2018 World Series of Poker

Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a1083
Prize
$417,921
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,588,600
Entries
169
Level Info
Level
32
Limits
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0

Moving Day is Over; Eli Elezra Leads the Way with 22 Players Remaining

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Eli Elezra
Eli Elezra

Day 2 for most events is usually moving day. The day where players cut down the size of the field and in some cases, even play down through the money bubble. That was the case for Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Eight or Better Championship as the field was whittled from 83 starters, down to just 22 survivors. Leading the way at the end of the day was Eli Elezra who chipped up massively after the dinner break and during bubble play to bag up 858,000 chips.

Among the late entries for Day 2 were the likes of Phil Ivey, Iraj Parvizi, Matthew Ashton, Chris Ferguson, Cary Katz, Jeffrey Lisandro, Steven Wolansky and Mike Gorodinsky. Of those eight, only Gorodinsky survived while the rest fell in short order. Wolansky did the best of the rest and he locked up 23rd place for a cash of $14,912 in the event.

With the end of registration also came the finalization of the prizepool. The 169 total entrants created a prizepool of $1,588,600. First place for the event will take home a prize of $417,921 and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. A trip to the final table in this event is worth at least $31,977 for 9th place.

Among those players who did not make it through the day were Marco Johnson, Carol Fuchs, Ian Johns, Jean-Robert Bellande, Esther Taylor, James Obst, Ralph Perry, Nick Schulman, Mark Gregorich, and Phil Hellmuth. Hellmuth played a tight, solid game for the most of the day, but lost most of his chips in a big hand at the feature table against Gorodinsky before moving all in with an overpair against Eli Elezra. Elezra flopped trips, then turns quads to send the Poker Brat to the rail in 38th place with nothing to show for his accomplishment.

The final player to exit the tournament without any money was Daniel Ratigan. Ratigan did his best to cockroach stack it up and survive and he even doubled up a few times, but in the end, it wasn't enough. He was sent to the rail by Jonathan Depa when Depa turned a full house. The next few players fell quickly after the bubble burst and the field lost Stuart Rutter, Dan Shak, Anthony Zinno, and Steven Wolansky, all of whom collected $14,912 for their run.

Players will return at 2pm tomorrow to play down to the final six players at which point action will be halted so the final table of this event can be live streamed. With that being said, players will pick up in Level 21 with limits of 12,000/24,000. Among those returning and joining Elezra are Jesse Martin (479,000), Felipe Ramos (401,000), Paul Volpe (372,000), Per Hildebrand (316,000), Dylan Linde (240,000), Mike Matusow (234,000), and Scott Bohlman (108,000), to name a few. PokerNews will be here to cover all the action from the event so be sure to check back in.

Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 3 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerChip CountBig BetsCountry
8001Mike Matusow234,00010United States
8003Dylan Linde240,00010United States
8004Daniel Alaei240,00010United States
8005Paul Volpe372,00016United States
8007Mike Gorodinsky385,00016United States
8008Jesse Martin479,00020United States
8009Felipe Ramos401,00017Brazil
      
8011Dustin Dirksen382,00016United States
8012Eli Elezra858,00036United States
8013Adam Coats617,00026United States
8014Talon White269,00011United States
8015Daniel Zack571,00024United States
8016Chris Bjorin415,00017Sweden
8017Viacheslav Zhukov293,00012Russia
8018Kyle Miaso433,00018United States
      
8021Per Hildebrand316,00013Sweden
8022Lars Gronning260,00011United States
8023Jonathan Depa343,00014United States
8024Robert Mizrachi250,00010United States
8025Nikolai Yakovenko390,00016Russia
8026Scott Bohlman108,0005United States
8029Steve Chanthabouasy609,00025United States

Tags: Anthony ZinnoDaniel RatiganDylan LindeEli ElezraJonathan DepaMike GorodinskyMike MatusowNick SchulmanPaul VolpePhil HellmuthScott BohlmanSteven Wolansky