According to Fabian Scherle he just eliminated Alex Foxen. Another player along with Scherle limped and Foxen raised pot. The initial limper called and Scherle re-potted. The three players got all their chips in.
Fabian Scherle:
Alex Foxen:
Player 3:
The flop came giving Scherle the nut flush, and there was no full house for Foxen and he was eliminated.
With the elimination of Ryan Hughes along with Chris Ferguson, it means that Ferguson will retake the Player of the Year lead tonight.
Here are some updated chip counts which show that Alexander Lakhov has pushed on somewhat since dinner and now sits on well over 100,000 chips.
Phil Hellmuth opened to 2,200 from middle position and the big blind defended. The pair checked the turn and his opponent check-folded to a bet of 1,100 when the came on the river. "Good game," he said and Hellmuth smiled as he dragged in the pot.
On their return from break tournament officials have confirmed the following details about the field size. There were a total of 306 entrants on Day 1B, in addition to the 217 from Day 1A. This makes a field of 523, making it the biggest WSOPE Omaha Event in history:
Year
Buy-in
Event
Entrants
Winner
Prize
2007
£5,000
#2: Pot-Limit Omaha
165
Dario Alioto
£234,390
2008
£5,000
#3: Pot-Limit Omaha
165
Theo Jorgensen
£218,626
2009
£5,000
#3: Pot-Limit Omaha
154
Jani Vilmunen
£204,048
2010
£5,250
#2: Pot-Limit Omaha
120
Jeff Lisandro
£159,514
2011
€ 5,300
#3: Pot-Limit Omaha
180
Steve Billirakis
€ 238,140
2011
€ 1,620
#6: Pot-Limit Omaha (Six-Max)
339
Philippe Boucher
€ 124,584
2012
€ 5,300
#3: Pot-Limit Omaha
97
Roger Hairabedian
€ 142,590
2012
€ 1,650
#6: Pot-Limit Omaha (Six-Max)
206
Francisco Da Costa Santos
€ 83,275
2013
€ 1,650
#4: Pot-Limit Omaha
184
Jeremy Ausmus
€ 70,324
2013
€ 3,250
#6: Pot-Limit Omaha (Mixed-Max)
127
Noah Schwartz
€ 104,580
2015
€ 3,250
#3: Pot-Limit Omaha (Eight-Max)
161
Richard Gryko
€ 126,345
2015
€ 550
#7: Pot-Limit Omaha (Eight-Max)
503
Barny Boatman
€ 54,725
2017
€ 550
#2: Pot-Limit Omaha (Eight-Max)
523
It also means it is the biggest Omaha event ever held at King's Casino, beating the 157 entrants a €550 Pot-Limit Omaha event attracted back in March 2017.
The board read and Martin Kabrhel, after having re-entered earlier after his bustout, bet pot which was 20,400 and the player on the button put a stack of his chips in.
"Is that a call or an all in?" Kabrhel asked. The other player confirmed it was a call.
Martin Kabrhel showed for the turned flush and that was sufficient for the other player to muck his hand.
With the tournament clock currently showing 101 players remaining from a starting field of 298, the players are going on a 60-minute dinner break. Late registration closes at the end of the dinner break, when the blinds will be 400/800.
The board read with a pot of about 30,000 and Krasimir Yankov was all in and called by Kenny Hallaert who had him covered.
Krasimir Yankov:
Kenny Hallaert:
Hallaert had made the call with a flush draw and top pair with ace-kicker, Yankov had two pair, queens and nines. The turn brought them the and the on the river completed the board but didn't bring the flush draw to Hallaert. So the pot was pushed to Yankov so he could stack up his newly acquired chips.
The flop was already on the table and Cheng Wei Yin was on the button having called the all-in shove of his opponent in mid-position.
Cheng Wei Yin:
Opponent:
Yin had a set of sixes on the flop and his opponent had a flush and several straight draws. The on the turn didn't change much and although the on the river did give his opponent a flush, the board had now paired to give Yin a full house and the pot.
giving Scherle the nut flush, and there was no full house for Foxen and he was eliminated.
and three players were all in including Max Pescatori and Jani Vilmunen.
came on the river. "Good game," he said and Hellmuth smiled as he dragged in the pot.
for the turned flush and that was sufficient for the other player to muck his hand.
with a pot of about 30,000 and Krasimir Yankov was all in and called by Kenny Hallaert who had him covered.
flop was already on the table and Cheng Wei Yin was on the button having called the all-in shove of his opponent in mid-position.
on the turn didn't change much and although the 
on the river did give his opponent a flush, the board had now paired to give Yin a full house and the pot.
