Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix

Stud Hi-Lo

Barry Greenstein had the bring-in, and both Samoeun Mon and John Sorgen called.

Greenstein committed his final 22,000 on fourth street, and Mon raised to force Sorgen out. Each player's boards ran out as follows:

Greenstein:    /      /  
Mon:    /      /  
Sorgen:    /    (folded on fourth)

With Greenstein making an eight-low, he took half as Mon took the high with sevens up.

Samoeun Mon	315,000	-64,000
Barry Greenstein	57,000	3,000

Omaha Hi-Lo

Jameson Painter won two consecutive O/8 pots, taking chips from Larry Tull on both occasions.

First, Painter raised from the button, and Tull called from the small blind. Tull check-called on the     flop, and the   turn was checked through. Tull check-called again on the   river, and Painter rolled over      for a boat.

Tull flatted again in the second hand, sitting on the button that time. Samoeun Mon joined the contest, calling from the small blind.

Mon folded on the     flop, but Tull called Painter's continuation bet. He called another barrel on the   turn but gave up to Painter's final bet on the   river.

Larry Tull	1,070,000	-255,000
Jameson Painter	1,020,000	395,000

Omaha Hi-Lo

Bonnie Rossi was in the big blind, with less than one big blind behind. Jared Bleznick raised from under the gun, and action folded to Rossi who called off for the rest of her chips.

Bonnie Rossi:     
Jared Bleznick:     

The board       didn't improve Rossi's high hand, but she turned a low to chop with Bleznick.

Bonnie Rossi

55,000

3,000

Stud Hi-Lo

Larry Tull completed with the   and tangled with John Sorgen who called with the  .

Tull bet out on fourth with an ace-king out, and Sorgen called. Tull continued on fifth, earning one more call before sixth street remained checked.

Tull led out again on the river, but Sorgen called the last bet as well.

Larry Tull:     /     
John Sorge:     /     

Tull was reaching out for his chips, thinking the result was a chop. "Oh, you have the same low?" Tull noticed a few moments later, figuring out that he was three-quartered.

Larry Tull	1,325,000	-135,000
John Sorgen	425,000	108,000

Omaha Hi-Lo

Jared Bleznick raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Larry Tull called in the big blind.

The flop fell     and Tull bet out 25,000 with Bleznick calling as the   landed on the turn.

Tull bet 50,000 and Bleznick raised to 100,000 with Tull calling as the   completed the board on the river.

Tull checked, Bleznick bet 50,000 and Tull folded.

Following this hand, Bleznick is now up to 1.2 million as Tull drops to just under 1.5 million.

Larry Tull	1,460,000	-194,000
Jared Bleznick	1,210,000	160,000

Omaha Hi-Lo

Barry Greenstein raised from the cutoff, but the remaining part of the hand brought an all-out attack from Jared Bleznick.

Bleznick three-bet from the small blind and triple-barreled the       board. Greenstein called preflop, on the flop, and on the turn, but he laid down on the river.

A wounded Greenstein was at least relieved with Bleznick's deliberate showdown as he turned up      for a flopped full house.

Jared Bleznick	1,050,000	167,000
Barry Greenstein	100,000	-160,000

The cards are back in the air.

The remaining eight players are heading on a 15-minute break.

Stud Hi-Lo

Smith Sirisakorn had the bring-in and Alex Luneau completed. Sirisakorn called and then led on fourth street with Luneau calling.

On fifth, Luneau bet 40,000 and Sirisakorn called before both players checked sixth.

Sirisakorn:    /      /  
Luneau:    /      /  

On seventh, Luneau bet his final 10,000 and Sirisakorn called.

Luneau tabled his     for a pair of aces, but it would Sirisakorn's     for sevens up that would see him scoop the pot and eliminate the Frenchman in ninth place for a $13,662 payday.

Smith Sirisakorn	1,140,000	-10,000
Alex Luneau	0	-95

Omaha Hi-Lo

Smith Sirisakorn raised from the middle, earning a call from his left-hand opponent Jameson Painter. Alex Luneau joined from the small blind, leaving himself with only 15,000. Big blind John Sorgen called as well.

Luneau led for his remaining bits on the     flop. Sorgen and Sirisakorn folded, but Painter called.

Luneau:     
Painter:     

"Wow, nice flop," came from the rail. Painter flopped the wheel but Luneau had outs for a wheel as well, in addition to his straight-flush draw.

The turn   brought no help for Luneau, but he made the wheel on the   river, chopping the pot with Painter.

With the dead money from Sorgen and Sirisakorn, Luneau nearly doubled his short stack.

Alex Luneau

95

-54,905