Sam Farha and Chino Rheem are two of the biggest stacks in the tournament and are terrorizing their table. But each took the worst of it in a recent three-way pot against a player in the running for Player of the Year - Dan Heimiller.
Pre-flop, Farha raised from late position and Rheem called on the button before Heimiller re-raised from the blinds. Both Farha and Rheem called. Heimiller had to act first on a flop of and checked. Farha and Rheem both checked behind. The turn paired sixes, . Again Heimiller and Farha checked, prompting the aggressive Rheem to take a stab with a bet that both other players called.
The river was the . Heimiller led into his opponents with a bet that both called. He turned up for the nut low and three sixes. Both were best.
Who says you need the nuts to win a hand of Omaha Hi/Lo? Huck Seed scooped with a hand that was very much not the nuts against Eric Baldwin. Baldwin raised the button pre-flop after Seed limped in. Seed was the only caller. He checked and called another bet on a flop of . Both players cheked the turn and the river. At showdown, Seed's , fours and treys, was enough to take the pot.
Seed has approximatley 80,000 chips. Baldwin slipped slightly to 140,000.
Jean-Robert Bellande, he of the infamous 5-card Omaha game in LA last year, is still cruising in this tournament. He's up to 95,000 after a hand against Steve Zolotow. Bellande check-called a bet from Zolotow on a flop of . When the turn came the , he led into Zolotow and one other player also in the hand. Only Zolotow called. Both players checked the river, with Bellande showing down sixes and deuces to crack Zolotow's aces.
Chris Ferguson has 7,500 chips now after surviving a three-way confrontation as the all-in short stack. He moved all in pre-flop for a raise and was re-raised by Chino Rheem. A third player called. Rheem be the flop and the turn. The third player folded to the turn bet, leaving Rheem heads-up with Ferguson for the main pot.
"I've got the nuts," said Rheem. He opened for a Broadway straight. Ferguson showed the same hand, .
"No flush draw, right?" Rheem asked. Ferguson did not have a flush draw. The pot was chopped after an inconsequential river.
We just watched Jordan Morgan fired in a raise on the board of after Phil Ivey bet. Ivey made the call and watched Morgan reveal the for the nut straight. Ivey mucked his hand and lost a good amount of chips, dropping back to 36,500. Morgan improved to roughly 74,000.
Chris Ferguson was all in preflop with the . He was up against the of Chino Rheem.
The board ran out and Ferguson was only able to get a quarter of the pot back. Rheem held a better low, 8-7-5-2-A versus 8-7-5-3-A, and they both used their for the high. Ferguson has only 4,200 left.
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and checked. Farha and Rheem both checked behind. The turn paired sixes, 
. Again Heimiller and Farha checked, prompting the aggressive Rheem to take a stab with a bet that both other players called.
. Heimiller led into his opponents with a bet that both called. He turned up 
for the nut low and three sixes. Both were best.
turn and the 
river. At showdown, Seed's 
. When the turn came the 
river, with Bellande showing down sixes and deuces to crack Zolotow's aces.
flop and the 
turn. The third player folded to the turn bet, leaving Rheem heads-up with Ferguson for the main pot.
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after Phil Ivey bet. Ivey made the call and watched Morgan reveal the 
for the nut straight. Ivey mucked his hand and lost a good amount of chips, dropping back to 36,500. Morgan improved to roughly 74,000.
. He was up against the 
of Chino Rheem.
and Ferguson was only able to get a quarter of the pot back. Rheem held a better low, 8-7-5-2-A versus 8-7-5-3-A, and they both used their 
for the high. Ferguson has only 4,200 left.
