Saturday, June 18, 2016 4:25 PM Local Time
Brian Saltus was eliminated shortly after players moved to the final two tables. here are the remaining players and their positions:
Feature Table 1
1 - William J Brock, II (360,000)
2 - Steve Chanthabouasy (640,000)
3 - Motohiro Kondo (230,000)
4 - Ed Smith (240,000)
5 - William Kakon (360,000)
6 - Phillip Hui (275,000)
7 - Scott Packer (175,000)
8 - Benny Glaser (620,000)
9 - Brandon Shack-Harris (1,125,000)
Feature Table 2
1 - Thomas Muehloecker (600,000)
2 - Max Pescatori (405,000)
3 - Frankie O'Dell (600,000)
4 - Joe Ford (415,000)
5 - open
6 - Benjamin Gold (110,000)
7 - Ilya Krupin (500,000)
8 - William Steinberg (150,000)
9 - Zachary Milchman (195,000)
Saturday, June 18, 2016 4:25 PM Local Time
| Level: | 23 | | Limits: | 20,000/40,000 | |
Saturday, June 18, 2016 4:20 PM Local Time
Brian Saltus
Shortly after the players moved to the final two tables, Will Steinberg was all in in a three-way hand against Brian Saltus. Both players were short-stacked but Steinberg managed to scoop the pot with two aces in his hand, despite a runout of , sending Saltus to the rail.
Will Steinberg - 150,000 (5 BB)
Brian Saltus - Eliminated in 18th Place ($8,494)
Saturday, June 18, 2016 4:10 PM Local Time
The floor staff calls an unscheduled break as the redraw down to the final two tables occurs. Play will resume shortly.
Saturday, June 18, 2016 4:09 PM Local Time
Kyle Montgomery
Kyle Montgomery is all in under the gun preflop, facingThomas Muehloecker and William Kakon. Both of the other players check the board down: and they split Montgomery's chips to send him to the rail.
William Kakon - 380,000
Thomas Muehloecker - 685,000
Kyle Montgomery - Eliminated in 19th Place ($6,919)
Saturday, June 18, 2016 4:09 PM Local Time
Francisco Barbaro
With around 70,000 at the start of the hand, Francesco Barbaro is at risk on a flop of . He acts first, with William Brock and Scott Packer behind. Barbaro bets out 15,000. Brock raises to 30,000 and before Packer acts, Barbaro raises all in for his last 35,000 (5,000 more over Brock's bet).
Brock calls and starts to expose his hand as Packer says "Hold up, hold up." A floor is alerted. It is ruled that Brock's partial exposure was inadvertent and was elicited by Barbaro acting out of turn, so no penalty. Brock re-conceals his hand and Packer has the choice to call or not. He does. Barbaro is all in. Brock calls the extra 5,000..
The turn is the . Both Brock and Packer check.
The river is the . Brock bets 30,000 and Packer calls.
Brock shows for the high, while Packer turns over for the low. Barbaro stands, displeased, and states that if Brock hadn't partially revealed his hand then Packer would've folded. He adds that he, too, played out of turn but states that it's an unpleasant way to exit a tournament.
William Brock - 340,000 (22 bb)
Scott Packer - 140,000 (9 bb)
Francesco Barbaro - Eliminated
Saturday, June 18, 2016 3:52 PM Local Time
Jussi Nevanlinna put up a good fight
Jussi Nevanlinna was short-stacked, and got the last of his chips in against fellow short stack Motohiro Kando
Kando says he flopped a set of queens holding , while Nevanlinna had a Broadway wrap with but the set held, eliminating Nevanlinna.
Motohiro Kondo - 115,000 (7 bb)
Jussi Nevanlinna - Eliminated
Saturday, June 18, 2016 3:50 PM Local Time
Ben Landowski
Ben Landowski is all in with a board of showing. Brandon Shack-Harris and Scott Packer are still in the hand as well, with Packer in position.
The river brings the . Shack-Harris bets. Packer calls.
Landowski has and is out. Shack-Harris has for the high, and Packer has for the low.
Brandon Shack-Harris - 1,115,000 (74 bb)
Scott Packer - 110,000 (7 bb)
Ben Landowski - Eliminated
Saturday, June 18, 2016 3:43 PM Local Time
Kessler cashes
Allen Kessler is all in preflop for his last 6,000. Frankie O'Dell gives him some protection with a preflop riase to 30,000, but Ilya Krupin joins the hand as well and the boards runs out [x].
With O'Dell's and Krupin's hands exposed, Kessler gives his own hand a squeeze. He exposes and says, "I need a ten." But his last card is the instead, and Kessler is eliminated while O'Dell and Krupin chop the pot.
Frankie O'Dell - 520,000
Ilya Krupin - 550,000
Allen Kessler - Eliminated
Saturday, June 18, 2016 3:08 PM Local Time
Motohiro Kondo
Jussi Nevanlinna raises in early position and Motohiro Kondo ponders his short stack. He reraises all in from middle position, Benny Glaser and Benjamin Gold fold their small and big blinds, and the cards go over.
Nevanlinna -
Kondo -
The board is . The river card gives Kondo the straight and he makes an eight-six low as well, to scoop.
