Ben Yu just crossed the 2,000,000 chip mark after making a flush in Stud Hi-Lo against Ben Lamb. It was good for the entire pot as Lamb couldn't show a low, and his open pair of fours were no match for Yu.
Joao Vieira raised in the cutoff before Bryn Kenney slid out a three-bet from the small blind. Vieira replied with a four-bet, and Kenney tossed out a five-bet. Vieira called.
Both players took one card, with Kenney leading out and Vieira calling. Kenney asked for one again and checked, while Vieira also took one and bet.
Kenney called and drew one last card, while Vieira stood pat and bet. Kenney made the call.
"Number two," Vieira said while tabling 7x6x4x3x2x. Kenney could only shake his head while mucking his cards, as Vieira took down the pot.
Ben Lamb: A♥A♦/2♠Q♠3♣10♦/5♦
Ben Yu: 6♥7♦/8♠8♥Q♦K♣/9♣
Albert Daher: XxXx/7♣J♦ - folded on fourth street
With three players seeing fourth street and around 300,000 in the middle Ben Yu bet, showing a pair of eights. Ben Lamb called while Albert Daher folded.
Both players checked fifth street. On sixth street Lamb called a bet from Yu before both players checked seventh.
Neither player had a low. Yu had just the pair of eights for the high while Lamb had a pair of aces to scoop the pot.
Ben Lamb raised from the button and Ben Yu called in the big blind. Both players discarded two on the first draw, with Yu check-calling Lamb’s bet. On the second draw, Yu took two again while Lamb drew one. Yu check-called another bet.
For the final draw, Yu drew one and Lamb stood pat. The action checked through to showdown, where Lamb revealed a ten, but it wasn’t good enough as Yu tabled 9-8-7-5-2 to take the pot.
Hand Two
Albert Daher raised from the button and Yu called in the small blind. Yu drew two on the first two draws and one on the final draw. Daher took three on the first draw and stood pat for the remaining two.
Yu check-called bets after the first and second draws but check-folded to Daher’s final bet.
Hand Three
Daher raised from the cutoff and Michael Mizrachi three-bet from the small blind. Daher made the call.
Mizrachi drew one on the first two draws and stood pat on the final draw, while Daher took two each time.
Daher called bets after the first and second draws but gave up the pot after facing Mizrachi's bet following the final draw.
Hand Four
Lamb raised from the small blind and called when Daher reraised out of the big blind.
Lamb drew two on the first draw and stood pat on the second and third, while Daher took one each time.
After the first draw, Lamb check-raised and Daher called. Lamb fired again after the second draw, with Daher calling once more.
The action checked through on the final street, and Lamb tabled 8-7-5-4-3, good enough to take the pot.