Event #46: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Wendy Weissman raised to 53,000 from under the gun. Andrew Watson raised the pot from the button. The blinds folded and Weissman moved all in. Watson called.

Weissman:     
Watson:     

The board ran out      , giving Weissman two pairs and she doubled up, leaving Watson with very few chips.

Wendy Weissman	450,000	300,000
Andrew Watson	30,000	-220,000

Barny Boatman raised to 35,000 and Nathan Gamble called in the big blind. On a     board Gamble, checked and Boatman bet 40,000. Gamble check-raised pot and Boatman was all in.

Gamble:     
Boatman:     

Boatman had a set of deuces while both players held a six-four low. Gamble had a flush draw for the high.

The turn was the   and the river the  , giving Gamble his flush and quartering Barny Boatman.

Nathan Gamble	1,400,000	250,000
Barny Boatman	110,000	-200,000

Shortly after Glenn Cozen's departure in 17th place, another short stack was dispatched from Table 731.

Samuel Lee tangled with Jason Riesenberg. Just like Cozen, Lee couldn't win with kings.

Lee:     
Riesenberg:     

Arriving at the table just in time for the hand measurement, the board       declared the winner very clearly. Riesenberg's hand made a full house, fives full of threes.

Lee collected $7,644 for his 16th-place finish.

Samuel Lee

0

-125,000

It folded to Bernardo Dias in the small blind who limped. Nathan Gamble raised to 36,000. What happened next was a cacophany of "pots" until all the chips were in the middle.

Gamble:     
Dias:     

There was an "oooh" that went around the table as the flop came    . The turn was the   and the river the  , eliminating Bernardo Dias in 18th place ($7,644).

Nathan Gamble	1,200,000	200,000
Bernardo Dias	0	-266,000

Kevin Saul called on the button before Adam Hendrix raised to 48,000 from the small blind. Miguel Use reraised in the big blind. The button folded and Hendrix moved all in. Use called.

"Just the high," said Hendrix, showing     . Use showed     .

The flop was    , giving Use low and flush draws. The turn was the   and the river the  .

"To scoop on that flop..." said tablemate Millard Hale as Hendrix's double-up was counted out.

Miguel Use	650,000	-225,000
Adam Hendrix	480,000	222,000

Nathan Gamble limped from the small blind and Christopher O'Rourke raised to 32,000 total. Gamble called.

The flop came     and Gamble check-called 60,000 from O'Rourke. The turn brought the  . Gamble bet the pot and O'Rourke moved all in. Gamble called.

Gamble:     
O'Rourke:     

O'Rourke currently held the best high hand with aces, and both players were chopping with ace-deuce for a seven-five low.

"Pair the board," said Gamble. The river did not pair the board, but it was the  , giving Gamble trip deuces as well as a better low than his opponent, a six-five. O'Rourke was eliminated.

Players are now redrawing for two tables.

Nathan Gamble	800,000	550,000
Christopher O'Rourke	0	-279,000

Blind on blind, Jason Riesenberg raised and Andrew Watson reraised and Riesenberg was all in.

Riesenberg:     
Watson:     

The board ran out       and Riesenberg doubled up with trip nines. There was no low.

Andrew Watson	225,000	-52,000
Jason Riesenberg	110,000	45,000

Start-of-day chip leader Millard Hale opened to 28,000 and Michael Gross called on the button. Marco Johnson, who came back with the shortest stack, was in the small blind and moved all in for 63,000 total. Hale quickly called but Gross mumbled something about being behind and laid his hand down to leave dead money for the heads-up race.

Johnson:     
Hale:     

The flop     brought a set for Johnson while Hale hoped for some help on the following street. The turn   improved Hale's draw to a double-belly, but he failed to complete his straight draw on the   river.

Johnson scored nearly a triple-up, vaulting to 166,000.

Millard Hale	600,000	-40,000
Marco Johnson	66,000	-32,000