Tom Chambers has 6 WSOP chases to his name and 4 of them have come is some derivative of Pot-Limit Omaha including a runner-up finish in the 2008, $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event for $142,784. He is currently sitting on a pretty looking 340,000 chips; here is how the table looks.
We caught up with the action of this massive hand on a flop. Scott Eskenazi in the small blind checked and Thomas Pettersson followed suit from the big. Chip leader Chino Rheem fired out a bet of 16,000.
Eskenazi tanked before annocing "pot", moving the rest of his stack in for 70,500. After about ninety seconds of deliberation, Pettersson also announced a pot sized bet, moving his remaining 180,000 into the middle. Rheem, being one to gamble, announced a call and the hands were turned up:
Eskenazi
Pettersson
Rheem
Rheem was calling for a club, but instead the dealer brought out the on the turn. This gave Rheem a few more outs to crack Pettersson's flopped set of aces. Rheem was looking for an eight, a trey, or a club. Instead the rivered and Pettersson was able to score a huge double up, thrusting him into the chip lead. Eskenazi hit the rail and Rheem took a big hit, knocking him down to 241,000.
Our intrepid reporter Josh_Cahlik brought you news of an Erik Seidel deficit, but we can now tell you that he has doubled up through Raul Paez.
Paez raised to 8,000 in late position and Seidel raised 'pot' for 30,000 on the button. Paez doesn't like to fold much and he made the call. The flop was , Paez bet pot and Seidel called.
Seidel
Paez
So Seidel was ahead and it would stay that way as the and bricked for the Spaniard.
We caught up to find Emil Patel all in on a flop of . Jaspal Brar called and the hands were turned over:
Patel
Brar
Patel was ahead with his flopped set of treys and stayed that way through the turn and the river. This hand crippled Brar, leaving him with only 13,000 in chips.
Things are tight and quiet on Table #434; in stark contrast with the Chino Rheem table for example. Table #434 does have plenty of World Series of Poker (WSOP) form with bracelet winner Oleksii Kovalchuk, 8 time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel and the nearly-man of the WSOP Steve Merrifield all seated within a few breaths of each other. Merrifield has had a 6th, 3rd and 2nd in bracelet events so our fingers are crossed for him in Event #26.
Steven Merrifield has just eliminated Giovanni Di Donato. We didn't see the action but do have the hands, the board and Merrifield's resulting stack size.
Dutch Boyd has just eliminated Jaspal Brar. We caught the action on the turn with the board showing and three players in the hand. It seems that Emil Patel had opened from mid-position and both Brar (SB) and Boyd (BB) got involved from the blinds. Brar's stack was in the middle so the action was on Boyd who checked, Patel bet 16,000 and Boyd called. The river was the and Boyd went from checker to bettor making it 18,000 to play and Patel folded.
Boyd showed down and Brar mucked his hand and left.
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flop. Scott Eskenazi in the small blind checked and Thomas Pettersson followed suit from the big. Chip leader Chino Rheem fired out a bet of 16,000.
on the turn. This gave Rheem a few more outs to crack Pettersson's flopped set of aces. Rheem was looking for an eight, a trey, or a club. Instead the 
rivered and Pettersson was able to score a huge double up, thrusting him into the chip lead. Eskenazi hit the rail and Rheem took a big hit, knocking him down to 241,000.
, Paez bet pot and Seidel called.
bricked for the Spaniard.
. Jaspal Brar called and the hands were turned over:
turn and the 
river. This hand crippled Brar, leaving him with only 13,000 in chips.
