Players are on their first break of the day.
2017 World Series of Poker
Omaha-8
Howard Smith raised from the button and Vladimir Shchemelev three-bet from the small blind. Smith called and the two players saw a flop of . Shchemelev bet and Smith called.
The turn brought the and Shchemelev bet again. Smith raised and Shchemelev called.
The fell on the river and Shchemelev checked. Smith bet and Shchemelev called.
Smith tabled for the rivered nut flush, which was good against Shchemelev's for the whole pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Howard Smith |
625,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Vladimir Shchemelev |
325,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
PLO-8
With about 40,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , action checked around to Usman Siddique on the button and he bet 26,000. Rock Howard called from the big blind.
The turn brought the and Howard checked. Siddique moved all in for about 75,000 and Howard called.
Howard:
Siddique:
Howard had the eight-high straight and forty-three low, and Siddique had forty-two low and a flush draw. The river gave Siddique his flush and he scooped the pot to double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rock Howard |
380,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Usman Siddique |
210,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Big O
Mark Herm raised pot from under the gun, Stephen Johnson reraised all in from the button for 71,000, and Herm called.
Herm:
Johnson:
The board came down , giving Johnson fours full of nines to double through Herm.
Down to about 15,000, Herm busted the following hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stephen Johnson |
151,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
Mark Herm | Busted |
PLO-8
With about 100,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Tai Nguyen bet 75,000 from the small blind and Matthew Sanner called from the cutoff.
Nguyen tabled for the wheel and six-high straight. Sanner flipped over for just the wheel, and Nguyen got three quarters of the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tai Nguyen |
375,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Matthew Sanner |
235,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
PLO-8
Usman Siddique raised to 14,000 from the cutoff, Danny Woolard called from the button, and Eric Pratt three-bet to 60,000 out of the small blind. Siddique reraised all in, Woolard folded, and Pratt called to put himself at risk.
Siddique:
Pratt:
The board ran out , pairing Siddique's three, and he took the pot to send Pratt to the cage.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Usman Siddique |
260,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Eric Pratt | Busted |
PLO-8
Following a flop of , Allen Kessler was all in from the hijack for about 60,000 with . Igor Sharaskin had him at risk with .
Kessler was in the lead with a pair of tens, but the turn and river completed the board to give Sharaskin trip fives, ending Kessler's tournament in 18th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Igor Sharaskin |
690,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Allen Kessler | Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000-12,000 Limits: 12,000-24,000
Pot Limit Blinds: 3,000-6,000
Big O
Alan Sternberg came into the day as the second-shortest stack with 31,000 and wound up all in for 9,000 from early position against Usman Siddique on the button.
Sternberg:
Siddique:
The flop fell , giving Sternberg a ton of outs to scoop. However, neither the turn nor the river helped, ending Sternberg's tournament in 19th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Usman Siddique |
150,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Alan Sternberg | Busted | |
|
Big O
In a battle of the blinds, Joshua Gibson was all in from the big blind for about 40,000 against Usman Siddique in the small blind.
Gibson:
Siddique:
The board came down , giving Siddique a flush with a seven-six low to scoop the pot and eliminate Gibson.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Usman Siddique |
140,000
22,500
|
22,500 |
Joshua Gibson | Busted |