Event #11: $400 PLO 6-Max
Day 1 Completed
Event #11: $400 PLO 6-Max
Day 1 Completed
On Saturday night, the 2022 World Series of Poker Online Event #11: $400 PLO 6-Max attracted 172 players who rebought 193 times. The 365-entry field generated a $131,400 prize pool, and after only seven and a half hours of play, it was Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat coming out on top to win a $29,459 first-place prize and his first career gold bracelet.
According to The Hendon Mob, this is Bibat's fourth biggest score and biggest on the virtual felts. This victory will add to his already $244,869 in tournament earnings.
Many notables joined the PLO streets and some of the players to make a deep run but not reach the final table included 2012 Main Event Champion Greg "DustedYou" Merson (29th - $1,497), popular Twitch streamer Jeff "MahaKala108" Gross (18th - $1,524), and six-time bracelet winner Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu (11th - $1,655)
Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
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1 | Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat | United States | $29,459 |
2 | Arkadiy "Crocofantos" Tsinis | United States | $21,024 |
3 | Matthew "HuniDeGrande" Stone | United States | $15,019 |
4 | "iheartco0kie" | United States | $10,801 |
5 | "kahlil98" | United States | $7,831 |
6 | Alan "PhilIvey" Engel | United States | $5,676 |
The official six-handed final table got off to an action-packed start. Alan "PhilIvey" Engel found himself all in preflop after losing with aces against kings the hand before and made trip aces but fell to the better kicker of Matthew "HuniDeGrande" Stone and was eliminated in sixth place.
The next to go in fifth was "kahlil98" when they were all in on a combo draw and couldn't improve against the two-pair for Bibat. A few more hands went by before "iheartco0kie" was all in with an over pair against two-pair for Bibat, sending them out in fourth place.
Stone was the next casualty when their flopped set was up against a straight for Bibat and eliminated them in third place.
Heads-up play started with Bibat having a 4-1 chip lead against Arkadiy "Crocofantos" Tsinis and all the chips went in fairly quickly. Tsinis had two-pair on the river against a full house for Bibat who put Tsinis all in. After some thought, Tsinis made the call and would have to settle for runner-up position as the full-house for Bibat scored the victory.
That's a wrap here at Event #11: $400 PLO 6-Max. Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you full coverage of this series on WSOP.com!
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Heads-up play started with Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat having an over 4-1 chip lead against Arkadiy "Crocofantos" Tsinis and it didn't take long for all the chips to find the middle.
In a pot of 900,000 on a board showing , Bibat moved all in, covering the 650,000 remaining for Tsinis, who after a few seconds of thought, made the call.
Bibat rolled over for a full house and Tsinis would have to settle for runner-up position when their hit the muck. Bibat scored the victory and their first WSOP bracelet.
A full recap will be available shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat |
5,475,000
1,111,844
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1,111,844 |
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Arkadiy "Crocofantos" Tsinis | Busted | |
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Blinds: 25,000/50,000
In a pot of close to 400,000 on a flop of , Matthew "HuniDeGrande" Stone moved all in and was called by Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat.
Matthew "HuniDeGrande" Stone:
Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat:
Both players flopped the world but Bibat was ahead with a straight. The board ran out and the straight held to eliminate Stone in third place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat |
4,363,156
1,010,700
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1,010,700 |
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Matthew "HuniDeGrande" Stone | Busted |
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
All the chips went in on a flop of in a pot of roughly 250,000. "iheartco0kie" was the player at risk against the big stack of Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat.
"iheartco0kie":
Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat:
The turn came the and river the . Bibat's two-pair scored the pot and "iheartco0kie" was eliminated in fourth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat |
3,352,456
1,818,880
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1,818,880 |
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iheartco0kie
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Busted |
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
In a pot of 440,000 on a board showing , "kahlil98" moved all in for 292,568 and was called by Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat.
"kahlil98":
Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat:
"kahlil98" had a lot of outs but behind to the two-pair for Bibat. The river came the and "kahlil98" was eliminated in fifth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Tanner "bamatide88" Bibat |
1,533,576
762,316
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762,316 |
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kahlil98
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Busted |
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Matthew "HuniDeGrande" Stone opened on the button for 60,000 and Alan "PhilIvey" Engel moved all in for 93,000 in the small blind. It folded back to Stone who made the call.
Alan "PhilIvey" Engel:
Matthew "HuniDeGrande" Stone:
The board ran out , giving both players trip aces but the king kicker was best for Stone, sending Engel out in sixth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Matthew "HuniDeGrande" Stone |
1,480,684
1,336,930
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1,336,930 |
Alan "PhilIvey" Engel | Busted | |
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Blinds: 10,000/20,000
After a few raises preflop Kevin "itashi28" Ayala moved all in for roughly 10 big blinds and was called by Arkadiy "Crocofantos" Tsinis.
Kevin "itashi28" Ayala:
Arkadiy "Crocofantos" Tsinis:
The board ran out and the aces for Tsinis held to eliminate Ayala in seventh place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Arkadiy "Crocofantos" Tsinis |
1,284,565
460,657
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460,657 |
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Kevin "itashi28" Ayala | Busted |
There are currently seven players remaining and action is on hand-for-hand until one more player is eliminated and the six-handed final table is set.
The final seven players are on a 5-minute break.