On the flop of 
, Hoyt Corkins was all in against George Lind. Corkins was knocked down to a very short stack a little while ago by Chino Rheem. Corkins held the 
and Lind the 
.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
, eliminating Corkins from the tournament. Lind moved up to about 12,000 chips.
Erik Sagstrom raised and then Andy Bloch reraised with Sagstrom making the call. The flop came down 
and Sagstrom bet out. Bloch raised and Sagstrom called.
The turn was the 
and Sagstrom bet out again into his opponent. Bloch made the call. The river completed the board with the 
and Sagstrom bet out one more time. Bloch made the call.
Sagstrom tabled the 
for a pair of aces and Bloch mucked his hand, dropping to 25,500 in chips. Sagstrom increased to 46,000.
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Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler was happy to be near the top of the counts in the early-going. Since we've come back from dinner, however, a few hands haven't gone Kessler's way.
Kessler, Barry Shulman, Mike Wattel and one other player were in for two bets pre-flop. Shulman checked a 
flop to Wattel, who bet. Kessler and Shulman both called.
Wattel fired again when the turn paired the board, . It was a bet that only Kessler called. The action was the same on the 
river. Wattel showed down 
for a rivered Broadway straight. Kessler looked bck at his cards, muttered something unintelligible, and then mucked.
Wattel now has 20,000. Kessler has about 48,000.
It looked like each player put three bets in the pot pre-flop in a hand between Lyle Berman and Sabyl Landrum. Landrum was out of position. She check-called one bet on a flop of 
and another when the turn blanked . The river, however, was the complete opposite of a blank. The filled all kinds of draws. Landrum and Berman both checked. Berman took down the pot with a king-high straight, 
. Landrum flashed two aces and mucked.
Steve Zolotow checked the flop of 
to Sorel Mizzi. Mizzi bet out and Zolotow called. The turn card brought the and Zolotow check-called again. The river was the and Zolotow check-called again.
Mizzi showed the 
for aces and tens with a live five for the low. Zolotow tabled the 
for a worse two pair and no low. Mizzi was able to scoop the pot and move up to 42,000 in chips while Zolotow dropped down to 27,000.
Nick Schulman ran back to his seat and stumbled into his chair in order to reach his hand before all the cards were dealt out. He was able to get ahold of his cards just as the dealer finished the deal, a split second before they were going to be mucked. He was under the gun and raised. A player in middle position called and then Eugene Katchalov called from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Katchalov checked. Schulman bet, the next player called and then Katchalov folded.
The turn card added the 
to the board and both players checked. The river card was the and Schulman bet out. His opponent raised and Schulman made the call.
Schulman tabled the 
and his opponent the . Schulman's low only won him a quarter of the pot as the other player held the same low and a better high. Schulman was knocked down to about 37,000 chips.
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Normally two pair is not going to scoop a four-way showdown in Omaha Hi/Lo. But it did in a recent hand for John D'Agostino. D'Agostino, Alexander Kravchenko, Steve Sung and Neal Friets all called a pre-flop raise from the button player at their table. That player continued on a flop of when the action checked to him. Everyone except Kravchenko called.
The turn was the . When action came to Friets, he led into the button player. That player called, as did Sung and D'Agostino in turn.
The river fell . Action checked all the way through. D'Agostino called two pair and opened 
for kings and treys. Surprisingly, that was good enough to take the whole pot.
On the board of 
, Tony G checked to Jared Bleznick. He fired a bet and then Chino Rheem raised. The raise knocked out Tony G before Bleznick made the call.
The river card finished out the board with the and Bleznick checked. Rheem fired a bet and then Bleznick raised. Rheem tanked for about a minute and then finally folded his hand, claiming to fold two kings.
"I'm not gonna lie to you, good fold," responded Bleznick, who moved back to the starting stack of 30,000 chips. Rheem dropped to 49,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
53,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
47,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
45,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
|
44,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
41,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
34,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
33,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
32,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
32,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
30,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
29,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
29,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
29,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
22,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
20,000
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
|
|
20,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
20,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
14,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
12,500
-10,500
|
-10,500 |
|
|
12,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
2,100
-17,400
|
-17,400 |
