Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-09-2018 17:16 UTC-7

Heroux Takes One

simkha

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

There were about 80,000 chips already in the pot and the board read when we got to the table. Millard Hale bet 44,000 from the big blind, and after some consideration, Heroux made a pot-sized raise. The cutoff folded, as did Hale, and Heroux took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxime Heroux	840,000 -67,000	-67,000

Millard Hale	325,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Maxime Heroux Millard Hale

Level: 20

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 0

06-09-2018 17:22 UTC-7

Some Recent Eliminations

simkha

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffery Gibson	Busted
Andreas Krause	Busted
John Clark	Busted
Jacob Marples	Busted
Mikhail Semin	Busted
Jan Stein	Busted
Vivian Saliba	Busted

Bradley Coultas	Busted
Rumen Nanev	Busted
Vincent Renzo	Busted
Ludovic Geilich	Busted
Craig Carrillo	Busted
Sean Shah	Busted
Sergio Benso	Busted
Henry Hull	Busted
John Hulett	Busted

06-09-2018 17:29 UTC-7

Nguyen Wins With Aces

AndrewPieper

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Nick Jivkov opened the button to 32,000 with John Nguyen quickly putting in a pot sized three-bet to 106,000.

Jivkov went into the tank for a couple of minutes but eventually called without realizing Nqueyen only had 11,000 behind, the two both tossed in the extra chips. "Show now?" Asked Nguyen. Jivkov nodded and Nguyen rolled over for aces and the board ran out Jivkov was unable to beat it and Nguyen doubled to over 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Nguyen	231,000 -9,000	-9,000
Nick Jivkov	140,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: John Nguyen Nick Jivkov

06-09-2018 17:38 UTC-7

Ramakrishnan Doubles Up

simkha

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Karthik Ramakrishnan was in the cutoff and got his short stack in before the flop against Michael Reed, who was in the big blind and had the larger stack by a wide margin.

Karthik Ramakrishnan:
Michael Reed:

Ramakrishnan was behind and needed to improve in order to survive. The board ran out to give him a king-high flush, so he took the pot to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karthik Ramakrishnan	105,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Michael Reed Karthik Ramakrishnan

06-09-2018 17:44 UTC-7

Fuller Eliminates Sanders

simkha

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Joseph Sanders was on the button and got his stack in before the flop against Rick Fuller, who was in the hijack and had him covered by a narrow margin.

Joseph Sanders:
Rick Fuller:

Fuller had the preflop advantage and Sanders needed to catch up to stay alive. The board ran out and Fuller took the pot with top set to eliminate Sanders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rick Fuller	460,000 260,000	260,000
Joseph Sanders	Busted

Tags: Joseph Sanders Rick Fuller

06-09-2018 17:47 UTC-7

Heroux Cracks Yang's Aces

AndrewPieper

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

With a large pot of about 250,000 alrfeady in the middle and a board of , Shaome Yang and Maxime Heroux were heads up with the action on Yang. Yang checked with Heroux checking back.

The river was a with the action again going check-check.

Yang tabled for a pair of aces but Heroux had him beat with for a set of tens and Heroux remains among the top chip counts in the room as day 2 rolls on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxime Heroux	880,000 40,000	40,000

Shaome Yang	250,000 179,000	179,000

Tags: Maxime Heroux

06-09-2018 18:04 UTC-7

Varnell Stacks Two

simkha

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Action folded to the player in the hijack and he raised to 38,000. John Nguyen shoved from the button for 123,000 and Craig Varnell made a pot-sized four-bet out of the small blind, putting the hijack to a decision for the remainder of his stack. He went into the tank for just under a minute before he ultimately called to put himself at risk.

John Nguyen:
Craig Varnell:
Hijack:

Varnell had the lead with his aces and both his opponents needed help to survive. The board ran out so Varnell took the pot to eliminate both players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Varnell	710,000 505,000	505,000

John Nguyen	Busted

Tags: John Nguyen Craig Varnell

06-09-2018 18:13 UTC-7

Lee Trips Out Ramakrishnan

AndrewPieper

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Karthik Ramakrishnan opened to 40,000 from early position with Dien Le defending the big blind.

The flop fell and Le checked to Ramakrishnan who bet the pot for 90,000. Le then check-raised for the last 53,000 of Ramakrishnan's stack sending him into the tank. After a couple minutes of deliberation, Le called showing for kings and needed help against Le's to remain alive. The turn and river sealed Ramakrishan's fate as Le's stack grows to one of the larger ones in the room.