Exploded warranty on PLO

The €250 Pot Limit Omaha Event #4 of the WaSOP 2024 festival kicked off at 6pm with around 50 players and 30-minute levels. Spread over two days, the event offers 10 levels of late registration... that's until around midnight 15. Latecomers will enter with 20 blinds out of 1000 - 1500!

12 levels are on the program for the opening day, with 5 levels played before a dinner break ending at 9:30 p.m. The action resumes at blinds 300 - 600 (600), with an average of 44,000 chips and a €10,000 guarantee already almost doubled.

There are currently 64 players still in the running, with 93 entrants and a provisional prize pool of €19,437... a prize fund that should rise even higher for this superb 4-card tournament.

Bayer Demirci, Noah Alem, Pascal "Calouminou" Mailly, Fred Davidts, Antonius Roberts, Morgan Poisson, Jeff Hemmer, Thomas Denie, Reda Haidar, Hadrien "zChance44" Gallois, Moncef Karoui, Jorden Vebraeken, Glenn Laureys and Ruben Tack are all in the running, as is Alexandra Quach.

The day comes to an end at around 1.15 a.m., and we meet again for the chipcount and a full update before Day 2 at 2 p.m. on Saturday...

23,681€ prizepool and 117 entrants

Entries are closed and there's just under an hour left to play in the €250 Pot Limit Omaha at WaSOP 2024. The Circus Casino Resort in Namur has finally registered 117 entries for a shareable prizepool of €23,681.

A fine score for this two-day event with 30-minute levels (40 min on Day 2, editor's note). There are still 37 players competing on the penultimate level of the day in blinds 1000 - 1500 (1500), with an average of 95,000 chips and a starting stack of 30,000.

17 players will enter the money on Saturday from 2pm on Final Day... the champion will take home €5,650 and a nice trophy.

See you as soon as possible for the full chipcount of this tournament before the final explanation on Final Day...

PLO Event #5 WaSOP 2024 (117 players - €23,681 prizepool)
Champion - €5,650
Runner Up - €3,800
3rd - €2,740
4th - €2,090
5th - 1,611€
6th - 1,280€
7th - 1,050€
8th - 840€
9th - 705€

10th and 11th - 590€
12th and 13th - 515€
14th and 15th - 450€
16th and 17th - 400€

A Frenchman in the lead, 28 players on Final Day

After 6 effective hours of poker and 12 levels of 30 minutes, it was Pierre Pop who took the chiplead on Event #5 PLO WaSOP at €250 per entry. The Frenchman bagged just over 9 times the starting stack and 283,000 chips to beat 27 other survivors from a field of 117 entrants. 

Christoph Change (261,000) didn't finish far behind, and the German is joined by his brother Justus (111,000) on Day 2 of a tournament that will resume on 1000 - 2000 (2000) for a doubled level.

The average is 62 blinds, and there are still a few competitors left, including Samir Bou Dahdir (137,000), Morgan Poisson (80,000) and Wesley Peinen (110,000). Many foreign players are still in the game...

Resuming Saturday at 2pm with 40-minute levels...

Partial chipcount PLO WaSOP
Pierre Pop 283,500
Christophe Changer 261,000
Rene Middleton 239,000
Jack Ruau 181,000
Armand Duchene 159,000
Bart Lenders 153,500
Niko Heggelman 151,000
Riad Bennamar 140,000
Samir Bou Dahdir 137 000
Brian Rausens 135 000

Krzytoff Kula 132 000
Daniel Kriecher 130 000
Justus Change 111 000
Wesley Peinen 110 000
Glenn Laureys 107 000
Sandor Letternoth 92 500
Morgan Poisson 80 000
Kod Davdan 58 000

The approaching bubble

Play is now at 2000 - 4000 (4000) and there are just 19 players in the running for 17 paid seats in the €250 WaSOP PLO Event #5. There's plenty of depth here, as the average is 175,000 chips!

Jens Heiggelmann, Olivian Balint, Claudio Afonso, Frank Steenbergen, Niko Heggelmann, Cheng Shu, Andreas Neukel, Justus Change surrendered their weapons for a foreign farandole of bustos. Glenn Laureys (20th) is the one and only Belgian out on Day 2 so far... At 19 left, only 4 remain in the running!

