Day One Concludes
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After eight tough levels of Pot Limit Omaha today, over half the field disappeared in a cloud of chips and four-card aggression. Three rebuy lammers worth 4k each augmented the 3,000 starting stacks, but right from the start there was plenty of action as this tough field attacked itself, players like Tom Dwan, Marty Smyth and Annette Obrestad busting in the earlier segments while Samuel Stein rose to the top of the pile around half way through the day and stayed there until the chips were bagged for the night. 112,600 is the stack to measure against tomorrow when players return to play down to a final table - up challenging the lead, however, are Karl Mahrenholz and Jeff Madsen, among others. Please see the Chip Counts tab for full counts of all remaining players.
The best of the traditionally more experienced European Omaha practitioners like Michel Abecassis, Rory Matthews, John Kabbaj, Willie Tann and Jeff Kimber will tomorrow face off against the American vanguard and the young players looking to add some WSOPE jewellery to their wrists this week. Phil Laak, too, bounced straight from his first event bracelet win into this ��5k event - and is still there at the end of play!
Live reporting recommences tomorrow at 3pm local time from the Empire Casino, Leicester Square, London, England.