John Juanda found himself in a five-way PLO pot with 18,500 in the middle before the flop came 9-4-3.
Juanda bet pot from under the gun, one player reraised enough to put Juanda all in, and Juanda made the call.
Juanda showed J-10-9-7 for a pair of nines, while his opponent showed 4-4-x-x for a set of fours. The case four came on the turn, and Juanda's day was done.
The game is pot-limit Omaha. With the board showing , Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi bet 4,000, his opponent raised all in to about 9,000, and Mizrachi made the call.
Mizrachi showed for the king-high straight, and his opponent turned over for a set of tens and a gutshot to Broadway. The river was the , and Mizrachi had eliminated another opponent.
Kevin Saul was just involved in another big PLO hand.
The flop had come , a player in early position bet 3,600, one player called putting himself all in, and Saul called as well. The turn was the . It checked to Saul who bet the pot -- 22,200 -- and the early position player folded, showing K-9-x-x (the nut straight, but with no redraws) as he did.
Saul turned over for a lesser straight than the folder's (and two pair). "That's exactly why I did that," said Saul, referring to his pot bet. The all-in player turned over J-J-x-x for a set of jacks, and when a queen came on the river Saul's hand improved to queens full, knocking out his opponent and increasing Saul's stack to 43,000.
Just came upon a three-way all-in PLO hand -- and a huge pot -- over at Table #250. With the board showing , David Sklansky had pushed from the button, Lee Watkinson had called from early position, and a middle position player called as well.
Sklansky had for the straight. The middle position player turned over for a wrap draw. And Watkinson showed for two pair. The river was the , Sklansky claimed the huge pot, and the MP player hit the rail.
Afterwards, Watkinson noted that he'd thought he had the straight as well when he called. "You misread your hand? Wow," said Sklansky. Watkinson is down to 8,000, while Sklansky is up to 32,000.
As players took their seats to resume play, the payouts were announced. With 453 entrants, that makes a total prize pool of $1,041,900. The top 45 finishers will get paid, with first prize netting $244,862.
See the "Prizepool and Payouts" tab for the full payout schedule.
As Level 4 wound down, a big PLO hand just developed over at Kevin "BeLOWaBOVe" Saul's table. It began with two players limping, including Saul, then the player in the small blind raising to 1,475. There was some fuss as it was determined a pot-sized bet was only 1,450 before both Saul and the other limper called.
The flop came , and the original raiser pushed all in for 2,625. Both called. The turn was the , and Saul's other opponent pushed all in for 6,175. Saul took some time, then made the call.
The turn bettor showed K-8-7-6 for two pair, while Saul turned over for the heart flush. The player in the small blind, saying he was drawing dead, mucked. The river was the , and Saul took down the huge pot, eliminating two players in the process.
In a PLO hand, Noah Schwartz raised to 525 and got one caller. The flop came K-J-7 with two spades, and Schwartz got the last of his chips in the middle against his opponent. Schwartz showed K-7-x-x, and his opponent A-A-x-x.
Another seven on the turn gave Schwartz kings full of sevens, but an ace on the river gave his opponent a better boat, sending Schwartz to the rail.