Tuesday, June 10, 2014 8:02 PM Local Time
Sklar's On a Rampage

Omaha 8
Richard Sklar has not slowed down one bit after getting ahold of some chips two levels ago. Calvin Anderson raised from the small blind and Sklar defended his big. The flop brought out and Sklar called a bet.
On the turn, the hit and Anderson bet again. Sklar called. The river brought the and Anderson check-called. Sklar showed for a flush and a low - the same low that Anderson had - with . Sklar got three quarters and Anderson was knocked down to 213,000.
On the very next hand, it was Randy Ohel who raised and Sklar called from the small blind. The flop brought out and Anderson lead out; Ohel called. On the turn, the hit and Ohel called another bet. The river was the and Sklar lead once again; Ohel called.
"Gin rummy," Sklar yelled out as he threw onto the felt. Sklar had made the nut low and a full house, enough to scoop this pot.
"I don't care about the bracelet! Just give me the money," said Sklar with a wry smile.
The colorful gentleman who's been all smiles every day added, "I've been gambling every day for the last 45 years. All I care about are boats and houses and taking trips."
The players at the table laughed and offered to take the bracelet from Sklar, who's in control of this final table for now.
Richard Sklar | 1,900,000 | 210,000  |
Randy Ohel | 800,000 | -250,000  |
Calvin Anderson | 213,000 | -167,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 7:50 PM Local Time
Ohel's Boat is Bigger
Omaha 8
Randy Ohel raised from the button and Richard Ashby called from the big blind. The flop came down and Ashby checked to the raiser. Ohel continued out and Ashby called to see a turn.
The dealer put out the on the turn and Ashby once again check-called a bet from Ohel. The board paired on the river with the and Ashby checked for a third time. Ohel fired one final bet and Ashby shook his head as he called. Ohel fanned for tens full of kings. Ashby's head continued to shake as he flashed before his hand was pulled into the muck.
Ohel dragged in the pot and has now crossed the million-chip mark with 1.05 million.
Richard Ashby | 1,170,000 | -140,000  |
Randy Ohel | 1,050,000 | 191,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 7:46 PM Local Time
Bruno Fitoussi Eliminated in 9th Place ($40,363)

Omaha 8
On the very first hand at the final table it was Lee Goldman who raised under the gun and Bruno Fitoussi, on his left, moved all in for 89,000 chips. Calvin Anderson made the call and Goldman did so as well when the action was folded back around to him.
The flop brought and Goldman bet, Anderson called. On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river was the and Goldman bet after which Anderson folded.
Goldman showed and that was enough to knock Fitoussi out who showed .
Lee Goldman | 800,000 | 266,000  |
Calvin Anderson | 380,000 | -42,000  |
Bruno Fitoussi | 0 | -89,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 7:33 PM Local Time
Unofficial Final Table
Players have moved to the ESPN stage for the unofficial final table of nine. Richard Sklar leads with Richard Ashby hot on his heels. Bruno Fitoussi is the table short stack with 89,000. Play at the unofficial final table will start with Omaha 8.
Seat | Player | Chips |
1 | Calvin Anderson | 422,000 |
2 | Richard Sklar | 1,690,000 |
3 | Max Pescatori | 433,000 |
4 | Christopher Wallace | 430,000 |
5 | Bill Chen | 221,000 |
6 | Randy Ohel | 859,000 |
7 | Lee Goldman | 534,000 |
8 | Bruno Fitoussi | 89,000 |
9 | Richard Ashby | 1,310,000 |
Richard Sklar | 1,690,000 | 390,000  |
Richard Ashby | 1,310,000 | 410,000  |
Randy Ohel | 859,000 | -41,000  |
Lee Goldman | 534,000 | -91,000  |
Max Pescatori | 433,000 | -52,000  |
Christopher Wallace | 430,000 | -90,000  |
Calvin Anderson | 422,000 | -3,000  |
Bill Chen | 221,000 | -74,000  |
Bruno Fitoussi | 89,000 | -201,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 7:17 PM Local Time
Nick Kost Eliminated in 10th Place ($40,363)

Omaha 8
After a raising war between Nick Kost and Calvin Anderson, the former ended up at risk for his tournament life.
Kost:
Anderson:
"Keep'em high," Kost's friends shouted from the rail before the flop showed . On the turn, the hit and Anderson made a flush. The river brought the and Kost hit the rail in 10th place. The final nine players will now move to The Mothership, otherwise known as the main final table in the Amazon room.
Calvin Anderson | 425,000 | 105,000  |
Nick Kost | 0 | -155,000  |

