With 850 in the pot, the under the gun player bet pot on a flop. The player in Seat 1 then reraised to 2,500. Scott Seiver, who was next to act, immediately said, "Pot."
Everyone else folded back to the under the gun player who followed suit and mucked. Seat 1 then put in his remaining 11,000 or so and Seiver said, "Call."
Seiver tabled and was up against Seat 1's . "I like my chances," Seiver said.
The didn't help Seiver, but the on the river gave him a flush and the best hand. He eliminated his opponent on the hand and increased his stack to around 41,000.
Pot-limit Omaha can be a complicated game to play, deal, and/or follow. Multi-way action increases the chances for confusion.
Just now we saw a potentially complicated hand over at Scotty Nguyen's table. Nguyen and another player limped in, a third raised to 825, and there were three callers all told including Nguyen. Those four saw a flop of . There was a check, a bet of 2,000 from Nguyen, an all-in raise to about 5,000, and another all-in call for less. The first to act folded, and Nguyen called.
Got all that? Cards on their backs...
Nguyen -- nut flush draw
Player 2 -- top set and made straight
Player 3 -- wrap to lesser straight
An action flop there. The dealer took a moment to sort out the main pot, then said they would handle the rest after the remaining cards were dealt.
The turn was the and river the . Nguyen's hand was best, and there was no longer any need to worry about side pots.
"Send it all over here, baby," smiled Nguyen. He's now up to 38,000.
The player in the hijack raised to 450 and James Akenhead reraised to 1,575. Chris Ferguson, who was next to act from the small blind, raised again to 5,400, leaving himself only 350 behind.
Action folded back to the hijack who mucked. Akenhead put in a big pile of chips, which put Ferguson all in. Ferguson called and showed and was ahead of Akenhead's .
The board ran out and Ferguson got a much needed double up to around 11,600. Akenhead was still left with a healthy stack near 18,000.
Here at the start of Level 6, the big board is now showing 333 players left from our starting field of 596. Looking like less than half of our starters are going to make it to the dinner break, which begins at the end of this level.
With the board showing and about 1,200 in the middle, Team PokerStars Pro Jose "Nacho" Barbero of Argentina bet 800, and his opponent called. The river was the , Barbero bet 2,400, and his opponent got out.
Barbero comes to the WSOP on a torrid streak, having taken down two consecutive Latin American Poker Tour events. In February Barbero bested a field of 307 to win the LAPT Punta del Este Main Event. Then just over a week ago Barbero came away with all the chips at LAPT Lima, where 384 players entered.
Here Barbero looks to be having a good afternoon thus far. With that last hand, Nacho chips up to 31,000 as we approach the midway point of Level 6.
Pursuing that tough-tables-everywhere theme, here's a hand from the table featuring Erik Seidel, Chris Ferguson, Men Nguyen, and James Akenhead. Oh, and Sandra Naujoks and Name Le are at that one, too.
Akenhead limped in from middle position, and it folded around to Le who called from the small blind, and Seidel checked his option from the big blind.
The flop came monotone -- . Le checked, Seidel bet 300, Akenhead folded, and Le called. Both remaining players then checked the turn and river.
Le showed for a flush, and Seidel took one more look at his four before tossing them dealerward. Le has 13,500 now, Seidel 8,200, and Akenhead 5,200.
flop. The player in Seat 1 then reraised to 2,500. Scott Seiver, who was next to act, immediately said, "Pot."
and was up against Seat 1's 
. "I like my chances," Seiver said.
didn't help Seiver, but the 
on the river gave him a flush and the best hand. He eliminated his opponent on the hand and increased his stack to around 41,000.
. There was a check, a bet of 2,000 from Nguyen, an all-in raise to about 5,000, and another all-in call for less. The first to act folded, and Nguyen called.
-- nut flush draw
-- top set and made straight
-- wrap to lesser straight
and was ahead of Akenhead's 
and Ferguson got a much needed double up to around 11,600. Akenhead was still left with a healthy stack near 18,000.
and 
.
came on the turn, McEvoy bet 1,000 and the button called. McEvoy then checked when the 
for a full house and took down the pot. He is now up to 15,100.
for a flush, and Seidel took one more look at his four before tossing them dealerward. Le has 13,500 now, Seidel 8,200, and Akenhead 5,200.