Turn and River Delight Deluca
Pot-Limit Omaha
Some big-bet poker to report, as we've just seen a couple of big pot-limit Omaha hands over at Table 407.
The first hand saw a three-way all-in situation develop involving Joseph Deluca, Steve Zolotow, and Sergii Baranov. The board showed 
, and the players' cards revealed the following:
Deluca: 
— sixes and fives
Zolotov: 
— open-ended straight draw
Baranov: 
— open-ended straight draw, kings
The turn brought the 
and the river the 
, delivering a backdoor full house to Deluca to win him the big pot and push his stack up close to 100,000. Meanwhile, Zolotov was knocked out and Baranov cut down to less than 10,000.
Baranov was then all in shortly thereafter with 
versus Scotty Nguyen's 
. The board came 
, giving Baranov quads and continued life in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000 | 69,000 |
|
42,000 | 5,000 |
|
18,000 | -46,000 |
|
Busted |
, and after a lengthy think Smith set out the calling chips.
. "Good hand," said Smith, as he looked over Dang's cards. "Ace-deuce," he said, referring to Dang's 7-4-3-2-A low. "And you've got the jack," he added, referring to Dang's high hand of trip jacks.
/ 
— sixes, flush draw
and both players tapped the table. Cassidy showed 
and his pocket aces held as the best hand, allowing him to drag in the pot. He's now sitting around 29,000 while Williamson has just about 6,500 in front of him.
, and he bet. His lone opponent, Shawn Buchanan, was showing 
on sixth, and check-called a bet from Buchanan who'd been dealt the 
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/ 
for a ninety-seven low. Clements showed a better hand, however, with 
