"I'm gonna play my way out of the outhouse, JW," Frankie O'Dell told J.W. Smith. O'Dell had called a preflop raise made by Derek Raymond before Sirous Jamshidi called from the blinds. Action passed to O'Dell on a flop of and O'Dell bet. Both opponents called.
On the turn O'Dell bet again. This time only Jamshidi called, prompting O'Dell to check the river after Jamshidi checked. Jamshidi called a straight six, . It was good for a scoop, as O'Dell's flopped trip sixes , never improved.
O'Dell is down to about 75,000 chips. Jamshidi has recovered to 170,000.
Michael Keiner bet out on a flop, and James Dempsey raised a goodly proportion of his tiny stack. "Put it all in," urged Keiner, indicating that he intended to reraise to cover; all the chips indeed went in, and they were on their backs.
Flushy:
Keiner:
Turn:
River:
"Easy," commented Keiner as Flushy scooped the pot. "Nice comeback, sir," said Fabio Coppola.
It's all over for CK Hua. He was crippled in a hand against Josh Schlein. Hua check-raised a flop of after Schlein bet. Schlein called to the turn, then called after Hua again bet.
When the river came and put a fourth Broadway card on the board, Hua slowed down and checked. His frustration was readily apparent in the way he mucked his cards after Schlein bet.
That hand left Hua with fewer than 40,000 chips. He went out a few hands later in 17th place.
Three pair is generally no good in Omaha Hi/Lo -- except when your opponent also has three pair. Scott Bohlman raised the button preflop and was called by Patrice Boudet from the blinds. On a ragged flop of , Boudet check-called a single bet from Bohlman.
Both players checked the turn. When the river fell , Boudet check-called another bet. Bohlman opened . He had flopped two pair, tens and deuces, then rivered a bigger two pair, aces and tens. Boudet disgustedly flashed X, having turned sixes and fours and rivered aces and sixes. Aces and tens was a winner.
Mark Tenner had a good hand to take a shot at knocking out James Dempsey. Dempsey opened for a raise, then called all in after Tenner three-bet. Tenner showed down against Dempsey's . We all had a good sweat when two spades hit the flop, , but the board bricked out from there with no possible low. Dempsey's queens were good enough for a double-up.
It's been a tough slog here in the early going for Danny Smith. He started the day among the shortest in chips and has managed to grind his way to the final two tables. He is once again in last place -- the Dank Position, as we call it around these parts -- after a hand against Josh Schlein.
Schlein raised preflop and Smith called. Schlein bet every street of a board, with Smith calling in position each time until the river. At the river, Smith mucked his hand without calling the final bet. The loss lowered his count to 50,000. Schlein is up to 390,000.
"Do you want me to show?" Schlein asked Smith. Smith replied that he did not. "Ok, then I won't show," said Schlein.
Jeff Tunkel said he suspected a bluff. Schlein was quick to respond that he would never show a bluff.
Mark Gregorich raised and Josh Schlein called behind to see a flop. Gregorich check-called a bet from Schlein, but Schlein bet again on the turn and this time Gregorich check-folded.