4 Germans, 5 French and 5 Dutch still make up the field, with a Pole in the middle of the mix. Good luck to all!

Fish in the net

The bubble burst after ten minutes of hand-to-hand play followingAmand Ducheine 's exit (19th). In the end, it was a Namur veteran who finished in the worst position.

Author of several successes here at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur, Morgan Poisson failed to finish in 18th place, offering a payout of €400 to the 17 survivors in this field of 117 entrants.

The Frenchman won't get his share of the €23,681 prizepool after going all in with Ace Ace 7 Queen and a straight... Morgan limped under the gun and saw the small blind announce "Pot", the big blind paid to see the tricolor "Pot" for his stack.

The small blind "Pot" to isolate with Ace Jack 6 2 and a straight and hit a Jack 6 2 flop that put Fish in the net. One turn and a river later, Morgan was out, heading for the fridge and the SuperSide.

After the exit of his compatriot Greg Lahmy, the remaining players were regrouped on the last two tables. They now faced off on blinds 2000 - 5000 (5000) with 40-minute levels. 

The average is at 44 blinds, there can only be one left! 

PLO Event #5 WaSOP 2024 (117 players - €23,681 prizepool)
Champion - €5,650
Runner Up - €3,800
3rd - €2,740
4th - €2,090
5th - €1,611
6th - €1,280
7th - €1,050
8th - €840
9th - €705

10th and 11th - €590
12th and 13th - €515
14th and 15th - €450
16th - €400
17th - Gregory Lahmy €400

Final table

The Final Table of the WaSOP 2024 PLO Event #5 will be played live with the cards revealed... the game will resume in a few minutes and will be available for streaming a little after 8:10 p.m. approximately...

Play resumes on 5,000 - 10,000 (10,000) with 39 blinds average and 40-minute levels...


The Final (in seat order)
Bart Lenders (Bel) 523,000
Daniel Kriocheler (All) 162,000
Riad Benamar (FR) 585,000
Kryztof Kulpa (Pol) 451 000
Chrstianus Lovrencevic (NL) 358 000
Rene Middleberg (All) 514 000
Sandor Leitenroth (All) 245 000
Enos Abbo (NL) 440 000
Donovan Kool (NL) 232 000

PLO Event #5 WaSOP 2024 (117 players - €23,681 prizepool)
Champion - €5,650
Runner Up - €3,800
3rd - €2,740
4th - €2,090
5th - €1,611
6th - €1,280
7th - €1,050
8th - €840
9th - €705

10th - Christoph Change €590
11th - Samir Bou Dahdir €590
12th - Ferry Sparla €515
13th - Pierre Pop €515
14th - Wesley Peinen €450
15th - Brian Rausens €450
16th - Ruben Tack €400
17th - Gregory Lahmy €400

Streaming PLO

The Kulpa is full on the PLO 

After a final 25-minute duel, Krzysztf Kulpa took the spoils in Event #5 WaSOP 2024, a €250 PLO event played over two days. The Pole was up against 5 Frenchmen, 5 Belgians and 5 Dutchmen in the final straight, and he took them all.

Kulpa dominated France's Riad Benamar in a head's up, with Belgium's Bart Lenders completing the podium... the final trio had agreed to smooth out the prizes before concluding in a streamed final with the cards revealed. 

PLO Event #5 WaSOP 2024 (117 players - 23 681€ prizepool)
Champion - Krzysztf Kulpa 4 785€*
Runner Up - Riad Benamar 3 775€*
3rd - Bart Lenders 3 635€*
4th - Christinus Lovrencevic 2 090€
5th - AAlgatt 1 611€
6th - Enos Abbo 1 280€
7th - Daniel Kricheler 1 050€
8th - Donovan Kool 840€
9th - Sandor Leitenroth 705€

10th - Christoph Change 590€
11th - Samir Bou Dahdir 590€
12th - Ferry Sparla 515€
13th - Pierre Pop 515€
14th - Wesley Peinen 450€
15th - Brian Rausens 450€
16th - Ruben Tack 400€
17th - Gregory Lahmy 400€