2023 WSOP Europe

Event #4: �2,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 WSOP Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a654
Prize
€91,183
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,000
Prize Pool
€362,045
Entries
206
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
206
Players Left
46

Farid Jattin On Top of Event #4: �2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha For Second Straight Year

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Farid Jattin
Farid Jattin

There was a sense of deja vu permeating around the room on Day 1 of Event #4: �2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, a feeling that this same scenario had played out already.

One year ago, Farid Jattin finished the first day of this same event as the chip leader on his way to finishing in seventh place. Fast forward 12 months, and Jattin once again finds himself atop the leaderboard as 46 players out of a starting field of 206 survived to make it to Day 2.

Jattin busted Patrik Jaros in a three-way all in with top pair earlier in the day and finished with 734,000, more than 100,000 ahead of his closest challenger. That is Zhengfa Ye, who doubled up off Jan-Peter Jachtmann in arguably the biggest pot of the day when they both turned a straight, but Ye rivered the nut flush. Ye finished in second place with 617,000, while Salih Atac (571,000), Gab Yong Kim (560,000), and Pascal Foged (458,000) round out the top five.

Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Farid JattinColombia734,000147
2Zhengfa YeAustria617,000123
3Salih AtacCzech Republic571,000114
4Gab Yong KimSouth Korea560,000112
5Pascal FogedGermany458,00092
6Mats NylanderSweden392,00078
7Namhyung KimSouth Korea356,00071
8Dorel EldabachIsrael352,00070
9Pavel IzotovBelarus324,00065
10Hokyiu LeeHong Kong308,00062

It took him five bullets, but Jaros eventually managed to survive with 201,000. Pavel Izotov, like Jattin a finalist from this event last year, emerged from a four-way all in with a rivered flush to scoop the pot and eliminate two players on his way to bagging up 324,000. Other players advancing to play tomorrow include Dorel Eldabach (352,000), Barny Boatman (157,000), Dario Alioto (145,000), whose lone WSOP bracelet came in the first WSOP Europe back in 2007, and 2022 WSOP Main Event finalist Aaron Duczak (96,000).

Defending champion Anson Tsang bagged up a short stack of 67,000, as did reigning WSOP Europe champion Omar Eljach, who registered this event straight off winning the �550 Pot-Limit Omaha event and finished with 64,000.

Anson Tsang
Anson Tsang

Notables who didn��t make it out of the day included Martin Kabrhel, Vivian Saliba, Roland Israelashvili, Max Pescatori, and Jachtmann. The 46 who did make it through will return to play tomorrow at 3 p.m. local time inside King��s Resort in Rozvadov.

The first order of business will be to make the money. Only the top 31 players will collect a payday, with the eventual champion earning �91,183 out of the �362,045 prize pool. The plan is to play down to a winner tomorrow, with a live stream beginning on a one-hour delay at 6:30 p.m.

PokerNews will follow all the action as the players are in for another late night tomorrow until a coveted gold bracelet is around someone��s wrist.

Tags: Aaron DuczakAnson TsangBarny BoatmanDario AliotoDorel EldabachFarid JattinGab Yong KimJan-Peter JachtmannMartin KabrhelMats NylanderMax PescatoriOmar EljachPascal FogedPatrik JarosPavel IzotovRoland IsraelashviliSalih AtacVivian SalibaZhengfa Ye