GGPoker.com Event #40: $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha

Paul Teoh raised the pot to 350,000 on the button and Leon Tsoukernik called in the small blind. Tsoukernik simply bet the pot on the     flop and Teoh called all-in for less than that.

Paul Teoh:     
Leon Tsoukernik:     

Teoh needed a heart to stay in contention but instead the   turn and   river brought no help to send the Malaysian to the rail in 7th place for $34,819.02.

Leon Tsoukernik	4,180,864	866,164
Paul Teoh	0	-616,164

In separate hands on the final table bubble, the field has lost one player each to set up an eight-handed final table.

First up a three-way pot worth 880,000 emerged to the     flop on which Leon Tsoukernik bet the pot. One fold was followed by the shove of "Ross_Geller" for 1.1 million and Tsoukernik called.

"Ross_Geller":     
Leon Tsoukernik:     

The   turn and   river ensured the departure of "Ross_Geller" in 10th place.

As the four players on that table waited for the final table to gather, there was another showdown.

Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev raised the pot and called the shove of "Brahman33" for little more.

"Brahman33":     
Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev:     

The player from the Ukraine flopped an open-ender on     but that's all she wrote as the   turn and   river were both blanks.

Leon Tsoukernik	3,314,700	1,891,825
Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev	1,984,878	952,734
Brahman33	0	-472,734
Ross_Geller	0	-1,941,825

The final table bubble has slowed down the action on both tables and two players managed to spin up their shorter stacks without too much drama in Arvi "Catman777" Vainionkulma and Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev.

Vainionkulma battled with "Brahman33" who limped in and they checked the     flop. On the   turn, "Brahman33" bet 81,250 and folded to a pot-sized raise.

Sai Wah "sws79" Shek	2,681,177	465,000
Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev	1,152,144	355,000
Arvi "Catman777" Vainionkulma	745,270	86,250
Benjamin "dr100percent" Juhasz	739,596	-260,000
Brahman33	296,367	-561,250

"PinkFloyd17" raised it up from the button to 210,000 and they were called by Andreas Torbergsen in the big blind. On the     flop, Torbergsen check-called the shove for 247,928 to trigger the following showdown.

"PinkFloyd17":     
Andreas Torbergsen:     

Torbergsen immediately shut down all hope of a further comeback for his opponent from Brazil as the   fell on the turn, which made the   river bittersweet.

Andreas Torbergsen	2,409,929	372,928
PinkFloyd17	0	-532,928

"Lampard10 raised the pot and then called the shove of a very short-stacked "PinkFlod17".

"PinkFloyd17":     
"Lampard10":     

On a board of       both players flopped a straight and "PnkFloyd7" had the best of it.

It took a few more hands as "Lampard10" added a few chips before getting it in after being committed to the     flop against "Ross_Geller" in the big blind.

"Lampard10":     
"Ross_Geller":     

The   turn and   river kept the Canadian in the lead and the field was reduced to the final 11 contenders.

Ross_Geller	1,801,825	644,105
PinkFloyd17	557,928	370,946
Lampard10	0	-548,000

Arvi "Catman777" Vainionkulma scored another double up, this time at the expense of Simon Lofberg.

Arvi "Catman777" Vainionkulma:     
Simon Lofberg:     

The       board delivered trips eights for the Finn.

Shortly after, "Ross_Geller" and "PinkFloyd17" got their short stacks in with the former at risk.

"Ross_Geller":     
"PinkFloyd17":     

The Canadian flopped a flushdraw to go with his queens and nailed it on the river of a       board.

Ross_Geller	1,157,720	127,360
Arvi "Catman777" Vainionkulma	1,155,020	567,510
Simon Lofberg	1,081,653	6,653
PinkFloyd17	186,982	-626,860

"Arie Muller" was the next short stack to bow out as they clashed with "dr100percent".

"Arie Muller":     
"dr100percent":     

On a board of       the mighty treys held up against all overcards.

Most of the chips of "5cardPLO" were in preflop and the remainder then went in on a     flop against button raiser Andreas Torbergsen.

"5cardPLO":     
Andreas Torbergsen:     

The   turn gave Torbergsen further outs and he got there with the   river.

Last but not least, "KarilleMeni" came up short in the cutoff with the      when they were called by Paul Teoh in the small blind with     . Teoh instantly flopped a flush on the       board.

Benjamin "dr100percent" Juhasz	1,450,000	545,000
Andreas Torbergsen	1,350,000	100,000
Paul Teoh	1,250,000	731,718
Arie Muller	0	-177,076
KarilleMeni	0	-539,882
5cardPLO	0	-506,757

Joao Vieira was in prime shape to knock out Craig Timmis when they got it in with      versus     .

However, the board came       as Timmis instantly flopped quads.

Vieira was then all-in shortly after against "dr100percent" in a battle big blind versus button.

Joao Vieira:     
"dr100percent":     

As the board came      , the Hungarian improved on the turn and river to felt Vieira in 18th place.

Benjamin "dr100percent" Juhasz	905,000	279,772
Craig Timmis	713,049	632,525
Joao Vieira	0	-850,000

"Koi8888" got his stack in with the      as one of the shortest stacks and Joao Vieira called with the     .

On a board of      , Vieira freerolled all the way to an eventual jack-high straight.

By then, Lautaro "Gueca" Guerra was already gone in 22nd place when his rivered flush was no good as "Lampard10" improved to a full house with the same card.

By then, Lautaro "Gueca" Guerra:     
"Lampard10":     

Board:      

And "StuckMyAce" had to leave in 20th moments later.

The Canadian ran with      into the      of Simon Lofberg who made a full house for good measure on the       board.

Simon Lofberg	1,075,000	413,141
Joao Vieira	850,000	184,332
Lampard10	548,000	100,835
Koi8888	0	-231,748
StuckMyAce	0	-282,656
Lautaro "Gueca" Guerra	0	-255,085