Tuesday, June 10, 2014 7:10 PM Local Time
Kost Doubles Through Anderson
Omaha 8
Calvin Anderson opened from the cutoff and Nick Kost moved all in for his last 76,000 from the big blind. Anderson called and the hands were tabled.
Anderson:
Kost:
The board ran out , allowing Kost's eights and treys with an ace to score the double up. Kost now sits around 155,000 in chips.
Calvin Anderson | 320,000 | -20,000  |
Nick Kost | 155,000 | 79,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 7:07 PM Local Time
Sklar Over Goldman
Omaha 8
Richard Sklar raised from the cutoff and Bruno Fitoussi called from the button. Lee Goldman tagged along from the big blind and the trio of players watched as a flop fell. All three players checked to see the hit the turn and Goldman fired out. Sklar called while Fitoussi folded his hand.
The rivered and the action went check-check. Sklar rolled over which took down the pot. He's now up to 1.3 million in chips.
Richard Sklar | 1,300,000 | 250,000  |
Lee Goldman | 625,000 | -165,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 7:03 PM Local Time
David Benyamine Eliminated in 11th Place ($32,430)

Limit Hold'em
Right after the break David Benyamine lost back-to-back pots and that sent him to the rail. First it was Richard Sklar who made a huge hand with the board showing . On the river Sklar bet and Benyamine called after which our new chip leader slammed onto the felt.
Benyamine shook his head and mucked, and on the very next hand it was Randy Ohel who raised from his right. Benyamine three-bet and the action folded back to Ohel. Ohel tanked for a bit before putting in another raise and Benyamine called all in.
Benyamine:
Ohel:
The board ran out and Benyamine was knocked out by Ohel's flopped flush.
Richard Sklar | 1,050,000 | 200,000  |
Randy Ohel | 900,000 | 140,000  |
David Benyamine | 0 | -410,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:34 PM Local Time
Bonomo Out to Early Lead in 2014 WSOP POY Race

According to PokerNews' latest WSOP Player of the Year update, Justin Bonomo is out to an early lead in the 2014 World Series of Poker Player of the Year standings. Bonomo reached his eighth career final WSOP final table last week and finally claimed his first WSOP bracelet, removing his name from the list of the best players without poker's most prestigious piece of hardware.
Bonomo is followed closely in the standings by Brandon Shack-Harris, a cash game player who virtually came out of nowhere to win a bracelet of his own. Shack-Harris won the largest pot-limit Omaha event in Event #3, and followed that up with a runner-up finish in the $10,000 Razz Championship event.
Sitting third in the POY standings through 20 events is George Danzer, who defeated Shack-Harris heads-up in the Razz Championship on Sunday. It was also the first bracelet for Danzer, wideley considered one of the top mixed-games minds in the game.
Rounding out the top five through the first two weeks of the series are Brock Parker and Jonathan Dimmig. Parker picked up his third career bracelet in Event #10, and Dimmig collected the first seven-figure score of the 2014 WSOP with his victory in the Millionaire Maker.
WSOP PLAYER OF THE YEAR TOP 10 (through 20 events)
Place | Player | Points |
1 | Justin Bonomo | 399.00 |
2 | Brandon Shack-Harris | 389.00 |
3 | George Danzer | 372.60 |
4 | John Brock Parker | 349.50 |
5 | Jonathan Dimmig | 300.00 |
5 | Vanessa Selbst | 300.00 |
7 | Paul Volpe | 272.25 |
8 | Tuan Le | 270.00 |
9 | Kyle Cartwright | 251.50 |
10 | Jeffrey Smith | 230.00 |
With more than 40 events still to come at the WSOP in Las Vegas, plus several events taking place later this year in Australia, the Player of the Year race is still wide open.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:33 PM Local Time
Chip Counts at Break
Richard Ashby | 900,000 | 720,000  |
Richard Sklar | 850,000 | 130,000  |
Lee Goldman | 790,000 | -35,000  |
Randy Ohel | 760,000 | -190,000  |
Christopher Wallace | 520,000 | 40,000  |
Max Pescatori | 485,000 | -5,000  |
David Benyamine | 410,000 | -165,000  |
Nick Kost | 393,000 | 1,000  |
Calvin Anderson | 340,000 | 70,000  |
Bill Chen | 295,000 | 25,000  |
Bruno Fitoussi | 290,000 | 10,000  |

Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:32 PM Local Time
Break
Play will resume in 20 minutes.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:32 PM Local Time
John Cernuto Eliminated in 12th Place ($32,430)

