Andrew Brown raised from early position with Dragana Mackelprang calling from the next seat, Anthony Zinno calling on the button and Ryan Bambrick defending the big blind.
The dealer dealt out a flop of 4♥3♥J♦ and Bambrick started with a check. Brown bet, which everyone called.
The 8♣ turn got checked to Zinno and he bet. Bambrick, Brown, and Mackelprang called.
Everyone checked to Zinno again when the 9♠ came on the river. Zinno bet, which was called by all three of his opponents.
Zinno announced set and showed 8♥8♠7♠5♣, for a set of eights with an eight-seven low. Bambrick mucked but Brown showed A♠3♣J♥J♣ for a set of jacks. Mackelprang mucked, meaning Zinno and Brown chopped the pot.
In what appeared to be a four-way four-bet pot, the action checked to cutoff Jon Shoreman on the Q♦9♥K♠ flop. He placed a bet, which Joe Ford in the small blind and Shaun Deeb in middle position called.
Shoreman fired again on the 10♠ turn, this time seeing Shoreman check-fold, while Deeb check-called after some thought. The 4♥ river quickly went check-check.
Deeb announced a pair of kings, leaving Shoreman to win the pot with A♣10♦9♣2♣ for tens and nines.
Heads-up to a flop of 9♠10♥9♥ where Christopher Claassen checked out of the big blind and Yehuda Buchalter checked behind from the hijack.
Classen checked again on the 10♣ turn and Buchalter bet. Classen thought for quite some time before making the call.
The river was the 8♦ and Classen checked for the last time. Buchalter bet, which caused Classen to go into the tank. Eventually, Classen called and was shown A♥7♠5♥3♠ by Buchalter for a bluff. Classen turned over A♦Q♥2♣2♠ for just a pair of deuces to take down the pot.
Jon Shoreman raised in middle potision and got no less than four callers to the 8♠Q♠A♣ flop. It checked to Clyde Gaskins in the hijack, who bet out. Joe Ford then raised from the cutoff, folding out Gregory Holt and Jason Papastavrou in the blinds.
Shoreman tossed in a call, however, as did Gaskins. The 10♣ turn was checked by the trio before Shoreman bet on the 6♦ river. Both opponents called to showdown.
Shoreman tabled 10♥6♠3♥2♦ for the nut low, which Gaskins also had with his Q♣5♥3♣2♣. Ford took down the high half of the pot with A♥8♥7♥5♠ for two pair, seeing him chip up further.
Robert Stevanovski made a raise from the hijack, seeing William Remshardt and Eduards Rakuss call in the blinds. Stevanovski continued with a bet on the 3♦7♣8♦ flop, which only Remshardt called.
Remshardt also check-called Stevanovski's bet on the 6♥ turn before he faced a triple barrel on the 10♥ river. This time, he check-folded, surrendering the pot to Stevanovski.
Jerry Wong was also spotted at this table as one of the newest entries.
Dragana Mackelprang limped under the gun and Micah Brooks called from the cutoff. Ryan Bambrick raised the button, which Andrew Brown called out of the big blind, and the two limpers called.
Everyone opted to check the J♠10♦4♦ flop to see the 9♦ appear on the turn. Brown checked, Mackelprang bet, and only Brown called.
The board-pairing 9♣ hit the river, and Brown led out. Mackelprang called and then mucked after Brown flipped over K♠10♠10♣6♣ for a full house.
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Today sees the start of Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This four-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time, and late registration is open for 11 levels (until about 2:15 p.m. on Day 2). There will be 15-minute breaks every two hours of play, with no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.
The starting stack is 60,000 chips, and the plan for Day 1 is to play ten levels. Levels 1-6 are 40 minutes long, and Levels 7-15 are 60 minutes long. From Level 16 onwards, levels increase to 90 minutes in length. Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Sunday.
He defeated Jonathan Cohen heads-up to win $426,744 and top a 197-player field.
“This was exhausting," he told PokerNews in a winner's interview. "I wouldn’t be surprised if this was one of, if not the longest, non-Main Event tournament there has been. I feel great now that I’ve won.”
Year
Entries
Winner
Country
Payout
2024
197
Scott Seiver
United States
$426,744
2023
212
Ben Lamb
United States
$492,795
2022
196
Daniel Zack
United States
$440,757
2021
133
Ari Engel
Canada
$317,076
2019
183
Frankie O'Dell
United States
$443,641
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