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

Miracle Time for Yoroi

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

Shaun Deeb was left with crumbs after he could not beat Brandon Ageloff's {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{8-Clubs} on a board of {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{3-Spades}.

Next up it was Itsuko Yoroi that ended up all in and faced Joseph Brodsky and Tuvya Felt. The latter had been down to 10,000 but won the side pot against Brodsky on a board of {K-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{5-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. Felt tabled {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades}, Yoroi flipped over {Q-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs} for the wheel.

Right after that, Shaun Deeb was felted and headed to the payout desk.

Julien Martini's stack was hurt considerably in a three-way pot against Chad Eveslage and Mike Wattel. Wattel had raised, Martini three-bet and Eveslage, as well as Wattel, called. On the {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} flop, action checked to Martini and he bet before doing so again on all further streets on the {4-Hearts} turn and {6-Spades} river.

Eveslage showed {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for jacks up and Wattel claimed the low portion of the pot with {A-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{2-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Ageloff us
Brandon Ageloff
Day 2 Chip Leader
430,000 125,000
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
WSOP 2X Winner
300,000
Chad Eveslage us
Chad Eveslage
WSOP 3X Winner
250,000 30,000
Tuvya Felt us
Tuvya Felt
150,000 140,000
Joseph Brodsky us
Joseph Brodsky
110,000 -45,000
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 4X Winner
95,000 -135,000
Itsuko Yoroi jp
Itsuko Yoroi
25,000 -85,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
Busted

Tags: Tuvya FeltItsuko YoroiJoseph BrodskyShaun DeebBrandon AgeloffJulien MartiniChad EveslageMike Wattel

Chops and Quarters, but no Bustouts

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

One of the fun parts of Omaha Hi-Lo is being able to keep hanging around with a short stack. In a series of hands, all the escape hatches were used that kept each of the players involved in the tournament.

First, it was Kate Hoang who was all-in and at risk against Robert Campbell. The board ran out {K-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{7-Spades} and Campbell showed {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} for the nut flush and nut low. Hoang had {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and got three-quartered to remain behind with 30,000.

The next hand, Hoang chopped an all-in. In the subsequent hand, Pete Rasmussen raised all in for 11,000 on the button, which didn't count as a raise. Danny Tang made it two bets in the small blind and Hoang called in the big blind.

The flop was {2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{J-Clubs} and the rest of Tang's small stack went in as well.

Pete Rasmussen: {K-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades}
Kate Hoang: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}
Danny Wong: {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{8-Spades}

The turn was the {A-Clubs} and the river the {8-Hearts} to keep everyone around. Shortest stack Rasmussen scooped the main pot with the wheel, while Hoang and Wong chopped the side pot.

Player Chips Progress
Kate Hoang us
Kate Hoang
80,000 -40,000
Danny Wong us
Danny Wong
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 -85,000
Pete Rasmussen us
Pete Rasmussen
33,000 10,000

Tags: Danny TangKate HoangPete Rasmussen

New Chips In Play; Shuffling Machines in Use; Field Gets Thinner

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

The steady stream of eliminations continues as Hal Rotholz and Terry Oltman were the last two players to bust.

At the start of the final level of the night, the six remaining tables started to use their shuffling machines and one of them broke right after, along with the table and the field was reduced to just 45 hopefuls. New chips were introduced as well, as some yellow T-1,000 chips were colored up and new green T-25,000 chips came into play.

Player Chips Progress
Terry Oltman us
Terry Oltman
Busted
Hal Rotholz us
Hal Rotholz
Busted

Tags: Hal RotholzTerry Oltman

Deeb Leaves Felt on Fumes

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

Tuvya Felt raised on the button, Shaun Deeb three-bet from the small blind and Felt called. Deeb bet the {A-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop and {5-Spades} turn, which Felt called twice. The {6-Diamonds} on the river went check/check.

Shaun Deeb: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{4-Spades}
Tuvya Felt: {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{2-Clubs}

Deeb scooped Felt with the ace-king and sixty-five low and left him behind with just 10,000.

At that same time, Christopher Schaler lost his final chips to finish in 48th place ($4,046)

Player Chips Progress
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
170,000 20,000
Tuvya Felt us
Tuvya Felt
10,000 -55,000
Christopher Schaler us
Christopher Schaler
Busted

Tags: Shaun DeebTuvya Felt

Level: 20

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 0

Another Three Down the Drain

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

Lori Berumen got her stack in after a flop of {K-Hearts}{9-Spades}{5-Hearts} and Danny Wong looked her up.

