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Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:29 PM Local Time
Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better
The flop is and after a check from Fabrice Soulier, Jason Mercier bets. Soulier calls and the two head to the turn. Both players check. The river is the and Soulier bets. Mercier thinks for a long time before calling. Soulier shows for a full house and that's good. Mercier takes another look at his cards and pitches them into the muck.
With that pot, Fabrice Soulier has moved into the lead.
Fabrice Soulier - 740,000 (24 BB)
Jason Mercier - 55,000 (1 BB)
Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:25 PM Local Time
Wayne Diep - Eliminated in 12th place for $10,586
Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better
All the chips go in preflop between Benjamin Yogel and Wayne Diep.
Diep:
Yogel:
"Big cards!" Yogel cheers.
The flop comes down , giving Diep a pair of twos, but not catching him up yet.
"Deuce!" Diep shouts.
The turn is the , improving no one. The river is the and with two pair, Benjamin Yogel eliminates Wayne Diep from the tournament.
Benjamin Yogel - 380,000 (12 BB)
Wayne Diep - Eliminated in 12th place for $10,586
Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:18 PM Local Time
Bryce Yockey
Stud Hi-Lo Split Eight or Better
Yockey: / / (fold)
Awad: / /
Bryce Yockey gets it all in on fourth street, showing against Hani Awad's up. Yockey flips his down cards, to Awad's .
The cards come out and Awad's final hand adds , but Yockey has flipped his cards over by the time Awad's cards are complete.
Hani Awad - 495,000
Bryce Yockey - Eliminated in 13th Place ($8,526)
Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:07 PM Local Time
Table 1:
Seat 1: (empty)
Seat 2: Jason Mercier
Seat 3: Aditya Prasetyo
Seat 4: Timothy Burt
Seat 5: Esther Taylor-Brady
Seat 6: Fabrice Soulier
Seat 7: (empty)
Seat 8: Denny Axel
Table 2:
Seat 1: Gleb Kovtunov
Seat 2: Per Hildebrand
Seat 3: Benjamin Yogel
Seat 4: Wayne Diep
Seat 5: (empty)
Seat 6: Michael Chow
Seat 7: Bryce Yockey
Seat 8: Hani Awad
Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:01 PM Local Time
| Game |
Antes |
Bring-in or Small Blind |
Completion
or Big Blind |
Limits |
Omaha 8
|
- |
8,000 |
15,000 |
15,000/30,000 |
Stud 8
|
3,000
|
5,000 |
15,000 |
15,000/30,000 |
Thursday, June 23, 2016 1:59 PM Local Time
| Level: | 21 | | Blinds: | 15,000/30,000 | |
Thursday, June 23, 2016 12:27 PM Local Time
Day 2 of Event 36 was the Gleb Kovtunov Show. He won what Allen Kessler labeled, "The pot of the day," and increased a decent Day 1 stack to finish at the top on Day 2. Today he'll come in leading the pack, hoping to pick up his first piece of WSOP hardware and of course, the $213,186 first prize.
Several look to challenge Kovtunov, though. Bracelet winners Michael Chow and Fabrice Soulier still remain, Hani Awad looks to turn his second place run from last year into a bracelet win this time around. And of course there is Jason Mercier, who looks to scoop up his third bracelet of the summer (and sixth bracelet lifetime) and put a stranglehold on the WSOP Player of the Year race. But Mercier has work to do. He comes into the day as the third shortest stack.
Other players pose stiff challenges as well. Esther Taylor Brady, Aditya Prasetyo, and Per Hildebrand are three who have come close to bracelets, but weren't quite able to close it out. Prasetyo and Taylor-Brady look to turn WSOP Circuit success into something more.
Day 3 of Event #36: $2,500 Mix Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better is set to begin at 2 p.m. local time. Keep pounding that 'refresh' key for all the live updates.