Event #72: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

07-08-2022 17:57 UTC-7

Some Big Stacks Before the Bubble

Mike Patrick

Level 19

Player	Chips	Progress
Jarod Minghini	470,000 414,000	414,000
Anthony Nguyen	455,000 305,000	305,000
Mark Erickson	455,000 55,000	55,000

Nathan Gamble	390,000 135,500	135,500

Youcef Zalagh	300,000 179,500	179,500
Adam Friedman	233,000 15,000	15,000

Von Altizer	225,000 45,000	45,000
Jesse David	222,000 149,000	149,000
Alexandr Orlov	175,000 57,000	57,000
Laurette Thurber	124,000 -24,000	-24,000

07-08-2022 17:58 UTC-7

Friedman Takes Half - Thurber and Jenkins Take Quarter

Chris Bean

Level 19

Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better

There was a three-way all in on a flop of with 60,000 in the middle with Laurette Thurber in early position at risk for 90,500 and Mark Jenkins on the button at risk for 210,000 with Adam Friedman in the cutoff covering the other players.

Laurette Thurber:
Mark Jenkins:
Adam Friedman:

Friedman had a set, Thurber had a wrap, nut flush draw and royal flush draw and Jenkins had two pair. The completed the board to bring in the backdoor low. Friedman took half of the pot for his set of kings, with Thurber and Jenkins taking half of the low pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	310,000 77,000	77,000

Mark Jenkins	174,000 93,500	93,500
Laurette Thurber	81,000 -43,000	-43,000

07-08-2022 18:03 UTC-7

Hand for Hand Play Has Begun

Mike Patrick

Level 19

Play is now on the stone bubble and hand-for-hand play has begun until one more elimination sends the final 116 players into the money.

07-08-2022 18:13 UTC-7

The Bubble Has Burst

Mike Patrick

Level 19

On the first hand on the stone bubble, Michel Abecassis was busted by Anthony Nguyen to put the final 116 players into the money, with each receiving at least $2,413.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Nguyen	540,000 85,000	85,000
Michel Abecassis	Busted

07-08-2022 18:20 UTC-7

Matsumoto Eliminates an Opponent

Mike Patrick

Level 19

Big O

As the post-bubble bustout bonanza begins, 2021 final tablist David Matsumoto is responsible for one of the recent eliminations.

Christopher Schmitz committed his final 35,000 chips against Matsumoto preflop.

Christopher Schmitz:
David Matsumoto:

The board came , with the running diamonds on the turn and river bringing Matsumoto a flush to eliminate Schmitz.

Meanwhile Damjan Radanov, who finished fifth in this event last year was also recently eliminated, leaving Matsumoto and Scott Abrams as the only two final table members from last year's event still alive in this year's tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Matsumoto	105,000 -30,000	-30,000
Christopher Schmitz	Busted
Damjan Radanov	Busted

Tags: Christopher Schmitz Damjan Radanov David Matsumoto Scott Abrams

07-08-2022 18:21 UTC-7

Second Break of the Day

Mike Patrick

Level 19

Ten players have already been eliminated since the bubble burst, leaving 106 to take a 15-minute break.

Level: 20

Limit Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Limits: 10,000/20,000
Pot-Limit Blinds: 3,000/5,000 Ante: 5,000

07-08-2022 18:50 UTC-7

Boatman Sails Day 1 Chip Leader Krickl Out of the Tournament

Mike Patrick

Level 20

Day 1 Chip Leader Kate Krickl struggled to keep her momentum going today and has been eliminated by Barny Boatman.

Krickl got her last 24,000 in preflop against Boatman, while Stanley Krimerman folded face up, saying he wanted to be nice and give Krickl a better chance of survival.

Kate Krickl:
Barny Boatman:

The board came , with Boatman's pair of fives actually scooping the pot and eliminating Krickl

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanley Krimerman	865,000 755,000	755,000
Barny Boatman	150,000 -110,000	-110,000

Kate Krickl	Busted

Tags: Barny Boatman Kate Krickl Stanley Krimerman

07-08-2022 18:59 UTC-7

A Few Assorted Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 20

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Perlman	450,000 185,000	185,000
Rob Hollink	337,000 32,000	32,000

Carol Fuchs	223,000 33,000	33,000

Von Altizer	160,000 -65,000	-65,000
Yueqi Zhu	88,000 -18,000	-18,000

Kenneth Po	32,000 -26,500	-26,500