Event #49: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship Day 3 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-25-2018 19:20 UTC-7

Porter Takes the Lead

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Ryan Hughes raised and picked up a single caller in Rep Porter on the button. Hughes bet the flop for 150,000 and Porter called. Both checked the on the turn and Hughes then bet the river for 375,000. Porter gave it brief consideration and called.

Hughes announced kings and showed the , Porter replied he had a flush and showed , prompting Hughes to muck his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rep Porter	4,250,000	650,000
Ryan Hughes	975,000	-575,000

Tags: Rep Porter Ryan Hughes

06-25-2018 19:09 UTC-7

Updated Counts Table 447

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Ryan Hughes raised it up to 100,000 and Rep Porter called in the big blind. No betting action took place on the board and Porter announced an ace-king, then tabled the . Hughes mucked and Porter claimed the pot to cement his lead over all other opponents at the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rep Porter	3,600,000	275,000
Scott Bohlman	2,100,000	200,000
Ryan Hughes	1,550,000
Richard Lyndaker	1,200,000	-50,000
Anton Morgenstern	1,100,000	-500,000
Aaron Duczak	925,000	75,000
Mike Leah	720,000	-330,000

Tags: Rep Porter Ryan Hughes

06-25-2018 19:00 UTC-7

Klein Takes From Makarov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Alexey Makarov raised to 120,000 first to act and Loren Klein came along from the big blind to see a flop of . Klein took the betting lead and made it 150,000 to go. Makarov called.

On the turn, Klein bet 375,000 and Makarov was sent into the think tank. After almost two minutes, the Russian elected to fold and Klein further increased his stack without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Loren Klein	3,900,000	270,000
Alexey Makarov	1,550,000	-255,000

Tags: Alexey Makarov Loren Klein

06-25-2018 18:52 UTC-7

Dario Sammartino Eliminated in 15th Place ($32,256)

simkha

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Dario Sammartino shoved from the big blind for his last 180,000 on a flop of and Brandon Shack-Harris called to put him at risk.

Dario Sammartino:
Brandon Shack-Harris:

Sammartino was ahead with two pair and Shack-Harris needed to improve in order to stack him. Sammartino retained his lead on the turn, but the river gave Shack-Harris aces and kings to take the pot and end Sammartino's run in this tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Shack-Harris	2,100,000	-290,000
Dario Sammartino	Busted

Tags: Brandon Shack-Harris Dario Sammartino

06-25-2018 18:48 UTC-7

Sammartino Spikes a Lucky River

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Dario Sammartino double-checked all four of his cards before moving all in from under the gun for 80,000, and Alexey Makarov on the button raised the pot to 310,000, isolating successfully.

Dario Sammartino:
Alexey Makarov:

The board came and Sammartino rivered trips to remain in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Makarov	1,805,000	5,000
Dario Sammartino	220,000	140,000

Tags: Alexey Makarov Dario Sammartino

Level: 25

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 0

06-25-2018 18:27 UTC-7

Break Time

simkha

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

06-25-2018 18:27 UTC-7

A Chip and a Chair for Sammartino

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Hand #1

Dario Sammartino raised to 90,000 and Anson Tsang on the button three-bet the pot to 310,000. Sammartino gave it some thought and called. On the flop, Sammartino pushed all in and Tsang called it off for 580,000.

Anson Tsang:
Dario Sammartino:

Sammartino had a ton of outs, but the turn and river were blanks to leave the Italian with 20,000.

Hand #2

Sammartino moved all in blind for the last 20,000 before he even received the first card and once the deal was completed, Tsang raised the pot to 160,000. Martin Kozlov called in the big blind and the flop came . Kozlov shoved for 330,000 and Tsang called to create a three-way showdown.

Dario Sammartino:
Martin Kozlov:
Anson Tsang:

The turn and river completed the board and Sammartino quadrupled up with queens and eights, while Kozlov won the big side pot with his tens and nines to double through Kozlov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anson Tsang	1,390,000	415,000
Martin Kozlov	940,000	490,000
Dario Sammartino	80,000	-910,000

Tags: Anson Tsang Dario Sammartino Martin Kozlov

06-25-2018 18:17 UTC-7

Sammartino Doubles Through Tsang

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Anson Tsang raised to 110,000 and Dario Sammartino defended his big blind. On the flop, Sammartino checked and Tsang continued for 130,000. Sammartino check-raised all in for 365,000 and Tsang asked for a count. He then checked his own cards again and gave it some thought for a minute, shrugged, and called.

Dario Sammartino:
Anson Tsang:

The turn locked up the double for Sammartino, making the river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	990,000	365,000
Anson Tsang	975,000	-205,000

Tags: Anson Tsang Dario Sammartino

06-25-2018 18:06 UTC-7

Richard Gryko Eliminated in 16th Place ($32,256)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

One hand after losing the massive pot to Rep Porter, Richard Gryko faced the open raise of Anton Morgenstern for the size of the pot and three-bet the pot from the cutoff. That forced out all remaining players all the way to Morgenstern, who moved all in and Gryko called it off for around 570,000 in total.

Richard Gryko:
Anton Morgenstern: