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

Stud Hi-Lo

Jared Bleznick open-completed to 50,000, and Jameson Painter called. Bleznick bet fourth, fifth, and sixth streets, with Painter calling each time.

Bleznick:    /      /  
Painter:    /      /  

Both players checked seventh, and Bleznick signaled to his board meaning he had a pair of eights. Painter tabled     for a pair of kings, and Bleznick mucked.

With that pot, Painter climbed over the two-million-chip mark as Bleznick dropped to 600,000.

Jameson Painter	2,030,000	580,000
Jared Bleznick	600,000	-300,000

Stud Hi-Lo

Jared Bleznick open-completed to 50,000, and Samoeun Mon called. Mon bet fourth street, and Bleznick raised. Mon found himself all in for his last 145,000, and Bleznick called. Each player's board ran out as follows:

Bleznick:    /      /  
Mon:    /      /  

With Mon rivering a low, he stayed alive with just over 200,000 in chips.

Jared Bleznick	670,000	20,000
Samoeun Mon	215,000	-5,000

Stud Hi-Lo

"Strong like a bull, I don't give up," Samoeun Mon said before calling with the   up. Smith Sirisakorn called, as well, and Jameson Painter completed with the  . Mon made it two bets, forcing Sirisakorn out of the way. Painter raised again, putting Mon at risk.

Samoeun Mon:    /      /  
Jameson Painter:    /      /  

Painter made an eighty-seven low, while Mon had sevens up, chopping another pot to stay in the tournament.

"Can't get rid of me that easy!" Mon warned his opponents.

Samoeun Mon

220,000

-50,000

Omaha Hi-Lo

Smith Sirisakorn raised from the small blind, and Jameson Painter defended his big blind.

Sirisakorn went for three barrels on the       board, and Painter called all of them.

"Ace-deuce-three," Sirisakorn announced, rolling over his      for the nut low and a straight.

"That is a very strong hand," Painter admitted his defeat.

Smith Sirisakorn	1,900,000	330,000
Jameson Painter	1,450,000	-405,000

Stud Hi-Lo

Samoeun Mon raised with the   up, and the action stopped at Smith Sirisakorn, who re-raised. Mon pushed all his chips towards the middle, and Sirisakorn called.

Smith Sirisakorn:    /      /  
Samoeun Mon:    /      /  

Sirisakorn made a flush and a low, and Mon's tournament life was on the edge. He peeled the river card, which needed to pair up with any of his other cards. It was the  , which brought a full house for Mon to rescue the high half of the pot for him.

"East coast!" his railbirds from both sides of the table shouted, celebrating Mon's surviving moment.

Samoeun Mon

135,000

5,000

Omaha Hi-Lo

From under the gun, Jameson Painter opened to 80,000, and Larry Tull called next to act. Samoeun Mon called all in for his last 60,000, and Smith Sirisakorn called in the big blind.

The     flop was checked through. The   turn saw Painter bet 80,000, and both Tull and Sirisakorn called. The   river was checked through.

Painter tabled his      for the low and two pair. Tull's      and Sirisakorn's      were no good for either half of the pot.

One by one, Mon revealed his      for two pair to stay alive and move his stack to 130,000 in chips.

Jameson Painter	1,855,000	-75,000
Smith Sirisakorn	1,570,000	-30,000
Larry Tull	380,000	-120,000
Samoeun Mon	130,000	50,000

Omaha Hi-Lo

Jared Bleznick raised the button, and both Smith Sirisakorn and Jameson Painter called in the blinds.

The flop fell    , and Bleznick bet 40,000 with both Sirisakorn and Painter calling. The turn landed the  , and both Sirisakorn and Painter checked to Bleznick, who bet 80,000. Sirisakorn and Painter called again as the river landed the  . Sirisakorn checked, Painter bet 80,000, and Bleznick raised to 160,000. Sirisakorn folded, but Painter called.

Painter tabled      for a full house, and Bleznick mucked.

Jameson Painter	1,930,000	555,000
Jared Bleznick	1,380,000	-170,000

Stud Hi-Lo

Jared Bleznick completed with the  , and Jameson Painter called with   up.

Bleznick bet on fourth street after catching an ace, and Painter called. Both players checked on fifth street, and Bleznick bet on sixth before check-calling on the river.

Jameson Painter:     /     
Jared Bleznick:     /     

Bleznick completed the next hand with the  , and Smith Sirisakorn called with the  . Bleznick had ace-deuce up on fourth street, just like in the previous hand. He led out, and Sirisakorn called.

Bleznick checked after pairing his deuce on fifth street, leaving the aggression to Sirisakorn, who bet fifth and sixth and eventually bet again on the river. Bleznick called every bet.

Smith Sirisakorn:     /     
Jared Bleznick:     /     

Sirisakorn had two pair, but Bleznick had aces up and scooped the pot.

Jared Bleznick	1,700,000	150,000
Jameson Painter	1,375,000	215,000
Smith Sirisakorn	1,225,000	-175,000

Omaha Hi-Lo

Jared Bleznick opened to 80,000 in the cutoff, and Smith Sirisakorn three-bet to 120,000 from the button. Bleznick called.

The flop fell    , and Bleznick checked. Sirisakorn bet 40,000, and Bleznick called. The   landed on the turn. Bleznick checked, Sirisakorn bet 80,000, and Bleznick released.

Jared Bleznick	1,450,000	-80,000
Smith Sirisakorn	1,400,000	250,000

Stud Hi-Lo

Jameson Painter had the bring-in, and Larry Tull completed. Painter called, then called bets on fourth and fifth streets before both players checked sixth.

Painter:    /      /  
Tull:    /      /  

On seventh, Tull bet 80,000, and Painter called.

Tull tabled his     for a six-high straight, and Painter mucked.

Larry Tull	1,200,000	250,000
Jameson Painter	1,160,000	-250,000