Barry Greenstein bet a completed board of out of the big blind. He received a call from Chris George, and a player who checked in the small blind tossed in the requisite chips as well. Greenstein tabled for the nut low and a six-high straight. George also had the nut low with , so he got a quarter of the pot as well.
Prince of Docness went all in on a board reading and Richard Ashby called. Both players had the nut low, but Docness had the high with a seven-high straight and would take three-quarters since Ashby's high hand was only two pair.
Stephen Chidwick bet the last two streets from early position as hit the board. Jerry Callahan called him twice, and Chidwick turned over for deuces full. Callahan appeared ready to table a hand, but then shuffled his cards around and mucked a face up and the rest face down.
The next hand, Chidwick dragged another pot by raising early and then continuation-betting a flop. His opponent in the big blind quickly gave it up.
Day 2 has just started and already a couple players are heading to the rail.
Stud Hi-Lo
David Levi was eliminated. He had a pair of tens and an open-ended straight draw, but couldn't catch up to the pair of aces held by his opponent.
Dale Phillips was eliminated by Kyle Montgomery. Phillips was all in with his board reading but failed to make a low and made two pair instead. Montgomery's board was and he revealed queens up, which was good enough to eliminate Phillips.
Eli Elezra got all in against Mike Matusow. Elezra reached for Matusow's hole cards and flipped them up to see them after Matusow raised him all in.
"What the f#*@ Mike," Elezra said seeing Matusow's holding.
Elezra made a low to chop half the pot and Matusow took the high with a pair of jacks he made on seventh.
Naoya Kihara had a couple of babies on fourth but then picked up a , so he called a bet from Kent Novick, who had a couple of high cards. Both players checked sixth street.
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Kihara then bet the river, and Novick called.
"Two pair," Kihara announced, showing for fours up. It was a scooper though, as Novick mucked to leave himself one big bet.
It's time for Day 2 of the chopped pot extravaganza that is Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix.
After one day of play, plenty of headline-grabbers made their way towards the top of the chip counts, including online beast Alex Luneau, Igor Sharaskin who is as hot as almost anyone at the 2017 World Series of Poker, and Josh Arieh who is coming off of a near-miss as he finished third in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship.
Meanwhile Larry Tull returns to the chip lead today with 152,500, with David Matsumoto (124,900) and Sharaskin (112,600) the only other players with six-figure stacks to this point.
Those are some of the 126 remaining players who will return to their seats at 2 p.m. — if they plan to see the first card being dealt, anyway — for Day 2 of this event, with only a few tables of runners likely to see the second round of bags.
The plan for Day 2 is to play 10 more levels, each lasting one hour. They'll progress from 1,500/3,000 limits on to 10,000/20,000, with a few 15 minute breaks every couple of levels and a one-hour dinner break interspersed in there. During that time, we will see the money bubble burst when they event is down to 61 players, which should happen a few levels into the day.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to see who can navigate past that point and best position themselves for a $215,902 payday that will come on Day 3.
Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix
out of the big blind. He received a call from Chris George, and a player who checked in the small blind tossed in the requisite chips as well. Greenstein tabled 
for the nut low and a six-high straight. George also had the nut low with 
, so he got a quarter of the pot as well.
and Richard Ashby called. Both players had the nut low, but Docness had the high with a seven-high straight and would take three-quarters since Ashby's high hand was only two pair.
of Ashby.
hit the board. Jerry Callahan called him twice, and Chidwick turned over 
for deuces full. Callahan appeared ready to table a hand, but then shuffled his cards around and mucked a 
face up and the rest face down.
flop. His opponent in the big blind quickly gave it up.
but failed to make a low and made two pair instead. Montgomery's board was 
, so he called a bet from Kent Novick, who had a couple of high cards. Both players checked sixth street.
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