Event #61: $2,500 Mixed: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better (8-Handed)
Day 1 Started
Event #61: $2,500 Mixed: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better (8-Handed)
Day 1 Started
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Today sees the start of Event #61: $2,500 Mixed: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better (8-Handed), which gets underway at 2 p.m. local time and sees players start with 35,000 chips and blinds of 200/300 and betting limits of 300/600 here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
The first six levels will be 40 minutes in length and will increase to 60 minutes from there on out. Day 1 will play for 12 levels with 15-minute breaks every two hours (no dinner break). Day 2 of the tournament will restart at 1 p.m. Tuesday and will play for ten levels with a 60-minute dinner break reserved after Level 18. Day 3, the start time of which has yet to be determined, will play down to a winner.
Last year's event drew 460 runners for a prize pool of $1,023,500 as Canada's Bradley Smith defeated heads-up opponent Nghia Le for $221,733 and his maiden bracelet.
"It's always been my dream to win a bracelet," Smith told PokerNews. "Anyone who plays poker, it's their dream to win a bracelet."
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradley Smith | Canada | $221,733 |
| 2 | Nghia Le | United States | $137,039 |
| 3 | Nick Pupillo | United States | $94,681 |
| 4 | Omar Mehmood | United States | $66,605 |
| 5 | Timothy Frazin | United States | $47,721 |
| 6 | Jonah Seewald | United States | $34,836 |
| 7 | Philip Sternheimer | United States | $25,919 |
| 8 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | $19,662 |
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Level: 1
Limit Flop: 200/300 Blinds, 300-600 Limits
Stud Games: 500 Button Ante, 100 Bring In, 300 Completion, 300-600 Limits
The players have taken their seats and cards are in the air.
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Action was picked up on the turn with a board of 6♠4♥K♠4♦ where Peter Rouviere bet from the big blind and was called by an opponent on the button.
The river came 7♠ and Rouviere bet before his opponent raised, and Rouviere called.
The opponent showed A♠10♣3♠3♥ for a flush, but Rouviere rolled over 10♦7♦4♣3♣ for a full house and the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000
3,000
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3,000 |
Omaha Hi-Lo
A player in first position called with Jeanne David calling in early position, with multiple other players calling behind. The player in the big blind raised and the flop was seen by five players.
The flop rolled out A♣2♦4♦ and the big blind bet, folding out all players except for David, who called.
On the turn 8♥, the big blind checked to David who bet and the big blind called.
David bet the 5♥ river after the big blind checked and the big blind folded, ceding the pot to David.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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39,700
39,700
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39,700 |
Soner Osman: K♣5♦ / 3♥K♦K♥9♦ / 2♠
Opponent 1: XxXx / 8♣3♦6♥Q♥ / Xx
Opponent 2: XxXx / 6♠4♣10♣J♣~folded on sixth street
Action was picked up on fifth street between Soner Osman and two opponents where Osman bet and was called twice. On sixth street, Osman bet again, and was called by the first opponent, but the second opponent laid down his cards. Both players checked seventh street before Osman showed his third king which was good for the pot as neither player had a low.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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36,000
36,000
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36,000 |
Level: 2
Limit Flop: 200/400 Blinds, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring In, 400 Completion, 400-800 Limits
Omaha Hi-Lo
Action was picked up on the flop in a three way pot between Allen Kessler in early position, another player in the cutoff and another in the small blind.
The board rolled out 10♦Q♦5♣ and action checked over to Kessler who bet and both players called.
Action on the turn 9♦ saw action check to the cutoff who bet and only Kessler called.
Both players checked the river 10♥ with Kessler tabling A♥8♦5♦4♣ for a flush which was good for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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38,000
3,000
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3,000 |