The chips were in the middle on a flop of with Anoput Phimmasone at risk for 20,200 in the cutoff against the big blind.
Anoput Phimmasone:
Big Blind:
Phimmasone had a flush draw while the big blind had two pair and an up and down straight draw. The on the turn gave Phimmasone a flush and the double-up as the big blind couldn't boat up on the river as the was a brick.
2021 runner-up Hernan Salazar was on the verge of having to head to the re-entry desk as he was all in on a flop for his last 4,300 against Benjamin Francisco.
Hernan Salazar:
Benjamin Francisco:
The board ran out and with Francisco missing his low draw, Salazar was able to scoop the pot with just his pair of fives.
Four players went all-in on a flop of . The under the gun player, Gerard Paglicua on the button, the small blind, and Scott Stinson in the big blind. The under-the-gun player had the other three covered.
Small Blind:
Gerard Pagliuca:
Scott Stinson:
Under The Gun:
The small blind had middle set, Pagliuca had bottom set, Stinson had two pair and under the gun had a wrap along with top pair.
The on the turn gave flush opportunities for the small blind and under the gun, but also gave low opportunities for Stinson and straight outs for Pagliuca.
The on the river gave Stinson the nut low and Pagliuca the six-high straight to chop the main pot of 46,000 and eliminated the small blind.
The under-the-gun player whiffed the turn and river and Stinson's kings and nines took the 15,300 side pot. Leaving the under the gun player with only 2,000 chips
Ren Lin, who told the PokerNews reporting team that he's trying new games today in the Omaha mix is holding his own so far.
In a recent four-way pot, Lin limped in middle position, as did the button, Kao Saechao in the small blind and a player in the big blind.
After the flop and turn were checked through on a completed board of , Lin bet the pot (1,500) on the river and was met by an all-in raise from the button for a bit over 4,000.
Saechao and the big blind folded and Lin made the call.
The button showed for the nut low and a pair of deuces. Lin tabled for the nut low as well, but with a pair of sixes to get the high end of the pot to take three-quarters from his short-stacked opponent.
On a board of , Randy Ohel was all in for 13,000 from the small blind. Robert Tanita in the cutoff was left with the decision to either call or fold.
Tanita muttered to themselves "what a stupid river!" and made a somewhat reluctant call. Ohel announced they had two pair revealing for kings and nines. Tanita tabled for a set of twos.
Neither player had a qualifying low hand so Tanita took the whole pot and eliminated Ohel in the process. Ohel immediately used one of his available re-entries and is back in the field.