Event #51: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-22-2019 23:50 UTC-8

George Rechnitzer Felted, Son Still Alive

Hill Kerby

Level 19 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

George Rechnitzer was all in after getting in a three-bet pot preflop with Michael Thompson, leaving himself 10,000 behind that he put in on the flop.

George Rechnitzer:
Michael Thompson:

The board runout was and Thompson's straight was good to take down the pot and send Rechnitzer to the rail for the last hour of play in the hopes his son can find a bag and advance to Day 3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Thompson	835,000 285,000	285,000
George Rechnitzer	Busted

Tags: George Rechnitzer Michael Thompson

Level: 20

Limits: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

06-22-2019 23:55 UTC-8

Xue's Comeback Falls Short

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Hill Kerby

Level 20 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Emmy Xue was all in from the cutoff with Denis Strebkov and Gerard Rechnitzer competing for the side pot. The board read and Strebkov bet on the river and received a call from Rechnitzer.

Emmy Xue:
Denis Strebkov:
Gerard Rechnitzer:

Strebkov took down the entire pot with the nut straight and Xue was eliminated in 17th place. Full chip count information will be posted shortly with the redraw.

Tags: Denis Strebkov Emmy Xue Gerard Rechnitzer

06-22-2019 23:56 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Emmy Xue	Busted
George Rechnitzer	Busted
Jesse Martin	Busted

Dzmitry Urbanovich	Busted
Tom Schneider	Busted

Frederik Brink	Busted
Mike Krescanko	Busted
Yuebin Guo	Busted

Room	Table	Seat	Player
Amazon	412	1	Matt Vengrin
Amazon	412	2	Anthony Farrell
Amazon	412	3	Michael Thompson
Amazon	412	4	Shaun Deeb
Amazon	412	5	Daniel Ratigan
Amazon	412	6	Philip Long
Amazon	412	7	Michael Coombs
Amazon	412	8	Denis Strebkov

Amazon	413	1	Yuri Dzivielevski
Amazon	413	2	Nickolai Orlov
Amazon	413	3	Carlos Rodriguez
Amazon	413	4	Andrey Zaichenko
Amazon	413	5	Alex Livingston
Amazon	413	6	Kirk Oshiro
Amazon	413	7	Gerard Rechnitzer
Amazon	413	8	Dan Zack

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Thompson	950,000 115,000	115,000
Philip Long	760,000 170,000	170,000

Dan Zack	530,000 80,000	80,000
Gerard Rechnitzer	510,000 99,000	99,000
Denis Strebkov	465,000 40,000	40,000

Daniel Ratigan	440,000 105,000	105,000
Andrey Zaichenko	400,000 76,000	76,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	380,000 140,000	140,000

Matt Vengrin	315,000 415,000	415,000

Shaun Deeb	265,000 29,000	29,000

Anthony Farrell	230,000 35,000	35,000
Michael Coombs	185,000 154,000	154,000
Nickolai Orlov	160,000 60,000	60,000
Carlos Rodriguez	150,000 5,000	5,000
Alex Livingston	95,000 100,000	100,000

Kirk Oshiro	90,000 70,000	70,000

Flush Good For Strebkov

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Hill Kerby

Level 20 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Michael Thompson limped from early position and Shaun Deeb limped behind him from middle position. Action folded around to Denis Strebkov in the small blind, who completed. Matt Vengrin checked his option and the flop came . Strebkov checked, Vengrin bet, Thompson and Deeb folded, and Strebkov made the call.

Heads-up action saw a turn of and both players checked. The river came and Strebkov bet. Vengrin thought for a few moments before tossing in chips to all.

Strebkov tabled for a flush and Vengrin tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Strebkov	532,000 67,000	67,000

Matt Vengrin	258,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Denis Strebkov Matt Vengrin Michael Thompson Shaun Deeb

06-23-2019 00:21 UTC-8

Kirk Oshiro Eliminated in 16th Place ($7,056)

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Jeff McMillan

Level 20 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

In a battle of short stacks, Kirk Oshiro was forced all in on the turn as the board read .

He turned over and was up against the of Carlos Rodriguez who barely had him covered.

A few players at the table deduced that Rodriguez would need a three to scoop the whole pot and eliminate Oshiro and sure enough no sooner had the words been spoken, the hit the river to end Oshiro's tournament in 16th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Rodriguez	240,000 90,000	90,000
Kirk Oshiro	Busted

Tags: Carlos Rodriguez Kirk Oshiro

06-23-2019 00:33 UTC-8

Ratigan Wins Massive Pot

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Hill Kerby

Level 20 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Matt Vengrin: / (bring in, folded on third)
Michael Thompson: / (folded on fourth)
Shaun Deeb: / /
Daniel Ratigan: / /
Michael Coombs: / (folded on sixth)
Denis Strebkov: / (folded on fifth}

Matt Vengrin was the bring in. Michael Thompson completed his ten and received calls from Shaun Deeb, Daniel Ratigan, Michael Coombs, and Denis Sterbkov. Vengrin folded.

Coombs was first to act on fourth with a pair of aces and bet. Strebkov called, Thompson folded, and Deeb and Ratigan both called.

Action checked to Ratigan on fifth and he bet. Coombs called, Strebkov folded, and Deeb called.

On sixth, action checked to Ratigan again who bet. Coombs called and Deeb raised. Ratigan three-bet, Coombs folded, and Deeb called.

The river was heads up between Ratigan and Deeb and went check-check.

Ratigan tabled for a straight and a low and scooped the pot to add a massive amount of chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Thompson	865,000 85,000	85,000
Denis Strebkov	810,000 278,000	278,000

Daniel Ratigan	775,000 335,000	335,000
Michael Coombs	170,000 15,000	15,000
Shaun Deeb	123,000 142,000	142,000

Matt Vengrin	90,000 168,000	168,000

Tags: Daniel Ratigan Denis Strebkov Matt Vengrin Michael Coombs Michael Thompson Shaun Deeb

06-23-2019 00:42 UTC-8

Matt Vengrin Eliminated in 14th Place ($8,565)

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Jeff McMillan

Level 20 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Matt Vengrin / /
Michael Coombs / /

Vengrin was all in before seventh street with revealed, needing help. He squeezed his last card which was a useless and unable to beat the trip jacks of Coombs. He put his head down in frustration and bent the card in half before tossing it in the air,