Stud 8
John Cernuto had the bring in and Nick Kost, on his direct left, raised it up. The action folded back to Cernuto who tanked for a bit before raising all in for just a few thousand more chips.
Kost: / /
Cernuto: / /
Kost made a full house and Cernuto's rivered flush was not enough to stay alive. We're now down to 11 players.
Nick Kost | 392,000 | -128,000  |
John Cernuto | 0 | -55,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:24 PM Local Time
Pescatori Doubles Again
Stud 8
Pescatori: / /
Cernuto: / /
On fifth street, Max Pescatori led with a bet and John Cernuto cut out a raise. Pescatori called for his final 44,000 and the hands were turned over. Pescatori had a pair of jacks and was behind Cernuto's pair of aces. Pescatori instantly improved on sixth street though, catching a third jack and making trips. He filled up on seventh with another ace, giving him jacks full for the win.
Two hands later, Pescatori won another large pot off of Cernuto, crippling Miami John down to 55,000. Pescatori, on the other hand, is now thriving at 490,000.
Max Pescatori | 490,000 | 365,000  |
John Cernuto | 55,000 | -185,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:18 PM Local Time
Pescatori Stays Alive
Stud
Max Pescatori's stack had been dwindling for quite some time, but just now he managed to get his money in against Calvin Anderson. Anderson completed and Pescatori moved all in for an additional 21,000 chips.
Anderson called and two full boards were ran out on the table. Pescatori made a winning combo, but due to the dealer scooping all the cards up before we got them all we did not see them all. Anderson meanwhile takes another hit as he's been losing some chips for a while now.
Calvin Anderson | 270,000 | -300,000  |
Max Pescatori | 125,000 | 1,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:06 PM Local Time
Tommy Hang Eliminated in 13th Place ($26,432)

Razz
Goldman: / /
Hang: / /
After a series of bets, the short-stacked Tommy Hang found himself all in on sixth street against Lee Goldman. Goldman instantly flipped over his seventh street card - a - giving him a ten-nine low. Hang slowly squeezed his final card out.
"Oh god," said Hang. "It's a two-sided club. Either four or five of clubs. I'm fifty-fifty."
Hang took a breath, picked up his card, and slapped it on the table.
It was a the , giving him three fours. Hang was eliminated in 13th place and Goldman picked up a pot that brings him up to 825,000 in chips.
Lee Goldman | 825,000 | 295,000  |
Tommy Hang | 0 | -220,000  |

Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:48 PM Local Time
Nick Schulman Eliminated in 14th Place ($26,432)

Omaha 8
Nick Schulman had been short since the start of the day and his run just ended in 14th place. Schulman ended up all in for his final chips against Bruno Fitoussi and we caught the following cards:
Schulman:
Fitoussi:
The board showed us and while Schulman had flopped top pair, it was Fitoussi's rivered set that took down the pot.
Bruno Fitoussi | 280,000 | 70,000  |
Nick Schulman | 0 | -100,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:43 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
Randy Ohel | 950,000 | 250,000  |
Richard Sklar | 720,000 | -30,000  |
David Benyamine | 575,000 | 35,000  |
Calvin Anderson | 570,000 | -25,000  |
Lee Goldman | 530,000 | 40,000  |
Nick Kost | 520,000 | 305,000  |
Christopher Wallace | 480,000 | 10,000  |
Bill Chen | 270,000 | -275,000  |
Max Pescatori | 240,000 | -80,000  |
John Cernuto | 240,000 | -360,000  |
Tommy Hang | 220,000 | -300,000  |
Bruno Fitoussi | 210,000 | 30,000  |
Richard Ashby | 180,000 | -180,000  |
Nick Schulman | 100,000 | -45,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:40 PM Local Time
Sklar's Hold'em Rush
Limit Hold'em
In the Limit Hold'em section of this rotation Richard Sklar just went on a tear. Sklar won four hands in a row, one of which went as following. Sklar raised under the gun and Tommy Hang three-bet from the button.
Sklar called and the flop brought , on which he lead out. Hang called and on the turn, when the hit, Hang folded to Sklar's bet.
Richard Sklar | 750,000 | 190,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:33 PM Local Time
Fitoussi Finds New Life
Stud 8
Fitoussi: / /
Benyamine: / /
Lee: / -fold
On fourth street, Bruno Fitoussi led out with a bet and both David Benyamine and Lee Goldman called. Fifth street saw Fitoussi pair jacks and Goldman pair deuces. Fitoussi bet all in for his last 15,000 and Benyamine called. Goldman tank-folded and the hands were turned over.
Fitoussi showed for trip jacks and Benyamine rolled over for a pair of queens. Sixth street was no help to either player and Benyamine flipped up the to complete his losing hand on seventh. Fitoussi rolled over the and scooped the double.
Fitoussi is now up to around 180,000 in chips.
David Benyamine | 540,000 | 290,000  |
Bruno Fitoussi | 180,000 | 110,000  |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:29 PM Local Time
Sklar Bests Fitoussi
Stud 8
Sklar: / /
Fitoussi: / /
Richard Sklar checked fourth street and Fitroussi took this opportunity to bet. David Benyamine folded his hand and Sklar flatted to see fifth.
Sklar check-called once again on fifth street and both players checked sixth. Sklar led out out on seventh and Fitoussi thought for some time before letting his cards go. Sklar raked in the chips and now sits around 560,000 in chips. Fitoussi, on the other hand, has dropped to 70,000.
Richard Sklar | 560,000 | 60,000  |
Bruno Fitoussi | 70,000 | -50,000  |