2018 World Series of Poker

Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k1044
Prize
$239,771
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,229,850
Entries
911
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
0

Kneeland and Guagenti Gone

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

Scott Kneeland had departed just before Shaun Deeb and the next casualty after that was Nick Guagenti.

Guagenti got his short stack in with the {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades} and Gregory Dinkin looked him up with the {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}.

The board came {10-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} and the jack on the river spelled the end for Guagenti.

Player Chips Progress
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Gregory Dinkin
110,000
10,000
10,000
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Scott Kneeland
Busted
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Nick Guagenti
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Gregory DinkinNick GuagentiScott Kneeland

No Day 3 for Rasmussen

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

Short stack ninja Pete Rasmussen was on what was likely his ninth life by now and went all in again, this time for 12,000. Rasmussen held {8-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and was up against {A-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades}.

"Diamonds!" cheered Rasmussen, but not enough appeared during the {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades} rundown. The two straights did Rasmussen in and he bowed out in 42nd place.

Player Chips Progress
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Pete Rasmussen
Busted

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Visbisky Busts to Concepcion

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

The chip lead is wide open with only a few minutes to go before the clocks will be stopped and it is Rafael Concepcion that took a step forward after eliminating table neighbor Alex Visbisky. The board was all but rushed away and Visbisky's {A-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} ended up second best to the {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Hearts} of Concepcion.

It was not the last bustout of the night, though, as Joseph Brodsky sent over his stack to Tommy Chen.

There are only 39 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
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Rafael Concepcion
430,000
325,000
325,000
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Tommy Chen
170,000
30,000
30,000
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Alex Visbisky
Busted
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Joseph Brodsky
Busted

Tags: Tommy ChenJoseph BrodskyAlex VisbiskyRafael Concepcion

Ramdin and Roth Fade Elimination

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

Victor Ramdin was all-in for his last 14,000 on the button, Christopher Roth shoved all in for 31,000 in the small blind and Mike Wattel called in the big blind to put them both at risk.

Victor Ramdin: {K-Spades}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts}
Christopher Roth: {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}
Mike Wattel: {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{J-Spades}{9-Hearts}

The dealer fanned out {10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades}{J-Clubs}. Roth flopped a set of fours for the high hand, Ramdin was the only player with a qualifying low and both all-ins stayed in.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Wattel
300,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Christopher Roth
60,000
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Victor Ramdin
21,000
-99,000
-99,000

Tags: Christopher RothMike WattelVictor Ramdin

Ramdin Busts to King-Seven High

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

Peter Eichhardt ran out of chips and so did Victor Ramdin and Tommy Chen in the final hand of the night on their respective tables.

Ramdin had chopped in the penultimate hand and then raised the small blind, Christopher Roth called in the big blind, admitting he had a "really bad hand."

On the {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{5-Clubs} flop, Ramdin bet, got raised and moved all in, both short stacks ended up tabling their cards.

Victor Ramdin: {6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}
Christopher Roth: {K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades}

"What, you don't even have a pair yet? High cards please," Roth demanded while Ramdin had enormous outs to get there. However, both the {9-Diamonds} turn and the {J-Diamonds} river bricked off and Roth won the hand with king-seven high!

There will be 36 players remaining when the action resumes on Day 3.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Roth
106,000
46,000
46,000
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Victor Ramdin
Busted
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Peter Eichhardt
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Tommy Chen
Busted

Tags: Christopher RothPeter EichhardtTommy ChenVictor Ramdin

Day 2 Complete

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

Day 2 has wrapped up and 36 players made it to the third day. Brandon Ageloff is the chipleader with 555,000 chips. All chip counts and an end of day recap will follow.

End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

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

A recap of today's action is to follow, Day 3 will resume at 2 p.m. local time with 36 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
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Brandon Ageloff
555,000
125,000
125,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
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Matt Woodward
505,000
355,000
355,000
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Chris Bjorin
488,000
138,000
138,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Rafael Concepcion
435,000
5,000
5,000
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Chad Eveslage
364,000
114,000
114,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Brian Haack
308,000
73,000
73,000
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John Jenkins
299,000
154,000
154,000
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James Pursley
295,000
-100,000
-100,000
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Jeff Shulman
291,000
21,000
21,000
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Mike Wattel
262,000
-38,000
-38,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Tammer Ilcaffas
246,000
126,000
126,000
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Errol Massey
235,000
158,000
158,000
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Jesse Simonelli
175,000
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Daniel Buzgon
173,000
58,000
58,000
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William Kopp
170,000
65,000
65,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Kate Hoang
167,000
87,000
87,000
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Rylen Sanehisa
165,000
87,000
87,000
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Denny Axel
140,000
-70,000
-70,000
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Julien Martini
140,000
45,000
45,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 4X Winner
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Robert Campbell
134,000
49,000
49,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Mack Lee
120,000
40,000
40,000
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James Chen
110,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jermaine Reid
107,000
-48,000
-48,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Christopher Roth
106,000
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Mike Leah
99,000
-96,000
-96,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Four Former Bracelet Winners Among 36 Survivors After Day 2 in Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Chris Bjorin among big stacks after Day 2
Chris Bjorin among big stacks after Day 2

After the field of 911 entries in the 2018 World Series of Poker Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better had been cut down to 296 hopefuls in the first 10 levels of the tournament, the second day narrowed down the contenders for the top prize of $239,771 and the elusive gold bracelet to just 36.

