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

06-27-2018 16:25 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Albrinck	285,000 147,900	147,900
Brandon Cantu	250,000 56,000	56,000

Bryce Yockey	180,000 15,000	15,000

Mike Matusow	150,000 54,000	54,000

Quinn Do	130,000 46,400	46,400

Bruno Fitoussi	110,000 39,800	39,800
Nathan Gamble	85,000 -2,900	-2,900

Shiva Dudani	70,000 28,000	28,000
Eli Elezra	65,000 2,000	2,000

Gary Benson	56,000 18,000	18,000

Chris Ferguson	55,000 -20,500	-20,500

Jameson Painter	49,000 17,000	17,000

Negreanu Eliminates Tang in a Monster Pot

Jan_Kores

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Daniel Negreanu was in the hijack and his right-hand opponent Ben Tang had a decision on the flop.

They had some chips already spread in front of them when we arrived and Tang eventually said, "OK, I'm all in." Negreanu called immediately.

Tang:
Negreanu:

Tang had aces and a flush draw but he was trailing against Negreanu's set of deuces.

The runout and gave Negreanu a six-high straight and the same low and Tang was dispatched. Negreanu reached to his right and claimed Tang's stack of 70,000 or so.

Negreanu is now among the tournament leaders along with Brandon Cantu and Brad Albrinck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	255,000 70,400	70,400

Ben Tang	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Ben Tang

06-27-2018 16:28 UTC-7

Break Time

simkha

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day.

06-27-2018 16:44 UTC-7

No Longer in Contention

Jan_Kores

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Landson	Busted
Bill Mince	Busted
Bryan Andrews	Busted
Zachary Hench	Busted
Thomas Cazayous	Busted

Tyson Potrebenko	Busted
John Dacruz	Busted
Roland Israelashvili	Busted
Pablo Cobo	Busted
Taylor Cox	Busted
Jeremy Harkin	Busted

Gregory Kolo	Busted

Alexander Kuzmin	Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

06-27-2018 16:50 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Posner	Busted
Steven Wolansky	Busted

Sergey Altbregin	Busted
Aaron Wallace	Busted

John Racener	Busted

David Ernst	Busted
Timothy Vukson	Busted
Sloane Martin	Busted
Todd Witteles	Busted

Brian Norton	Busted
David Brookshire	Busted

Aaron Sias	Busted
Justin Clark	Busted
Bill Mince	Busted
Michael Gross	Busted
David Hunt	Busted
Michael Six	Busted
Bruce Rogoff	Busted
Corey Hochman	Busted
Jose Paz-Gutierrez	Busted
Craig Chait	Busted
Benjamin Zamani	Busted

Gerald Cohen	Busted
Jeffrey Landherr	Busted
Sebastian Langrock	Busted

Rosario Down to a Nub

Jan_Kores

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Shirley Rosario was in the small blind, racing with against the player in the big blind who had . The board of stood with Rosario's opponent who doubled for 25,500.

Rosario shipped him the chips and continued with just one big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shirley Rosario	3,000 -27,800	-27,800

Tags: Shirley Rosario

06-27-2018 16:59 UTC-7

There was a substantial pot already brewing and the flop was out when we got to the table. Chris Ferguson was in middle position and facing a bet from David Badolato, who was in the big blind. Ferguson put his whole stack in and Badolato called to put him at risk.

Chris Ferguson:
David Badolato:

Both players were drawing to the nut low but Badolato had the lead with his aces and Ferguson needed help from the deck to stay alive. The on the turn completed the low, and after the hit the river, Badolato took three-quarters of the pot with aces up for the high half.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Badolato	133,000 28,000	28,000
Chris Ferguson	24,000 -31,000	-31,000

Tags: Chris Ferguson David Badolato

06-27-2018 17:14 UTC-7

Some Updated Chip Counts

simkha

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	311,000 56,000	56,000

Mike Matusow	142,000 -8,000	-8,000

Bryce Yockey	115,000 -65,000	-65,000

Nathan Gamble	103,000 18,000	18,000

Kate Hoang	77,000 29,700	29,700
Dylan Linde	76,000 8,000	8,000

Garrett Garvin	70,000 9,500	9,500
Eli Elezra	62,000 -3,000	-3,000

Phil Hellmuth	34,000 -48,600	-48,600

Justine Roders	33,000 -9,800	-9,800
Chris Ferguson	21,000 -3,000	-3,000

06-27-2018 17:17 UTC-7

Hoang Folds to Second Barrel

Jan_Kores

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

From early position, Lee Armstrong was firing 12,000 in the pot when we arrived. He was in a heads-up pot against Kate Hoang who called in the cutoff with on the table.

The turn card was the and Armstrong blasted another 30,000. Hoang laid her hand down.

Phil Hellmuth said that he folded the ace of diamonds.

"King-high flush. I had a full wrap and a flush draw," Armstrong responded.