On a completed board of Q♠5♦6♣J♣8♠, first to act opted to check to the player in middle position who bet. Stewart Breakstone called from the button before the other player showed and the A♠A♣Q♥Q♣ for top set with no low.
Breakstone turned over the 7♥4♠3♠2♥, having made the eight-high straight and the 86 low to scoop the pot as the dealer pulled his opponent's cards into the muck.
On a board reading 7♦7♠4♥Q♠ in a multi-way pot, Jackson Christian led with a bet into his two opponents. After getting called in one spot, both players took a turn of 2♠.
With around 3,300 in the pot, both players checked through to showdown. Christian revealed the K♠3♠K♣2♣ for the second nut flush with no low, prompting his opponent to toss his cards toward the muck as the dealer pushed the pot his way.
Five players went to a flop of K♣Q♠J♣ when the cutoff bet and was called by Marc Saia in the small blind and the hijack.
The turn came the 10♦ and action checked around to the cutoff, who put out another bet, Only Saia called this time to see the K♦ river, where he led out with a bet.
The cutoff looked back at his hand before flicking in a call as Saia turned over K♠J♣A♦3♦ for a full house on the river. The cutoff flashed AxQx before mucking.
Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, with its propensity for split pots, is a game that requires patience.
Amnon Filippi knows all too well that, in poker, patience can be a virtue. For 17 years, despite more than 50 World Series of Poker cashes and $1 million in earnings, Filippi had to wait for his first bracelet. Filippi watched while friends such as J.C. Tran and Quinn Do racked up bracelets, wondering when it would finally be his turn. Then, after reaching heads-up in the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better event at the 2022 WSOP against Matt Vengrin, Filippi had to wait again while the final table was extended to a fourth day.
Filippi proved it was worth the wait and could finally cross his name off the best players without a bracelet list. “I’m just glad to get it out of the way. I come from a crew of guys…they all have bracelets. Me and Nam Le were the last two of the Mohicans who don’t have bracelets so now I’m on the list of having one, I’ve got to go for another,” Filippi said following his victory. Now another crop of players will get their chance when Event #17: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better begins at 2 p.m. local time inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Past Results
Year
Entries
Winner
Earnings
Runner-Up
2022
1,086
Amnon Filippi
$252,718
Matt Vengrin
2021
607
Connor Drinan
$163,252
Travis Pearson
2019
853
Derek McMaster
$228,228
Jason Berilgen
2018
911
Julien Martini
$239,771
Kate Hoang
2017
905
Benjamin Zamani
$238,620
Jared Hemingway
This event usually attracts a star-studded field of mixed game specialists. In addition to Filippi and Vengrin, Matt Glantz and David Funkhouser also made the final table last year in a field of 1,086 entries. Shaun Deeb, Felipe Ramos, and Robert Mizrachi all made deep runs in what was a record-setting field for this event.
The players who take their shot today will begin with a 25,000 starting stack. Play on Day 1 consists of 15 40-minute levels, with a 15-minute break after every three levels. Late registration is open through the end of break after Level 9, which should come around 8:45 p.m.
PokerNews will be on hand as another large field fills up the Paris Ballroom today and everyone tries to do what Filippi did last year, outlast the field.