Event #26: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

The first 15-minute break of the day started. The players will have another 15-minute break after Level 14 and a dinner break after Level 16. The final 15-minute break will be at the end of Level 18 today.

Timothy McDermott is the only player in the field who hasn't made an appearance yet. He lost a significant amount of his stack already by paying the blinds every orbit.

Timothy Mcdermott

46,000

-11,400

Joe Cada was running over the table for the first 80 minutes of play until this hand.

Joe Cada opened to 4,000 from late position and was called by Uri Rechenstein in the cutoff. The flop came down     and Cada bet 5,000. Rechenstein called and the turn came the  .

Cada check-called a bet of 14,000 from Rechenstein and the   landed on the river. Action checked to Rechenstein who pushed 40,000 worth of yellow chips into the middle. Cada took several moments before finally making the fold and Rechenstein scooped a healthy pot.

Uri Reichenstein	134,000	4,000
Joe Cada	94,000	54,000

Adam Johnson limped and when the action got to Robert Cowen he made it 6,000. Johnson called and both players saw the     flop appear.

That's the point where all the chips got in within seconds.

Cowen showed      for two pair and Johnson showed      with the nut diamond draw.

The board bricked out with the   turn and the   river and the pot went to Cowen, while Johnson is eliminated from the tournament.

Robert Cowen	150,000	50,000
Adam Johnson	0	-40,700

David Caruthers got his money in the middle after he potted, saw it being repotted and he shoved all-in. The call was from Georgios Karavokyris.

David Caruthers:     
Georgios Karavokyris:     

The board ran out       and with that river, Caruthers won the pot.

David Caruthers	50,000	30,000
Georgios Karavokyris	15,000	-10,000

Joseph Leung opened by betting the size of the pot, which was 4,200. When it folded to Joe Cada on the button, the 2009 Main Event champion called. Uri Reichenstein was on the big blind and he repotted to 17,400.

Leung pushed all-in for a total of 10,300 and Cada called the bet of 17,400.

The flop came down     and Reichenstein put a big stack in the middle of the table. Cada folded and Reichenstein and Leung tabled their hands.

Uri Reichenstein:     
Joseph Leung:     

The dealer completed the board by dealing the   turn and the   river. Reichenstein raked in the pot as Leung waited for the dealer to say "payout".

Uri Reichenstein	130,000	30,000
Joe Cada	40,000	-17,800
Joseph Leung	0	-14,100

Jeffrey Palarino opened to 4,200 from under the gun and Bruce Rosen then three-bet to 14,400. Palarino called and the flop came down    .

Palarino then put his last 1,400 in the pot and Rosen called. Palarino tabled      for top pair with a straight draw and Rosen Showed      for top set.

The turn was the   and river was the  . Rosen's set took down the pot and Palarino was sent home.

Bruce Rosen	46,700	23,200
Jeffrey Palarino	0	-16,300

Alexander Condon opened from late position and Vien Le shoved his remaining 13,700 from the cutoff. Condon called and players then revealed their hands.

Alexander Condon:     
Vien Le:     

The flop came down     and Le would now need a king to stay alive. The   on the turn and   on the river changed nothing as Condon took down the pot, sending Le home first on Day 2.

Alexander Condon	82,000	18,700
Vien Le	0	-13,700

This year the turnout for Event #26: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha was just shy of last year's, reeling in 968 runners. After 10 levels of play yesterday in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, there were 100 hopefuls finding a bag and moving onto Day 2 today which starts at 12 p.m. local time.

One name that stands out from the pack is 2009 Main Event Champion Joe Cada. Cada has three bracelets, all in no-limit hold'em, with one of them coming earlier this summer in Event #3: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. He joined this tournament later in the day, but instantly started to build a stack and will be going into Day 2 with above average chips of 57,800.

The biggest stacks that comprise the top five going into Day 2 include current leader Ryan Goindoo (196,000), Ivaylo Sivinov (192,900), Clint Montfort (173,900), Thayer Rasmussen (142,000), and Richard Tuhrim (141,700).

There are some other notables who made it through all ten levels yesterday, a list that includes Brazil's own Felipe Ramos (81,100), Germany's Martin Finger (72,200), Robert Cowen (58,900), Mark Dube (40,000), Mikhail Semin (44,700), and bracelet winner Calen McNeil (45,500).

Play will resume with Level 11 (600/1,200 blinds) and levels will be 60 minutes in length. The players will be getting a 15-minute break after every two levels of play, with a 60-minute dinner break coming after the sixth level. There will be ten levels played before players move on to the third and final day of play.

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