Event #53: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-26-2018 19:23 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	66,000 66,000	66,000

Igor Sharaskin	52,000 9,800	9,800
Mike Matusow	47,000 7,400	7,400

Bryce Yockey	46,000 20,000	20,000

Connor Drinan	38,000 24,000	24,000

Erik Seidel	37,000 10,650	10,650

Phil Hellmuth	35,000 1,500	1,500

Joe Hachem	33,000 8,700	8,700

Nathan Gamble	31,000 5,200	5,200

Craig Chait	30,000
Daniel Negreanu	23,500 1,500	1,500

Jeremy Harkin	21,000 2,000	2,000

Frank Kassela	20,000 20,000	20,000

Randy Ohel	17,000 8,000	8,000

Kate Hoang	16,000 16,000	16,000
Marcel Luske	14,000 4,700	4,700
Marco Johnson	7,000 13,000	13,000

David "ODB" Baker	6,700 6,700	6,700

Mike Wattel	6,600 900	900

Boatman Notches a KO

Jan Kores

Level 8 : 300/600, 0 ante

With the action already closed, Barny Boatman was about to rake in a huge pot. His opponent was standing up and the dealer made sure Boatman had him covered. When it got confirmed, Boatman stacked his chips and it became apparent that he just climbed to the neighbourhood of 30,000 in chips.

His prevailed on the board of as Boatman made the nuts with no possibility of a low. His opponent's cards were turned face down by the time we arrived.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	30,000 26,000	26,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

06-26-2018 19:00 UTC-8

Ferguson Hits a Runner-Runner Flush to Scoop

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Jan Kores

Level 7 : 250/500, 0 ante

Chris Ferguson (as seen in a previous event)

Chris Ferguson was all in preflop and while the reigning WSOP Player of the Year had a very likable , he was on the short side of the odds against .

The flop didn't look good for Ferguson but the turn gave him a flush draw. The dealer turned up the on the river to fill Ferguson's hand and his stack was counted at 10,025. His opponent was just short of that and shipped all of his chips Ferguson's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Ferguson	21,000 10,500	10,500

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06-26-2018 18:58 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Level 7 : 250/500, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sasha Liu	60,200 48,400	48,400
Orlando Romero	53,600 12,100	12,100
Igor Sharaskin	42,200 28,800	28,800
Phil Hellmuth	33,500 19,800	19,800

Dylan Linde	29,600 8,900	8,900

Leif Force	29,000 1,200	1,200

Erik Seidel	26,350 19,250	19,250

Joe Hachem	24,300 16,300	16,300

Daniel Shak	23,100 7,900	7,900
Barry Greenstein	22,400 1,600	1,600

Kevin Gerhart	22,300 7,500	7,500

Daniel Negreanu	22,000 10,000	10,000

Allyn Shulman	18,400 10,900	10,900

Scott Clements	17,000 9,200	9,200

Dave Greene	16,200 16,200	16,200
Jon Turner	14,000 1,700	1,700

Allen Kessler	11,400 2,400	2,400
Esther Taylor	11,200 800	800

Chris Ferguson	10,500 100	100

Carol Fuchs	10,300 3,200	3,200

Tim McDermott	7,500 7,500	7,500
John Racener	5,250 1,850	1,850

David "ODB" Baker	Busted

06-26-2018 18:49 UTC-8

Watson Wins with Ace-Jack

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Jan Kores

Level 7 : 250/500, 0 ante

Following a pot-sized raise from an early position, Mike Watson acted next and he repotted to 6,000. The action folded back to the original aggressor who called off for about 3,000 total.

Watson's beat the on the board of as the board gave both players trips with Watson holding higher two cards in his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	9,500

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06-26-2018 18:44 UTC-8

Rutter Takes Care of Liebert

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Jan Kores

Level 7 : 250/500, 0 ante

Stuart Rutter is back at his seat after an intermezzo when he was in a sin bin for one hour, following multiple verbal insults towards Phil Hellmuth.

Their table broke in the meantime and Rutter is now sharing boards with Erik Seidel and others. Until a few moments ago, Kathy Liebert was also at the table but Rutter just took all her chips.

They had 3,100 each in front of them on the flop and Liebert's remaining 2,000 or so went in on the turn. Rutter called and Liebert was trailing.

Liebert:
Stuart Rutter:

The river was the and Liebert thought that she'd made a low, but the dealer quickly announced that there was no low and Liebert realized that the board paired.

"Unlucky, Kathy," Rutter said and Liebert then walked away from the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stuart Rutter	25,000 25,000	25,000
Kathy Liebert	Busted

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06-26-2018 18:42 UTC-8

Cousineau Quarters

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Level 7 : 250/500, 0 ante

Tony Cousineau limped in from middle position, the next player to act limped behind, and the cutoff raised the pot for 2,750. Action folded back around to Cousineau and he three-bet the pot, the next player to act folded, and the cutoff called to put himself at risk.

Tony Cousineau:
Cutoff:

The cutoff was ahead with the better ace and ace-deuce and Cousineau needed to improve to win. The board ran out and Cousineau took the high half with a pair of threes while the two players split the low since they were each playing ace-five.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Cousineau	12,100 4,900	4,900

Tags: Tony Cousineau

06-26-2018 18:32 UTC-8

One for the Defending Champ

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Jan Kores

Level 7 : 250/500, 0 ante

Nathan Gamble (as seen in a previous event)

In a three-way pot, Nathan Gamble checked the flop out of the small blind and the big blind checked as well. A bet of 2,100 followed from the button and only Gamble called.

The turn filled the open-ender from the flop and Gamble used it to take the betting lead. He fired 6,500 and that was enough to take it down. Gamble is now up to a solid 25,800.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Gamble	25,800 400	400

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06-26-2018 18:26 UTC-8

Baker Down to 10 Bigs

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Jan Kores

Level 7 : 250/500, 0 ante

David "ODB" Baker opened to 1,200 in the hijack and a player in the big blind came along, calling.

They saw the hit the flop and Baker continued, potting. His opponent check-shoved for 4,975 and Baker knew he had to call. He was drawing for just a half of the pot with against .

The turn missed Baker's straight draw and so did the river. Baker ended up scooped and continued with only 5,000.