With approximately 25,000 in the pot on a flop of , the small blind and a player in middle position checked to Lane jacobson in the hijack, who bet 8,000.
The small blind folded, but the middle position player called to see the on the turn.
The player checked again and Jacobson bet 10,000, which again was called.
Jacobson was checked to a final time on the river, and this time, he bombed the river, shoving a stack of orange T-5,000 chips forward that covered his opponent's roughly 100,000 chip stack.
After a couple of minutes of deliberation, Jacobson got a fold which sent the healthy pot his way as he is now among the chip leaders in the final two levels of play.
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Event #6: $500 Pot-Limit Omaha saw a field of 45 entries build a prizepool of $20,240, with the top 6 players making the money.
In the end, it was Bob Mather who took home the first prize money of $7,890, entry into the RunGood Pro-Am later this month at the PokerGO studio in Las Vegas, and the prestigious RunGood ring.
Event #6: $500 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results
After Joseph Ricardo opened to 1,800 in middle position, Johnnie Moreno moved all in for his last 11,800 from the hijack.
Joshua Steiner called in the cutoff, and once action folded back to Ricardo, he moved all in for his last 18,900, which Steiner also called, giving himself the chance at a double elimination.
Johnnie Moreno:
Joseph Ricardo:
Joshua Steiner:
Steiner's kings started the hand in great shape to score that double elimination, but the flop gave Ricardo the lead.
The case on the turn however gave Steiner the lead back in the unlikeliest of fashions, but the card gave Ricardo a flush draw and Moreno a gutshot Broadway draw.
Ricardo's flush came in on the river with the , giving him more than a double up, while sending the popular vlogger and entrepreneur to the rail.