Event #6: $365 Pot-Limit Omaha Re-Entry

Nitis Udornpim - Winner of Event #6: $365 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Re-Entry 

Nitis Udornpim hasn’t been living in Maryland very long, but since moving here, he’s been on an torrential heater in the tournament scene. In the five month span since moving, Udornpim has 18 recorded cashes across a multitude of different events totaling nearly $80,000 in live earnings. Despite that success, Udornpim hadn’t scored a signature win, until Wednesday.

“Feels pretty cool,” Udornpim said. “I’ve had a couple final tables in the last couple months, and chopped or came in third. This feels good.”

The 23-year-old only considers himself to be a recreational player though, despite the success. For his day job, Udornpim is a financial analyst for the Bank of America. According to him, he learned his poker skills first, before his banking skills.

“I recently just became a recreational player,” Udornpim said. “I studied poker before I became a financial advisor. It definitely helps, but it was poker first. Poker is still a little more natural.”

This is not Udornpim’s first success at the World Series of Poker though. Fresh out of college, Udornpim final tabled Event #4: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Top Up Turbo at the 2016 World Series of Poker. He wasn’t able to close out that event though, coming 7^th for $16,518.

“I was lucky enough to deposit a little bit online,” Udornpim said about the start to his poker career. “One winter break I had my first five-figure score and I never really looked back.”

Udornpim doesn’t plan on leaving his job anytime soon, but he doesn’t plan on quitting poker either. He’s planning on at least joining the $1,675 Main Event at the Horseshoe Baltimore series and plans to make it out to Vegas this summer as well.

“I’m not in the lab anymore,” he said. “I’m excited for the series though. I’ll go to Vegas for a couple weeks and we’ll see what happens. “

Udornpim defeated a stacked final table that included ring winners such as Allen Kessler, DJ MacKinnon, and Kyle Adams to claim his first World Series of Poker Circuit ring and a first place prize worth $10,172.

A full list of results can be found here. 

The final table of Event #6: $365 Pot-Limit Omaha Re-Entry is back underway. Currently leading is Nitis Udornpim who bagged up 405,000 last night. Allen Kessler and DJ MacKinnon are both still in the hunt looking for their fourth and second rings respectively. 

Here are some of the relevant details for this event:

• Action starts in level 17 with blinds of 3,000/6,000
• Nitis Udornpim is the current chip leader with a stack of 405,000. A full list of chip counts can be found here. 
• Players are currently guaranteed at least $1,398 for 7th place. A full list of payouts can be found here. 
• Results for this event up to 8th place can be found here.

DJ Mackinnon - Current Chip Leader in Event #6  

There are only 9 players currently remaining in Event #6: $365 Pot-Limit Omaha Re-Entry. Currently leading the way is DJ MacKinnon who has 246,500 chips but still alive are Allen Kessler and Simkha Blank each looking to take down a ring of their own. Players are currently guaranteed a payday of at least $873 for 9th place while first place in the tournament will take down $10,172 and a World Series of Poker Circuit ring. 

Here's a look at how the final 9 stack up:

Seat 1 - Hunter McClelland - 120,000
Seat 2 - Andrew Moser - 65,000
Seat 3 - Denis Stanciu - 86,800
Seat 4 - Jordan Richland - 52,400
Seat 5 - DJ MacKinnon - 246,500
Seat 6 - Allen Kessler - 68,300
Seat 7 - Kyle Adams - 161,700
Seat 8 - Nitis Udornpim - 226,400
Seat 9 - Simkha Blank - 92,200

The numbers for Event #6: $365 Pot-Limit Omaha Re-Entry have been finalized and with 113 entries, the prizepool hit $33,900. Currently, 38 players are left alive including Timothy Bishop, Allen Kessler, DJ MacKinnon, Joshua Clanton, Roland Israelashvili, and Simkha Blank to name a few. For this event, 12 spots will be paid with a mincash being worth $708. A final table appearance will earn $873 and the eventual winner will take home $10,172 as well as a World Series of Poker Circuit ring. 

For a full list of payouts for this event, take a look in the prizepool tab above.