Tournament officials have confirmed the prize pool for this event.
There were a total of 1,091 entries, generating a prize pool of $1,456,485. The top 164 players will finish in the money and guarantee themselves $2,409, with the champion earning $253,651.
Level: 13
Limit Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Limits: 2,000-4,000
Pot-Limit Blinds: 500/1,000 Ante: 1,000
Omaha Hi-Lo
A player in the small blind reraised, leaving himself just 1,000 behind, as action went on Sam Farha in middle position.
"I have a bad hand," Farha said with a laugh as he called. The flop came 7♥8♠10♣ and the small blind put in his last chips, with Farha again calling.
Small Blind: A♣K♦10♦5♠
Sam Farha: Q♣9♥3♣2♥
"Queen or a jack," Farha said heading to the K♠ turn. Farha was still behind, but he spiked the J♦ on the river to complete his straight and send his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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120,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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Big O
Abdullah Al-Shanti moved all in for his last 28,500 on a flop of J♣8♠5♠ and Ted Forrest called in early position.
"I have a flush draw. Do you have the nut flush draw," Al-Shanti asked as he turned over K♣K♥Q♠7♠4♥. Forrest shook his head and exposed his A♠A♣J♦4♣3♥.
The 9♠ on the turn completed Al-Shanti's flush. "Give me as high as you have in the deck," Al-Shanti pleaded with the dealer as the K♦ fell on the river, giving him the entire pot.
"I would've bet 3-1 the money was going in after he lost the last one," a tablemate said to Al-Shanti after the hand.
"I'm not on tilt. I promise," Al-Shanti said as he raked in the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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60,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Omaha Hi-Lo
Marc Perlman raised from under the gun and got called by a player in middle position leading to a J♦10♥9♣.
Both Perlman and his opponent checked through the flop to see the A♣ hit the turn. The players again checked through and arrived at a 10♣ river.
Action once again checked through and Perlman turned up the A♦4♣4♠2♣, good enough to take the whole pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000 |
Big O
Zhen Cai, Men Nguyen, and Shirin Oskooi went to a flop of 9♦K♠9♥ when action checked around to Oskooi in the cutoff, who bet 5,000.
Cai, under the gun, put in a raise to 10,000 and Nguyen got out of the way. Oskooi called to see the 4♠ turn, where she got her last 20,000 in the middle.
Oskooi turned over A♠J♥9♣8♦5♦, while Cai had K♣9♠7♥7♠6♣ for a full house. The river came the 2♥ and Cai raked in the pot, sending Oskooi off to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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115,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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Busted | |
Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo
Newly-crowned WSOP bracelet winner Jerry Wong raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and Erik Schmidt called in the big blind.
Both players checked the Q♦7♠6♦ flop before Wong bet 3,000 on the 7♦ turn.
Schmidt called and both players checked again. Wong opened up A♠9♦9♠ to win the pot and Schmidt mucked.
"This is a really tough table. After I won that first pot I didn't win another for hours. I dropped all the down to 23,000," tablemate Mel Judah said during the hand about his table that also includes Shaun Deeb and Dustin Dirksen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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130,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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128,000
20,400
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20,400 |
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105,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Big O
Mike Matusow limped from late position and the button, small blind and big blind all did the same to see a 6♠3♠5♠.
The blinds both checked to Matusow who tossed out a bet of 4,000. The player on the button tossed out a raise to 10,000 and both of the blinds folded before Matusow made the call leading to a 4♦ turn card.
Matusow checked to the button who bet 18,000. Matusow wasted little time in check-raising all in and the button player called off for slightly less, putting himself at risk and headed to a runout.
Button: K♣K♠Q♠7♦Xx
Mike Matusow: A♠10♠10♥6♣3♣
It's rare in Big O, but Matusow's opponent was drawing dead headed to the river which came the 5♣ to officially secure the pot for Matusow and send his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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190,000
147,000
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147,000 |
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Level: 14
Limit Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000
Pot-Limit Blinds: 1,000/1,000 Ante: 1,000
Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo
Defending champion Bradley Anderson was down to 12,000 when he moved all in from the button and was up against an opponent in early position.
Bradley Anderson: A♦K♥J♣10♥
Opponent: A♣Q♣4♦2♥
As his opponent stood up and began taking pictures of the board, the 3♠J♦J♠ flop gave Anderson trip jacks. He improved to a full house on the K♣ turn and secured the double up on the 8♦ river to keep his title defense alive.
"Every single time with you," his frustrated opponent said as he sat back down.
"Every single time? That's why I had 12,000. I'm 0-4 in all ins," Anderson said as the rest of the table, excluding the defeated player, began laughing. "That's why I have starting stack on Level 14."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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27,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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