Event #45: Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship

Chris Sandrock, of Helena, Montana, leads the field into Day 2 of Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the 2021 World Series of Poker. The prestigious PLO event attracted 317 runners to Day 1 with more expected before late registration ends at the start of Day 2 on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Sandrock, a casino owner and former professional poker player, found himself at or around the chip lead for most of the day after taking down big pots early and often. Sandrock has been hitting the pay window at the WSOP since 1995 when he took 12th in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. His last of three career WSOP cashes came in 2007 at the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship where he took tenth, and he'll be looking to break his drought this week with his first WSOP gold bracelet. He ended Day 1 with 748,500 chips.

JC Tran (348,500) returns on Day 2 after running up his chip stack in the latter parts of Day 1. He is looking for his third gold bracelet and his first since winning the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event in 2009.

End of Day 1 Top 10 Chips Counts

Michael Kuney (472,500), Travis Pearson, George Wolff (171,500_, and Anderson Ireland (345,000) are among those that aren't too far behind and they will try to catch Sandrock on Day 2.

Brandon Shack-Harris (212,000), John Beauprez (105,500), and David Benyamine (290,500) are in a large group of former champions returning for Day 2 hopingk to add another WSOP gold bracelet to their collection.

Late registration will be open until 2 p.m. on Sunday; the beginning of Day 2. Blinds will resume in Level 11 with blinds at 1,000/2,500 and a 2,500 ante. Day 2 will play for ten 60-minute levels with a dinner break at the end of Level 6 and Day 3 will continue on Monday, October 24th at 2 p.m.

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In a battle between the blinds, George Wolff bet 2,000 on the flop of     and Brandon Shack-Harris called.

Wolff checked on the   turn and called a bet of 7,000 from Shack-Harris. Wolff checked again on the   river and Shack-Harris fired a bet of 20,000. Wolff called.

Shack-Harris showed a full house with      and Wolff tossed his hand to the dealer.

George Wolff	220,000	-66,500
Brandon Shack-Harris	175,000	25,000

Sam Soverel opened on the button and the player in the small blind flat-called, while the big blind folded.

Soverel bet 4,100 when checked to on the flop of     and his opponent called. Both players checked on the   turn.

Both players checked again on the   river and Soverel mucked when his opponent showed the winning hand with     .

It was a small loss for Soverel, who was down to 45,000 chips last level and has built his stack to more than five times that.

Sam Soverel

245,000

200,000

Mike Krasienko raised to 3,500 from middle position and Brandon Shack-Harris called from the button. Players in the small and big blinds also called.

The flop was     and action checked to Shack-Harris on the button for a bet of 6,500. The player in the small blind called and the big blind folded. Krasienko called from middle position.

The turn was   and the player in the small blind fired 24,000. Krasienko folded and Shack-Harris called.

The river was   and the small blind checked. Shack-Harris bet 40,000 and the small blind quickly folded.

Brandon Shack-Harris	144,500	41,500
Mike Krasienko	97,500	-15,000

With just over one level to go in the evening, several notable players have found themselves at Amazon Tan #438.

George Wolff	286,500	11,500
Jordan Spurlin	183,000	183,000
Mike Krasienko	112,500	-4,500
Brandon Shack-Harris	103,000	-2,000
Chance Kornuth	62,000	12,000
Mike Matusow	48,000	5,000

Jared Bleznick raised to 5,000 from middle position and Randy Ohel called from the button.

The flop was    . Bleznick bet 8,000 and Ohel called. The turn was  .

Bleznick continued for 13,000 on the turn and Ohel called once more.

The river was  . Bleznick fired 17,000 and Ohel went into the tank before finally making the call.

"You got it," said Bleznick.

Ohel turned over      for kings and fours. Bleznick briefly showed      before sending them into the muck.

Randy Ohel	183,000	58,000
Jared Bleznick	75,000	-17,500

Chance Kornuth out of position in a heads-up pot on a board reading      with around 8,000 in the middle.

Kornuth checked and his opponent checked back, and the same action took place on the   river. Kornuth tabled      for two pair as his opponent mucked.

Chance Kornuth

105,000

6,200