Triple Chance Format Means No Slow Start
As has been the case with all Pot-Limit Omaha events at this year's WSOP, it is a triple chance format. In this case, each player starts with 1,500 and two re-buy chips worth 1,500 each for a grand total of 4,500. It's always interesting to see the strategy players will use in deciding how to cash these re-buys in. Plenty will take their full stack right away, others might try and grind out a single stack until they have to cash in their re-buys at the end of Level Four.
Either way, for many this means that the all ins come early and often. At a table in the black section, we saw three players already all in (each for only a single 1,500 stack only) on a board of 
. One player showed 
another showed 
and the third showed 
. Two players split the low with 
and the player with 
took down the high with twos full of fives. In standard limit Omaha 8 or Better, you don't see a lot of all ins early, but since this is Pot-Limit, expect to continue to see lots of all ins and lots of chopped pots. Should be an interesting Day 1 to say the least