While we were still on Omaha, with a board of , Ernie Scherer scoops the pot. The eight on the end gives him the nut low and two pair with A-3-8-9. His opponent is knocked out with . Scherer now has 47,000.
In the last hand of Omaha, seat 5 calls under the gun and seat 6 calls in early position. Chris Ferguson calls in the middle position and Joe Tehan calls in the cutoff. Robert Mizrachi calls in the big blind. The flop is and Mizrachi checks. Seat 5 bets and seat 6 calls. Ferguson raises. Everyone folds to seat 5 who re-raises and seat 6 folds. Ferguson calls. The turn is and both check. The river is and seat 5 checks. Ferguson raises and seat 5 calls. Ferguson has and his opponent mucks. Ferguson is up to 40,000.
On third street, the completes, Mel Judah raises, calls, calls. On fourth street, Judah has high with and his opponent with checks to him. Mel bets and puts his opponent all in. The other guy with the other 7 folds and calls.
The final boards are Judah with -x and his opponent with . Judah has aces up and scoops.
Annie Duke is down to 5,000 after her x-x--x fails against her oppponent's . Her opponent doesn't ask to see on the showdown and Duke fails to make her spade draw or low draw. Her opponent makes a low and a flush.
Mel Judah is all in on sixth street in a big pot. He has 2-8-5-2 showing with A-3 in the hole. He is freerolling and rubs his last card for luck as he peeks. He does not get any further help and splits to stay alive at 20,000.
John Phan loses to Cyndy Violette when Violette's A-K-9 in the hole is good with a board against Phan's showing. Violette is at 53,000 and Phan has 57,000.
Annie Duke started the hand with only 3800 and is all in on fifth street in a three-way hand. Duke has showing. Opponent 1 has showing. Opponent 2 has showing. Duke has 2-3 in the hole and lights up - expecting only the low and scooping. "Twos and threes can be a big hand sometimes," she says. She's back up to 15,000, nearly quadrupling on that hand.