Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed (Completed)

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David Benyamine Leads Day 1 of Event #34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed.

David Benyamine our Day 1 Chip Leader Event #34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) is the tournament that the players love. It offers everyone an excuse to get off the sidelines and play some poker, and boy did the players play some poker! 419 players contributed to a prize pool of $1,969,300 and by the end of the day that field had sweated itself down to 72 players. The Commander and Chief of the bracelet pursuing pack was David Benyamine who finished the day with 248,300 in chips. Top Chip Counts [TABLE=class: chipsCount tal, width: 637] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]David Benyamine[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]248,300[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Shaun Deeb[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]231,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Scott Bohlman[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]226,900[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]David Colin[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]202,500[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Kevin MacPhee[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]173,500[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Tommy Le[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]173,300[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Adam Kornuth[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]165,400[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Chris De Maci[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]164,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Joseph Cheong[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]162,600[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]Karim Jomeen[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]159,800[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

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Re: Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed (Day 1 Completed) Naoya Kihara Dominates Big Names on Day 2

Naoya Kihara - the man to catch The World Series of Poker Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed came back today with 72 players all with two aims: to get in the money, and then go on and make a final table. We got to, and burst the bubble, but fell a little short of making the final table. After 10 levels of play the field was whittled all the way down to 11 players. The player who tops the lot is runaway chip leader from Japan, Naoya Kihara with 1,548,000 chips. He had an incredible day where he busted player after player with huge hands that held, or draws that got there. When there were 24 players left he had more chips than the average player will take forward to tomorrow’s six-handed final table. Did anyone tell him this is a three-day tournament? He ended with around a quarter of the chips in play! [h=3]Top Chip Counts[/h][TABLE=class: chipsCount tal, width: 637] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD=align: inherit]1[/TD] [TD=align: inherit]Naoya Kihara[/TD] [TD=align: inherit][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]1,548,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD=align: inherit]2[/TD] [TD=align: inherit]Tommy Le[/TD] [TD=align: inherit][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]965,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD=align: inherit]3[/TD] [TD=align: inherit]Davidi Kitai[/TD] [TD=align: inherit][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]789,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD=align: inherit]4[/TD] [TD=align: inherit]Hans Winzeler[/TD] [TD=align: inherit][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]613,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD=align: inherit]5[/TD] [TD=align: inherit]Chris De Maci[/TD] [TD=align: inherit][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]515,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD=align: inherit]6[/TD] [TD=align: inherit]Dimitar Danchev[/TD] [TD=align: inherit][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]469,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD=align: inherit]7[/TD] [TD=align: inherit]Jason DeWitt[/TD] [TD=align: inherit][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]465,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD=align: inherit]8[/TD] [TD=align: inherit]Scott Bohlman[/TD] [TD=align: inherit][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]397,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD=align: inherit]9[/TD] [TD=align: inherit]Daniel Hindin[/TD] [TD=align: inherit][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]211,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD=align: inherit]10[/TD] [TD=align: inherit]Kevin MacPhee[/TD] [TD=align: inherit][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]174,000[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

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Re: Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed (Day 2 Completed) Congratulations to Naoya Kihara, Winner of Event #34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed ($512,029)

Naoya Kihara wins! After three days of scintillating poker Event #34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed has come to a conclusion. Our congratulations go to Naoya Kihara who defeated Chris De Maci, heads-up, to become our latest World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder and the first-ever from Japan. 419 players entered this competition creating a prizepool of $1,969,300 but from midway through Day 2 there was only ever one winner. Kihara took the chip lead after eliminating top quality opponents for fun. It was seriously one of the hottest streaks of poker we have witnessed, and he will surely never have another run like it. Final Table Payouts [TABLE=class: usertable] [TR=class: even] [TH]Place[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Prize[/TH] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Naoya Kihara[/TD] [TD]$512,029[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Chris De Maci[/TD] [TD]$316,308[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Daniel Hindin[/TD] [TD]$203,369[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Hans Winzeler[/TD] [TD]$134,857[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Davidi Kitai[/TD] [TD]$92,064[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Tommy Le[/TD] [TD]$64,671[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]