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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 2:30 PM Local Time
Event #6
Pot-Limit Omaha
Buy-In: $500 (+$80)
Total Entries: 187
Prize Pool: $93,500
Brandon Allen earns a WSOP Circuit gold ring and his first ever WSOP cash.
Cherokee, N.C. (April 20, 2016) -- Brandon Allen has won the Harrah's Cherokee pot-limit omaha tournament for his first ever WSOP cash. Allen earned $24,312 and a WSOP Circuit gold ring for his victory.
"It's the first one, I am pretty happy," said Allen about winning the gold ring.
Allen is from Port Orange, Florida and sticks to mostly playing cash games in the area. He said he came up to North Carolina to do some hunting and gambling. That gambling has paid off thus far, but the hunting part is unknown. Allen plans to stay for the remainder of the series and play in the Main Event, but mostly play cash games up until then. He said he gets bored with hold'em, but is willing to play higher stakes at hold'em.
"Four cards is better than two," said Allen about PLO.
Allen's WSOP tournament resume was blank up until this tournament, but not his poker resume. In 2014 Allen won the $5,000 Wynn Classic for $79,875.
This was the only pot-limit omaha ring event of the series. PLO does not produce as large of fields as the hold'em events, but the prizepool of nearly $100k shows that there is still a demand for it. The cash games here have been filled all week with big PLO games and that is where Allen can be found most of the time.
There will be a first of its kind PLO event this summer at the 2016 Las Vegas World Series of Poker. Event #12 is the $565 PLO event with unlimited re-entry's. This event will have the lowest buy-in for a PLO tournament in the history of the WSOP. The low buy-in combined with unlimited re-entry could be a recipe for the largest PLO tournament field ever.
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Event #6 was the sixth of 12 gold ring events on the WSOP Circuit
schedule at the Harrah's Cherokee series. The $580 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament
attracted 187 players generating a $93,500 prizepool. The top 21 players were paid.
Day 1 began Monday at 4 p.m. and lasted 17 levels. Day 2
began Tuesday at 3 p.m. with 14 players remaining. The tournament
concluded at about 7:35 p.m. Tuesday midway through Level 23.
Final table results:
1st: Brandon Allen - $24,312 + Circuit gold ring
2nd: Ricky Bennett - $15,017
3rd: Maynard Little - $10,843
4th: Joshua Mancuso - $7,963
5th: Charles Adams - $5,949
6th:Eric Saikin - $4,521
7th: Zack Caldwell - $3,492
8th: Dana Blay - $2,742
9th: Joshua Gilkerson - $2,188
Complete results can be found above under the "Results" tab.
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 7:09 PM Local Time
Brandon Allen (pictured) has just
won the pot-limit omaha event at the
World Series of Poker Harrah's Cherokee series. The 31-year-old bested 187
players in the $580 Pot-Limit Omaha event to pocket $24,312 and earn
his first career WSOP Circuit gold
ring. He also earns 50 Casino Championship points for his victory.
A full report on Allen's win will be made available tomorrow.
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 5:27 PM Local Time
The tournament is down to the final eight players and they are all guaranteed at least $2,742. The eventual champion will earn $24,312 and a WSOP Circuit gold ring.
Here is look at the final eight player's chip counts and final table seating assignments:
Seat 1: Zack Caldwell - 300,000 (18 bbs)
Seat 2: Eric Saikin - 103,000 (6 bbs)
Seat 3: Dana Blay - 189,000 (11 bbs)
Seat 4: Brandon Allen - 384,000 (24 bbs)
Seat 5: Maynerd Little - 100,000 (6 bbs)
Seat 6: Chuck Adams - 370,000 (23 bbs)
Seat 7: Ricky Bennett - 710,000 (44 bbs)
Seat 8: Josh Mancuso - 162,000 (10 bbs)
- 50 minutes remain in Level 21: 8,000/16,000
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 3:08 AM Local Time
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 3:08 AM Local Time
Day 1 is done in Event #6 - $580 Pot-Limit Omaha. The tournament started with 187 players and after 17 levels of play is down to 14. The final 14 players will return for Day 2 tomorrow at 3 p.m. Tomorrow's champion will take home $24,312 and a WSOP Circuit gold ring.
Here is a look at the Day 2 chip counts and seating assignments:
| Rank |
First Name |
Last Name |
Chip Count |
T |
S |
| 1 |
Zack |
Caldwell |
324,000 |
20 |
1 |
| 2 |
Charles |
Adams |
322,000 |
13 |
1 |
| 3 |
Regina |
Hampton |
219,000 |
13 |
7 |
| 4 |
Bradon |
Allen |
185,000 |
20 |
6 |
| 5 |
Nemash |
Patel |
184,000 |
20 |
3 |
| 6 |
Dana |
Blay |
165,000 |
20 |
8 |
| 7 |
Jimmy |
Gallaghar |
127,000 |
13 |
9 |
| 8 |
Ricky |
Bennett |
124,000 |
13 |
4 |
| 9 |
Josh |
Mancuso |
120,000 |
20 |
5 |
| 10 |
Josh |
Gilkerson |
118,000 |
13 |
2 |
| 11 |
Abbasali |
Hiran |
112,000 |
20 |
9 |
| 12 |
Maynerd |
Little |
81,000 |
20 |
7 |
| 13 |
Eric |
Saikin |
79,000 |
13 |
3 |
| 14 |
Josh |
Kinard |
72,000 |
13 |
5 |
Monday, April 18, 2016 9:24 PM Local Time
Registration has closed for Event #6 - $580 Pot-Limit Omaha and the prizepool has been announced. The tournament drew 187 entries to generate a $93,500 prizepool. The winner will earn $24,312, a WSOP Circuit gold ring and 50 Casino Championship points. The top 21 spots will be paid with a min cash being worth $1,036.
Here is a look at the final table payouts:
The complete list of payouts can be found above under the "Prizepool" tab.
Monday, April 18, 2016 1:15 PM Local Time
Event #6 - $580 Pot-Limit Omaha is the second gold ring event of the day. It is the only non-hold'em ring event of the series and it is one of two gold ring events at the $580 buy-in level.
4 p.m. - Event #6 - $580 Pot-Limit Omaha ($50,000 Guarantee)
- Registration remains open until the start of Level 9 (8:30 p.m.)
- Re-entry is not allowed
- Players start with 12,000 tournament chips
- Blinds begin at 25/50
- Levels 1-10 are 30 minutes long, levels 11-19 are 40 minutes long and all remaining levels are 50 minutes long
- Day 1 is scheduled to play 17 levels
- There is no dinner break on Day 1
- Day 2 begins Tuesday at 3 p.m.