PLO Double Board Bomb Pot Is Down to 24 — and the Stream Is Live

If you're awake right now, switch to the Horseshoe stream: WSOP Event #83, the $1,500 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot, is down to 24 players — and the final table is close enough to taste.

This is the format where every single hand begins with a bomb pot — forced antes, no preflop betting, straight to a flop. Two separate boards. Four PLO cards. The variance is so violent it barely qualifies as a poker tournament, and that's exactly why it's the best thing on a screen right now.

Who's in Front

Matthew Baiza leads with 1,500,000 chips. No bracelets, no rings — just the biggest stack in the strangest event of the summer. Behind him, Jeffrey Haskin sits at 1,000,000, and Christopher Amaral holds 800,000.

The international contingent is alive: Ali Sheikholeslami (Canada, 750,000) and Leonardo Martins (Brazil, 650,000) round out the top five. None of these five players has a WSOP bracelet. Somebody's about to become a first-time champion in a format that didn't exist three years ago.

Somebody's about to become a first-time champion in a format that didn't exist three years ago.

Why You Should Be Watching

Double board bomb pots compress an entire hand's worth of drama into post-flop play. No three-bet wars. No tanking preflop. Just four cards, two boards, and immediate chaos. Pots balloon on the flop because nobody had a chance to fold pre — and with 24 players left, the bust-outs should come fast.

Baiza's 1.5 million stack gives him roughly 50% more than his nearest pursuer. In a normal PLO tournament, that's a cushion. In double board bomb pot, it's maybe six hands of margin.

The stream is live from the Horseshoe. Final table could form within the next couple of hours at this pace. Expect it to wrap before sunrise PT.