Thursday, June 18, 2015 12:43 AM Local Time
Day 1 chip leader, Greg Genge
An impressive 978 entrants turned out for Event #36: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha today at the 2015 World Series of Poker and by the time play concluded at 12:30 a.m. local time only 140 were left standing and it was Greg Genge who ended the day with the chip lead with 199,000 in chips. He was followed by Joshua Beckley who had 172,700 in chips. Rounding out the top three was John Brennan who bagged 145,200 in chips.
Notable players to move on to Day 2 included David Paredes (126,500), Christian Harder (118,400), Kevin Saul (114,300), Noah Schwartz (93,200), Alex Kravchenko (88,000), Mohsin Charania (67,800), Brandon Cantu (64,200), and Scott Seiver (44,900).
There were plenty of big names that would turn out and be eliminated before the end of the day. Among that group were the likes of Jeff Madsen, Frank Kassela, Maria Ho, Mike Sexton, Matt Stout, Robert Mizrachi, Dan Shak, Erick Lindgen, David Williams, Eric Baldwin, Shannon Shorr, Anthony Zinno, and the defending champion of this event Brandon Paster.
The players will return at 1 p.m. local time later today and they are only 23 eliminations away from making them money. Another long day of exciting Pot-Limit Omaha action is in store and WSOP.com will be there to capture all the action.
Thursday, June 18, 2015 12:25 AM Local Time
Typically the last level of the day is the most relaxed. Some tables share drinks and become more talkative. Today about 15 or so people, some of whom busted from this event earlier today, have joined the rail to celebrate with the Day 2 players.
A shout comes from one of the players on the rail, "Bruno!" and the other rail birds echo, "Bruno!"
They are waving to Bruno Fitoussi of France, who has 53,000 with three hands left in Day 1. Stay tuned for a recap of Day 1 and chip counts as we get ready for Day 2.
Thursday, June 18, 2015 12:07 AM Local Time
The players over at Table 15 are having a good time and with good reason after Athanasios Polychronopolous did the following after a player said "any monkey can with with the nuts."
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 11:55 PM Local Time
Brandon Cantu worked his way up to over 80,000 thanks in part to a good run of cards, but mostly because of his constant pressure. Cantu's pressure has definitely been working for him, but pressure can't beat the nut flush.
Cantu reraises to 6,800 preflop and Jonathan Standen calls.
The flop is . Cantu bets 8,200, Standen calls.
The turn is the and Cantu checks. Standen bets 4,500. Cantu raises pot and Standen goes all in, Cantu calls.
Cantu -
Standen -
Standen has the nut heart flush and Cantu is drawing dead. The comes on the river and Standen doubles up.
Jonathan Standen - 59,000
Brandon Cantu - 64,000
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 11:39 PM Local Time
Three players see the flop and Tom Schneider leads for 4,000 into the 6,000 pot. Valentin Vornicu calls and the third player folds. The turn is the and Schneider checks. Vornicu bets 5,000 and Schneider quickly calls.
The river is the and Schneider leads out for 10,000. Vornicu thinks for a brief moment and pushes forth a stack of yellow chips for a raise to 25,000 total. Schneider snap-folds.
Valentin Vornicu - 130,000
Tom Schneider - 52,000
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 11:32 PM Local Time
| Level: | 10 | | Blinds: | 500/1,000 | |
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 11:32 PM Local Time
Shane Abbott raises to 3,000 under the gun, Terry Moore calls and the action falls on Brandon Cantu in the big blind.
"I hate to do it, but it's a big one," says Cantu who raises the pot, 11,200. Abbott quickly throws in the rest of his chips, which is just less than the pot bet of Cantu, 10,100.
Terry Moore is next to act and has a tough decision.
"This is my favorite hand," says Moore, "I'm going to regret it if I fold, and regret it if I call."
Moore decides to fold his hand showing . Cantu and Abbott open there hands.
Cantu -
Abbott -
The board runs out to give Abbott the pot with trip sixes king kicker, a little better than Cantu's trip sixes with a nine.
Terry Moore can't help but notice his queens would have taken the whole pot.
Shane Abbott - 28,000
Brandon Cantu - 81,000
Terry Moore - 23,000
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 11:21 PM Local Time
Clemens Manzano opens to 2,000 and Jeff Lisandro three-bets to 7,000 from the small blind. Manzano asks Lisandro how much he is playing - it's about 10,000 more - and Manzano says "all in" and Lisandro calls.
Manzano:
Lisandro:
The flop is moving Lisandro into the lead with a flopped ten high straight. "No more clubs," Lisandro says as he notices Manzano has a club flush draw.
