Event #21: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-10-2021 20:27 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Kate Hoang	52,900 13,600	13,600
Scotter Clark	49,600 900	900
J.J. Liu	46,500 32,700	32,700
Scott Abrams	35,500 4,000	4,000

Ryan Laplante	24,500 2,000	2,000

John Racener	19,500 600	600

Bob Mather	19,500 2,700	2,700
Daniel Raitani	18,400 12,900	12,900

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Engel	55,400 55,400	55,400

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

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Level: 9

Pot-Limit Blinds: 200/400 Ante: 400
Limit Blinds: 400/800
Limits: 800/1,600

10-10-2021 19:49 UTC-8

A Few More Chip Count Updates

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Matt Hansen

Level 8

Ben Yu and John Monnette have sat down in the Amazon Room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	48,000 26,800	26,800
John Monnette	33,000 33,000	33,000

Barry Greenstein	31,600 3,300	3,300

Chance Kornuth	30,500 11,000	11,000

Ben Yu	25,000 25,000	25,000

10-10-2021 19:37 UTC-8

McMaster Still Climbing

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Matt Hansen

Level 8

Derek McMaster remains one of the largest stacks in the room after clearing the 100,000 chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek McMaster	136,000 64,900	64,900

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10-10-2021 19:32 UTC-8

Clark Chips Up with Full House

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Matt Hansen

Level 8

Big O

A player in the small blind was all-in for around 15,000 with on the board. Scotter Clark called.

Small Blind Player:
Scotter Clark:

The turn was and the river was and Clark held on to win the pot with jacks full of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scotter Clark	50,500 13,000	13,000

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10-10-2021 19:17 UTC-8

Chip Count Update

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Matt Hansen

Level 8

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek McMaster	71,100 400	400

Randy Ohel	51,100 40,600	40,600

Megan Moore	51,000 10,200	10,200
Mike Matusow	39,500 2,000	2,000

Allen Kessler	31,500 31,500	31,500
Bart Hanson	28,300 28,300	28,300
Brandon Shack-Harris	26,700 13,900	13,900

Anatolii Zyrin	22,000 1,300	1,300

Brian Hastings	16,900 16,900	16,900

Level: 8

Pot-Limit Blinds: 200/300 Ante: 300
Limit Blinds: 300/600
Limits: 600/1,200

10-10-2021 18:52 UTC-8

Martini Splits a Pot with Quads

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Matt Hansen

Level 7

Big O

Players under the gun and in the cutoff limped and a player on the button raised to 1,400. Julien Martini called from the small blind. The under-the-gun player and the cutoff came along.

The flop was and Martini checked. The player on the button bet 2,500. The under-the-gun and cutoff players folded and Martini called.

The turn was and both players checked. The river was .

Martini bet pot on the river for 11,200. The button called and turned over . Martini showed for quads to take the high while the player on the button took the low pot.