Event #20: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-12-2013 01:41 UTC-7

Beaudoin Leads the Way, Todd Brunson Fourth

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Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

It was another action packed day here at the Rio as we saw 219 players get whittled down to just 22 by the end of Day 2 of Event #20 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-better. By the end of the night, Dale Beaudoin is looking down on everyone else with 465,000 chips. The only player within 100,000 of him is Jason Rivkin, who bagged up 418,000.

Of the 219 players who returned today, only 117 of them would make the money, meaning nearly half the players would be walking away empty handed. Amongst the players who ended up on that unfortunate list were Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, Nick Grippo, Eric Crain, Max Pescatori, Allen Kessler, Mike Sexton and recent bracelet winner Mike Matusow.

We had a handful of notables make the money, but fall short of making Day 3, including Barry Greenstein, Tom and Julie Schneider, Andy Frankenberger, Men Nguyen, Brian Hastings, Max Steinberg, David Chiu and John Racener, who both busted in the last half hour of the night.

Despite losing all those players, we still have a few familiar faces who will come back to vie for the title tomorrow. This list includes Can Kim Hua (327,000). Todd Brunson (315,000), John Monnette (188,000), Maria Ho (96,000) and Jennifer Harman (80,000).

The 22 players are off to get some much needed rest for what should be an exciting day tomorrow. They will be coming back to the Rio at 13:00 PST to decide who the next gold bracelet winner will be. Be sure to come back then for all the live updates. Until then, so long from Las Vegas!

Tags: Dale Beaudoin

06-12-2013 01:18 UTC-7

Chiu Eliminated

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

After working his stack back up to 80,000 or so, David Chiu raised to 16,000 under the gun and Sumanth Reddy opted to three-bet from the cutoff. Chiu called and then check-called bets on the flop and turn. When the completed the board on the river, Chiu checked for a third time and then folded when Reddy bet.

Chiu was eliminated from the tournament a short time late.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sumanth Reddy	300,000	40,000
David Chiu	Busted

Tags: David Chiu Sumanth Reddy

06-11-2013 21:27 UTC-7

Frankenberger Out in 61st

Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Four players each put in 16,000 preflop and took a flop of . Randy Ohel and Christopher Meyer checked from the small and big blind respectively, and Don Yucius committed his last 2,000. Andy Frankenberger then raised to 6,000, Ohel folded and Meyer reraised to 10,000. Frankenberger didn't have much more than that and called off.

Frankenberger:
Meyer:
Yucius:

The turn and river completed the board, and when the dust settled it was Meyer scooping the side pot to eliminated Frankenberger in 61st place, and Yucius chopping the main pot with Meyer to keep his tournament hopes alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Ohel	220,000	-21,000
Christopher Meyer	125,000	35,000
Don Yucius	39,000	21,000
Andy Frankenberger	Busted

Tags: Andy Frankberger Christopher Meyer Don Yucius Randy Ohel

06-11-2013 21:08 UTC-7

Besnier Busts Chen

Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

We caught up with the action on the turn on a board reading . Bill Chen had gotten the rest of his chips in and was called by Thomas Besnier.

"I've just got ace-king," Chen admitted before showing the . Besnier then tabled the for two pair, a spade draw and a made low. In other words, Chen was in trouble.

The dealer burned one last time and put out the . It made Besnier the said flush, but he didn't need it as Chen failed to improve. Chen was eliminated in 63rd place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Besnier	98,000	31,400
Bill Chen	Busted

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06-11-2013 19:12 UTC-7

Off to the Racener

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

John Racener raised to 6,000 from middle position and received a call from James Manning, who left himself just 3,500 behind. Manning was no doubt hoping to entice others into the pot, but he got no takers and the button and both blinds folded.

"You can bet dark and I'll put it in," Manning told Racener. There was no response. The dealer then burned and put out the flop, at which point Racener put out a bet. Manning called off.

Racener:
Manning:

Manning got it in good, but no sooner did he get his hopes up than the dealer burned and turned the . Racener spiked a set to take a commanding lead. Manning was out of his seat and prepared to make his exit, which he made in 75th place when the blanked on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	115,000	40,000
James Manning	Busted

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06-11-2013 18:35 UTC-7

Schneider Spikes River to Triple

Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

Tom Schneider raised all in under the gun for his last 4,300 and received a call from Bob Mangino on the button. Bill Chen came along from the big blind and there were two active players headed to the flop. Chen opted to put out a bet and then called when Mangino raised him.

Chen slowed down with a check on the turn, and then folded when Mangino bet 5,000. Mangino showed the for a pair of aces, and he was ahead of Schneider's pair of king. The dealer burned one last time and put out the .