Berumen showed the {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{8-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and Wong held {K-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs}. The {Q-Clubs} turn and {5-Diamonds} river failed to improve Berumen and she was first to go. James Yoo followed suit on a different table and right after the remaining stack of Raymond Davis was chopped up by the straight of Jermaine Reid and the nut low of Alex Visbisky.

Player Chips Progress
Jermaine Reid us
Jermaine Reid
WSOP 1X Winner
155,000 -35,000
Danny Wong us
Danny Wong
WSOP 1X Winner
125,000 25,000
James Yoo us
James Yoo
Busted
Lori Berumen us
Lori Berumen
Busted
Raymond Davis us
Raymond Davis
Busted

Tags: Alex VisbiskyDanny WongJames YooJermaine ReidLori BerumenRaymond Davis

Hunt Busts to Shulman's "Nut Nut"

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

The next players to fall included William Brock, Nick Polydoros, Thomas Hunt and Danny Mangra. Not long ago, Mangra was holding a stack well above the average but all the chips since vanished.

As for Hunt, he was all in against Matt Woodward in the cutoff and Jeff Shulman in the big blind. Shulman bet the {A-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{2-Clubs}{6-Hearts} turn and the {7-Hearts} river. Woodward called both bets and was then shown {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} for the "nut nut" by Shulman, the nut straight and the nut low.

Hunt could only reveal {A-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{6-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and Woodward stood no chance at earning a portion of the pot either with his {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{3-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman
270,000 110,000
Matt Woodward us
Matt Woodward
150,000 10,000
Danny Mangra us
Danny Mangra
Busted
Thomas Hunt us
Thomas Hunt
Busted
William Brock us
William Brock
Busted
Nick Polydoros us
Nick Polydoros
Busted

Tags: Danny MangraJeff ShulmanMatt WoodwardNick PolydorosThomas HuntWilliam Brock

No Second Bracelet for Friedman

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

Back in 2002, Perry Friedman stood tall in this very event, making him the second past winner besides Benny Glaser (2016) to make another deep run. Friedman held $949,899 in lifetime winnings before this event and will creep closer to the 1M mark after cashing.

Already severely short stacked, Friedman lost his final chips to Mike Wattel and the bow-tied man exited in 53rd place ($4,046).

Player Chips Progress
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
WSOP 2X Winner
300,000 180,000
Perry Friedman us
Perry Friedman
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Mike WattelPerry Friedman

The Biggest Pot so Far

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

A big three-way clash delivered the biggest pot of the tournament so far with Mike Leah, Brandon Ageloff and John Jenkins getting plenty of big bets on. Neither of the players ended up all in and at risk, though, as they were too deep still.

The board came {10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Leah showed {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{2-Diamonds} for a full, eights over tens, and the nut low. Ageloff showed {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{10-Spades} for the superior full house, tens over eights, while Jenkins had {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{2-Clubs} for one quarter of the pot for the nut low.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Ageloff us
Brandon Ageloff
Day 2 Chip Leader
305,000 55,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
195,000 5,000
John Jenkins us
John Jenkins
145,000 -85,000

Tags: Brandon AgeloffJohn JenkinsMike Leah

End of the Road for Scherer

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

With the board reading {K-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades}, Cody Scherer bet, Tamir Ilcafass called, Jermaine Reid made it two bets, Scherer called all in and Ilcafass, despite the juicy odds, folded his hand.

Cody Scherer: {A-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}
Jermaine Reid: {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}{J-Spades}{5-Hearts}

Reid's boat had Scherer's nut flush crushed, making the river inconsequential. Ilcafass patted himself on the back for folding as Scherer made his way to the exit in 57th place. Just prior to that, Roland Israelashvili had been eliminated as well.

Player Chips Progress
Jermaine Reid us
Jermaine Reid
WSOP 1X Winner
190,000 30,000
Tammer Ilcaffas us
Tammer Ilcaffas
120,000 25,000
Cody Scherer us
Cody Scherer
Busted
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
Busted

Tags: Cody SchererJermaine ReidTamir IlcafassRoland Israelashvili