Three players saw the flop come down K♣Q♥6♣. Everyone checked and the J♣ appeared on the turn. Brunson led out from the small blind, which Joe Ford called from early position, but Shaun Deeb folded from the button.
Brunson bet again when the 6♦ fell on the river, and Ford reluctantly called. Brunson tabled the winner with 8♣4♠3♣2♠ for a flush.
Justin Saliba raised preflop, and Robert Mizrachi three-bet. It folded back to Saliba, who called to the 8♥5♣Q♣ flop, where he check-called Mizrachi's continuation-bet.
The players followed the same recipe on the 8♠ turn before they both checked the 10♦ river.
Saliba tabled A♥K♥K♦Q♠ for kings and eights, and won the pot when Mizrachi mucked his cards.
During the hand, Jeffrey Vaughn's agonizing yells of defeat could be heard across the Paris tournament area as he was the first player to leave the tournament empty-handed.
Brandon Shack-Harris limped from early position before Erik Seidel raised from the next seat. Micah Brooks called from the small blind, and Qinghai Pan defended his big blind.
After Brooks knuckled the table on the 2♦8♥Q♣ flop, Pan led out with a bet. All three of his opponents called.
The 8♦ landed on the turn and Brooks checked again. Pan bet, causing Shack-Harris to fold, but Seidel raised. Brooks and Pan quickly folded, and Seidel pulled in the pot.
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.
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.
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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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