Event #46: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-25-2017 20:44 UTC-7

Chip Counts on Dinner Break

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Players are going on a 60-minute dinner break. Here are the chip counts for the five remaining players:

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Gamble	2,540,000	40,000
Michael Gross	1,230,000	30,000
Ray Henson	1,065,000	-35,000
Adam Hendrix	970,000	-30,000
Marco Johnson	420,000	-80,000

06-25-2017 20:41 UTC-7

Miguel Use Eliminated in 6th Place ($36,106)

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Miguel Use raised pot to 140,000, and Adam Hendrix called.

The flop came . Use moved all in, and Hendrix called.

Use:
Hendrix:

Hendrix had flopped two pair and was ahead. The turn was the and the river the , and Use was eliminated in sixth place for $36,106.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Hendrix	1,000,000	325,000
Miguel Use	Busted

Tags: Adam Hendrix Miguel Use

06-25-2017 20:39 UTC-7

Miguel Use Stays Alive Thanks to His 'Emergency High'

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Miguel Use raised pot from the cutoff, and Michael Gross repotted from the button to put Use all in. Use called.

Use:
Gross:

The board ran out , giving Gross the eight-four low. Use's deuce gave him a pair, though, and he took the high half to stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Gross	1,200,000	-160,000
Miguel Use	160,000	-20,000

Tags: Michael Gross Miguel Use

06-25-2017 20:37 UTC-7

Use and Henson Chop Gross' Chips

Jan_Kores

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Ray Henson raised to 120,000 from the cutoff, and small blind Miguel Use placed in his remaining 120,000. Michael Gross called from the big blind. By the time Gross had put in the required amount, Henson had already matched Use's all in, as well.

Henson and Gross checked all three streets of the board, and all players showed their cards.

"I have ace-three and a nine," Gross said, but neither his low nor high was enough to get any piece of the pot.

Use had for aces up, while Henson turned up his for nut low. Gross remained the only losing player in the hand, as Use and Henson chopped his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miguel Use	180,000	-80,000

Tags: Michael Gross Miguel Use Ray Henson

06-25-2017 20:26 UTC-7

Ray Henson Chips Up Through Nathan Gamble

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Ray Henson raised to 100,000, and Nathan Gamble called in the big blind.

Both players checked through the flop. The turn was the , and Gamble bet 130,000. Henson called. The river was the , and both players checked.

"You're good," said Gamble, showing . Henson showed for a straight and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Gamble	2,500,000	-350,000
Ray Henson	1,100,000	320,000

Tags: Nathan Gamble Ray Henson

06-25-2017 20:24 UTC-7

Fernando Macia Eliminated in 7th Place ($26,803)

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Ray Henson raised to 80,000, and Fernando Macia moved all in for his last 210,000. Henson called.

Henson:
Macia:

The board ran out , and Henson scooped with two pair, aces and jacks with an eight kicker.

Macia took home $26,803 for his seventh-place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Henson	780,000	620,000
Fernando Macia	Busted

Tags: Fernando Macia Ray Henson

06-25-2017 20:21 UTC-7

Millard Hale Eliminated in 8th Place ($20,205)

Jan_Kores

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

After a long wait for a truly giant clash, the players finally delivered.

Millard Hale started the hand by raising pot from early position. He received a call from the chip leader, Nathan Gamble, sitting in the cutoff. The next player to act was another big stack, Adam Hendrix. Hendrix squeezed to 420,000, and Hale decided to move all of his chips in — 510,000 total. Gamble wasn't willing to step back, and he called fairly quickly. Hendrix's face showed a little bit of confusion, but he had no option to bump up the pot any more. While he technically still could leave the pot, the odds made a clear option for him; he called.

With over 1.5 million in the pot, neither Gamble nor Hendrix were interested in increasing that giant sum as they checked through the board.

"Nut flush," Gamble announced, and Hendrix shook his head in frustration. Hale knew he was on his way to payouts as Gamble rolled over his . As per the rules of an all-in situation, all players have to expose their hands, even though Hale and Hendrix knew they weren't getting any piece of the massive pot.

Hendrix held , while Hale's last hole cards in the tournament were . Hale, who entered the final day in chip lead, walked away in eighth place for $20,205.

Gamble extended his lead, now maneuvering nearly half of the total chips in play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Gamble	2,850,000	1,050,000
Adam Hendrix	675,000	-470,000
Millard Hale	Busted

Tags: Adam Hendrix Millard Hale Nathan Gamble

06-25-2017 20:12 UTC-7

Use Doubles Through Hendrix

Jan_Kores

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Down to peanuts, Miguel Use moved all in from the hijack for exactly three big blinds. Adam Hendrix had already one in front of him, and he paid off the remaining two-thirds of the offered price.

Miguel Use:
Adam Hendrix:

The board didn't connect with Hendrix's low cards at all, and Use doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Hendrix	1,145,000	-255,000
Miguel Use	260,000	-15,000

Tags: Adam Hendrix Miguel Use

06-25-2017 20:03 UTC-7

Millard Hale Doubles Through Chip Leader Nathan Gamble

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Millard Hale raised to 140,000. Miguel Use called, and Nathan Gamble also called.

The flop came . It checked to Hale, who moved all in for his last 45,000. Use folded, and Gamble called.

Hale:
Gamble:

The turn was the and the river the , giving Hale a pair of aces to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Gamble	1,800,000	-200,000
Millard Hale	475,000	275,000

Tags: Miguel Use Millard Hale Nathan Gamble

06-25-2017 19:55 UTC-7

Gross Shoves on Macia

Jan_Kores

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

With slow action at the final table, one of the more entertaining pots played out between Michael Gross and Fernando Macia, who defended his big blind against Gross' 100,000-chip opening raise from the cutoff.

Both players checked the flop, and Macia decided to lead out on the turn. He first cut out around 200,000 chips, then he took some off from the chunk and added some of another denomination to eventually bet 165,000.

Gross looked at Macia in order to see how much he had left, and Macia leaned back, opening his hands to let Gross see. Gross then moved all in, putting Macia at risk. An instant fold followed, and the river card remained a mystery.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Gross	1,360,000	360,000
Fernando Macia	300,000	-225,000

Tags: Fernando Macia Michael Gross