitbon Scott Seiver

05-31-2024 22:19 UTC-8

Prize Pool Announced

Tyler Foran

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The payouts have officially been announced, with a total of 733 entries and a prize pool of $3,371,800. 110 players will reach the money, receiving a min-cash of $10,000, while the champion will take home $604,654 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$606,654	10-11	$36,526
2	$404,430	12-15	$29,145
3	$283,221	16-23	$23,667
4	$201,419	24-31	$19,566
5	$145,504	32-39	$16,473
6	$106,795	40-47	$14,129
7	$79,661	48-55	$12,349
8	$60,405	56-63	$11,004
9	$46,575	64-110	$10,000

05-31-2024 22:17 UTC-8

Merron Sends One Home in Huge Pot

Chance Castro

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The player in middle position opened to 17,000 and action folded to Kyle Merron who called in the small blind. The big blind also called.

Merron and the big blind checked the flop of J♥4♠6♦ to the middle position player who continued by betting 50,000. Merron bet pot covering the middle position's chip stack. The big blind quickly folded and the middle position player called, placing himself at risk.

Middle Position: A♠A♥K♥3♦ All in
Kyle Merron: 8♣5♣10♠7♥