Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship

Three ways to the      turn, Andrew Donabedian bet 15,000 in the small blind and Alexander Hoff folded during one of the last hands before the break. Alan Reyf called and Donabedian then checked the   on the river.

Reyf made it 35,000 to go and Donabedian reluctantly called as Reyf flashed the      for the nut straight.

Alan Reyf	125,000
Andrew Donabedian	43,000	-87,000

With around 22,000 in the middle to the       river, Thi Xoa Nguyen bet 20,000 on the button and that sent Naor Slobodskoy in the big blind deep into the tank. Eventually, Nguyen called the clock on Slobodskoy, who nodded when the floorman arrived and asked if there was enough time to act.

The thirty seconds ran down without any decision and Slobodskoy's hand was dead while Nguyen raked in the pot with a smile on the face.

Tommy Le	110,000	32,000
Randy Ohel	80,000	6,000
Thi Xoa Nguyen	75,000	75,000
Naor Slobodskoy	53,000	-12,000

Four ways to the     flop, Sunita Advaney bet 7,000 and was called by three opponents including Amnon Filippi in the hijack and Anton Morgenstern on the button. The   fell on the turn and Advaney now moved all-in. She forced three folds and flashed the      with the words "I didn't want anyone to boat up".

Filippi mentioned in the table chat he folded the top two pair while Morgenstern was also on a flush draw.

Norbert Szecsi	120,000	5,000
Sunita Advaney	80,000	80,000
Amnon Filippi	55,000	55,000
Anton Morgenstern	47,000	-5,100
Tim Van Loo	32,000	2,500

Three ways to the     flop, Scott Blumstein checked in the big blind and Matthew Wantman bet 2,000 in the cutoff. Brandon Adams folded on the button and Blumstein called. The   fell on the turn and Blumstein bet 5,500.

Wantman folded rather quickly and said he had a decent hand including the jack of spades with the words "one for the champ". Blumstein revealed one of his cards, which happened to be the  , and was then jokingly labeled as PLO specialist.

"I might not even play the Main Event, this is by far more fun" Blumstein replied but that was probably just a joke.

Brandon Adams	105,000	-14,000
Chris DeMaci	95,000
Matthew Wantman	92,000	7,000
Scott Blumstein	70,000	-5,000

Christopher Csik raised to 1,700 and earned two callers in Khoa Luong and Ehsan Amiri. David Prociak then reraised to 9,500 before Csik potted to 46,700. Luong called all in and the other two players opted to get out of the way.

Khoa Luong:     
Christopher Csik:     

The       board gave Csik quads and sent Luong to the rail.

Christopher Csik	123,000	123,000
Ehsan Amiri	70,000	0
David Prociak	31,000	-30,000
Khoa Luong	0	0

Tim Seidensticker continues to hold the chip lead and has already accumulated more than four starting stacks in level four. Several other notables have jumped into the field and that also includes the defending champion Tommy Le. Last year's runner-up Jordan Spurlin can be found one table over as well.

Tim Seidensticker	255,000	130,000
John Kabbaj	120,000	30,000
Maxi Lehmanski	80,000	80,000
Tommy Le	78,000	78,000
Scott Blumstein	75,000	75,000
Matthew Gonzales	65,000	17,000
Jordan Spurlin	52,000	52,000
Dominykas Karmazinas	51,000	-16,000
David Wang	18,000	-42,000

Plenty of "semi-retired" poker players have admitted to no longer play full time but it appears that this very event is attracting many who have a preference for Pot-Limit Omaha. One of them happens to be Bogdan Capitan, who is now studying and researching at the university in Vienna and he was spotted with a preflop three-bet to 4,000.

His sole remaining opponent called and the flop came    . The action checked to Capitan and he bet 4,000 to win the pot right there.

Bogdan Capitan

55,000

55,000