Event #65: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-29-2019 18:18 UTC-7

Zhukov Wounds Esposito

Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

In a pre-flop all in situation Viacheslav Zhukov's tournament was at stake against the massive stack of John Esposito.

Zhukov held the
Esposito had the

The flop came to give Esposito a big advantage on the high but Zhukov an equally strong grasp on the low. The turn was the to give Zhukov the wheel and turn the hand on its head and the confirmed the big scoop for Zhukov to create a big chip shift.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viacheslav Zhukov	390,000	333,000
John Esposito	370,000	-170,000

Tags: John Esposito Viacheslav Zhukov

06-29-2019 18:17 UTC-7

Miller Eliminates Two Opponents Including Ross

Anthony Thompson

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Action on the table folded around to the player in the cutoff who opened for 14,000. Ryan Miller three-bet pot of 48,000 on the button and Mike Ross jammed from the small blind for 115,000. The initial raiser called for less as did Miller who had both opponents covered.

All-In Opponent:
Mike Ross:
Ryan Miller:

Each player flopped wheel and straight draws after the flop came a rainbow .

The missed all three players but not the river.

The case ace fell on the river pairing each player with top pair, but it gave Miller the wheel and he eliminated both Ross and his other opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Miller	350,000	172,000
Mike Ross	Busted

Tags: Mike Ross Ryan Miller

06-29-2019 18:08 UTC-7

Drinan Recovering

Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Connor Drinan appears to have dropped some chips from the start the day when he began with a large stack. But he recovered some in a pot with Leif Force when both players checked down the turn and river on a board that read . Drinan turned over and Force mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leif Force	270,000	150,000
Connor Drinan	161,000	-53,600

Tags: Connor Drinan Leif Force

06-29-2019 17:53 UTC-7

Hoang Takes From Foxen

Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

On the river the board read Kate Hoang bet 20,000 which folded out Daniel Alaei but got a call from Alex Foxen.

Hoang turned over which was good enough as Foxen mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kate Hoang	310,000	-15,000
Alex Foxen	210,000	-32,000
Daniel Alaei	75,000	75,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Daniel Alaei Kate Hoang

06-29-2019 17:50 UTC-7

Ross Doubles Through Vitch After Losing Monster Pot to Esposito

Anthony Thompson

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

A few hands after losing over 300,000 of his stack just to John Esposito, Mike Ross opened for 13,000 from early position and was called by Christopher Vitch from late position and Esposito defended his big.

The flop came and Ross jammed for his last 19,500 and was called by Vitch.

Mike Ross:
Christopher Vitch:

Ross was able to find a much needed double up with the finishing the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Esposito	540,000	-10,000
Christopher Vitch	185,000	-72,000
Mike Ross	80,000	80,000

Tags: John Esposito Mike Ross Christopher Vitch

06-29-2019 17:28 UTC-7

Chip Count Update

Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Esposito	550,000	393,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	295,000	249,000
Ardit Kurshumi	281,000	172,800
Nick Guagenti	200,000	60,200
Joe Hachem	180,000	25,000
Darryll Fish	170,000	-105,000
Denis Strebkov	160,000	-41,100
Shaun Deeb	155,000	52,800
John Sill	140,000	91,200
Scott Clements	127,000	-36,800
Tim Seidensticker	115,000	14,000
Nick Schulman	95,000	35,000
Ajay Chabra	83,000	19,000
Eric Wasserson	80,000	-11,000
Cliff Josephy	65,000	-42,100
Cary Katz	52,000	-8,000

06-29-2019 17:23 UTC-7

Mizrachi Bombs River to Fold out Chop

Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

The action was picked up on the river as the board read and Scott Bohlman was facing a river bet of 120,000 from Michael Mizrachi. He thought it over for quite a while before laying it down.

Mizrachi showed Bohlman a couple of cards and said "we would've chopped" as he raked in the pot to up his growing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	303,000	158,000
Scott Bohlman	240,000	74,000

Tags: Michael Mizrachi Scott Bohlman

06-29-2019 17:21 UTC-7

Prize Pool & Payouts

Anthony Thompson

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

There were 193 total players that bought into Event #65: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship and 84 currently remain.

The prize pool generated a total of $1,814,200 with first place getting paid $463,670 at least 29 players will walk away with a minimum of $15,237.

Place	Player	Prize
1		$463,670
2		$286,570
3		$201,041
4		$143,700
5		$104,688
6		$77,763
7		$58,918
8		$45,551
9-10		$35,950
11-12		$28,976
13-14		$23,863
15-16		$20,088
17-24		$17,295
25-29		$15,237

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

06-29-2019 17:04 UTC-7

Hui Out "Foxed"

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

On a flop that read Phillip Hui bet 7,000 into three opponents. Alex Foxen raised to 48,500. John Racener was next to act and thought for a while before slowly laying it down. The fourth player in the hand also folded.