Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has moved up to 19,500 in chips after first doubling through Ashly Butler and then winning a pot of Alex Dovzhenko.
On the hand he doubled through Butler, Mizrachi made a set and the fourth nut low on an holding .
On the next hand, he three-bet after Dovzhenko opeend and Dovzhenko called. The flop came down and Dovzhenko check-called a bet from Mizrachi before check-folding on the turn. Mizrachi showed the for a set of aces as he was pushed the pot.
We caught the action on the turn with the board showing and already some bets in the pot. Chiu was in the cutoff and checked to Burr who put out a 1,200 chip bet. Chiu called and the river was the . There were lows possible and Chiu check-called another 1,200.
Burr turned over for the nut full house without a low. Chiu smiled and shook his head after which he flashed his . Burr took down the pot knocking Chiu down to 13,000 chips.
Jason Mercier is back two-tabling again today. He's in both the Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed and this event here. Mercier is literally sprinting back and forth from event to event across the Amazon Room of the Rio and building up a nice sweat doing so. He was sure to wear his running shoes today and not his sandals, making the moving a bit more swift.
Annie Duke started off the day with a very small stack, and we just caught the end of her bust out hand. Duke had against her opponent's . The board showed and Duke lost to a straight.
Today's 5:00 PM event is Event 24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the game, you can refer to the PokerNewsPoker Rules: Omaha Hi-Lo (8 or Better) page to check things out and get a feel for how the game is played. The page is complete with game rules, terms and also strategy links.
Omaha is similar to Hold'em in that it is a flop game, but instead of two hole cards, you receive four. The trick is that you must you two cards from your hole cards and only two cards, to make your best five-card hand at the end. This is the part that sometimes confuses people new to the game as they'll make the mistake of only using one card from their hand or trying to use three. Just like Hold'em, there is a betting round preflop followed a betting round after each of the flop, turn and river.
This event is a split-pot game, with half the pot going to the best high hand and half the pot going to the best low hand. In order to have a low hand, a player must be able to make a five-card hand with five separate cards eight or lower.
Welcome back to Event 24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better. Today is Day 2 of the event with 184 players remaining from the 256-player starting field. Heading into the day, Neal Friets has the lead with 53,500 in chips.
Located in the top 10 are Vitaly Lunkin, Richard Ashby, Antony Lellouche, Michael Chow, Pat Pezzin and Matt Waxman. They'll be joined by the likes of Phil Ivey, Jason Mercier, Jen Harman and Humberto Brenes for today's action as the field works it's way towards the money and the final table.
Speaking of the money, the top 27 places will be paid out a minimum of $10,348. The winner is set to receive $294,777. For a complete list of the payouts, check out our Payouts Page for this event.
The table and seat draw has been posted below and the action is scheduled to kick off at 2:00 PM. Be sure to stay right here for all of the live Omaha action from PokerNews.
holding 
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and Dovzhenko check-called a bet from Mizrachi before check-folding on the 
turn. Mizrachi showed the 
for a set of aces as he was pushed the pot.
and already some bets in the pot. Chiu was in the cutoff and checked to Burr who put out a 1,200 chip bet. Chiu called and the river was the 
. There were lows possible and Chiu check-called another 1,200.
. Burr took down the pot knocking Chiu down to 13,000 chips.
against her opponent's 
