$1,500 Mixed Omaha Action Gets Underway at 2 PM
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Today sees the start of Event #43: $1,500 Mixed Omaha (Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, & Big O (8-Handed) here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
This three-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels (approximately 8:45 p.m.). There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with no dinner break pencilled in. Players are permitted two reentries.
The starting stack is 25,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 40-minute levels. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Monday, levels increase to 60 minutes, and closes after another ten levels of play. A winner will be crowned on Day 3.
Last year’s event was the largest field in the event's history, with a field of 1,091 entries generating a prize pool of $1,456,485. The winner was William Leffingwell, who defeated Zhen Cai heads-up to win $253,651 and his first WSOP bracelet.
Supported by a loud and passionate rail, Leffingwell told PokerNews "I love these people, and I love Houston. We've been through a lot these last couple of years, and poker down there is the best in the world."
"PLO is our game, and we invite everyone in the world to come play at any stake."
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,091 | William Leffingwell | United States | $253,651 |
| 2022 | 771 | Bradley Anderson | United States | $195,565 |
| 2021 | 641 | Dylan Linde | United States | $170,269 |
| 2020 | - | Not held | - | - |
| 2019 | 717 | Anatolii Zyrin | Russia | $199,838 |
| 2018 | 776 | Yueqi Zhu | United States | $211,781 |
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