Event #51: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-26-2017 18:05 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	64,000 10,000	10,000

Alexey Makarov	63,000 21,000	21,000
Dan Shak	57,500 7,500	7,500
Lawrence Berg	54,000

Jared Bleznick	50,000
Allen Kessler	49,500 -500	-500
Mike Sexton	42,000 2,000	2,000

Alan Sternberg was in the small blind and bet 6,000, slightly under half of the pot, on a completed board of . One player called from under the gun and Viatcheslav Ortynskiy dropped in 20,000 from middle position. Sternberg thought briefly and folded, but the second player took about two minutes and then called.

Ortynskiy rolled over for the nut flush and the second-nut low. That was good for a scoop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy	87,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Viatcheslav Ortynskiy Alan Sternberg

06-26-2017 18:18 UTC-7

Scott Bohlman Flops a Set, Turns a Low

Brentharrington

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

Scott Bohlman was one of four players to limp into the pot. He was on the button and the flop came .

Naoya Kihara bet 900 and Bohlman raised to 3,000. Kihara called. The turn was the and Kihara checked. Bohlman bet 6,000 and Kihara called.

The river was the and Kihara checked again. Bohlman bet 12,000 and Kihara called. Bohlman showed and Kihara mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Bohlman	70,000 20,000	20,000

Naoya Kihara	24,000 -28,000	-28,000

Tags: Naoya Kihara Scott Bohlman

06-26-2017 18:18 UTC-7

Nicholas Seiken Finds an Ace on the River to Stay Alive

Valerie.Cross

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

Mark Herm had a T$1,000-chip in front of him in late position and Nicholas Seiken raised to 2,100 in the cutoff. Tommy Chen, who just came second in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship, called on the button. The blinds folded and Herm came along.

The flop was and Herm checked. Seiken bet 6,000, Chen called, and Herm folded. They went heads up to the turn and Seiken went all in for around 3,000. Chen snap-called and was in good position to scoop and eliminate Seiken.

Chen:
Seiken:

Chen had the nut low along with a set of sixes for the best high, but the river gave Seiken aces full of sixes to chop it up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Chen	48,000 48,000	48,000
Nicholas Seiken	12,200 12,200	12,200

Tags: Nicholas Seiken Tommy Chen

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

06-26-2017 18:25 UTC-7

Three-Quarters to Bleznick

mnuwwarah

Level 4 : 200/400, 0 ante

Jared Bleznick was in the big blind and bet 15,000 into a pot of just over 16,000 on a board. An opponent on the button called, seeing a river. Bleznick shoved all in and his opponent sighed and called, showing for jacks and the nut low. Bleznick had for jacks up and the nut low, giving him three-quarters.

Deeb said he liked the hand shown down by Bleznick's opponent.

"You want to run it 100 times?" Bleznick asked. "I'll take my hand."

Deeb said he was talking about the flop, while Bleznick said he was talking about the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	59,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Jared Bleznick Shaun Deeb

06-26-2017 18:42 UTC-7

Remz Freerolls His Way to a KO

mnuwwarah

Level 4 : 200/400, 0 ante

On the turn, the board was when Sean Remz and an opponent with about 35,000 got stacks in with Remz having his foe at risk. Remz had for the nut low and kings and was trailing for the moment on the high half against . The river was a , giving him a winning set.

"Really?" the player with aces up said. He pushed in his chips and stormed off.

"Had a decent freeroll," Remz commented after the player was out of earshot.

At the neighboring table, Richard Tuhrim checked back a final board of with a big pot in the middle and couldn't beat the shown down by his opponent. He's down to just 7,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Remz	115,000
Richard Tuhrim	7,500

Tags: Sean Remz Richard Tuhrim

06-26-2017 18:47 UTC-7

Leif Force Tries to Take It

Brentharrington

Level 4 : 200/400, 0 ante

Leif Force was heads up against David Hunt. The flop was and both players checked.

The turn was the and Hunt checked. Force bet 2,400 and Hunt called.

The river was the and Hunt checked again. Force bet again, this time making it 7,300, and Hunt called again.

Hunt showed the nut low and a pair of sixes with and Force just had enough to take the high with a pair of sevens, holding .

Player	Chips	Progress
David Hunt	64,000 64,000	64,000
Leif Force	47,800 -5,200	-5,200

Tags: David Hunt Leif Force

06-26-2017 18:51 UTC-7

Some Counts from the Field

Valerie.Cross

Level 4 : 200/400, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Henson	92,000 6,000	6,000
John Monnette	85,000

James Chen	79,000 15,000	15,000

Bryce Yockey	69,000 15,400	15,400

Yueqi Zhu	68,500 18,500	18,500

Alexey Makarov	63,000
Scott Clements	61,000 10,000	10,000

Nathan Gamble	57,000 7,000	7,000

Sorel Mizzi	55,000 5,000	5,000
Shaun Deeb	53,000 -1,000	-1,000

Mark Gregorich	52,000 -7,000	-7,000
Jared Bleznick	49,500 -9,500	-9,500
Sasha Barrese	48,000
Joshua Mammon	39,000 -11,000	-11,000
Kyle Bowker	39,000 -10,700	-10,700

Brandon Shack-Harris	37,000 -13,000	-13,000

Josh Arieh	36,000 -1,000	-1,000

Phil Hui	26,200 -11,400	-11,400
Mike Ross	26,000 -24,000	-24,000

06-26-2017 18:56 UTC-7

Negreanu Gets a Very Bad Turn; Perry Green Takes the Pot

Valerie.Cross

Level 4 : 200/400, 0 ante

Three-time bracelet winner Perry Green raised to 800 in the cutoff and six-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu defended his big blind. The flop came and Negreanu checked. Green bet 1,500 and Negreanu called.

On the turn, Negreanu checked and Green bet another 1,500. Negreanu commented, "That was a very, very, very, very bad card for me," and proceeded to muck his hand.