Event #42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Omaha-8

Wing Wong opened with a raise from under the gun, and it folded around to George Danzer in the big blind who called. The flop came    , Danzer bet, Wong raised with what he had left, and Danzer called.

Danzer:     
Wong:     

The turn brought the   to improve Wong to trip aces, but the   fell on the river to give Danzer a winning flush, and Wong is out.

George Danzer	775,000	55,000
Wing Wong	0	-75,000

Stud-8

After losing the bulk of his short stack in a hand versus Yuval Bronshtein, Tim Burt was down to just 6,000 to start the next hand. Norman Chad completed, Danny Ratigan called, and Burt went ahead and committed his last chips.

On fourth Chad check-called a Ratigan bet, then check-folded on fifth. The remaining players tabled their down cards.

Chad:    /     — FOLDED
Burt:    /    
Ratigan:    /    

Ratigan drew the   and the   to make a flush, and Burt picked up the   and then mucked his last card, hitting the rail in eighth place.

Danny Ratigan	315,000	40,000
Tim Burt	0	-152,000

Stud-8

Danzer brought it in, Gregorich completed, and Chad called. Danzer called as well, and all three players checked on fourth street. On fifth, Danzer checked, Gregorich bet, and both Chad and Danzer called. Gregorich slowed down, checking on sixth, and Chad bet. Danzer called, and Gregorich folded.

Chad checked dark going to seventh, and was forced to fold when Danzer bet.

"Nice bluff!" someone on Danzer's rail yelled.

George Danzer	720,000	145,000
Norman Chad	460,000	-130,000

Omaha-8

George Danzer raised from middle position, and Yuval Bronshtein called from the big blind. The flop came    , and Bronshtein checked. Danzer paused a beat, then pushed out a bet, and Bronshtein called.

The turn then brought the   and a bet from Bronshtein, which Danzer quickly raised. Bronshtein called once more.

The river was the  , and this time Bronshtein checked. Danzer bet, Bronshtein called, then Danzer showed     . As the announcer explained, Danzer held both the nut low and two pair, and both were evidently good as Bronshtein folded.

"The double nuts!" yelled one of Danzer's supporters, causing the table to laugh. Danzer grinned and explained to the table that his rail didn't know a lot about poker, "but they are great supporters."

George Danzer	615,000	98,000
Yuval Bronshtein	220,000	-120,000

"Norman Chad makes his way to his first WSOP final table, if you don't count the ones he's commentated.... Norman's goal is to win more WSOP bracelets than he has ex-wives."

So said the announcer just now, reading off the bio sheets the players fill out prior to the final table. The announcements — and jokes — having all been read, the official eight-handed final table is underway!

Mark Gregorich	677,000	17,000
Norman Chad	590,000	0
George Danzer	517,000	-33,000
Yuval Bronshtein	340,000	80,000
Oleksii Kovalchuk	335,000	9,000
Wing Wong	184,000	-6,000
Tim Burt	152,000	2,000
Danny Ratigan	150,000	-10,000

The final nine players have gathered around the not-official-final table on the main stage in the Pavilion Room. Brandon Guss is the super-short stack as play begins.

Omaha-8

Down to just 25,000 to start the Omaha-8 round, Perry Friedman had to commit 15,000 of that as he was the big blind. Tim Burt then raised from the cutoff, George Danzer called from the small blind, and Perry pushed in his last 10,000.

The flop came     and both players checked. The turn was the  . Danzer bet, and when Burt raised, that caused Friedman to raise as well — out of his seat. Danzer called.

The river brought the  , Danzer again bet, and Burt called.

Danzer showed      for the ace-high flush and nut low. Burt had      for a lesser flush and also the nut low (to which Danzer had caught up on the turn). Meanwhile Friedman had but     .

Three-quarters of the pot thus went to Danzer, the rest to Burt, and Friedman shook hands with his opponents and left with an 11th-place ticket.

George Danzer	525,000	110,000
Tim Burt	165,000	-90,000
Perry Friedman	0	-51,000

The last 11 have left for another 20-minute break.

Omaha-8

We've been watching Perry Friedman survive repeated all-ins by chopping pots, first with Tim Burt, then again with Mark Gregorich. Friedman was just all in again in another situation — this time against three opponents — and emerged not only surviving, but with a nice addition to his stack.

In this one, Burt raised, Jeff Lisandro called from the button, George Danzer called from the small blind, and Friedman called from the big blind, leaving himself but 24,000 or two small bets. The flop came    . Danzer checked, Friedman bet, and all three of his opponents called. Danzer checked again after the   turn, and this time after Friedman bet only Lisandro stuck around. Cards on their backs...

Friedman:     
Lisandro:     

The river brought the  , meaning Friedman had won the high with his diamond flush, and the pair split the low with the same 6-5-4-3-A.

Perry Friedman	155,000	115,000
Jeff Lisandro	105,000	-77,000

Stud-8

Bryan Devonshire:    /      /  
George Danzer:    /      /  
Mark Gregorich:    /      /  

When we reached the tabled on fourth street, Devonshire was already all in. Danzer led out with a bet, and Gregorich called. On the next three streets, Danzer check-called bets from Gregorich, and after seventh was dealt face down, all three players turned their cards face up.

Devonshire:    
Danzer:    
Gregorich:    

Devonshire was eliminated in twelfth place, and wish his opponents good luck before exiting.

Bryan Devonshire

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-105,000