Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-01-2018 16:08 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Vitch	Busted

Jacobo Fernandez	Busted
Jon Evans	Busted
Eddie Blumenthal	Busted
Vladislav Tinchev	Busted
Leo Fasen	Busted
Xunen Zheng	Busted
Tom McCormick	Busted
Brayden Gazlay	Busted
Matthew Suelflow	Busted
Philip Long	Busted

Anton Morgenstern	Busted
Dale Phillips	Busted

Chern Busts to Yoroi

Lyle Bateman

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

A short-stacked Rod Chern was all in and at risk with the and table neighbor Itsuko Yoroi looked him up with the .

The board came and Chern's two pairs were no good, he didn't have any qualifying low hand either and that awarded the entire pot to Yoroi with a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Itsuko Yoroi	50,000 15,100	15,100
Rod Chern	Busted

Tags: Itsuko Yoroi Rod Chern

06-01-2018 15:58 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Scherer	70,000 41,300	41,300
Allen Kessler	65,000 3,000	3,000
Jeff Shulman	65,000 5,000	5,000
William Kopp	65,000 45,600	45,600

Mike Leah	56,000 33,000	33,000

Anita Perl	55,000 15,000	15,000
Victor Ramdin	40,000
Chris Tryba	34,000 23,000	23,000

Shaun Deeb	30,000 3,000	3,000

Benjamin Scholl	30,000 3,600	3,600

Tony Ma	29,000 6,100	6,100

Maria Ho	25,000 8,000	8,000
Perry Friedman	11,000 2,700	2,700

Mike Matusow	Busted

Honas Busts; Chio Chips Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Paul Honas raised first to act and was called three ways by Daniel Chio, David Self in the small blind and Allen Kessler in the big blind. On the flop, action checked to Chio and his bet was called by Kessler and Honas only.

After the turn, action checked once more to Chio and he bet, forcing out Kessler. Honas called all in for his last 900 chips and the cards were turned over.

Paul Honas:
Daniel Chio:

Honas was hoping for a miracle, but it never happened with the on the river further improving Chio to a full house. "That's the way he has been running today," Kessler said in table chat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	68,000 2,000	2,000
Daniel Chio	65,000 20,100	20,100
Paul Honas	Busted

Tags: Allen Kessler Daniel Chio David Self Paul Honas

06-01-2018 15:43 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Yori Epskamp

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nader Isahac	Busted
Chase Haugland	Busted
Pojana Jenne	Busted
Michael Hinde	Busted
Michael Eckstut	Busted
Eric Judge	Busted
Adam Kipnis	Busted
Saige Ciarletta	Busted

06-01-2018 15:37 UTC-8

Bienenfeld on Six Figures

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Yori Epskamp

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Three players were active in a hand and each of them put a bet in on the turn. The dealer completed the board by adding the to it, eliminating any possible low hands. All three active players checked their hand.

"Two pair?" Harry Bienenfeld said with an unsure tone, and he showed for tens and sixes. Eddie Blumental flung a hand containing in the muck, and Rod Chern also head-shakingly folded. Bienenfeld scooped up all of it and rose to 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harry Bienenfeld	100,000 76,000	76,000
Rod Chern	19,000 25,800	25,800
Eddie Blumenthal	3,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Harry Bienenfeld Eddie Blumenthal Rod Chern

06-01-2018 15:34 UTC-8

Phil Hellmuth Wants to Make You Money

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Level 13 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Phil Hellmuth discusses the recent twitter debate regarding buying parts in players and just how you will make money. Some players say the markups are outrageous, Phil stands by making money via players regardless and explains why. The argument over this started at the super high roller. The WSOP 2018 has a lot of players staking. Many of the players staked at WSOP are champs that have made people a lot of money. What difference does it make marking up a small margin? Phil wants to make you money, none it seems - if as usual you choose wisely!

06-01-2018 15:31 UTC-8

Berumen Chops to Stay In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

On the three-way flop of , Lori Berumen bet and Jason Phamolivo raised on the button. That forced out the small blind, while Berumen called. After the turn, Berumen checked and subsequently check-raised all in for another 2,900 on top of Phamolivo's bet, and that was quickly called for the following showdown.

Lori Berumen:
Jason Phamolivo:

Phamolivo had plenty of outs to scoop Berumen, however, the on the river was none of them as both chopped it up. Berumen remains among the shorter stacks with some 205 hopefuls remaining.