Motohiro Kondo - 98,000
Jussi Nevanlinna - 75,000
Saturday, June 18, 2016 2:59 PM Local Time
| Level: | 22 | | Limits: | 15,000/30,000 | |
Saturday, June 18, 2016 2:47 PM Local Time
Engel another strong cash but wanted more
Action folds to Ari Engel and Brian Saltus in the blinds. Engel calls from the small and Saltus raises from the big. Engel calls.
The flop comes [j] and Engel bets 12,000, gets raised, and gets the last of his stack in. He's at risk for his last 60,000 or so. Engel exposes while Saltus shows .
The turn is the .
The river is the .
The running clubs give Saltus a flush to eliminate Engel.
Brain Saltus - 160,000 (20 bb)
Ari Engel - Eliminated
Saturday, June 18, 2016 2:42 PM Local Time
Jacob Dahl
Jacob Dahl is all in after preflop action, with William Kakon calling under the gun and Ilya Krupin in early position.
The flop is . Kakon checks. Krupin bets and Kakon calls.
Both players check the turn and river, then the hands are displayed.
Kakon -
Krupin -
Dahl folds.
Kakon takes the high with jacks and fives. Krupin has a six-five low.
William Kakon - 500,000
Ilya Krupin - 550,000
Saturday, June 18, 2016 2:23 PM Local Time
Ruben Vera
Ruben Vera raises to 24,000 in middle position. William Kakon is the only caller, from the small blind.
The flop comes and Vera gets in the rest of his stack, about 50,000 total. Kakon matches it.
Vera holds . Kakon has a set of aces with .
The turn is a .
The river brings the .
William Kakon - 375,000
Ruben Vera - Eliminated
Saturday, June 18, 2016 2:18 PM Local Time
Larry Brill
Larry Brill and Ruben Vera start the tournament as the two shortest stacks, with 16,000 and 15,000 chips, respectively.
Brill is in the big blind, and just 4,000 chips behind, with Frankie O'Dell — near the top of the leader board overnight — in the small blind.
Vera is in late position, and raises to 15,000, all if his chips. Brian Saltus on the button—with more chips, but still on the low end of the counts—is in for 24,000. O'Dell folds, and Brill puts his last chips in. All three hands are tabled:
Brill -
Vera -
Saltus -
The board runs out and Vera scoops the main pot with a Broadway straight.
Saltus gets the side pot with queens and jacks. Saltus is sent to the rail.
Ruben Vera - 45,000
Brian Saltus - 45,000
Larry Brill - Eliminated in 27th Place ($6,919)
Saturday, June 18, 2016 2:17 PM Local Time
It's likely to be a long day before the gold bracelet for Event #26 is awarded. This is how Steve Chanthabouasy gets ready.
Saturday, June 18, 2016 2:04 PM Local Time
Saturday, June 18, 2016 1:59 PM Local Time
| Level: | 21 | | Limits: | 12,000/24,000 | |
Saturday, June 18, 2016 1:52 PM Local Time
After Terrence Hastoo's elimination in 28th place at the very end of Day 2, it's time for the three-table redraw to open up Day 3.
Here are the seats and counts:
Table 1
Seat #1: Frankie O’Dell - 454,000
Seat #2: Steve Chanthabouasy - 415,000
Seat #3: Benny Glaser - 259,000
Seat #4: Benjamin Gold - 566,000
Seat #5: Max Pescatori - 281,000
Seat #6: Jussi Nevanlinna - 302,000
Seat #7: Ed Smith - 141,000
Seat #8: Motohiro Kondo - 116,000
Seat #9: Joe Ford- 459,000
Table 2
Seat #1: Allen Kessler - 181,000
Seat #2: Larry Brill - 16,000
Seat #3: Jacob Dahl - 156,000
Seat #4: William Kakon - 316,000
Seat #5: Kyle Montgomery - 188,000
Seat #6: Ilya Krupin - 463,000
Seat #7: Thomas Muehloecker- 223,000
Seat #8: Ruben Vera - 15,000
Seat #9: Brian Saltus - 68,000
Table 3
Seat #1: Zachary Milchman - 41,000
Seat #2: Francesco Barbaro - 420,000
Seat #3: Ben Landowski - 270,000
Seat #4: William J Brock II - 234,000
Seat #5: Phillip Hui - 319,000
Seat #6: Ari Engel - 131,000
Seat #7: Brandon Shack-Harris - 830,000
Seat #8: Scott Packer- 109,000
Seat #9: William Steinberg - 63,000
Saturday, June 18, 2016 6:21 AM Local Time
Brandon Shack-Harris leads the way into Day 3
The 2016 WSOP Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event moves into Day 3 today. 27 players return for a chance at the title, which is worth $244,103. Second and third place also receive at least $100,000. All players eliminated at this point are guaranteed to take home at least $6,919.
Going into Day 3, Brandon Shack-Harris is the overall leader with 830,000 in chips and a chance to collect another Omaha bracelet to compliment his previous one from the 2014 $1,000 PLO Event. Some of the other big stacks starting the day belong to Benjamin Gold (566,000), Ilya Krupin (463,000), Frankie O’Dell (454,000) and Francesco “Cheech” Barbaro (420,000). Also remaining are 2015 bracelet winner Benny Glaser (259,000), as well as four-time bracelet winner Max Pescatori (281,000), and notables Thomas Muehloecker (245,000), Allen Kessler (181,000) and Ari Engel (131,000)
Day 3 starts with 6,000/12,000 blinds and limits of 12,000/24,000, with the action kicking off at 2 p.m. Follow all of the action here at WSOP.com.