The 134-strong PLO field are off on their first 10-minute break of the day and currently, it looks as though the two biggest stacks belong to Patrick Laoyont and Matthew Howearth, but it's still early days. Here's how some of the notables are stacking up:
2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
Todd Ritson limped into the pot from under the gun before the defending champion of this event, Danny Huynh, raised to 700 from the cutoff. Jarred Graham called from the button followed by Frank Koopmann in the small blind. Ritson called as well.
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and the action checked to Huynh who continued for 1,000. Graham and Koopmann called. Ritson folded.
The turn brought the
and Koopmann checked. Huynh tossed out 5,000. Graham raised to 12,000. Koopmann folded.
"Is two pair good?" muttered Huynh to himself. "I have a gutshot too," he added with a laugh.
Graham laughed along mentioning that there had to be something else keeping him in.
"You want me to call?" asked Huynh.
"Of course. I have the best hand," added Graham with a smile.
Huynh knew he was behind but obliged with a call for his remaining 12,000.
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Graham had the lead with two pair against Huynh who had a pair and gutshot straight draw.
The dealer produced the
on the river to indeed give Huynh the straight and the winning hand.
"I'm back to my starting stack," acknowledged Graham with a smile, before both players shook hands, and continued playing on.
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Tam Truong checked from the small blind before Andrew White bet 1,000 from the big blind. Andrew Hindmarch was on the button and re-raised to 3,000. Truong folded. White called.
The turn brought the
and White checked. Hindmarch immediately announced pot and threw out 8,400. White thought for a minute before opting to fold.
Hindmarch slowly revealed three of his cards one by one, the
then
and
, before mucking the last card and raked in the pot.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Following two limpers, Daniel Tan pumped the pot to 600, which deterred no-one. The action went three-way to a flop of ![]()
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That was it for the betting in the hand, with the action checked on the flop, the
turn and the
river. Tan turned over ![]()
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and kings and sixes were enough to take the pot.
Over on the feature table, Nuno Correia made it 400 to go from the hijack and Ryan Bownd's re-popped it to 1,400 on the button. After both blinds folded, Correia made the call to take the action heads-up to a flop of ![]()
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, which both players checked.
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turn was the action card, with Bownds leading for 2,700 and Correia re-raising to 9,000 in total. Bownds shoved and Correia quickly called and the hands were turned over.
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Both players had the Broadway straight, with Bownds having a slight 57% freeroll with his backdoor hearts. However, the
river meant it was a chop.
Julien Sitbon is back in action, making it 700 to go from the big blind following an under-the-gun limp and calls from the button and small blind. Under-the-gun limper Luke Burmester was the only caller to take the action heads-up to a flop of ![]()
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Sitbon led out for 2,000 with Burmester making the call to bring the duo to the
turn, which brought another bet from Sitbon and a fold from Burmester.
Matthew Howearth has just taken out Michael Seymour and Steven Z after the three committed all their chips into the pot.
The board showed ![]()
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and Howearth's winning hand of ![]()
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was the only one spread out on the table.
The flush sends Howearth to the top of the counts with almost triple the starting stack.
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Michelle Pascoe checked from the small blind and was followed by Nuno Correira in the hijack. Ryan Bownds bet 600 from the button. Only Pascoe called.
The turn brought the
and Pascoe checked. Bownds tossed out 1,300, and took down the pot, after Pascoe mucked her hand.
Bownds already has double the starting stack early in the day's proceedings.
A sizable pot played out between Jason Rix and Thomas Lee that saw the former win a sizable pot. It was Lee who was the instigator, making it 500 to go pre-flop from the cutoff. Rix re-raised to 1,300 from the button and the big blind cold-called, with Lee tossing in the extras to take play three-way to a flop of ![]()
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Following a check from the big blind, Lee potted and Rix was the only caller, with the
pairing the board. Lee led, Rix raised and the pot was over 15,000 coming into the
river, which saw checks from both.
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for the boat, with Lee griping "Well, I had the nuts on the flop..." but then, that's pot-limit Omaha for you. Rix scooped the pot to climb to 47,200 while Lee took the hit to drop down to 26,300.