2013 World Series of Poker

Event #25: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better
Day: 3
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7632
Prize
$277,519
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,132,700
Entries
241
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Congratulations to Danny Fuhs, Winner of Event #25: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better ($277,519)!

Level 29
Danny Fuhs - Champion
Danny Fuhs - Champion

Three long days of poker are in the books and Event #25: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better has officially reached its conclusion. After a grueling heads up match that lasted for several hours, Danny Fuhs was able to defeat Christopher George to earn the title, the bracelet, and the $277,519 in first-place prize money.

The third day of play began with 27 players taking their seats over the final three tables. The field was stacked as names like Dario Alioto, Eric Crain, Huck Seed, Paul Sokoloff, and Maria Ho returned for the third day of play only to fall in the day's earlier stages. Dan Kelly was also present during Day 3 play as he has been for a vast majority of the series. Kelly was eliminated in 20th place, however, and unable to seize the final table appearance. Even so, this marks Kelly's seventh cash at the 2013 WSOP and he's on par to continue to crush the fields as the series goes on.

Once the final two tables were reached, the players began dropping like flies. Players like Todd Barlow, Alexander Kostritsyn, George Danzer, Shawn Buchanan, Julie Schneider, and Mike Matusow all narrowly missed out on making the final table. The field combined with ten players left for the unofficial final table. After over an hour of play, 2010 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel fell as official final table bubble boy.

The first two casualties of the final table also made appearances at last year's final table of this very same event. Bart Hanson was the first to fall and was unable to improve on his seventh place finish in 2012. The next to go was Ryan Lenaghan, who did manage to improve on his ninth place 2012 finish by scoring an eighth-place finish this year.

The 2009 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Lisandro was the next go when he was forced to move his short stack all in from the blinds and ended up being chopped up by his opponents. Arthur Kargen, and Viacheslav Zhukov were also remarkably short-stacked and were eliminated mere minutes after Lisandro's bust.

Four handed play raged on for almost two hours until Brian Hastings became the next player to bust. Hastings fell at the hands of Robert Mizrachi, who despite earning the rest of Hastings' stack, found himself the next to go as the third-place finisher.

The heads up match between Fuhs and George raged on for several hours and even ended up going into an extra level at the end of the night. With the limits growing as time progressed, the two traded the chip lead back and forth several times. Finally, after returning from their final break of the night, Fuhs was able to pull away and scoop two big hands in a row to cripple George. The two got it all in for George's tournament life soon after and Fuhs' hand was able to hold. He was officially crowned the champion of Event #25!

PlacePlayerPrize
1Danny Fuhs$277,519
2Christopher George$171,536
3Robert Mizrachi$128,074
4Brian Hastings$96,268
5Viacheslav Zhukov$72,809
6Arthur Kargen$55,423
7Jeff Lisandro$42,442
8Ryan Lenaghan$32,712
9Bart Hanson$25,301

That does it for our coverage of the Omaha Hi-Low action here in the Amazon room. Be sure to stay tuned to our Live Reporting page for all of the updates from future events here at the 2013 World Series of Poker!

Tags: Danny Fuhs

Christopher George Eliminated in 2nd Place ($171,536)

Level 29
Christopher George - 2nd Place
Christopher George - 2nd Place

Christopher George had the button. He opened with a raise and Danny Fuhs three-bet. The two continued to raise each other until George was all in for 185,000.

George: {A-Spades}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Fuhs: {7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts}

Greg Mueller rushed the final table area, sweating his friend Fuhs as he was one run out away from a WSOP bracelet. The flop came {2-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{Q-Spades} and Fuhs took the lead. The {J-Diamonds} rolled off on the turn.

"PAIR THE BOARD!" yelled Mueller.

The deck obliged. The dealer pounded the table and produced the {J-Hearts} as the final card. Fuhs' and his rail went insane with shouts of jubilation as he was able to secure victory. George was eliminated in 2nd place and will take home $171,536 in tournament earnings.

Player Chips Progress
Danny Fuhs us
Danny Fuhs
3,615,000 220,000
Christopher George us
Christopher George
Busted

Tags: Christopher GeorgeDanny Fuhs

Robert Mizrachi Eliminated in 3rd Place ($128,074)

Level 27
Robert Mizrachi - 3rd Place
Robert Mizrachi - 3rd Place

Robert Mizrachi opened the button with a raise for his last 50,000. Both Christopher George and Danny Fuhs called. The whole board was checked down and ran out {7-Spades}{2-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{10-Spades}.

Fuhs showed {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} for tens and sevens for the high and took it down. Mizrachi couldn't beat it with his {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades} and Mizrachi was eliminated in 3rd place. He will take home $128,074 in tournament winnings.

Tags: Christopher GeorgeDanny FuhsRobert Mizrachi

Brian Hastings Eliminated in 4th Place ($96,268)

Level 26
Brian Hastings - 4th Place
Brian Hastings - 4th Place

Robert Mizrachi had the button. He opened with a raise and Brian Hastings three-bet from the small blind. Mizrachi called and the flop came down {K-Spades}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. Hastings led and Mizrachi raised it up. The two continued to raise until the action was capped and agreed to put Hastings' short stack all in on the turn. The {Q-Hearts} turned and the hands were turned over.

Hastings: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}
Mizrachi: {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs}

Hastings was ahead with top set but that all changed when the dealer produced the river: the {8-Clubs}. This card fulfilled Mizrachi's club draw and low draw, allowing him to scoop the pot and eliminate Hastings in fourth place.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
WSOP 4X Winner
855,000 405,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
Busted

Tags: Brian HastingsRobert Mizrachi

Two Scoops For George

Level 26
Christopher George
Christopher George

Christopher George raised from the button and Robert Mizrachi called out of the big blind. The flop came {J-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Mizrachi checked. George continued out and Mizrachi called to see a turn.

