Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-29-2017 18:27 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

[user270022]

Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hui	24,000	4,000
Chris George	21,000	8,500
Tom Schneider	20,000	7,500
Dylan Linde	18,000	4,000
David "ODB" Baker	16,000	-2,500
Thomas Taylor	16,000	3,500
Max Pescatori	14,000	-1,000
Barry Greenstein	13,000
Alex Luneau	12,000	-500
Naoya Kihara	12,000	-500
Jesse Martin	11,000	-2,100
Marco Johnson	9,500	-1,600
Norman Chad	8,800	550
Mark Gregorich	8,000	-4,000
Mike Matusow	6,300	-6,200

Level: 4

Stud 8: Ante 75 - Bring In 100 - Completion 300

06-29-2017 18:15 UTC-7

Schwartz Straightens Up to Stay Alive

MrCleverFox

Level 3 : 250/500, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Schwartz: /
LaMonica: /

Kevin LaMonica completed and was raised by Ylon Schwartz, who had fallen to a short stack. LaMonica made it three bets. Schwartz made it four bets, and LaMonica capped the action. Schwartz called.

"He wants to get it all in," LaMonica remarked.

On fourth, LaMonica check-called a bet from Schwartz. Schwartz moved all in for 425 on fifth. LaMonica called. Their boards completed like so:

Schwartz: / /
LaMonica: / /

Schwartz made a straight, but LaMonica locked down the low with an eighty-seven.

"Nice catch, sir," LaMonica said after the hand.

"Thanks," Schwartz replied.

LaMonica has chipped up quite a bit during the first few levels and will look to improve upon his deep run earlier in the summer, where he finished second for $125,904 in Event #14: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin LaMonica	22,500	22,500
Ylon Schwartz	2,200	-12,200

Tags: Kevin LaMonica Ylon Schwartz

06-29-2017 18:03 UTC-7

Bonomo and Forrest Chop

[user270022]

Level 3 : 250/500, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Bonomo three-bet preflop, and Ted Forrest called.

Bonomo led with a bet after the flop, and Forrest called. The fell on the turn, and this time Forrest raised Bonomo's leading bet. Bonomo called. The landed on the river, and Bonomo check-called one more bet.

Forrest tabled , and Bonomo flipped over .

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	19,000	5,000
Ted Forrest	18,000	-2,800

Tags: Justin Bonomo Ted Forrest

06-29-2017 17:41 UTC-7

Abrams With Four Digits

MrCleverFox

Level 3 : 250/500, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Scott Abrams got the last of his chips in preflop against one opponent.

Abrams:
Opponent:

"Oh wow," Abrams said. "I have queens. Am I ahead?"

The board ran out , which gave Abrams a set on the river and allowed him to double through his opponent.

"Four digits!" Abrams said. "I folded on the river and left myself with just 75 chips. Now I have four digits! Remember that."

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Abrams	1,125	1,125

Tags: Scott Abrams

06-29-2017 17:39 UTC-7

Bonomo Scoops a Small One

[user270022]

Level 3 : 250/500, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

After a player in early position limped, Justin Bonomo did the same, and both players called a raise from the player in the big blind.

The flop was , and the big blind bet, getting calls from both the player in early position and Bonomo. When the fell on the turn, both players check-called a bet from Bonomo, and the completed the board. Bonomo's bet was check-called by just the player in the big blind.

Bonomo tabled to scoop the pot with a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	14,000	1,500

Tags: Justin Bonomo

06-29-2017 17:36 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts After Break

MrCleverFox

Level 3 : 250/500, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted Forrest	20,800	6,800
Robert Campbell	18,500	6,000
Konstantin Maslak	14,500	2,000
Jameson Painter	13,400	13,400
Jesse Martin	13,100	13,100
Barry Greenstein	13,000	4,000
Naoya Kihara	12,500
Cory Zeidman	12,400	-100
Jyri Merivirta	12,100	-400
Brian Brubaker	12,000	-500
Max Pesctori	11,900	11,900
Jake Schwartz	10,750	-1,750
Sebastian Pauli	9,880	-2,620

Level: 3

Stud 8: Ante 50 - Bring In 75 - Completion 250

06-29-2017 17:01 UTC-7

Break Time

[user270022]

Level 2 : 200/400, 0 ante

The first two levels are in the books, and players have left on a 15-minute break.

Increase your vocabulary while you wait with Pete "THE Saurus" Morris.

06-29-2017 17:00 UTC-7

Floor Needed; Bleznick Gets Paid

[user270022]

Level 2 : 200/400, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Jared Bleznick: //
Opponent: //

On sixth street, the floor was called for a ruling in a hand involving Jared Bleznick. Bleznick was heads-up, and his opponent checked. Bleznick had flicked his T-1,000 chip that was already in the pot from a previous street's action forward, attempting to make a bet. His opponent and the majority of his tablemates disagreed, saying it was most definitely a check. Bleznick had not added any more value to the pot, as the 1,200 currently sitting in front of both players represented bets from the previous streets.

The floor heard both points of view and ruled in favor of Bleznick's action being a check.

Seventh street was dealt, and after a short time in the tank, Bleznick's bet was check-called.

Bleznick tabled for a flush and a sixty-five low, scooping the pot as his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	10,500	1,500

Tags: Jared Bleznick