The turn is the keeping Lisandro in the lead but the river is the to give Manzano the club flush and the knock out of the six-time WSOP bracelet winner.
Clemens Manzano - 100,000
Jeff Lisandro - Eliminated
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 11:08 PM Local Time
The tournament is now down to 198 players, just 81 shy of making the money. Among the players who have been eliminated in the last couple of hours are Dennis Phillips, Calvin Anderson, Joe Serock, Tristan Wade, Naoya Kihara, Matt Affleck, and the defending champion of this event Brandon Paster.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:55 PM Local Time
Tom Schneider raises to 2,200 from the cutoff and one seat to his left, Valentin Vornicu three-bets to 5,000. The blinds fold and Schneider calls.
The flop is and Schneider check-folds with no hesitation to a 9,000 bet from Vornicu.
Valentin Vornicu - 123,000
Tom Schneider - 64,700
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:54 PM Local Time
The player in seat nine goes all in on the flop for his last 7,800 into an 8,200 pot. The flop is .
Matteo Dipersio calls.
Dipersio -
Opponent -
Dipersio has a pair of fours with a gut shot straight draw and his opponent has aces. The turn is the , giving Dispersio two pair and a double gut shot straight draw.
The river is the which gives Dipersio two pair, tens and sevens and leaving his opponent with just a pair of aces.
Matteo Dipersio - 68,000
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:31 PM Local Time
| Level: | 9 | | Blinds: | 400/800 | |
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:18 PM Local Time
Players are on a 20-minute break. The green chips are going away. Some big names are also going away for tonight after the last two levels.
Jason Somerville and Scott Clements are going home early and Jason Somerville's tweet about the table draw, may have been a bit of foreshadowing.
Allen Cunningham and Annette Obrestad also hit the rail during the last two levels. There are 225 players coming back from this break with two more levels to play.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:12 PM Local Time
Players are on a 20-minute break. The green chips are going away. Some big names are also going away for tonight after the last two levels.
Jason Somerville and Scott Clements are going home early and Jason Somerville's tweet about the table draw, may have been a bit of foreshadowing.
Allen Cunningham and Annette Obrestad also hit the rail during the last two levels. There are 225 players coming back from this break with two more levels to play.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:11 PM Local Time
Cong Pham opens to 600 and Raymond Davis calls. Both players in the blinds call as well. The flop is and the players in the blinds check. Pham bets 2,200 and only Davis calls.
The turn is the and Pham checks. Davis snap-bets 6,100 and Pham thinks for about 30 seconds and folds.
Cong Pham - 33,000
Raymond Davis - 46,800
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 9:54 PM Local Time
There are two players all in on the flop and Brandon Cantu goes all in over the top for a three way pot.
The flop is . The three players turn over their hands.
Brandon Cantu -
Opponent 1 -
Opponent 2 -
The turn and the river complete the board of and Cantu wins the pot with a full house, tens full of queens. Opponent 1 gets some money back since he had Cantu and opponent 2 covered.
Brandon Cantu - 75,400
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 9:52 PM Local Time
The board is and Martins Adeniya bets 3,000 and his lone opponent in the hand calls. The river is the and Adeniya makes another bet, this time for 7,500. His opponent thinks for a moment and calls.
The British pro shows for jacks full of sevens and his opponent mucks his hand. Adeniya has 16 WSOP cashes to his name and his best finish was a ninth place finish at the 2010 WSOP in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed event.
Martins Adeniya - 45,600
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 9:36 PM Local Time
Thanks to some late registration and tables breaking, table 16's player list has over $18.5 million dollars in live earnings.
Seated in consecutive seats are: Jason Somerville ($3,920,927), Scott Clements ($6,816,668), Moshin Charania ($4,586,609), and Christian Harder ($3,188,107). Also seated at the table is French Pro, Damien Lhommeau ($480,450).
It will be interesting to see how the chips land at this table. Here are their current chip counts.
Jason Somerville - 19,300
Scott Clements - 18,000
Moshin Charania - 48,000
Christian Harder - 27,600
Damien Lhommeau - 34,000
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 9:11 PM Local Time
| Level: | 8 | | Blinds: | 300/600 | |
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 9:07 PM Local Time
After a bet by the big stack in seat 9 for 2,000 and a call from John Monnette on a flop of , Tony Cousineau moves all in for 5,700. Both players call and Monnette moves all in for 3,550 on the turn and the big stacked player calls.
Cousineau:
Monnette:
Seat 9:
Cousineau is in the lead with kings and sixes, Monnette has kings and fours, and the big stack has a pair of sixes and a straight draw. The river is the and Cousineau wins the main pot and triples up while Monnette wins the side pot.
Tony Cousineau - 17,100
John Monnette - 7,100