Event #42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-21-2018 14:38 UTC-7

More Day 2 Entries (and Re-Entries)

Mickey Doft

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Cloutier	125,000 125,000	125,000
Vick Gupta	125,000 125,000	125,000
Christopher Kruk	125,000 125,000	125,000
Ajay Chabra	125,000 125,000	125,000
Dan Zack	125,000 125,000	125,000
Sam Soverel	125,000 125,000	125,000

Pakinai Lisawad	125,000 125,000	125,000
Konstantinos Bouloutsos	125,000 125,000	125,000

06-21-2018 14:36 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Petitti	Busted
Andjelko Andrejevic	Busted
Max Kruse	Busted

Sam Soverel	Busted

Bryce Yockey	Busted

Connor Drinan	Busted

Xinyan Zhou	Busted

Bonomo Busts to Bowker

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Justin Bonomo made it through with a below-average stack after Day 1 and was just spotted without any chips at all, having sent the remainder of it over to Kyle Bowker. The board was still showing with and Bowker raked in the pot with , having flopped a full house and turned an even better one.

The turn was the money card for Bowker, as he explained after the hand was over, as with that third space Bonomo had improved to the ace-high flush only to find himself drawing dead. Since he only entered once so far, Bonomo may still re-enter until the start of Level 13.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Bowker	265,000 18,500	18,500

Justin Bonomo	Busted

Tags: Justin Bonomo Kyle Bowker

06-21-2018 14:29 UTC-7

Negreanu Gets a Fold from Rast

simkha

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

There were about 75,000 chips already in the pot and the board read when we got to the table. Brian Rast was in the big blind and facing a decision for 40,000 from Daniel Negreanu, who was under the gun. After some consideration, Rast called.

The hit the river and Rast checked. Negreanu bet what looked like 80,000, Rast folded, and Negreanu took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	550,000 18,000	18,000

Brian Rast	223,000 -94,500	-94,500

Tags: Brian Rast Daniel Negreanu

06-21-2018 14:28 UTC-7

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

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06-21-2018 14:27 UTC-7

Early Chip Movements

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Stephen Chidwick sent his first bullet in the event over to Chase Steely and Keith Carter also ran out of chips very quickly. Yevgeniy Timoshenko was eliminated, and since he re-entered on Day 1, he won't have the opportunity again to jump back in.

Elsewhere James Calderaro paid off the flopped set of jacks of Xuedong Li to drop some chips, sighed and said "all good, glad I didn't pump it up preflop."

Meanwhile in a battle of the blinds, Kilian Loeffler took some chips off Omar Zazay. The latter check-called a bet of 10,000 by Loeffler on the turn and did so again for 26,000 on the river. Loeffler rolled over for top two pair and raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuedong Li	385,000 74,000	74,000
Omar Zazay	300,000 -60,500	-60,500
Kilian Loeffler	280,000 51,000	51,000
Chase Steely	260,000 115,000	115,000
James Calderaro	160,000 -74,500	-74,500

Stephen Chidwick	Busted

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	Busted
Keith Carter	Busted

Tags: James Calderaro Keith Carter Kilian Loeffler Omar Zazay Stephen Chidwick Xuedong Li Yevgeniy Timoshenko

06-21-2018 14:22 UTC-7

Yu Doubles Through Karmazinas

simkha

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Ben Yu shoved from the small blind for 51,000 on a flop of into an existing pot of about 55,000. Dominykas Karmazinas called from the button to put Yu at risk and the two players tabled their hands.

Ben Yu:
Dominykas Karmazinas:

The on the turn gave Yu a commanding lead with top set and left Karmazinas in need of help on the river. The last card was the , which missed both players entirely, so Yu took the pot to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominykas Karmazinas	265,000 -38,000	-38,000
Ben Yu	155,000 71,000	71,000

Tags: Ben Yu Dominykas Karmazinas

06-21-2018 14:21 UTC-7

Mizrachi Scores Early double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi lost a few chips and then got his 100,000 in preflop after a raising war against table neighbor David Prociak.

Michael Mizrachi:
David Prociak:

The board came and Mizrachi dodged the additional flush draw to score the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	200,000 75,000	75,000

David Prociak	150,000 -102,500	-102,500

Tags: David Prociak Michael Mizrachi

06-21-2018 14:20 UTC-7

Gofman Eliminated by Kornuth

Mickey Doft

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Aleksandr Gofman was all in from the small blind for about 60,000 with , facing Chance Kornuth on the button with .

The board ran out , giving Kornuth aces and tens to eliminate Gofman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	542,000 68,500	68,500

Aleksandr Gofman	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Gofman Chance Kornuth

06-21-2018 14:12 UTC-7

Wang Takes From Chinni

simkha

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Jesse Chinni and David Wang were heads-up with the board reading and 67,500 chips in the middle. Chinni checked from the big blind and Wang announced a pot-sized bet from under the gun. Chinni called after brief consideration.

The fell on the river and both players checked. Chinni showed for aces up without revealing his other two hole cards and Wang flipped over to take the pot with a set of fives.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Wang	321,000 55,000	55,000
Jesse Chinni	146,000 -94,000	-94,000

Tags: David Wang Jesse Chinni