The biggest discipline Omaha eight-or-better event of the 2024 World Collection of Poker has come to its conclusion. A complete of 928 entrants got here out to play WSOP Occasion #4: $1,500 Omaha 8 or Higher, the primary mixed-game event of the summer time, creating an enormous prize pool of $1,238,880.
James Chen ended the primary day of the event with an amazing chip lead over the remainder of 278 survivors, and on the second day, he bagged third place stack over 22. After roughly seven hours on the last desk, Chen conquered his first WSOP bracelet, beating Lewis Brant heads as much as accumulate $209,350.
“It’s nice,” the Pittsburgh resident stated, surrounded by a big rail of supportive mates. “I play Omaha and the completely different variants. I primarily play money video games, however at The World Collection I normally simply play tournaments.”
Final 12 months Chen completed in second place within the $10,000 Omaha 8 or higher occasion to Ben Lamb for a career-best rating of $304,571. “Final 12 months to return so shut was disappointing, however this 12 months to get it carried out was superb.”
All through the latter half of the ultimate desk, Chen commanded the desk. He held greater than two-thirds of the chips in play with 4 gamers left, and continued that momentum on in the direction of victory. “It was enjoyable, playing cards had been hitting. I made numerous arms and it was nice.”
Chen confirmed that he shall be taking part in the $10,000 variant of this occasion tomorrow and loads of different occasions in the course of the summer time. For now he shall be spending his Friday night time along with his mates from the rail.
Official Ultimate Desk Outcomes
| Place | Title | Nation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Chen | United States | $209,350 |
| 2 | Lewis Brant | United States | $139,563 |
| 3 | Sovann Pen | United States | $97,445 |
| 4 | Adam Nattress | United States | $69,129 |
| 5 | Curtis Phelps | United States | $49,842 |
| 6 | Pearce Arnold | United States | $36,531 |
| 7 | Curtis Phelps | United States | $27,227 |
| 8 | Todd Dakake | United States | $20,640 |
Day 2 Motion
The start of the day ensured that the brand new champion would declare their first bracelet as the opposite bracelet holders fell. Eric Baldwin (Nineteenth-$8,129) joined the rail with Ben Yu (Fifteenth-$9,988) following him out the door a short time later, the latter amassing factors for the 25k Fantasy Draft.
It took just below 4 hours for the sphere of twenty-two to succeed in the ultimate 9.
Simply earlier than the unofficial last desk was reached, Three-time WSOP bracelet winner John “Miami” Cernuto was pressured all in from the large blind. Lewis Brant had made a flush to scoop a facet pot and the primary Cernuto’s pair of kings was not sufficient to remain alive. The sector and rail clapped out of respect because the 80-year-old WSOP legend was eradicated from the event.
Ultimate Desk Motion
It didn’t take too lengthy for the sphere to lose a participant as poker professional and commentator Jamie Kerstetter got here into the unofficial last desk of 9 gamers with simply two massive bets.
In her last hand, she held ace, queen, jack, six, however the board supplied no assist to her and it was Lewis Brant’s ace, king, ten, three that had made a full home and Kerstetter ended her event in ninth place for $15,920. Kerstetter’s elimination introduced the ultimate eight to the official last desk.
Todd Dakake misplaced an enormous pot to Pearce Arnold, leaving him fairly brief among the many eight remaining. Dakake’s last hand noticed him verify his choice within the massive blind and flop a straight towards Sovann Pen’s center set. Each gamers obtained their chips in on the flip, the place Dakake had made a better straight and Pen had made a low, however the river paired the board to offer Pen a full home whereas Dakake collected $20,640 for his eighth-place end.
It solely took a pair extra minutes to lose one other participant as Curtis Phelps obtained in his last chips with ace, queen, queen, two towards Brant’s ace, queen, three, two. The flop contained each an ace and a 3 on it, with nothing altering on the next streets and Brant took the lead of the desk, whereas Phelps completed in seventh place for $27,227.
What adopted was a protracted 6-handed battle that noticed many lead adjustments and lots of huge swings for the entire gamers. Sovann Pen ended up rising increased within the counts till he had a dominant lead over the ultimate gamers, whereas Chen fell to the shortest stack. Chen ended up scooping a key pot towards Filatov, which had the leaderboard shift as soon as extra. By the top of this lengthy tour, the shakedown noticed Pen with a 3rd of the chips in play.
Aleksey Filatov can be the subsequent to fall. His destiny was sealed by the hands of Adam Nattress, after getting in his extraordinarily brief stack with backside two towards Nattress’ high pair. His high pair became high two shortly after, giving a lift to Nattress’ stack, whereas Filatov collected $36,531 for his sixth place end.
Arnold departed the sphere shortly after. Getting back from the dinner break, he had just below one massive blind, however managed to ladder and outlast Filatov. His finish would come shortly after as he obtained in his last chips with ace, 9, seven, two towards Chen’s ace, king, queen, jack. An all high-card flop left little or no hope for Arnold and by the river, it was Chen’s kings and queens taking within the pot and giving him the chip lead, whereas Arnold ended his run in fifth place, good for $49,842.
What adopted was described as “rampage” by Pen as Chen amassed a big share of the chips in play. From grabbing half of the chips in play with 4 left, to grabbing eighty % of the chips in play with 4 left. Nattress ended up because the shortest left and obtained all of his chips in with high pair high kicker on a ten-high board, whereas Chen appeared him up with a pair of kings and a flush draw. The flip gave Nattress tens up, however the river gave Chen a set of kings and he took down the pot to additional pad his lead whereas Nattress took $69,129 for his fourth-place end.
A few minutes handed earlier than Pen departed from the event in third place. Pen and Chen obtained concerned in a pot on a nine-high flop the place Pen referred to as down with nines and sevens with an ace-kicker. It was no good towards Chen’s three nines with an ace in addition to the second nut low. Chen took what was an 11:1 chip lead into heads-up play, whereas Pen collected $97,445 for his efforts.
The start of heads-play up noticed some momentum swinging within the path of Brant because the preliminary 11:1 deficit shrunk to only a 3:1 deficit. The momentum swung again into Chen’s court docket because the time went on with the ultimate hand seeing Brant name his final massive blind all in blind. Brant held a flush draw on the flip, however the river accomplished his flush whereas concurrently giving Chen a ship to win the title, whereas Brant completed in second place for a career-best money of $139,563.
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