Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-22-2017 15:15 UTC-7

Players Finishing from 90th-82nd ($2,513)

[user340040]

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Hallum	Busted
Tom Chambers	Busted
Kyle Kloeckner	Busted
Pablo Bai	Busted
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	Busted
Adam Monaghan	Busted
Kevin Pionkowski	Busted
James St Hilaire	Busted
Frank Piocos	Busted

06-22-2017 15:17 UTC-7

Borovay Holds With Aces

[user340040]

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

As recounted by a player at the table, the following hand took place.

Jeff Lisandro was on the button and raised to 4,400. David Williams was in the small blind and called. Brian Borovay potted in the big blind to 18,000 and both called.

The flop was and Williams led all in for roughly 20,000. Borovay moved all in for roughly 30,000 and Lisandro folded.

Borovay showed
Williams tabled

The turn was a non spade king and the river was a non spade six giving Borovay two pair with aces and sixes and Williams a smaller two pair thus eliminating Williams and vaulting Borovay into the 6-figure chip club.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Borovay	101,500 35,100	35,100
David Williams	Busted

Tags: Brian Borovay David Williams Jeffrey Lisandro

06-22-2017 15:18 UTC-7

Alexander Freund Calls With a Four-Card Straight Flush

Adam Lamers

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

The action was folded around to the cutoff, who raised to 6,000. The small blind called, and Alexander Freund re-raised to 16,000 from the big blind. The initial raiser moved all in for around 30,000, and Freund called with . He was up against the of his opponent.

The flop came to give both players some hope. Freund flopped a straight-flush draw, while his opponent made a set of kings. The turn was the , giving Freund the lead with a straight. The river landed the and didn't change anything, so Freund scooped the pot and eliminated his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Freund	116,000 34,100	34,100

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 0

06-22-2017 15:47 UTC-7

Juhasz Picks Off a Bluff

Adam Lamers

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Benjamin Juhasz got involved in a pot with Judah Bolser, to his right, with around 40,000 in the pot preflop. The flop came , and both players checked to the on the turn. Bolser bet 15,000, and Juhasz called.

The river brought the , and Bolser bet again for 18,000. Juhasz thought for a couple minutes and then threw in a chip to call. Bolser said, "Nice hand," and knocked the table as Juhasz tabled for two pair to scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Juhasz	184,000 127,900	127,900

Tags: Benjamin Juhasz

06-22-2017 16:05 UTC-7

Shankar Pillai Has Heaps

Adam Lamers

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

In a five-way limped pot, the flop came , and Jeanmarc Thomas was the first to bet 12,000 from the big blind. Shankar Pillai called from middle position, and everyone else folded.

The turn was the , and Thomas checked to Pillai, who bet the pot — 36,000. Thomas pushed all in for 45,000, and Pillai called.

Pillai:
Thomas:

Pillai was in front with a six-high straight, but Thomas had a bigger straight draw and three pair, looking for a full house. The river brought the , providing no help to Thomas, and he was sent to the cash cage while Pillai stacked chips from another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shankar Pillai	210,200 89,800	89,800

Jeanmarc Thomas	Busted

Tags: Shankar Pillai

06-22-2017 16:05 UTC-7

Marchese Takes it Down on the River

[user340040]

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

With about 55,000 in the pot and the board reading , Danny Wong checked from the small blind. Tom Marchese was on the button and bet 23,500. Wong check-raised to 58,000, and Marchese called.

The river was the , and Wong checked. Marchese moved all in, having Wong's stack of roughly 64,000 covered. Wong tanked for a couple of minutes before electing to fold.

Marchese has been on fire from the start of Day 2, turning his 30,700-chip stack into over 250,000 already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Marchese	252,400 143,000	143,000

Danny Wong	64,000 13,800	13,800

Tags: Danny Wong Tom Marchese

06-22-2017 16:21 UTC-7

Mark Wahba Flops Top Set, Doubles Up

Adam Lamers

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

There was around 20,000 in the pot, and three players went to the flop of . The action was checked to Mark Wahba on the button, who bet 15,000. The big blind raised all in, and Wahba called for his stack of 34,700 as the third player folded out of the way.

Wahba tabled , which was ahead of his opponent's top pair and straight draw. The turn was the , and the river was the , giving Wahba a full house. He doubled up just before the second break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Wahba	95,000 52,600	52,600

06-22-2017 16:27 UTC-7

Break Time and Updated Stacks

[user340040]

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Marchese	260,000 7,600	7,600

Loren Klein	242,000 192,700	192,700

Jonas Van Baelen	235,000 59,000	59,000
Benjamin Juhasz	234,000 50,000	50,000
Chun Law	230,000 11,000	11,000
Sergej Barbarez	230,000 132,200	132,200
Shankar Pillai	220,000 9,800	9,800

Thiago Grigoletti	175,000 108,100	108,100
Matt Waxman	163,000 142,200	142,200

Oskar Silow	158,000 2,300	2,300
Philip Hayes	157,000 6,900	6,900
Timothy Batow	145,000 59,400	59,400
Tj Cloutier	105,500 19,500	19,500

06-22-2017 16:35 UTC-7

Players Finishing From 81st-73rd ($2,513)

[user340040]

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
William Black	Busted
Joon Park	Busted
Yang Guo	Busted
Shiva Dudani	Busted
Willy Ding	Busted
David Williams	Busted

Tan Nguyen	Busted
Chris Ruby	Busted
Kyle Bowker	Busted