Event #31: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2011 World Series of Poker

06-18-2011 15:17 UTC

Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

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Official Day 1 Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	169,800

Joseph Ressler	139,300
Paul Volpe	125,200

Mohamad Kowssarie	124,800
Arthur Morris	124,300
Brian Roberts	117,000
Emmanuel Sebag	103,800 16,800	16,800
Gabe Patgorski	102,300
Jeffrey Lisandro	94,100

Frank Peelen	91,100
Tex Barch	89,800
Kory Kilpatrick	89,600 6,600	6,600

Blaz Svara	87,500
Warren Fund	87,300
Andrew Chen	87,200
Herezel Zalewski	87,000
Christian Harder	84,100 5,100	5,100
Austin Scott	78,200

Joshua Gibson	76,000
Preston Lee	75,800

Chris Back	73,600
Ismail Abou Sharkh	73,500
Brian Mogeleffky	70,200
Philip Cordano	69,600
Brett Richey	69,600

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Event #31: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

Day 1 Completed

06-18-2011 10:25 UTC

Day of Pot-Limit Omaha Sees Ben Lamb Seize Lead

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Another day inside the halls of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2011 World Series of Poker is over with the chips being bagged in Event #31: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha.

685 players started the day in an event that was new to the World Series, and with no previous champion to chase down, plenty of players were expecting that they could be the one to hoist the gold bracelet aloft in just a few days time.

Bracelet winners Vanessa Selbst, Bertrand Grospellier, Mike Matusow, Jason Mercier, Erik Seidel, Phil Hellmuth, Scott Clements, Men Nguyen, David Chiu and Carlos Mortensen all fell throughout the day as notable players and fellow Canadians Jonathan Duhamel and Daniel Negreanu busted in the final level alongside Erica Schoenberg as 138 players remained.

With a $420,802 first prize on the line, it is Ben Lamb sitting atop with an amassed 169,800-chip stack mainly courtesy of a quads-over-quads situation. Paul Volpe (125,200), Arthur Morris (124,300) and Brian Roberts (117,000) round out the leaderboard. Plenty of highly talented players still remain with bracelet winners Jeffrey Lisandro, Tex Barch, Robert Williamson, Eli Elezra, Erick Lindgren and John Juanda all still in contention alongside plenty of others.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back on the felt tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. PDT to provide the continued coverage of Day 2 of Event #31: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, so make sure to stay tuned to 7h1.shop as we aim to play down till just a final table remains.

Tags: Ben Lamb

06-18-2011 10:08 UTC

The End is Near

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The clock just hit 10:00 and the tournament directors announced that each table will play six more hands before play ceases for the evening.

06-18-2011 10:06 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Tex Barch	110,000 15,000	15,000
	98,000
Andrew Chen	92,000
Kory Kilpatrick	83,000

Brett Richey	75,000 20,000	20,000
Darryll Fish	70,000 10,000	10,000
Sam Stein	62,000
Noah Schwartz	57,000 7,000	7,000

Chris Oliver	56,000
Rami Boukai	54,000 -1,000	-1,000

Romik Vartzar	49,000
Bryn Kenney	46,000

Florian Langmann	41,000

Inesa Paberzs	30,000
John Racener	27,000

Rob Hollink	26,000

Pat Pezzin	25,000 5,000	5,000

Michael Pesek	24,000
Dan Heimiller	24,000 -11,000	-11,000

Fabrizio Gonzalez	22,000
Markus Golser	20,000
David Fox	20,000
Andy Seth	20,000
Kevin MacPhee	18,000

Jordan Smith	12,000

06-18-2011 10:02 UTC

The Force is Strong With This One

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Leif Force went all in for his last 9,000 holding the {j-Spades} {j-Clubs} {5-Spades} {4-Clubs} but found himself behind to his opponent's {a-Diamonds} {q-Diamonds} {q-Clubs} {8-Spades} . Whether mystical powers were involved or not, the board ran out {4-Hearts} {2-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {j-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} giving Force a full house and a double up to 18,000.

Tags: Leif Force

06-18-2011 09:56 UTC

No Big Deal, Just Quads

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With the board reading {q-Hearts} {9-Spades} {3-Hearts} {3-Spades} , Ben Lamb checked the action to Matt O'Donnell who bet 10,000. Lamb then raised to 22,000 and O'Donnell called. The river brought the {q-Clubs} and Lamb bet out 38,000. O'Donnell called but probably regretted that decision as soon as he saw Lamb flip over his {k-Clubs} {q-Spades} {q-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} for quad queens.

Lamb's stack was 156,000 after the hand.

Tags: Ben Lamb Matt O'Donnell

06-18-2011 09:51 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Lisandro	85,000 46,000	46,000

Darryll Fish	60,000 34,000	34,000
Joe Hachem	25,000 3,000	3,000

Jim Sachinidis	20,000 5,000	5,000
Erick Lindgren	13,000 -9,000	-9,000

Joseph Serock	Busted

06-18-2011 09:44 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Chen	92,000 2,000	2,000
Christian Harder	79,000 -3,000	-3,000
Leif Force	55,000 -11,000	-11,000

Brock Parker	40,000 -1,000	-1,000
Bill Chen	40,000 24,000	24,000

Dan Heimiller	35,000 5,000	5,000

Eli Elezra	33,000 14,000	14,000

John Juanda	20,000 3,000	3,000

Tony Cousineau	16,000 4,000	4,000
David Baker	16,000 -7,000	-7,000
Roberto Romanello	10,000 -34,000	-34,000

Eric Froelich	1,800 -14,200	-14,200
Erica Schoenberg	Busted

06-18-2011 09:41 UTC

Froelich Crippled

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Catching the action on the flop of {9-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {2-Hearts} we found Roberto Romanello facing an all in from two players; one of which was Eric Froelich.

Romanello eventually folded to see Froelich table his {K-Hearts} {K-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {5-Clubs} to be up against his opponent's {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {8-Spades} {7-Spades} .

The turn of the {6-Hearts} changed little, but when the {8-Diamonds} landed on the river, Froelich was left with just 1,800 in chips.

Tags: Eric Froelich Roberto Romanello