All Day 2 survivors have $5,605 locked up for their efforts and Brandon Ageloff secured the top spot with a stack of 555,000. The American already has one WSOP final table appearance to his name after finishing third in Event #52: $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em at the 2017 WSOP for a career-best score of $161,844. Matt Woodward is the only other player with more than half a million in chips and will return for Day 3 with 505,000.

Four former WSOP bracelet winners are still in contention for another shot at glory at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas: Chris Bjorin (488,000), Mike Wattel (262,000), Mike Leah (99,000) and Jason Lester (95,000) navigated through the minefield of money day, which left more than half of the returning field without anything to show for all their hard work.

Other notables through to Day 3 include Chad Eveslage (364,000), Jeff Shulman (291,000), Daniel Buzgon (173,000), Kate Hoang (167,000), Julien Martini (140,000), James Chen (110,000), Danny Wong (76,000) and 2016 WSOP Main Event 8th place finisher Jerry "HumLun" Wong (48,000).

Action of the Day:

Plenty of notables had made it through the day but failed to reach the money such as Layne Flack, Matt Waxman, Jeff Madsen, Sebastian Langrock, Frank Kassela, Ashton Griffin, Jeremy Ausmus, Justin Liberto, Mike Matusow, Christopher Vitch, Chris Klodnicki and Scott Clements.

Just before the money bubble, Monty Dennis busted despite getting it in with a better two pair, a flush draw and the nut low draw as Pamela McPeak's inferior two pair improved to an unlikely full house. Not even five minutes later, several other players had busted and no hand-for-hand was required. The last player to leave empty-handed was Benjamin Scholl, who held two pair and saw his low draw get counterfeited against the better two pair of Denny Axel.

The floodgates were opened right there and many notables soon headed to the rail such as Ryan Laplante, Chris Tryba, David "Bakes" Baker, Daniel Weinman, Mark Gregorich, Robert Mizrachi and John Racener. Day 1 chip leader Dao Bac had to settle for 81st place and Allen Kessler also received $2,823 for his 75th place finish.

Benny Glaser
Three-Time WSOP Champion Benny Glaser

John Monnette ran out of chips in a three-way pot against Perry Friedman and Victor Ramdin, while 3-time WSOP bracelet winner and the 2016 champion of this very event, Benny Glaser, followed soon after. Glaser was left short in a battle with Shaun Deeb and got it in with a set only for Rylen Sanehisa to river a wheel and scoop the entire pot. Friedman (54th place) and Deeb (44th place) were among the late victims before a rush at the end of the night also saw Peter Eichhardt and Ramdin depart.

The action will resume at 2 p.m. local time on Saturday, June 2nd, 2018, with level 21 and blinds of 5,000/10,000. With the big bet at 10,000, the action is expected to escalate early on, whether or not the tournament will play down to a champion on Day 3 or requires an additional day remains to be seen. The final table is set to be streamed on the Twitch Channel of PokerGo.

Brandon Ageloff
Day 2 Chip Leader Brandon Ageloff

Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 3 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Bets
5111Denny AxelUnited States140,00014
5113Jeff ShulmanUnited States291,00029
5114Frank MuirUnited States40,0004
5115Tamir IlcafassUnited States246,00025
5117William KoppUnited States170,00017
5118Mike LeahCanada99,00010
5119Danny WongUnited States76,0008
      
5182Jason LesterUnited States95,00010
5183James ChenTaiwan110,00011
5185Daniel BuzgonUnited States173,00017
5186Chad EveslageUnited States364,00036
5187Brian HaackUnited States308,00031
5188Kate HoangUnited States167,00017
5189Rylen SanehisaUnited States165,00017
      
5191James PursleyUnited States295,00030
5192Anthony FrederickUnited States27,0003
5193Robert CoatesUnited States56,0006
5195Jermaine ReidUnited States107,00011
5196Tuvya FeltUnited States84,0008
5197Scott FitzhughUnited States79,0008
5198Julien MartiniFrance140,00014
      
5251John ReissUnited States95,00010
5252John JenkinsUnited States299,00030
5253Errol MasseyUnited States235,00024
5254Jerry WongUnited States48,0005
5255Mike WattelUnited States262,00026
5256Chris BjorinSweden488,00049
5257Mack LeeUnited States120,00012
5259Itsuko YoroiJapan56,0006
      
5261Christopher RothUnited States106,00011
5262Jesse SimonelliUnited States175,00018
5263Gregory DinkinUnited States77,0008
5264Brandon AgeloffUnited States555,00056
5265Matt WoodwardUnited States505,00051
5266Rafael ConcepcionUnited States435,00044
5267Robert CampbellUnited States134,00013

Tags: Benjamin SchollBrandon AgeloffChris BjorinDenny AxelJason LesterMike LeahMike Wattel

Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Day 2 Completed