Omaha-8

Wing Wong opened with a raise from under the gun, and it folded around to George Danzer in the big blind who called. The flop came , Danzer bet, Wong raised with what he had left, and Danzer called.

Danzer:
Wong:

The turn brought the to improve Wong to trip aces, but the fell on the river to give Danzer a winning flush, and Wong is out.

George Danzer	775,000	55,000
Wing Wong	0	-75,000

Omaha-8

Wing Wong raised all in from early position, and was called by Yuval Bronshtein, Norman Chad, and Oleksii Kovalchuk. The flop fell , and all three players checked.

Chad led after the turned, and both Kovalchuk and Bronshtein called. All three players checked again when the completed the board, and the hands were opened.

Wong
Bronshtein
Chad
Kovalchuk

Wong chopped the main pot to stay alive.

Oleksii Kovalchuk	515,000	180,000
Norman Chad	465,000	5,000
Yuval Bronshtein	305,000	-40,000
Wing Wong	75,000	-109,000

Stud-8

After losing the bulk of his short stack in a hand versus Yuval Bronshtein, Tim Burt was down to just 6,000 to start the next hand. Norman Chad completed, Danny Ratigan called, and Burt went ahead and committed his last chips.

On fourth Chad check-called a Ratigan bet, then check-folded on fifth. The remaining players tabled their down cards.

Chad: / — FOLDED
Burt: /
Ratigan: /

Ratigan drew the and the to make a flush, and Burt picked up the and then mucked his last card, hitting the rail in eighth place.

Danny Ratigan	315,000	40,000
Tim Burt	0	-152,000

Stud-8

George Danzer	/ /
Mark Gregorich	/ /
Norman Chad	/ /

Danzer brought it in, Gregorich completed, and Chad called. Danzer called as well, and all three players checked on fourth street. On fifth, Danzer checked, Gregorich bet, and both Chad and Danzer called. Gregorich slowed down, checking on sixth, and Chad bet. Danzer called, and Gregorich folded.

Chad checked dark going to seventh, and was forced to fold when Danzer bet.

"Nice bluff!" someone on Danzer's rail yelled.

George Danzer	720,000	145,000
Norman Chad	460,000	-130,000

Omaha-8

George Danzer raised, Danny Ratigan three-bet, and Danzer made it four bets. Ratigan called. The flop fell , and Danzer led out. Ratigan raised, and Danzer re-raised enough to put Ratigan all in. He called.

Danzer
Ratigan

The on the turn was gin for Ratigan, because it gave him an ace-high flush and a low. The on the board didn't help Danzer, and Ratigan doubled.

A few hands later, Ratigan won a stud pot off of Norman Chad, and now sits with 275,000 chips.

George Danzer	575,000	-40,000
Danny Ratigan	275,000	125,000

Omaha-8

George Danzer raised from middle position, and Yuval Bronshtein called from the big blind. The flop came , and Bronshtein checked. Danzer paused a beat, then pushed out a bet, and Bronshtein called.

The turn then brought the and a bet from Bronshtein, which Danzer quickly raised. Bronshtein called once more.

The river was the , and this time Bronshtein checked. Danzer bet, Bronshtein called, then Danzer showed . As the announcer explained, Danzer held both the nut low and two pair, and both were evidently good as Bronshtein folded.

"The double nuts!" yelled one of Danzer's supporters, causing the table to laugh. Danzer grinned and explained to the table that his rail didn't know a lot about poker, "but they are great supporters."

George Danzer	615,000	98,000
Yuval Bronshtein	220,000	-120,000

Stud-8

Tim Burt	/
Oleksii Kovalchuk	/

Burt brought it in, Kovalchuk completed, and Burt called. Kovalchuk led out on fourth street, Burt called, and both players knuckled on fifth. Kovalchuk led again on sixth, and this time Burt released.

Wing Wong	/
Burt	/ (FOLDED)
Yuval Bronshtein	/

Burn brought it in, Bronshtein called, and Wong completed. Only Bronshtein called. Bronshtein led out after he paired his jack on fourth, and Wong tank-folded.

"Norman Chad makes his way to his first WSOP final table, if you don't count the ones he's commentated.... Norman's goal is to win more WSOP bracelets than he has ex-wives."

So said the announcer just now, reading off the bio sheets the players fill out prior to the final table. The announcements — and jokes — having all been read, the official eight-handed final table is underway!

Mark Gregorich	677,000	17,000
Norman Chad	590,000	0
George Danzer	517,000	-33,000
Yuval Bronshtein	340,000	80,000
Oleksii Kovalchuk	335,000	9,000
Wing Wong	184,000	-6,000
Tim Burt	152,000	2,000
Danny Ratigan	150,000	-10,000

Stud-8

Mark Gregorich: / /
Brandon Guss: / /

Gregorich completed with an ace showing, and Guss moved all in for his last few thousand. The action behind folded, and Gregorich tabled . Guss showed .

Gregorich made aces-up on sixth, and Guss couldn't make a better hand on seventh, eliminating him from the tournament. We are now down to the official final table, and the players are on a ten-minute break.

Brandon Guss

0

-6,000

The final nine players have gathered around the not-official-final table on the main stage in the Pavilion Room. Brandon Guss is the super-short stack as play begins.

