I joined the action on the flop, Richard Ashby leading out for 750 on a board. Another player raised, only for Yuval Bronstein (who boasted the biggest stack of the three) to immediately slide his stack all in from one seat down. Ashby made the call with , as did the sandwiched player with . Bronstein tabled .
The turn changed little, but the river didn't, a giving Ashby a last-ditch straight, and leaving Bronstein to collect second prize: the side pot.
With the fast-paced nature of low-stacked Omaha tournaments, we're beginning to see a few potential chip leaders emerge, one of which is Charles Alexandre Sylvestre who has just over 37,000.
A dominant and foreboding figure on his table with his four or five towering columns, Sylvestre just eliminated two more opponents, both of whom were all in on a flop with and .
However, Sylvestre is running hotter than a freshly made apple pie at the moment, and duly evaded any bad beats with on a turn and river, despite both opponents thinking they'd rivered the winning hand with a flush.
James Akenhead reached a flop of where he led out for 650. His neighbour called. Once both players had checked the turn, Akenhead check-folded to a bet of 700 on the river, before showing what I believe was pocket aces. His opponent returned the favour by revealing pocket kings in the hole for the flopped set.
Akenhead still has his head well above water, however, with 9,500.
Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Jason Mercier have headed over to the Amazon Room to play Day 2 of Event #19: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship.
Mercier went by choice though, Dwan is busto from Event #20.
According to Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis, Dwan potted every hand after he was moved to Veldhuis' table and that led to his demise. Luckily for Veldhuis, a lot of those chips gravitated to his stack putting him at 20,000.
Other recent bustouts include Keven "stammdogg" Stammen, Jon "PearlJammer" Turner and Noah Boeken.
UK circuit pro Tim Flanders has an impressive 12,000 in chips, despite just doubling up a short stack. All in preflop, Flanders had , but was unable to topple on an ensuing board.
Following a raise under the gun, Christian Harder called, only to set off a domino effect behind him which saw three other players join the pot. On the flop, the original raiser checked Harder bet 700, the next player moved in for a total of 775, and the other three players folded.
Unsurprisingly, Harder made the call with for the flopped straight and full house draw, praying that his opponent didn't have two diamonds. Ultimately, his prayers were answered, his foe revealing a dominated for three pair (surely three pair should be worth more in poker!), which failed to find any miracle on a subsequent turn and river.
When we reached Table 16, Eric Baldwin, Jason Mercier and an unknown player were all in preflop.
"They're all a bunch of loonies," Neil Channing told us. "Make sure you write that."
The three hands were opened and looked like this:
Showdown
Baldwin:
Mercier:
Opponent:
The flop was huge; .
"Where's the bad beat jackpot?" Mercier joked.
Baldwin stood up and grabbed his things as the turn and river came , sending him to the rail. Mercier tripled-up to 13,000 with his quad kings and will have to let his Day 2, 2-7 stack blind off for a little longer.
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board. Another player raised, only for Yuval Bronstein (who boasted the biggest stack of the three) to immediately slide his stack all in from one seat down. Ashby made the call with 
, as did the sandwiched player with 
. Bronstein tabled 
.
turn changed little, but the river didn't, a 
giving Ashby a last-ditch straight, and leaving Bronstein to collect second prize: the side pot.
and 
.
on a 
turn and 
river, despite both opponents thinking they'd rivered the winning hand with a flush.
, Felipe Ramos had an opposing player all in and the hands were tabled:
giving Ramos a better two-pair, and the 
river, before showing what I believe was pocket aces. His opponent returned the favour by revealing pocket kings in the hole for the flopped set.
board.
flop, the original raiser checked Harder bet 700, the next player moved in for a total of 775, and the other three players folded.
sending him to the rail. Mercier tripled-up to 13,000 with his quad kings and will have to let his Day 2, 2-7 stack blind off for a little longer.
