High-Stakes PLO Cash Game Moves to Rio During WSOP

The high-stakes PLO cash game has moved to the Rio casino during the WSOP. The game has been running for five days straight, with high attendance. Clayton Newman expressed surprise that PLO 200/500/1k is being played at Rio. Josh Arie reported that the blinds increased to 1k-2k after two days. Brandon Taylor was amazed to see PLO 1k-2k-5k being played at Rio.

Ashton Griffin won a significant pot in a 1k/2k PLO game. He mentioned that he won the second-largest pot of his career, with a final pot of 550k. Justin 'BoostedJ' Smith mentioned playing in a $1k/2k/4k PLO game, one of the largest in his life. Greeno99 reported seeing Justin Smith, Ashton Griffin, Kid Fam, Robert Willis, Darren Kramer, and Matthew Kirk at the table. Darren Kramer mentioned that Robert Willis has been playing for 28 hours straight and winning 80% of the pots.

David Benefield and Rick Salomon played a significant pot where Salomon lost his stack and rebought for $50,000. Tom Dwan participated in the game and reportedly lost a significant amount. Brian Hastings played between Rio and Bobby's Room, mentioning a mix of PLO/2-7/Omaha Hi-Lo games. Gavin 'gavz101' Cochrane missed the high-stakes PLO game due to a $5,000 NLHE tournament. Phil Galfond mentioned playing for 15+ hours a day and being forced to play Chinese poker. Andrew Robl reported securing a profit in the high-stakes PLO game. Isildur1 lost his entire May profit and became a Supernova Elite.