Omaha-8

Jeffrey Lisandro raised preflop, and Oleksii Kovalchuk and Mark Gregorich called from the blinds. The flop came down , and Kovalchuk checked. Gregorich bet, Lisandro raised enough to put himself all in, and Kovalchuk called. Gregorich re-raised, and Kovalchuk called.

The turn was the , and Kovalchuk checked. Gregorich bet, and Kovalchuk released.

Lisandro:
Gregorich:

The completed the board, and Gregorich scooped the entire pot.

Lisandro is eliminated in 10th place, and we're now down to the unofficial final table. A seat draw is coming shortly.

Jeff Lisandro

0

-155,000

Omaha-8

Down to just 25,000 to start the Omaha-8 round, Perry Friedman had to commit 15,000 of that as he was the big blind. Tim Burt then raised from the cutoff, George Danzer called from the small blind, and Perry pushed in his last 10,000.

The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the . Danzer bet, and when Burt raised, that caused Friedman to raise as well — out of his seat. Danzer called.

The river brought the , Danzer again bet, and Burt called.

Danzer showed for the ace-high flush and nut low. Burt had for a lesser flush and also the nut low (to which Danzer had caught up on the turn). Meanwhile Friedman had but .

Three-quarters of the pot thus went to Danzer, the rest to Burt, and Friedman shook hands with his opponents and left with an 11th-place ticket.

George Danzer	525,000	110,000
Tim Burt	165,000	-90,000
Perry Friedman	0	-51,000

The last 11 have left for another 20-minute break.

Perry Friedman just took another tumble in a hand in which he opened from under the gun and got a single caller in George Danzer from the small blind.

The flop came . Danzer bet, Friedman raised, and Danzer called. The turn was the , and Danzer bet again. This time Friedman just called.

The river was the , and Friedman called another Danzer bet. Danzer tabled for nines full of treys, while Friedman had — failed flush and low draws, and aces and treys.

George Danzer	305,000	45,000
Perry Friedman	21,000	-134,000

Omaha-8

We've been watching Perry Friedman survive repeated all-ins by chopping pots, first with Tim Burt, then again with Mark Gregorich. Friedman was just all in again in another situation — this time against three opponents — and emerged not only surviving, but with a nice addition to his stack.

In this one, Burt raised, Jeff Lisandro called from the button, George Danzer called from the small blind, and Friedman called from the big blind, leaving himself but 24,000 or two small bets. The flop came . Danzer checked, Friedman bet, and all three of his opponents called. Danzer checked again after the turn, and this time after Friedman bet only Lisandro stuck around. Cards on their backs...

Friedman:
Lisandro:

The river brought the , meaning Friedman had won the high with his diamond flush, and the pair split the low with the same 6-5-4-3-A.

Perry Friedman	155,000	115,000
Jeff Lisandro	105,000	-77,000

Omaha-8

After winning a series of Stud-8 hands, Norman Chad found himself heads up with Oleksii Kovalchuk in a hand of Omaha-8. Chad called a raised preflop, and checked when the flop fell . Chad check-called a bet, and the turn was the . Chad check-raised, and Kovalchuk called.

The completed the board, and Chad led out. Kovalchuk tank-folded, and Chad is now flirting with the 600K mark!

Norman Chad	590,000	275,000
Oleksii Kovalchuk	235,000	-20,000

Stud-8

Bryan Devonshire: / /
George Danzer: / /
Mark Gregorich: / /

When we reached the tabled on fourth street, Devonshire was already all in. Danzer led out with a bet, and Gregorich called. On the next three streets, Danzer check-called bets from Gregorich, and after seventh was dealt face down, all three players turned their cards face up.

Devonshire:
Danzer:
Gregorich:

Devonshire was eliminated in twelfth place, and wish his opponents good luck before exiting.

Bryan Devonshire

0

-105,000

Stud-8

Norman Chad brought it in, Tom Schneider completed, Yuval Bronshtein called, and Chad called as well. It checked to Schneider on fourth and fifth, and when he bet both of his opponents called, the last bet putting Schneider all in. Chad then check-called Bronshtein's bets on both sixth and seventh.

Schneider: / /
Bronshtein: / /
Chad: / /

Schneider tabled — he'd made an eight-high straight and had a 7-6-5-4-2 low. Pretty good both ways, it seemed.

But Bronshtein's meant he'd made a better high with an ace-high straight. And Chad's meant he'd drawn a 6-4-3-2-A low, thus sending the unlucky Schneider out in 13th.

Norman Chad	315,000	-20,000
Yuval Bronshtein	280,000	35,000
Tom Schneider	0	-30,000

Omaha-8

Timothy Frazin raised in late position, Tom Schneider made it three bets on the button, and Wing Wong cold-called from the small blind. Frazin called as well, and the flop fell . Wong led out, and both Frazin and Schneider called.

The turn was the , and Wong led again. Frazin called all in for his last T1,000 chip, and Schneider called as well. The completed the board, and Wong fired a third bullet.

Schneider tanked for well over a minute before calling, committing more than half of his remaining chips.

"Nut-nut," Wong announced, tabling .

Schneider mucked, and Frazin was forced to show before hitting the rail. Wong is up above 300,000 chips now, while Schneider only has around 30,000, despite doubling up the very next hand.

Wing Wong	320,000	185,000
Tom Schneider	30,000	-120,000
Timothy Frazin	0	-70,000