Event #60: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha

Michael Ferrell raises to 30,000 and both David Chiu and Christian Harder call. Mike Gorodinsky, who had doubled to 72,000 in the previous hand, them moves all in. Ferrell re-raises the pot and both Chiu and Harder fold.

Ferrell -     
Gorodinsky -     

The board runs out       to give Ferrell trips and eliminate Gorodinsky in 17th place.

Mike Gorodinsky - Eliminated
MIchael Ferrell - 630,000

The board reads      and Talal Shakerchi is heads up against Shaun Deeb. Shakerchi fires the turn for 50,000 and Deeb calls to see fifth street.

The river is the   and Shakerchi checks. Deeb reaches for chips and moves 100,000 into the middle. Shakerchi comes over the top with a check-raise to 260,000, prompting Deeb to let out a sigh, lean back in his chair, and throw his hands to his head. About two minutes pass while Deeb is in the tank. In the end, he opts to fold his cards and Shakerchi takes down the pot.

Talal Shakerchi - 1,165,000
Shaun Deeb - 1,240,000

John Patgorski finds himself all in on a board of      , and he is holding     . His opponent, Troy Burkholder, calls and is holding      to eliminate Patgorski in 19th place, taking home $40,357.

John Patgorski - Eliminated

Prakash Patel was eliminated in 21st place in unknown action. He fell at the hands of Shaun Deeb, who now has approximately 1.5 million in chips after scoring the knockout.

Shaun Deeb - 1,500,000
Prakash Patel - Eliminated

With the board reading    , Troy Burkholder finds himself all in and called by Ben Sulsky.

Burkholder -     
Sulsky -     

The turn is the   and the river the  , sending the pot the way of Burkholder and crippling Sulsky.

Troy Burkholder - 660,000
Ben Sulsky - 50,000

With the board reading     , Alexander Kostritsyn has 75,000 in front of him as a bet. David Chiu calls, only for Anthony Zinno to declare "pot!" and raise the bet to 396,000. Kostritsyn quickly folds, but Chiu calls and the pair see the   hit the river.

Chiu taps the table and ZInno dwells up before sliding out a full stack of 25,000 chips, totaling 500,000. This is nearly all of Chiu's remaining stack, and he goes into the tank for quite some time before eventually giving his hand up.

Anthony Zinno - 3,300,000
David Chiu - 540,000

After committing a significant amount of chips before the flop, Christian Harder and Mike Gorodinsky look down at a flop of    . Harder checks and Gorodinsky moves all in for his last 31,000. Harder calls and the hands are tabled.

Gorodinsky:     
Harder:     

The board finishes with the   and the  , ensuring Gorodinsky stays alive. He now has about 260,000.

Mike Gorodinsky - 260,000
Christian Harder - 350,000

Table #353

Seat 1: Christian Harder
Seat 2: Mike Gorodinsky
Seat 3: Alexey Makarov
Seat 4: Anthony Zinno
Seat 5: Gjergj Sinishtaj
Seat 6: Alexander Kostritsyn
Seat 7: Michael Ferrell
Seat 8: David Chiu

Table #359

Seat 1: Kory Kilpatrick
Seat 2: Talal Shakerchi
Seat 3: Arthur Morris
Seat 4: Shaun Deeb
Seat 5: Christopher Santora
Seat 6: Stian Usterud
Seat 7: Justin Gardenhire
Seat 8: Prakash Patel

Table #360

Seat 1: Ismael Bojang
Seat 2: Scott Palmer
Seat 3: Juha Helppi
Seat 4: Pakinai Lisawad
Seat 5: Ben Sulsky
Seat 6: Brant Hale
Seat 7: Troy Burkholder
Seat 8: John Patgorski

Chris Santora limps under the gun, and both Juha Helppi and Talal Shakerchi also limp. James Park pots it from the bubble and the bet is 60,000, meaning that Park has 2,000 behind. Santora and Helppi call and the three see a flop of    . Park chucks his remaining chips in and both players call.

A short stacked Christopher Santora is all in and at risk for his tournament life before the flop for his last 15,000. He finds calls from Christian Harder, Talal Shakerchi on the button, and Ismael Bojang in the big blind.