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

06-27-2012 21:25 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Carlston	258,000 199,000	199,000
Timothy Finne	205,000 127,000	127,000
Matthew Livingston	174,000 39,000	39,000
Roch Cousineau	147,000 -65,000	-65,000
Andrew Barber	134,000 70,000	70,000

Elie Payan	133,000 -12,000	-12,000

Stephen Hesse	130,000 -70,000	-70,000
Anthony Kendall	116,000 68,000	68,000
Tarek Makki	111,000 40,500	40,500
Noomis Jones	101,000 32,000	32,000
Michael Gross	101,000 27,500	27,500
Chip Jett	95,000 51,500	51,500
Colin York	68,000 36,000	36,000
Lawrence Berg	55,000 -43,500	-43,500

Paul Taylor	49,000 -27,000	-27,000
Michael Cooper	36,000 15,000	15,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Charalampos Lappas	312,000 -3,000	-3,000
Sonu Sharma	223,000 41,000	41,000
Steven Loube	176,000 -42,000	-42,000

Charles Kassin	167,000 -8,000	-8,000
Cameron Mckinley	155,000 102,000	102,000
Mikhail Semin	130,000 -60,000	-60,000

Jonathan Hart	114,000 18,500	18,500
Barry Greenstein	112,000 20,000	20,000

James Hong	103,000 50,500	50,500
Dario Alioto	101,000 -7,000	-7,000

Lee Watkinson	100,000 -17,000	-17,000

Vojtech Ruzicka	100,000 10,000	10,000
Christopher George	81,000 -1,000	-1,000
Francis Lincoln	78,000 58,000	58,000
Dan Heimiller	75,000 64,500	64,500

Paul Ewen	66,000 23,000	23,000
Marc Durand	66,000 3,000	3,000
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy	61,000 28,500	28,500

Matthew Wood	58,000 -13,000	-13,000
Mark Herm	54,000 500	500
Volodymyr Kondratenko	49,000 12,500	12,500
Octaviano Duran	44,000 23,000	23,000
Adam Kornuth	36,000 -86,000	-86,000
Travis Frandsen	35,000 10,500	10,500
Nicholas Verkaik	30,000 1,000	1,000

Dinner Break

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

The sixth level of the day has come to an end, which means it's time for the one-hour dinner break. While the players are on walkabout, the tournament staff will be racing off the purple T500 chips.

06-27-2012 20:44 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Young	Busted

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 20:26 UTC-6

Myers Mucks Before Exiting

Chad Holloway

Lee Watkinson opened for 10,000 only to have a short-stacked Phillip Myers move all in for 12,000. Adam Kornuth made the call from the small blind, Watkinson called the additional 2,000, and it was off to the {K-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} flop.

Both Kornuth and Watkinson checked, and then the former bet 10,000 on the {Q-Diamonds} turn. Watkinson made the call and then slid out 28,000 after Kornuth checked the {8-Spades} river. A call was made and Watkinson ( {A-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} ) and Kornuth ( {A-Spades} {2-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} ) ended up chopping the pot as Myers simply mucked and took his leave.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Kornuth	122,000 7,000	7,000
Lee Watkinson	117,000 7,000	7,000

Phillip Myers	Busted

Tags: Adam Kornuth Lee Watkinson Phillip Myers

06-27-2012 20:19 UTC-6

Finne Fine, Ma Not So Much

Shamus

Hieu Ma was just all in and at risk before the flop with {A-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} against Timothy Finne's {A-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {3-Hearts} .

The community cards came {10-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {A-Spades} {10-Diamonds} , giving Finne a full house and sending Ma out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Finne	78,000 1,500	1,500
Hieu Ma	Busted

Tags: Hieu Ma Timothy Finne

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Gomes	145,000 39,000	39,000
Barry Greenstein	63,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Charalampos Lappas Alex Gomes Barry Greenstein

06-27-2012 20:06 UTC-6

Dario Doubles (and Then Some)

Shamus

Dario Alioto, owner of one bracelet won at 2007 WSOP Europe in a £5,000 PLO event, was just now all in with his tourney life at risk.

After two players limped and the small blind completed, Alioto reraised the pot for 20,000 from the big blind, then Nicholas Verkaik reraised the pot from one seat over prompting the others to fold, then Alioto to call with his remaining chips.

Alioto held {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} and Verkaik {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {2-Spades} . The board brought five face cards — {Q-Hearts} {J-Spades} {J-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} — and Alioto's full house took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Alioto	108,000 80,500	80,500

Nicholas Verkaik	29,000 -34,500	-34,500

Tags: Dario Alioto Nicholas Verkaik

06-27-2012 20:03 UTC-6

Some More Eliminations

Chad Holloway

49th: Tobin Rote . . . $4,872
50th: James Dempsey . . . $4,872
51st: Victor Chang . . . $4,872
52nd: Niall Fitzgerald . . . $4,872
53rd: Michael Machugh . . . $4,872
54th: David Johnston . . . $4,872
55th: Sean Getzwiller . . . $4,212