2014 World Series of Poker

Event #25: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kqj77
Prize
$267,327
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,069,250
Entries
470
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Leary & Klodnicki Double Bubble; to Split 48th Place Money

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante
Chris Klodnicki & Dustin Leary we co-bubble boys.
Chris Klodnicki & Dustin Leary we co-bubble boys.

It took nearly an hour for the bubble to burst, and it's only fitting in a tournament played with split-spot game that two players would fall in the last hand before the dinner break and have to split 48th-place money,

Omaha Hi-Low

In one hand, we arrived at the table with a board reading {8-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{5-Spades}{a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}. A short-stacked Dustin Leary was already all in from the big blind, while action was complete between Tyson Marks and Mike Roeseler.

Marks: {3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Roeseler: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}{2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}
Leary: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}{2-Spades}{7-Spades}

Marks had the wheel to scoop the pot, which eliminated Leary on the bubble. However, two tables down there was another all-in pot.

Stud Hi-Low

Chris Klodnicki was all in after third and got three callers, Tom Schneider got out of the way on fifth and then the action was capped between Julie Schneider and Christopher McHugh on sixth. On seventh there was just single bet and call.

Tom Schneider: {x-}{x-} / {Q-Spades}{10-Clubs}{3-Hearts} muck
Julie Schneider: {3-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} / {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{5-Spades} / {7-Spades}
McHugh: {5-Hearts}{a-Spades} / {4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{6-Hearts}{2-Hearts} / {8-Diamonds}
Klodnicki: {2-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} / {5-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{6-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} / {10-Hearts}

Schneider won the high with a seven high straight, while McHugh took the low with a wheel. That sent Klodnicki out as the co-bubble boy. Klodnicki and Leary will split the $4,694.

Player Chips Progress
Dustin Leary us
Dustin Leary
Busted
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Chris KlodnickiDustin Leary

Wong Versus Backstead Once Again

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Omaha Hi-Low

Thomas Beckstead raised from the cutoff, Fu Wong made a three bet to 7,500 out of the small blind and Backstead got the remainder of his stack in.

Showdown:

Beckstead: {2-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{9-Spades}
Wong: {J-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{5-Spades}

"Low cards please," Beckstead said to the dealer and his wish was granted as the board ran out {3-Clubs}{2-Spades}{10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{10-Spades}. Another chop ... #next.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Beckstead us
Thomas Beckstead
12,000 1,000

Beckstead Refuses to Go Down Without a Fight

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Omaha Hi-Low

Thomas Beckstead has been working with a short stack here on the bubble, and while he has been at risk several times, he refuses to go down.

Most recently he raised to 6,000 under the gun and encouraged Fu Wong to three-bet, which he did. Action folded back to Beckstead and he got all in for 9,500 total. Wong called the additional 500 and the cards were tabled.

Beckstead: {a-Spades}{2-Spades}{10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Wong: {a-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

The board ran out {7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{5-Hearts}{j-Spades}{q-Hearts} and the two spilt the pot as Wong had the high and Beckstead the low.

Player Chips Progress
Fu Wong us
Fu Wong
140,000
Thomas Beckstead us
Thomas Beckstead
11,000 1,500

Tags: Thomas BecksteadFu Wong

Schneider Runs Into Full

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Omaha Hi-Low

Julie Schneider called down the bets of an opponent on the {K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds} board with {A-}{K-}{Q-}{10-} for top pair and a super wrap, but the opponent had that beat with pocket jacks for a full house.

Number seven of the hand-for-hand play on the bubble is now complete on all tables.

Player Chips Progress
Julie Schneider us
Julie Schneider
61,000 -17,000

Beckstead Survives ... Again

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Stud Hi-Low

On the sixth hand of the bubble, only two active players remained and Thomas Beckstead was all in after third, Jon Turner had to call off with the {7-Diamonds} while his opponent had the {2-Hearts}.

Beckstead: {8-Hearts}{3-Spades} / {2-Hearts}{J-Spades}{5-Hearts}{5-Clubs} / {2-Diamonds}
Turner: {Q-Clubs}{3-Clubs} / {7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} / {X-}

Beckstead won the pot with two pair and Turner could not chop it as he had no low.

A Chip and a Chair for Beckstead

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Stud Hi-Low

Thomas Beckstead was the extreme short stack among the remaining 49 players; in fact, he had just 800 going into the last hand. Nearly all of that — 700 to be exact — was in for the ante, meaning he had a single grey T100 chip behind. It would go in on the hand when he was dealt the {A-Diamonds}. Humberto Brenes had brought it in with a completion with the {3-Hearts}, and the rest of the field folded.

Brenes: {q-Spades}{4-Hearts} / {3-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-Spades}{7-Spades} / {J-Hearts}
Beckstead: {2-Hearts}{5-Clubs} / {a-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} / {K-Hearts}

Beckstead was guaranteed to stay alive on fifth street as he had an unbeatable low, but he was looking for a high to scoop. He ended up with a measly ace-king high, but much to his delight it was enough to beat Brenes' queen high.

Beckstead has staved off elimination, at least for a bit.

Player Chips Progress
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
WSOP 2X Winner
30,000 -29,000
Thomas Beckstead us
Thomas Beckstead
5,200 4,400

Tags: Thomas BecksteadHumberto Brenes

Bubble Time

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Stud Hi-Low

We are down to 49 players after losing Ismael Bojang and Marco Johnson. We missed the elimination of the German in 51st place, but Johnson we saw all in against two players in a stud hi-low hand.

He held aces on third and still could not win the pot, as Matt Lefkowitz hit two pair on seventh.

Johnson: {A-Clubs}{2-Spades} / {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{9-Spades} / {8-Clubs}
Lefkowitz: {5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} / {6-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Hearts} / {3-Spades}

"How the #### can I lose this hand?" Johnson asked towards the table and then left the tournament area quickly.

Player Chips Progress
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted
Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted