"What's that? Oh yeah, I am pretty good at PLO, aren't I?"
Pot-Limit Omaha
Jeffrey Lisandro opened to 25,000 from the cutoff, Ben Lamb called in the small blind, and so too did Phi Hellmuth in the big. The flop fell , and Lamb led for 48,000. Only Lisandro called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was the . Lamb led for 116,000, and Lisandro folded.
Yan Chen opened with a raise to 45,000 from UTG, and it folded around to Jeffrey Lisandro who called from the big blind.
The flop came . Lisandro checked, Chen bet 45,000, and Lisandro called. The turn brought the . Lisandro sat quietly for a moment, then once more tapped the felt with his right index finger, indicating a check. Chen paused about ten seconds, then patted the felt as well.
The river was the , and Lisandro quickly grabbed four of the brown-and-tan chips (worth 25,000 each) from his stack and tossed them forward. Chen thought for a half-minute, then pushed his cards dealerward.
Chen still has about 1.55 million, while Lisandro has 725,000.
Jason Lester raised from the small blind, Barry Greenstein called in the big blind, and both players drew one card. Lester led out, and Greenstein called.
Both players patted on the second draw, Lester led again, and Greenstein raised. Lester called.
The two patted again, and Lester opted to just check-call a bet from Greenstein. Greenstein fanned for number two, Lester mucked, and Greenstein raked in the pot.
It folded to Minh Ly in the small blind who raised, Marco Johnson reraised from the BB, and Ly called.
On the first draw, Ly took two cards and Johnson one. Ly checked, Johnson bet, Ly check-raised, and Johnson called. Both players then stood pat on the next two draws, with Ly betting and Johnson calling both times.
Ly showed , while Johnson had . Ly has 1.51 million, while Johnson drops to a dangerously low 170,000.
Just as the rest of the players were heading off on break, this hand was finishing up between Ben Lamb and Robert Mizrachi.
Action folded to Mizrachi in middle position and he raised. Ben Lamb reraised from the small blind and Mizrachi called. The flop came down and Lamb bet out. Mizrachi raised and Lamb called.
The turn was the and Mizrachi bet after Lamb checked. Lamb thought it over for a little bit and then made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Lamb checked. Mizrachi bet right away and Lamb tanked. He eventually made the call.
Mizrachi showed the for a rivered pair of kings after flopping a straight draw. Lamb thought he won for a moment and exposed his , but then caught that Mizrachi had paired his kings on the river and angrily tossed his hand into the muck face down.
The Triple Draw round has proven to be Marco Johnson's undoing. In the last couple of hands before the break, he lost the rest of his stack to finish in 20th place.
First Johnson raised from UTG, got reraised by Josh Arieh on the button, then called. Johnson would take two cards, then one, then one, while Arieh would draw one then stand pat on the final two rounds. Johnson check-called bets from Arieh on all three draws.
Arieh showed , Johnson , and Johnson was down to 52,000. Arieh, meanwhile, moved up to 2.02 million.
Soon after Johnson reraised back-and-forth with Brian Rast prior to the first draw enough to get the last of his chips in the middle. Johnson drew three at first and Rast two, then both players took one on each of the last two rounds.
Rast tabled , then turned over the he'd picked up on the end. Johnson showed and squeezed his last card -- a .
Johnson is out, while Rast continues to sport a top five stack.
, and Lamb led for 48,000. Only Lisandro called.
, both players checked, and the river was the 
. Lamb led for 116,000, and Lisandro folded.
. Lisandro checked, Chen bet 45,000, and Lisandro called. The turn brought the 
. Lisandro sat quietly for a moment, then once more tapped the felt with his right index finger, indicating a check. Chen paused about ten seconds, then patted the felt as well.
, and Lisandro quickly grabbed four of the brown-and-tan chips (worth 25,000 each) from his stack and tossed them forward. Chen thought for a half-minute, then pushed his cards dealerward.
for number two, Lester mucked, and Greenstein raked in the pot.
and Lamb bet out. Mizrachi raised and Lamb called.
and Mizrachi bet after Lamb checked. Lamb thought it over for a little bit and then made the call.
and Lamb checked. Mizrachi bet right away and Lamb tanked. He eventually made the call.
for a rivered pair of kings after flopping a straight draw. Lamb thought he won for a moment and exposed his 
, but then caught that Mizrachi had paired his kings on the river and angrily tossed his hand into the muck face down.