Fourth street was the {10-Diamonds} and Mizrachi checked. George fired out a bet again and Mizrachi called for a second time. The {2-Spades} hit the river and Mizrachi opted to lead out. George raised it up and Mizrachi called. George showed {A-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds} for aces and the nut low which was good for a scoop.

The next hand, George raised his cutoff and Brian Hastings called out of the big blind. Both players checked the {Q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop and the {6-Spades} hit the turn. Hastings led out and George called. The {7-Spades} fell on fifth street and Hastings checked. George fired one final bet and Hastings called.

George rolled over {A-Hearts}{J-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades} for a spade flush and a seventy-six low. He was able to scoop the pot once again and is now sitting on about 1.43 million.

Player Chips Progress
Christopher George us
Christopher George
1,430,000 545,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
660,000 -220,000
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
WSOP 4X Winner
450,000 -280,000

Tags: Brian HastingsChristopher GeorgeRobert Mizrachi

Fuhs Scores a Double Through Hastings

Level 25
Danny Fuhs Doubles
Danny Fuhs Doubles

Brian Hastings raised from the button and Christopher George three-bet from the small blind. Danny Fuhs made it four bets from the big blind and both Hastings and George called.

The flop brought down {9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and George checked. Fuhs fired out a bet and Hastings came out with a raise. George called and Fuhs called as well. The {5-Spades} hit the turn and George and Fuhs both checked. Hastings shot out a bet and George called. Fush raised it up and Hastings came right back with a three-bet. Geroge folded his hand and Fuhs made it four bets. Hastings re-raised him and Fuhs called all in for his last 22,000.

Fuhs: {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Hastings: {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}

The river brought the {4-Clubs} and Fuhs was able to take down the pot with his fives full of tens. He's now sitting on about 920,000 while Hastings has fallen to 980,000.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
980,000 -380,000
Danny Fuhs us
Danny Fuhs
920,000 555,000

Tags: Brian HastingsChristopher GeorgeDanny Fuhs

Viacheslav Zhukov Eliminated in 5th Place ($72,809)

Level 25
Viacheslav Zhukov
Viacheslav Zhukov

Christopher George opened with a raise from the small blind and Viacheslav Zhukov was already all in for his last 6,000. The hands were turned up as the two were about to witness five community cards that would determine Zhukov's life.

Zhukov: {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts}
George: {A-Spades}{7-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds}

The board fell down {A-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{K-Spades}{J-Clubs}{3-Clubs} which led to George playing his ace and trey to make two pair for the high and his seven and deuce to take the low. Zhukov was officially eliminated from play in fifth place.

Player Chips Progress
Viacheslav Zhukov ru
Viacheslav Zhukov
Busted

Arthur Kargen Eliminated in 6th Place ($55,423)

Level 25
Arthur Kargen - 6th Place
Arthur Kargen - 6th Place

Brian Hastings opened with a raise from UTG+1 and Arthur Kargen called all in from the cutoff. Danny Fuhs called from the big blind and the three players took a flop.

The dealer fanned {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and both Fuhs and Hastings checked it down. They did the same as the {10-Hearts} turned and one last time when the {6-Hearts} rivered.

Hastings showed {9-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for a heart flush and Fuhs mucked his cards. Kargen showed {A-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} to the table before it was picked up and tossed into the muck. Kargen was eliminated in 6th place and will collect $55,423 in tournament winnings.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
985,000 -138,000
Arthur Kargen us
Arthur Kargen
Busted

Tags: Arthur KargenBrian HastingsDanny Fuhs

Jeff Lisandro Eliminated in 7th Place ($42,442)

Level 25
Jeff Lisandro - 7th Place
Jeff Lisandro - 7th Place

Brian Hastings raised from the hijack and Jeff Lisandro was automatically all in for his last 6,000 from the small blind. Viacheslav Zhukov was all in for his last 12,000 from the big blind and all three hands were turned over.

Jeff Lisandro: {K-Spades}{5-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts}
Viacheslav Zhukov: {K-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}
Brian Hastings: {A-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Hastings was able to take the high with his ace-high flush. Zhukov dragged in the low by playing his four and his deuce. Lisandro had no piece of it and was sent to the rail in 7th place. He made a quick exit from the tournament area after the elimination was official.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
945,000 213,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
Busted

Tags: Brian HastingsJeff LisandroViacheslav Zhukov

Ryan Lenaghan Eliminated in 8th Place ($32,712)

Level 24
Ryan Lenaghan - 8th Place
Ryan Lenaghan - 8th Place

Prior to this hand, Ryan Lenaghan lost a sizable pot to prior Hastings after Hastings made Broadway against him.

In this hand, Lenaghan called all in from under the gun and Arthur Kargen raised from the next seat over. Brian Hastings called from the small blind and Christopher George called from the big blind.

Four players took a flop of {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and Hastings led with a bet. George folded and Kargen called. The {4-Clubs} hit the turn and both players checked to see the {k-Diamonds} complete the board. Hastings fired another bet and this time Kargen folded.

Hastings showed {A-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades} for a straight and the nut low. Lenaghan tabled {A-Spades}{J-Spades}{9-Clubs}{3-Clubs} before the cards were picked up and placed into the muck. Hastings was able to scoop and eliminate Lenaghan from play.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
625,000 13,000
Ryan Lenaghan us
Ryan Lenaghan
Busted

Tags: Arthur KargenBrian HastingsRyan LenaghanChristopher George