Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
The Event #30: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha players are now on a 20-minute break and this is the last break of the night. When they return there will be just two more levels left before the bagging process begins.
There are less than 200 players remaining and we are inching closer to the money bubble as the final 120 players will all be guaranteed a minimum of $2,255.
With three players involved in the hand, the flop was showing when the player in small blind checked and Alexis Gavin bet 4,200. After some time in the tank, only the player in the hijack called.
The turn was a and Gavin shoved all in for his last 5,500, putting her opponent into a big decision. Her opponent said he was holding a straight and, after some minutes, ended up calling.
Gavin tabled for the flush and her opponent showed . Gavin had the winning hand and she is now up to 21,400.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexis Gavin | 21,400 | 13,900 |
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The action folded to the player in small blind who completed and Natasha Mercier in big blind checked.
A flop fell and Mercier called her opponent's bet of 1,000.
On the turn, after a check, Mercier decided to bet 2,300 and it was enough to win the pot without resistance.
Mercier has now around 20 big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Natasha Mercier | 12,500 | -1,500 |
With Event #30: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament registration now closed the field is thinning fast. Plenty of big stacks are emerging and it's a neck and neck battle for the chip lead.
Michael Heritch vaulted to the top of the counts just after the dinner break and he has continued to climb. He is now sitting behind a mountain of 120,000 and is leading the way.
Heritch was the first player to cross the century chip mark but Thomas Taylor continues to climb and is right on his heels with 110,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Heritch
|
120,000 | 29,000 |
Thomas Taylor | 110,000 | 27,000 |
The board was showing when two players, as well as Sonny Franco, checked.
On the turn, the player in small blind bet 1,000 and only Franco made the call.
The fell on the river and Franco's opponent bet 3,000. The French player snap-called and tabled for trip aces. His opponent was holding for king high and Franco earned the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sonny Franco | 15,000 | 6,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan Hughes
|
39,000 | -19,000 |
Mike Leah
|
31,500 | 1,500 |
Darryll Fish | 26,500 | 9,900 |
Scott Clements
|
14,000 | 6,300 |
Jake Schwartz | 12,000 | 12,000 |
Vivian Saliba | Busted | |
Mohsin Charania
|
Busted |
Mike Sexton was involved in a four-way limped pot when the flop fell.
After a player checked, Sexton bet 1,600, the action folded back to the player in the small blind who shoved all in for 2,300. Sexton called to create the following showdown:
Mike Sexton:
Opponent:
Sexton had the dominated hand and the turn and river didn't change anything. He is now down to 6,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Sexton
|
6,000 | -7,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thomas Taylor | 83,000 | 43,000 |
Jonas Wexler
|
48,000 | 48,000 |
Dan Santoro | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Matthew Wantman | 40,000 | 12,500 |
Jake Schindler
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Ryan Riess
|
15,000 | -3,000 |
Nam Le | 14,500 | 3,400 |
David Paredes | 7,500 | 1,000 |