Event #65: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 3 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-30-2019 13:29 UTC-7

Chip Counts Table #403

Yori Epskamp

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Miller	500,000 112,000	112,000

Kim Kallman	465,000 45,000	45,000
Darryll Fish	455,000 161,000	161,000
Denis Strebkov	410,000 145,000	145,000

Nick Schulman	245,000 -135,000	-135,000

Stephen Johnson	242,000 -54,000	-54,000
Andjelko Andrejevic	166,000 -236,000	-236,000
Dylan Wilkerson	110,000 110,000	110,000

06-30-2019 13:33 UTC-7

"Grinder" Forces Fold on River

HillKerby

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Action was heads up on the river between Yuri Dzivielevski in the small blind and Michael Mizrachi in the big blind. The board read and there was around 60,000 in the center of the pot. Each player also had a total of 45,000 in front of them, signifying the hand was multi-way at an earlier point.

Dzivielevski put out a bet of 37,000 and Mizrachi announced a pot-sized raise. The amount was enough to put Dzivielevski all in and he quickly folded his hand as Mizrachi added to his already-increasing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	630,000 120,000	120,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	191,000 -133,000	-133,000

Tags: Michael Mizrachi Yuri Dzivielevski

06-30-2019 13:42 UTC-7

McKenna Flirts With a Million

Yori Epskamp

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Michael McKenna raised to 25,000 and Chris Vitch defended the big blind. McKenna bet 30,000 on an flop and 65,000 on a turn, twice check-called by Vitch.

The river prompted two checks and McKenna took it with to inch closer towards a million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael McKenna	950,000 106,000	106,000
Christopher Vitch	630,000 -124,000	-124,000

Tags: Chris Vitch Michael McKenna

06-30-2019 13:45 UTC-7

Gamble Doubles

HillKerby

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Nathan Gamble was on the button and bet 22,000 into a pot of around 90,000 on a board of . The big blind folded and action was on Michael Mizrachi who made the call. The turn came and Mizrachi announced he was all in, effectively putting Gamble all in for his final 89,000. Gamble called.

Michael Mizrachi:
Nathan Gamble:

The river fell , missing Mizrachi's low outs to split the pot and giving Gamble the full double with his queen-high straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	515,000 -115,000	-115,000

Nathan Gamble	268,000 109,000	109,000

Tags: Michael Mizrachi Nathan Gamble

06-30-2019 13:48 UTC-7

Esposito Eliminated

Yori Epskamp

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

After clinging on to a short stack for a while, John Esposito finally had to wave the white flag and part with his few remaining scraps.

Esposito's cards were already face-down in the muck on a board, while Matt Vengrin stacked up the chips with open in front of him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Vengrin	380,000 80,000	80,000
John Esposito	Busted

Tags: John Esposito Matt Vengrin

06-30-2019 14:00 UTC-7

Sill Eliminated in Three-Way Clash, Flanders Soars

Yori Epskamp

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

On a flop, the stacks of three players flew in the middle. John Sill, as the shortest stack, was all in for 67,000. Timothy Flanders was all in for 248,000, and Kim Kallman had both of them covered.

John Sill:
Timothy Flanders:
Kim Kallman:

Sill had the lead with top set, while Kallman had top two along with the nut flush draw to pick up the sizable side pot and draw live to the main. However, it would be Flanders that would end up best after the turn and river, giving him a straight and 7-6-3-2-A low to scoop.

Shortly before, both Jeffrey Landherr and Timothy Vukson were knocked out at adjacent tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Flanders	650,000 340,000	340,000
Kim Kallman	250,000 -215,000	-215,000
John Sill	Busted
Timothy Vukson	Busted
Jeffrey Landherr	Busted

Tags: John Sill Kim Kallman Timothy Flanders

06-30-2019 14:01 UTC-7

Who's Playing Who?

HillKerby

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Ryan Miller limped in from middle position and Darryll Fish called behind him on the button. Stephen Johnson then completed his small blind and Nick Schulman checked his option from the big blind, taking action four ways to a flop of . All four players checked.

The turn came and Johnson bet 30,000. Schulman then raised to 130,000, the size of the pot. Miller got out of the way quickly and action was then on Fish, who went into the tank for over two minutes before letting his hand go. It was then Johnson's turn to go into the tank.

"I don't know if I wanted you in or not," Johnson said to Fish.

Fish laughed, responding "I honestly don't know if I wanted me in or not either."

Johnson spent about two minutes thinking as well and after close to a five-minute sweat, Schulman took down the pot without seeing another card.

"Why did you bet that ****?!" asked Fish after the hand.

"I don't know!" exclaimed Johnson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darryll Fish	420,000 -35,000	-35,000
Ryan Miller	416,000 -84,000	-84,000

Nick Schulman	365,000 120,000	120,000

Stephen Johnson	135,000 -107,000	-107,000

Tags: Darryll Fish Nick Schulman Ryan Miller Stephen Johnson

06-30-2019 14:03 UTC-7

Break

Yori Epskamp

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 0

06-30-2019 14:30 UTC-7

Gamble Gets "Grinder" Again

HillKerby

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Michael Mizrachi was in the cutoff and opened the action with a raise to 30,000. Nathan Gamble three-bet from the small blind to 102,000 and Mizrachi called. The flop came and Gamble shoved all in for 136,000. Mizrachi made the call.

Michael Mizrachi:
Nathan Gamble:

Mizrachi was in the lead with a pair of kings to Gamble's pair of threes, however Gamble also had four cards to a low hand. The turn came , securing half the pot for gamble and the river fell to give him two pair to scoop the pot, securing his second double up through Mizrachi in a short period of time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Gamble	488,000 220,000	220,000

Michael Mizrachi	297,000 -218,000	-218,000

Tags: Michael Mizrachi Nathan Gamble