Event #11: $365 PLO GIANT Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1b Completed
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #11: $365 PLO GIANT Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$365
Prize Pool
$975,000
Entries
3,250
Level
37
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
0
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
The second flight of Event #11: $365 PLO GIANT Pot-Limit Omaha has concluded at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. A total of 523 entries created a prizepool of $156,900 with this flight, with 31 of those runners finding a bag and moving on to Day 2. The chipleader at the end of the day is two-time bracelet winner Randy Holland with a stack of 1,445,000.
Holland spent most of the day a little above average stack but soared after a hand with Jason Zarlenga. Zarlenga pushed all in on the flop and Holland called to create a big pot late in the day. Zalenga had flopped a straight while Holland held a set, and the board paired on the turn to ship the big pot over to Holland. He continued to push that stack around for the last couple levels of the night and ended the day with the chip lead.
There were many notable stacks moving on to day 2 with Daniel Smith being the only other person to hit the million mark for the night with 1,185,000. Other remaining players moving on with healthy stacks from this flight included Ayaz Mahmood (695,000), Tuyen Nguyen (655,000), Craig Chait (635,000), Matthew Palmucci (570,000), Sandeep Vasudevan (520,000), and the only other person with a bracelet left in the field, Calen McNeil (215,000).
The money bubble popped just after the beginning of level 17 and everyone remaining was guaranteed at least $557 for their efforts. Players who bagged will have the option of forfeiting their stack and try to cash another flight with a bigger stack. All remaining money that did not get paid out tonight will be carried over to the final prize pool.
Plenty of well-known pros in the field did not make it through, including Jeff Gross, Mohsin Charania, Joey Weissman, Matt Stout, Scott Clements, Chris Ferguson,Dominik Nitsche and Bart Lybaert. These players will still have the last three remaining flights to try and spin up a stack before day 2.
Here's a look at the remainder of the schedule for this event:
| Flight | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1c | June 17 | 7 p.m. |
| Day 1d | June 24 | 7 p.m. |
| Day 1e | July 1 | 7 p.m. |
| Day 2 | July 2 | 2 p.m. |
| Day 3 | July 3 | 2 p.m. |
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Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000
524,000
|
524,000 |
|
||
|
1,185,000
268,000
|
268,000 |
|
695,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
||
|
|
655,000
398,000
|
398,000 |
|
635,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
|
|
570,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
|
555,000
413,000
|
413,000 |
|
520,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
495,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
|
||
|
470,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
465,000
465,000
|
465,000 |
|
|
450,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
450,000
338,000
|
338,000 |
|
|
450,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
420,000
287,500
|
287,500 |
|
385,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
|
365,000
153,500
|
153,500 |
|
|
345,000
-109,000
|
-109,000 |
|
|
320,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
280,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
265,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
260,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
225,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
215,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
||
|
205,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Howard Mann was all in and was called by Luiz Zedan preflop. The players revealed their cards and Mann was at risk.
Howard Mann: 
Luis Zedan: 
The board ran out 
and Mann's flush took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
291,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Poker Tactic:
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Neeraj Gupta was on the button when he three-bet all in for 202,000 and he found one caller in the hijack who initially raised. The players flipped over their hands with Gupta at risk.
Neeraj Gupta: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Gupta took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
454,000
262,000
|
262,000 |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Sandeep Vasudevan called an all in for around 25,000 on a board that read 
and players then revealed their hands. Vasudevan had 
for a pair of jacks and his opponent showed 
for kings with a straight draw.
The board ran out 
on the turn and then a on the river. Vasudevan took down the pot and elimination with his rivered set of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
493,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 0
Level 19
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
A round of play after Jason Zarlenga doubled through Luis Zedan, he doubled up Randy Holland.
The flop read 
and Holland bet 108,000 from the big blind. Zarlenga thought for a moment before putting Zarlenga all in for his remaining 414,000. Holland made the call and players then flipped over their hands.
Jason Zarlenga: 
Randy Holland: 
Zarlenga would need to dodge Hollands full house outs, but the turn did just the opposite as it came the and Holland now had Zarlenga drawing dead to the 
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
926,000
798,000
|
798,000 |
|
|
||
|
185,000
-78,000
|
-78,000 |
Level 19
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Daniel Smith just knocked out Jason Stockfish on a 
board. Both Players moved all in and both had in their hand. The river brought the 
and gave Smith a bigger full house and the current chip lead of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
917,000
777,500
|
777,500 |
|
Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0