Event 47: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-28-2012 00:41 UTC-6

Andrew Barber Eliminated in 20th Place ($8,080)

Chad Holloway

Andrew Barber managed to get all in preflop holding {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {7-Spades} and was in decent shape against the {A-Hearts} {K-Spades} {J-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} of Steven Loube. The {10-Clubs} {4-Spades} {K-Hearts} flop gave Loube a pair of kings and an open-ended straight draw, but he still needed to improve in order to eliminate Barber.

The {7-Clubs} turn was no help, but the {A-Spades} river was. It took Barber a moment to realize Loube had rivered the nuts to scoop the pot and that he was eliminated in 20th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Loube	315,000 118,000	118,000

Andrew Barber	Busted

Tags: Andrew Barber Steven Loube

06-28-2012 00:37 UTC-6

Elie Payan Eliminated in 21st Place ($8,080)

Chad Holloway

Cameron Mckinely opened for 29,000 from the cutoff and received a call from Elie Payan in the big blind. When the flop fell {4-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} , Payan checked and Mckinley bet pot. Payan responded by raising all in for about 120,000 total and Mckinley made the call.

Showdown
Payan: {J-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}
Mckinley: {A-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {8-Hearts}

Payan's pair of queens was good when his chips went in, but the running {8-Diamonds} turn and {10-Diamonds} river gave Mckinley two pair and the win. Payan seemed a little stunned as he made his way to the payout desk in 21st place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cameron Mckinley	300,000 75,000	75,000
Elie Payan	Busted

Tags: Cameron Mckinley Elie Payan

06-27-2012 23:54 UTC-6

Matt Livingston Eliminated in 22nd Place ($8,080)

Shamus

And one more bustout to report on the last hand prior to the break. Matt Livingston had been among the chip leaders, but lost the bulk of his stack to Timothy Finne in a hand in which Finne was all in with {A-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {5-Hearts} against Livingston's {K-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {5-Clubs} . The board came {K-Clubs} {7-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} , giving Finne a full house and knocking Livingston back to short-stacked status.

Livingston would survive a couple of hands thereafter, but ultimately would lose the last of his stack in another preflop all-in hand versus Finne to leave us with just 21 players heading to the last break of the night

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Livingston	Busted

06-27-2012 23:52 UTC-6

Michael Cooper Eliminated in 23rd Place ($8,080)

Shamus

Michael Cooper has joined the rapid parade of players hitting the rail as Level 18 comes to a close. In Cooper's final hand, he was all in with {A-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {2-Spades} against Jonathan Hart's {A-Hearts} {A-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {7-Spades} . The community cards came {J-Hearts} {9-Spades} {6-Hearts} {J-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} , meaning Hart had the best high (with no low possible), and Cooper was out in 23rd.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Cooper	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Hart Michael Cooper

06-27-2012 23:50 UTC-6

Lee Watkinson Eliminated in 25th Place; Matthew Wood in 24th ($8,080 each)

Chad Holloway

Lee Watkinson opened for 27,000 from middle position and cleared the field all the way around to Roch Cousineau in the big blind. He thought for a good thirty second before three-betting, Watkinson four-bet all in for 67,000, and Cousineau called the little bit extra.

Showdown
Watkinson: {A-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {7-Spades}
Cousineau: {A-Spades} {K-Spades} {7-Hearts} {5-Hearts}

The {5-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {8-Hearts} flop gave Cousineau a flush draw, though that wouldn't be what won him the hand. Instead, the {9-Spades} appeared on the turn, followed by the {9-Diamonds} on the river, and Cousineau's five ended up being good enough to win the pot.

