Event #14: $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low
Day 1 Completed
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #14: $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
1,036
Level
31
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0
Level 10
: 400/800, 0 ante
Kal Raichura bagged up 68,100 to notch a slim chip lead over Konstantin Puchkov (65,800) here at the conclusion of Day 1 of Event #14: $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low. Puchkov already has a World Series of Poker bracelet and more than $2 million in live cashes to his name, while the Canadian has $122,000 in cashes.
The winner of this one will take home $283,275 for outlasting a total field of 1,036 runners, a very slight increase over last year's field of 1,014, topped by Calen McNeil. McNeil returned to defend his title, and he had a very swingy day, ultimately gasping to the finish and bagging just 7,400. He'll certainly have his work cut out for him tomorrow.
Other notables bagging stacks included Eric Baldwin (43,000), George Danzer (39,300), Allen Cunningham (36,200), the legendary Phil Ivey (33,500), Stephen Chidwick (32,100), former WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela (31,600), Erik Seidel (29,600), David "Gunslinger" Bach (20,300), and former Main Event champion Greg Raymer (10,800).
A total of 220 survivors made it through the 10-level grind today, and they'll return for Day 2 tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the Amazon Room. Be sure to tune back in to PokerNews as we let you know what happens as the field is pared down and the money starts flowing.
Level 10
: 400/800, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,100
-5,900
|
-5,900 |
|
65,800
65,800
|
65,800 |
|
||
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
51,900
51,900
|
51,900 |
|
|
51,500
51,500
|
51,500 |
|
50,700
50,700
|
50,700 |
|
48,600
48,600
|
48,600 |
|
|
||
|
48,100
48,100
|
48,100 |
|
47,500
47,500
|
47,500 |
|
||
|
|
45,800
45,800
|
45,800 |
|
45,500
45,500
|
45,500 |
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
43,200
43,200
|
43,200 |
|
43,000 | |
|
|
||
|
43,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
|
42,800
42,800
|
42,800 |
|
42,200
42,200
|
42,200 |
|
|
||
|
41,900
41,900
|
41,900 |
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
40,300
40,300
|
40,300 |
|
|
39,800
39,800
|
39,800 |
|
39,800
39,800
|
39,800 |
|
39,500
39,500
|
39,500 |
|
39,300
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
||
|
|
38,600
38,600
|
38,600 |
Level 10
: 400/800, 0 ante
On one of the last hands of the night, six-time bracelet winner Layne Flack busted out at the table right by the media table in a hand we didn't see.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 10
: 400/800, 0 ante
Four more hands will be played until the day is done.
Level 10
: 400/800, 0 ante
Yuebin Guo got his last 3,000 all in before the flop against a player who was under the gun and George Danzer in the big blind.
By fourth street, the board read 
, and Danzer got the rest of his live opponent's stack in the middle.
Danzer: 
Guo: 
Under the gun: 
"I've got the freeroll," Danzer said, since he and the under-the-gun player both had wheels but Danzer had a higher straight draw. Guo, meanwhile, held the nut flush draw.
The dealer burned and turned the 
to give Danzer the nut straight to go with his nut low, quartering the under-the-gun player.
"Don't write that he played that hand," one of the players at the table joked of the sponsored pro. "He'll lose his sponsorship. Next time we see him, he'll be a free agent!"
The table erupted with laughter as Danzer stacked his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,800
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 10
: 400/800, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
26,000 | |
|
|
||
|
11,000
-300
|
-300 |
|
600
-4,200
|
-4,200 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 10
: 400/800, 0 ante
We found Kal Raichura considering a preflop raise from an opponent who was short-stacked.
"You can fold now," Raichura's opponent joked. "I would not be mad if you folded now."
Raichura called though, and the flop came 
. Raichura's opponent bet, and Raichura raised. His opponent called off the remainder of his stack.
Raichura: 
Opponent: 
Raichura's opponent had seen one of the worst possible flops for his baby-filled hand, and the turn and 
river did not bring enough improvement to overtake Raichura. Raichura appears to be the chip leader with about 30 minutes left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,000
20,200
|
20,200 |
Level 10
: 400/800, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,300 | |
|
|
53,800 | |
|
40,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
|
||
|
33,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
||
|
27,600
24,100
|
24,100 |
|
|
||
|
17,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
15,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
||
|
13,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
13,000
-4,600
|
-4,600 |
|
|
||
|
12,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
|
12,300
8,700
|
8,700 |
|
|
||
|
8,000
500
|
500 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: