Event #53: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-27-2018 12:42 UTC-8

Shorter Stacks With Bubble Around the Corner

Jan Kores

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Cobo	15,000 2,500	2,500
Rylen Sanehisa	13,000 300	300
Steven Wolansky	13,000 7,000	7,000

Benjamin Zamani	11,700 42,300	42,300

Aaron Wallace	11,500 1,700	1,700

John Hegi	10,500 29,300	29,300
Allyn Shulman	10,000 10,000	10,000

Jeffrey Cook	10,000 15,000	15,000
Jose Paz-Gutierrez	9,500 25,600	25,600
Todd Rohulich	8,500 5,100	5,100
Eduardo Lezcano	7,500 15,300	15,300

06-27-2018 12:27 UTC-8

Hoang Rivers Three-Quarters

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Jan Kores

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Jeffrey Cook and Kate Hoang were in early positions with Cook leading out 10,000 on the flop. Hoang called and the Cook pushed all in on the turn. Hoang called and the cards were turned up.

Cook:
Hoang:

"Wow," Hoang said when she observed that they had very similar hands. They were essentially tied on the turn, but Hoang spiked two pair on the river and took half of Cooks's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kate Hoang	80,000 26,000	26,000
Jeffrey Cook	25,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Jeffrey Cook Kate Hoang

06-27-2018 12:24 UTC-8

Kallman Doubles Through Garvin

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Level 12 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Kim Kallman opened to 4,000 from the cutoff, Garrett Garvin three-bet the button to what looked like 12,000, the blinds got out of the way, Kallman four-bet, and the rest of the chips went in quickly.

Kim Kallman:
Garrett Garvin:

Kallman had the edge with his aces and Garvin needed to improve to stack him. The board ran out , so Kallman's hand held for the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kim Kallman	80,000 31,200	31,200
Garrett Garvin	60,500 48,200	48,200

Tags: Garrett Garvin Kim Kallman

06-27-2018 12:07 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Jan Kores

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Cantu	185,000 10,000	10,000

Daniel Negreanu	140,000 63,000	63,000

Mike Matusow	121,000 44,200	44,200

Nathan Gamble	78,000 30,000	30,000

Phil Hellmuth	72,000 7,000	7,000

Chris Ferguson	70,700 18,000	18,000

Kate Hoang	54,000 1,000	1,000
Jameson Painter	32,000 6,700	6,700
Steven Wolansky	20,000 900	900

Allyn Shulman	20,000 11,400	11,400

Andreas Klatt	18,500 3,200	3,200
Chris Bjorin	9,500 11,400	11,400

Wendy Weissman	7,500 13,800	13,800
Dylan Linde	6,000 30,000	30,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

06-27-2018 11:59 UTC-8

Ohel Correctly Calls Filippi

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Level 11 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

There were about 10,000 chips in the middle and the board read when we got to the table. Action checked to Randy Ohel in the cutoff and he bet 3,500. Amnon Filippi called from the big blind.

The turn brought the and both players checked. The hit the river and Filippi bet 5,500, sending Ohel into the tank.

"I think that's the only river card in the deck that hurts me," said Ohel as he considered his decision.

"Then it must be the only one that helps me," Filippi replied.

"There's not even much to bluff at. I have all the diamonds."

After over a minute of banter, Ohel called. Filippi tabled and Ohel showed to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Ohel	65,500 9,700	9,700

Amnon Filippi	46,000 6,900	6,900

Tags: Amnon Filippi Randy Ohel

06-27-2018 11:55 UTC-8

Big Scoop for Alon

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Jan Kores

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Raz Alon made it 4,200 in a middle position and Matthew Smith called on the button. His neighbor Tom West shoved for 6,100 and both Alon and West called.

Alon pushed his last 4,700 into the middle when the flop landed and Smith called.

Tom West:
Matthew Smith:
Raz Alon:

The turn gave Alon a flush and nut low and the river locked it up for him. The table said "scoop" in unison and Alon more than doubled, eliminating West as a bonus.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Smith	56,000 7,000	7,000
Raz Alon	28,900 12,700	12,700
Tom West	Busted

Tags: Matthew Smith Raz Alon Tom West

06-27-2018 11:51 UTC-8

Hellmuth and Ezrol Chop Up Rogoff

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Level 11 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

There were about 20,000 chips in the pot and the complete board of was out when we got to the table. Action checked to Phil Hellmuth in middle position and he bet 13,000. After a bit of time in the tank, Bruce Rogoff called from the small blind, and shortly thereafter, Matthew Ezrol did the same from under the gun.

"Just the nut high," said Hellmuth before any hole cards were revealed.

Hellmuth then tabled for the jack-high straight, Ezrol showed for the nut low, and Rogoff tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	79,000 11,600	11,600

Bruce Rogoff	41,500 38,500	38,500
Matthew Ezrol	29,500 5,300	5,300

Tags: Bruce Rogoff Matthew Ezrol Phil Hellmuth

06-27-2018 11:44 UTC-8

Cantu Scores a Giant Double

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Jan Kores

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

We arrived at the table when the dealer was counting Brandon Cantu's stack. There was roughly 40,000 in the middle and it became apparent that Cantu just made a large double through Edward Han with , hitting a full house on the board of . Han's hand was already in the muck and it was confirmed that Cantu had 67,500 back.

Han had him just covered and Cantu won the max, climbing to 175,000 or so. Han's stack suffered a huge blow and he continued with only 6,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Cantu	175,000 85,000	85,000

Edward Han	6,000

Tags: Brandon Cantu Edward Han

06-27-2018 11:38 UTC-8

Six Doubles Through West

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Level 11 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Michael Six limped in from under the gun, Tom West limped from the cutoff, Jason Stockfish completed the small blind, and Todd Witteles checked his option.

The flop came and both blinds checked. Six bet 4,800, West raised the pot to 19,200, Stockfish and Witteles folded, and Six called to put himself at risk for 13,800.

Michael Six:
Tom West:

Both players were drawing to the nut low but Six had the lead with top pair. The turn and river meant Six would scoop the pot with nines up to leave West with less than three big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Stockfish	71,000 100	100
Todd Witteles	43,000 2,600	2,600

Michael Six	31,000 13,200	13,200
Tom West	3,500 17,700	17,700

Tags: Jason Stockfish Michael Six Todd Witteles Tom West