Meanwhile, Matthew Wood followed Watkinson out the door in 24th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roch Cousineau	580,000 194,000	194,000
Matthew Wood	Busted
Lee Watkinson	Busted

Tags: Lee Watkinson Matthew Wood Roch Cousineau

06-27-2012 23:42 UTC-6

Dan Heimiller Eliminated in 26th Place ($8,080)

Shamus

Dan Heimiller has been eliminated after having survived with a short stack for a considerable period. Just now all in with {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {5-Spades} against Paul Ewen's {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {4-Clubs} , the board ran out {8-Hearts} {6-Spades} {8-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} . Ewen had the best low, and that river king nudged him ahead of Heimiller for the high, too.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Ewen	105,000 39,000	39,000
Dan Heimiller	Busted

Tags: Dan Heimiller Paul Ewen

06-27-2012 22:47 UTC-6

Gross Out, Roch Rolling

Shamus

Roch Cousineau has assumed the chip lead with 30 players remaining after knocking out Michael Gross.

Cousineau, Gross, and Lawrence Berg were all still around to see a {6-Spades} {3-Spades} {10-Spades} flop, at which point Berg bowed out. Gross was already all in, and so he and Cousineau tabled their hands — {A-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} for Cousineau, and {A-Spades} {7-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {3-Hearts} for Gross.

The turn was the {8-Hearts} and river the {7-Hearts} , which meant the nut low for Cousineau for the low and a better two pair for the high, thus sending Gross out in 31st.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roch Cousineau	386,000 239,000	239,000
Michael Gross	Busted

Tags: Michael Gross Roch Cousineau

06-27-2012 22:31 UTC-6

Berg Beats Barry

Shamus

The short stacks continue to fall, with Barry Greenstein the latest victim in 32nd.

Greenstein was just all in before the flop with {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {4-Hearts} {3-Hearts} against the {A-Spades} {K-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {3-Spades} of Lawrence Berg. The flop came {10-Hearts} {J-Spades} {10-Spades} . "That's not good for me," said Greenstein. The turn was the {8-Clubs} and river the {Q-Clubs} , giving Berg Broadway and sending Greenstein to the rail.

"Good game," said Berg to Greenstein. Then, as an afterthought: "Hey, where's my book?"

"No more books," said Greenstein as he stood by the table sending a tweet to report his elimination. After giving away copies of his Ace on the River for years to those who oust him from tourneys, Greenstein stopped doing so some time back.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Berg	178,000 123,000	123,000

Barry Greenstein	Busted

Tags: Barry Greenstein Lawrence Berg

06-27-2012 20:31 UTC-6

Lappas Leaps Up, Gomes Gone After Huge Pot

Shamus

We've just had a major chip swing — and a sudden, surprising elimination — over on Table 427. Such is the way of PLO8.

Following a flop of {10-} {7-} {2-} , Alex Gomes and Charalampos Lappas managed to bet enough to put all of Gomes's chips in the middle and most of Lappas's. Gomes held {Q-} {J-} {10-} {7-} for top two pair while Lappas had {A-} {A-} {9-} {3-} for aces and the nut low draw.

The turn brought a {3-} , and Gomes was still good as far the high hand went, and Lappas had yet to make a low. Then a {2-} fell on the river, pairing the board to give Lappas the best high hand and all of Gomes's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charalampos Lappas	315,000 155,000	155,000
Alex Gomes	Busted

Tags: Alex Gomes Charalampos Lappas

06-27-2012 20:11 UTC-6

Triple for the Bear

Chad Holloway

After action folded around to Charalampos Lappas on the button and he raised to 10,000, Alex Gomes three-bet to 34,000 from the small blind. Barry Greenstein was in the big and called off for around 21,000, while Lappas called to see the {6-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {3-Clubs} flop.

Gomes immediately led out with a pot-sized bet, which forced Lappas out of the hand.

Showdown
Gomes: {J-Spades} {J-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} {3-Spades}
Greenstein: {A-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {4-Spades} {5-Spades}

Gomes had flopped top set, but Greenstein had an open-ended straight draw and plenty of low outs. The {5-Hearts} turn completed both for Greenstein, while the {Q-Spades} on the river allowed him to scoop.

Despite losing that hand, Gomes managed to take down the small side pot and is still up from the last time we checked in on him.