Event #11: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship
Day 4 Started
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #11: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,898,800
Entries
202
Level
32
Blinds
130,000 / 250,000
Ante
0
Lind, Billirakis, Zhukov Set to Play Knockout
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Welcome back to what we would hope would be the final day of Event #11, the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship. We're here an extra day, and it actually figures to be a short one. With the limits going to 120,000/240,000, there are only about 25 big bets in play.
George Lind has the lion's share of those chips, sitting atop the counts with 2.86 million. He's looking for his first gold bracelet, and that's one less than the man with the short stack today. Steve Billirakis was the youngest player ever to win a WSOP title at the age of 18 years and a couple minutes. He took down the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em Championship in 2007, good for a half-million dollars and a spot in the history books. He's looking for bracelet number two today, but he's on the bottom of the pack with just 740,000 -- about three big bets -- to start the day. This is his 14th WSOP cash, and he'll move over $2 million in career earnings regardless of his finish today.
The third in the party is Russian Viacheslav Zhukov, a man with just one career cash to his credit. It was a good one, though, a victory in the €3,000 6-max NLHE event at EPT Kyiv. This is his first taste of a WSOP final table, and it's guaranteed to be his largest cash yet. Will it come with a bracelet? It may well; Zhukov is hot on Lind's heels with 2.465 million chips with which to finish the battle.
We're just about 10 minutes away from our starting time, and it shouldn't be too long before hand out another bracelet at the 2011 WSOP.
Don't wander off.
Level: 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 0
Billirakis Gets that Big Blind
Level 29
: 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
Steve Billirakis opened from the small blind, and Viacheslav Zhukov called from the big. One bet was all Billirakis needed on the 
{Kh] flop, ending the hand with a quick Zhukov fold.
Billirakis Crippled
Level 29
: 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
Viacheslav Zhukov raised the button, and Steve Billirakis defended his big blind with a call.
The flop came 
, and Billirakis checked. When Zhukov bet, he spent a long while in the tank before apparently making the decision this was the one. He eventually called, and he'd act quicker on the last two streets. Billirakis check-called bets on the 
turn and 
river, the last bullet costing him nearly all of his chips.
We saw Billirakis holding the 
, but he waited to see Zhukov's hand first. It was 
, and it was good enough to scoop the whole thing. Billirakis spent a moment staring in vain at his four cards before placing them on the felt face-down and shaking his head.
He's got just 50,000 chips left.
Steve Billirakis Eliminated in 3rd Place ($214,697)
Level 29
: 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
Steve Billirakis was all in for 75,000 from the big blind, and Viacheslav Zhukov limped in from the button. George Lind took a cheap flop from the small blind, and the two of them had live action as Billirakis was all in.
The board ran out 
with Lind checking the whole way. Zhukov bet the river finally, and Lind laid it down.
Billirakis could only show 
for two pair, and it would get him nothing. Zhukov tabled 
, and his trip kings are the hand that sends Billirakis off.
It's another impressive WSOP final-table run for Billirakis, but this one has come up just short. Third-place money is good for nearly a quarter-million dollars, but it looks to be little consolation as a mopey Billirakis leaves the stage to a round of applause.
Zhukov Ships One
Level 29
: 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
George Lind raised with the button, Viacheslav Zhukov called out of the big, and the flop came down 
. Zhukov check-called a bet, and the turn was the 
. Both players checked.
The river was the , and Zhukov led out. Lind released, and Zhukov was shipped the pot.
Lind to Win
Level 29
: 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
On a 
flop, George Lind called a bet from Viacheslav Zhukov, and both men checked the turn. Zhukov checked again following the 
river, and Lind made the bet. He was called after some time, and his 
was good for the pot as Zhukov mucked.
Heads-Up Chips
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,510,000 | 110,000 |
|
2,550,000 | -50,000 |
Another for Big Z
Level 29
: 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
George Lind raised with the button, and Viacheslav Zhukov made the call. The dealer fanned 
, Zhukov led, and Lind called. Both players checked the on the turn, and the river brought the 
. Zhukov led, Lind mucked, and the Russian was shipped the chips.