Limit Omaha 8 or Better
With 8,000 in the middle on a double paired board of 
Laurette Thurber bet from the small blind.
Their opponent in the cutoff took their time before making the call. Thurber rolled over 
for jacks full of sevens which prompted the cutoff to throw their hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,500
-32,500
|
-32,500 |
Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better
After Russell Bouffiou limped in middle position, Men Nguyen raised the size of the pot (1,800) from the hijack. Perry Friedman then called from the big blind and Boffiou called as well.
On the 
flop, Friedman and Bouffiou checked and Nguyen bet pot (6,000). Friedman folded, but Bouffiou re-potted, then Nguyen potted again to put Bouffiou all in for roughly 28,000. He called to put himself at risk.
Russell Bouffiou: 
Men Nguyen: 
Each player had wheel draws, but Nguyen had control of the high half of the pot with his aces.
The turn 
gave Nguyen the potential for a scoop, but the 
on the river gave each player their wheel, chopping up the pot just before break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,500
43,500
|
43,500 |
|
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|
31,500 | |
|
8,100
-19,200
|
-19,200 |
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As the tournament clock shows 756 entries, the remaining players have been sent on another 15-minute break.
With registration closed at the start of Level 10, this will be the final opportunity for players to enter, or forfeit their current stack to re-enter with a fresh 25,000 chips.
Level: 10
Limit Blinds: 500/1,000
Limits: 1,000/2,000
Pot-Limit Blinds: 300/500 Ante: 500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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|
72,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
||
|
49,400
-2,400
|
-2,400 |
|
44,400
-600
|
-600 |
|
|
||
|
42,300
4,300
|
4,300 |
|
||
|
40,200
15,200
|
15,200 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
13,100
|
13,100 |
|
36,000
-1,900
|
-1,900 |
|
33,000
-13,400
|
-13,400 |
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
||
|
22,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
19,100
-4,100
|
-4,100 |
|
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|
19,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
12,000
-16,400
|
-16,400 |
|
|
||
|
12,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Better
Marcus Zepeda on the button bet 1,500 and was called by Laurette Thurber in the small blind.
The flop of 
prompted Thurber to bet 4,000 and was called by Zepeda. Both players checked the turn.
The 
landed on the river and Thurber bet 6,000. Zepeda made the call and turned over 
for a Broadway straight. Thurber showed 
for a pair of queens along with busted flush and low draws.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,400
-14,100
|
-14,100 |
|
|
33,600
33,600
|
33,600 |
Earlier in the day, Shaun Deeb was at the same table as current chip leader Ari Oxman, who at the time the bet was made, had 120,000 in chips. Always up for a friendly prop bet, Deeb wagered Oxman $500 that he wouldn't make it through the day.
Oxman's stack has since steadily grown, while Deeb has already been to the rebuy cage.
The five-time bracelet winner's stack recently received an influx of chips, thanks to a timely double-up in Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better with his 
against his opponent's 
on a completed board of 
, giving Deeb jacks full of aces to send his stack over 50,000.
Meanwhile, after his stack went over 200,000, Oxman recently took a hit in Big O after Nicole Cantrell took 30,000 from it as she boosted her growing stack to 96,000.
"So long as someone has around 100,000, I'm 25% to win" said Deeb, who for the sake of his $500 may be a founding member of the Nicole Cantrell fan club.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
96,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
|
51,400
32,400
|
32,400 |
|
|
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Level: 11
Limit Blinds: 600/1,200
Limits: 1,200/2,400
Pot-Limit Blinds: 300/600 Ante: 600
The cutoff bet 1,800 and was met with a raise of 4,500 from Chris Ginley on the button. The cutoff made the call.
Both players checked the flop of 
, but Ginley bet 4,500 on the 
turn which was called by the cutoff.
The 
was tabled on the river and Ginley bet 13,000. The cutoff weighed up their options before opting to call and soon saw the bad news as Ginley tabled 
for the nut flush to take the whole pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
79,600
79,600
|
79,600 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
|
72,000 | |
|
|
||
|
58,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
-12,500
|
-12,500 |
|
24,500
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
|
||
|
24,300
24,300
|
24,300 |
|
16,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
Busted | |
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