"Oh baby," an excited Schneider said upon hitting the river straight and scooping the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bill Chen	47,700	-6,300
Bob Mangino	33,000	-7,000
Tom Schneider	15,000	10,700

Tags: Bob Mangino Tom Schneider Bill Chen

06-11-2013 17:17 UTC-7

Masterson & Leah Joint Bubble Boys

Chad Holloway

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Greg Masterson (right) as he waits to reveal his hand.

Hand-for-hand play lasted approximately five hands, and it was actually quite an interesting affair as three extremely short stacks played position in the hopes of folding their way into the money. Unfortunately for Greg Masterson, who was the shortest with a single lavender T500 chip, the blinds hit him first.

Masterson received some protection when the player in the cutoff raised and drove the rest of the field out. The cutoff showed and Masterson, who hadn't looked at his cards up to that point, revealed the . The board ran out giving the cutoff a wheel, but it also gave Masterson a flush. The two chopped the pot and Masterson had 800.

Those chips went in automatically in the next hand as Masterson inherited the small blind. This time he would have to face four other players, including John Racener and Stephen Chidwick. There was a bet and two calls on the flop, and then the three active players checked down the turn and river.

Racener tabled the for two pair, Chidwick the for an ace-seven low and an early-position player the for not much of anything. Masterson, who hadn't looked at his cards, didn't have much to beat to stay alive. Appropriately, he'd have to wait to see what he held as the tournament staff halted the action due to another all-in situation at another table.

Upon our arrival there were discovered Mike Leah all in with the in front of him on a board. Unfortunately for him, Christopher Meyer had a huge lead with the . The river failed to help Leah and he was officially eliminated from the tournament.

Meanwhile, Masterson was finally able to tabled his cards and showed the . It wasn't what he was looking for and he joined Leah on the rail. Since they busted in the same hand, Masterson and Leah will split the $2,600 prize money associated with 117th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Meyer	90,000	30,000
Gregory Masterson	Busted
Mike Leah	Busted

Tags: Christopher Meyer Greg Masterson Mike Leah

06-11-2013 13:16 UTC-7

Want to Learn Omaha 8-or-better? PokerNews Has You Covered

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Today's Event 20: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better is yet another tournament at the 2012 World Series of Poker that includes a game other than No-Limit Hold'em. The game we're talking about is Omaha Hi-Low.

For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the game, you can refer to the PokerNews Poker Rules: Omaha Poker 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. This game is also a split-pot game with the high hand getting half of the pot and the low hand getting the other half of the pot. Just like Hold'em, there is a betting round preflop followed a betting round after each of the flop, turn and river.

For example, let's say there is a final board reading and Player 1 shows versus Player 2's . In this showdown, Player 1 would win the high half of the pot with trip queens and an ace kicker. Player 1 also has a qualifying low hand with his , but Player 2's makes a better qualifying low hand to win that half of the pot.

In the Omaha 8-or-better case where players share a high hand or low hand, they would divy up that half of the pot accordingly. This is why the term "quartered" often comes into play during games of Omaha 8-or-better. In the above example, if a third player in the hand held , he would split the half portion of the pot with Player 2, meaning they would each get one quarter of the overall pot.

For more on Omaha 8-or-better and other games, check out PokerNews' Poker Rules section.

Tags: Omaha Rules

06-11-2013 12:07 UTC-7

The March to the Money Continues Here on Day 2

Chad Holloway

Thomas Besnier begins the day second in chips.

The 2013 World Series of Poker continues today as the remaining 219 players from a 1,104-player field in Event #20 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better return to the Purple Section of the Amazon Room to battle to the money at the top 117 and onward toward the final table. The man best positioned to make a deep run and claim a large postion of the $1,368,900 prize pool, perhaps even the $277,274 top prize, is the elder-statesman John Larson, who emerged as the Day 1 chip leader with 73,700.

Other notable stacks here at the start of the day are Thomas Besnier (66,600), Eric Sclavos (53,600), Brian Hastings (47,900), Robert "Chip Burner" Turner (47,700), Dmitrii Valouev (42,400), James Bord (40,000) and Matthew Kelly (39,700). Furthermore, some stiff competition, albeit with less chips, remain in Max Steinberg (36,300), Carlos Mortensen (31,500), David Chiu (29,000), Daniel Weinman (28,400), Barry Greenstein (27,900), Men "The Master" Nguyen (27,000), Mike "The Mouth" Matusow (23,700), Owais Ahmed (23,000), Mike Sexton (22,900), Tom Schneider (18,600) and Jennifer Harman (17,000).

The plan for the day is to play ten more one-hour levels, during which time we'll lose 112 players, make the money and continue down toward the final table. We won't quite get all the way there, but we expect by night's end there will be less than three tables still in play.

Action will recommence at 1:00 PST, which is about an hour from now. Join us then as we head through the money bubble on down to the final table!