Event #11: $365 PLO GIANT Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-02-2018 17:21 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Nader Isahac	Busted
Kevin Gerhart	Busted
Matt Stout	Busted
Andrew Bathrick	Busted
Alan Kim	Busted
Yonatan Basin	Busted
Ming Zhu	Busted
Omar Mehmood	Busted
Robert Cicchelli	Busted
Jason Young	Busted
Daniel Turklay	Busted
Jose Santos	Busted
Vincent Moscati	Busted
Oliver Vereschagin	Busted
Remedios Patalinghug	Busted
Michael Lech	Busted
Arkadiy Tsinis	Busted
Israel Perez	Busted
Micah Smith	Busted
Laine Tanaka	Busted
Nick Guagenti	Busted
Tara Dunn	Busted
Mikael Guenni	Busted
Tyler Drouare	Busted
Casey Keith	Busted

Sievers Gets It in Behind, Gets There

Jan_Kores

Level 26 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

On the flop of , James Sievers called all in for his last 880,000, saying, "I know I am behind but I have a big draw. I call."

He was indeed behind with against , but the turn gave him a Broadway and the river didn't improve his opponent's hand. Sievers raked in the pot and moved up to 2,400,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Sievers	2,400,000	1,935,000

Tags: James Sievers

07-02-2018 17:09 UTC-7

Filatov Takes Care of Popa

Jan_Kores

Level 26 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

John Popa shoved 260,000 on the button and Aleksey Filatov looked him up from the big blind.

Popa:
Filatov:

The board ran out and Filatov finished with trip queens to eliminate Popa from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksey Filatov	1,400,000	300,000
John Popa	Busted

Tags: John Popa Aleksey Filatov

07-02-2018 17:07 UTC-7

Humphrey Doubles Through Balasubramanian

simkha

Level 26 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Jerry Humphrey and Srinivas Balasubramanian got all the chips in the middle on a flop.

Jerry Humphrey:
Srinivas Balasubramanian:

Balasubramanian was ahead with his aces and Humphrey needed help from the deck to survive. The on the turn kept Balasubramanian in the lead, but the river gave Humphrey trip nines to take the pot for the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Humphrey	3,310,000	2,720,000
Srinivas Balasubramanian	950,000	-1,750,000

Tags: Jerry Humphrey Srinivas Balasubramanian

07-02-2018 17:04 UTC-7

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simkha

Level 26 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

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07-02-2018 17:04 UTC-7

Chait Doubles Through Popa

simkha

Level 26 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Craig Chait and John Popa got all the chips in the middle before the flop. Popa had the larger of the two stacks by a narrow margin.

Craig Chait:
John Popa:

Popa had the lead with his kings and Chait needed to improve in order to survive. He pulled ahead on the flop and neither the turn nor river helped Popa, so Chait took the pot to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Chait	1,340,000	705,000
John Popa	280,000	-280,000

Tags: Craig Chait John Popa

Level: 26

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 0

07-02-2018 16:56 UTC-7

Queens Good, Maybe

Jan_Kores

Level 25 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

With the action on the turn, Gonzalo Mercade checked from the big blind and Pete Arroyos fired 300,000, sitting two seats to Mercade's left.

Mercade took his time and then tossed in calling chips to see the land on the river. Mercade checked, Arroyos quickly potted to set his opponent all in for around 300,000, and Mercade instantly laid his hand down.

"Queens. Queens good? Maybe," Arroyos asked and then answered his own question before Mercade confirmed that Arroyos had him beat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pete Arroyos	4,700,000	1,400,000
Gonzalo Mercade	300,000	-745,000

Tags: Gonzalo Mercade Pete Arroyos

07-02-2018 16:50 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Jan_Kores

Level 25 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	4,800,000	-30,000
Robert Cicchelli	4,800,000	500,000
Pete Arroyos	3,300,000	100,000
Srinivas Balasubramanian	2,700,000	70,000
David Bingham	2,600,000	-200,000
Andrew O'Flaherty	2,500,000	670,000
Robert Dukes	2,300,000	770,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	2,200,000	-315,000
Ronald Keijzer	2,000,000	-270,000
Michal Maryška	1,300,000	580,000

07-02-2018 16:47 UTC-7

$5,000 to Spend at the 2018 WSOP - What Would You Do?

Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Kevin Pahl won a $5,000 package to spend at the WSOP. So far he's played a couple of WSOP events but has set his sights on qualifying for the WSOP Main Event which starts today. Last year Scott Blumstein won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $8,150,000!