2013 World Series of Poker

Event #46: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low 8-or-Better
Day: 3
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a722
Prize
$279,094
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
435
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Event #46: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low 8-or-Better

Day 3 Started

Welcome to Day 3 of Event #46: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better

Alexey Makarov leads the final 17 players.
Alexey Makarov leads the final 17 players.

Seventeen players remain in contention for the $279,094 first-place prize and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet here at Event #46: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better. Plenty of well-known names dot the short list of survivors, but a relative unknown leads the way: Alexey Makarov, a Russian player who who will log the biggest live cash of his career with any finish better than ninth. Makarov bagged 471,000, giving him a slim chip lead over Ashly Butler, a New Orleans native who sports a third-place finish in last year's WSOP that netted him just over $100,000.

Notable players who have managed to survive the first two days include "Miami" John Cernuto (sixth place, 271,000), Stephen Chidwick (seventh, 243,000), Andrey Zaichenko (ninth, 219,000), Allyn Jaffrey Shulman (10th, 172,000), Mel Judah (16th, 89,000) and Ari Engel (17th, 75,000).

Cards will be in the air at 2 p.m., and the field will be whittled down to a champion, who will have conquered a starting line-up of 435 runners. Pay attention to PokerNews throughout the day to get updates on the conclusion of the tournament.

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante:

Engel Doubles Through Chidwick Early

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Ari Engel
Ari Engel

Ari Engel popped things off with a raise to 28,000 only to find a raise from Stephen Chidwick to 48,000. Action folded around and Engel met him with a call.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} and Engel moved all in for his last 27,000. Chidwick snapped called and the two turned up their hands.

Chidwick: {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{6-Spades}
Engel: {A-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

The turn was the {K-Spades} giving Engel the nut straight and leaving Chidwick drawing dead to any part of the pot. The river was the meaningless {10-Diamonds} and that was it. Chidwich was forced to cut out a piece of his stack and ship it over to Engel who got a much needed double up.

Player Chips Progress
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
WSOP 2X Winner
162,000 87,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
156,000 -87,000

Shulman Quarters Weiland

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Allyn Jaffrey Shulman check-called a bet from Joshua Weiland after the {6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{k-Hearts} flop. She then check-called again for the last of Weiland's chips after the {6-Hearts} turn.

Weiland: {a-Spades}{4-Hearts}{7-Spades}{j-Spades}
Shulman: {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{7-Hearts}

Shulman had the lead for low, and both players had the same straight draw, but a high card would give Weiland the whole pot with ace-jack high. Unfortunately for him, the river was the {8-Clubs}, giving both players their straights but Shulman the low, so Weiland only collected a quarter of the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman us
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman
WSOP 1X Winner
225,000 53,000
Joshua Weiland
Joshua Weiland
50,000 -57,000

Tags: Allyn Jaffrey ShulmanJoshua Weiland

Weiland Gets Some Back From Cai

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Action folded to Joshua Weiland who potted from the button to 28,000. Zhen Cai in the big blind repotted and the two got it all in.

Weiland: {K-Spades}{3-Spades}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}
Cai: {7-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{6-Spades} giving Weiland a seven-high straight and a deuce-three low, that was good enough to scoop the pot for a double.

Player Chips Progress
Joshua Weiland
Joshua Weiland
84,000 34,000

Ari Engel Eliminated in 17th Place ($10,699)

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Ari Engel
Ari Engel

Ari Engel and Joshua Weiland got it all in before the flop.

Engel: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Weiland: {a-Diamonds}{2-}{6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}

The board ran out {10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, doubling Weiland up.

A short time later, Engel got all in with {a-}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{5-Diamonds} against an opponent who held {a-}{a-}{3-}{10-}. The player with the aces made a straight on the river, and Engel was done.

Meanwhile, at the other table, Mel Judah managed to quarter an opponent despite being well behind on the {a-}{3-}{5-} flop. Judah had {a-}{a-}{2-}{8-}, but his opponent had {a-}{2-}{4-}{k-} for a wheel. The turn was a {5-}, giving Judah the high, but the {4-} river allowed him to chop the low.

Player Chips Progress
Joshua Weiland
Joshua Weiland
172,000 88,000
Mel Judah au
Mel Judah
WSOP 2X Winner
165,000 76,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
WSOP 2X Winner
26,000 -136,000

Tags: Ari EngelJoshua WeilandMel Judah

Nelson Doubles Through Chidwick

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Tyler Nelson and Stephen Chidwick got all the money in before the flop. Nelson was holding {A-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and we only saw Chidwicks {K-}{4-}{X-}{X-}. Either way, the board ran out {6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{A-Spades} and that was good for Nelson to get a full scoop for both the high and low. He's up close to 200,000 while Chidwick is hurting for some chips with just about 120,000 left.

Player Chips Progress
Tyler Nelson
Tyler Nelson
186,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
122,000