Dario Alioto has just chopped a large pot when the board doubled pair to give him and his opponent the same hand.
The chips went in on the flop, Alioto holding and his at-risk opponent the . The turn and river fell giving both players two pair nines and threes with an ace eight-kicker and the pot was chopped.
Now he's already back at it, taking another shot here in Event #46: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low 8-or-Better. Bakes took home $156,674 for his second place finish in Event #43, but could make even more if he manages to cash in this event.
We have been handed the official payouts for Event #46. The tournament will pay the top 45 finishers, a min-cash being worth $5,617 and the eventual champion will take home $279,094 and a shiny gold bracelet.
Late registration is now over and these gentlemen managed to buy in before the desk closed.
Konstantin Puchkov finished third in the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball event an hour ago and won almost $100,000. He's obviously hungry for more because he's in his seat and ready for battle.
We didn't see the action, but when we got to Randy Ohel's table he was all in and collecting three-fourths of a pot.
Ohel was holding against his opponent's and it looked like both players caught a runner flush on a board of which gave both players the nut low, but Ohel the nut flush for the high portion of the pot. The chips were counted out and Ohel received three-quarters of the pot.
On a board of we caught up with David Bach who involved in a pot with one other player. Bach had a bet of 900 placed in front of him and action was on his opponent.
The player thought for a bit before moving her entire stack in the middle. Bach asked for the count, and finding out that it was 1,950 more, he threw in two T1,000 chips to make the call.
Bach:
Opponent:
Bach was in the lead and he grabbed even more of a lead when the came on the turn, giving him top set. Unfortunately, his opponent hit one of the only cards she could for a scoop when the hit the river next.
All Bach could do was shake his head and rest his head in his hands as he shipped over the chips. Bach was left with just about 1,200 chips and one pink lammer.