Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:44 PM Local Time
Mike Leah opens to 20,000 from the button, and Richard Gryko calls in the big blind. The flop triggers a check from Gryko, a bet worth 20,000 by Leah, and a call. On the turn, the action repeats itself for 50,000, and the then completes the board on the river.
Gryko checks, and Leah bets 135,000 to enforce a fold.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:36 PM Local Time
In a battle of the blinds, Mike Leah and Mikkel Plum invest 30,000 chips apiece to see a flop. Leah bets 25,000, and Plum folds.
The waitress brings Plum the soft drink he ordered after the hand is over, and Plum is not charged anything.
"Oh, it is for free?" he seems surprised. "Can I have another one?" he grins.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:32 PM Local Time
Mike Leah raises to 30,000 out of the small blind, and Mikkel Plum calls from the big. On the flop, Leah bets 30,000, then folds when Plum raises to 80,000.
Mike Leah - 1,150,000
Richard Gryko - 760,000
Mikkel Plum - 550,000
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:26 PM Local Time
Richard Gryko opens to 22,000 from the button and Mikkel Plum calls in the big blind. Both players check the flop and Plum bets the turn for 27,000. Gryko calls and Plum also bets the river. Gryko quickly calls and then mucks when Plum shows the for a straight.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:21 PM Local Time
On the second hand of the level, Mike Leah opens to 20,000 under the gun, and Roberto Romanello calls from the big blind to see a heads-up flop of . Romanello checks, and Leah bets 28,000. Romanello check-raises to 104,000, and Leah leans over to glance at his opponent's chips before raising the pot. Romanello get his stack in, and he is the player at risk with a pot of more than 1.1 million up for grabs.
Leah: for a set of jacks
Romanello: for a pair of nines, a flush draw and open-ended straight draw
The turn does not lock up the hand for Leah yet, as he so painfully experienced yesterday in a big pot against Barny Boatman's one-outer. Romanello has two outs in the and , but the blank fills out the board on the river.
Leah wins the huge pot, sending Romanello to the rail in fourth place.
Mike Leah - 1,200,000
Roberto Romanello - Eliminated in 4th place (€40,480)
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:16 PM Local Time
In the first hand back from the break, Roberto Romanello opens to 26,000 and gets called by Richard Gryko in the big blind.
Both players check the , flop and the turn draws another Gryko check. Romanello bets 28,000, and Gryko calls. On the river, Gryko bets 64,000 and Romanello thinks out loud.
"King ten of clubs? Anything but the jack," he hopes, before making the call.
Gryko: for two pair, jacks and sevens
Romanello: for a full house
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:12 PM Local Time
During the break, Mike Leah ran up to the top floor in order to try and build up his chips in the Monster Stack event. About eight minutes later he was already back down at the feature table and laughed. "I run so bad, lost a flip." He got the last 25,000 in with the against and his opponent hit a set. But he is alive and doing well here at the PLO final table.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:08 PM Local Time
| Level: | 20 | | Blinds: | 5,000/10,000 | |
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:00 PM Local Time
Seat 3: Roberto Romanello - 448,000
Seat 4: Mike Leah - 630,000
Seat 5: Mikkel Plum - 335,000
Seat 8: Richard Gryko - 1,002,000
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:53 PM Local Time
The final hand lasts five minutes into the break. When it's over, Mike Leah immediately runs up to the top floor to check for his table in the Monster Stack event.
20 minutes break.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:51 PM Local Time
There is one more hand to be played after the elimination of Benjamin Pollak and it turns into a big one. Lawrence Lazar raises to 23,000 with around 200,000 behind, and Mike Leah asks his opponent, "Can I see?" referring to the stack size of his opponent. Lazar moves his hands to the side, and Leah raises the pot to 78,000. Lazar moves all in and Leah calls.
Lazar:
Leah:
The flop improves Leah to a pair of jacks with ace kicker, but Lazar has many outs to win the hand. The board completes with the turn and river to send Lazar to the rail.
Mike Leah - 630,000
Lawrence Lazar - Eliminated in 5th place (€29,940)
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:48 PM Local Time
Benjamin Pollak raises the pot to 28,000 from early position, leaving himself with little behind. Mike Leah is in the big blind, and he asks for Pollak's stack size before calling.
Leah bets 33,000 on the , and Pollak has exactly as many chips remaining. He calls with a big sigh.
Pollak: for a pair of queens
Leah: for a set of sixes
"You liked the flop?" Pollak asks and Leah just nods. The on the turn leaves Pollak with four outs, two queens and two sevens. However it is not meant to be, as Leah improves to quads on the river.
Benjamin Pollak - Eliminated in 6th Place (€22,535)
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:41 PM Local Time
Richard Gryko opens to 24,000 in the small blind and Lawrence Lazar calls from one seat over. On the flop, Gryko continues for 21,000 and enforces a fold from Lazar.
Benjamin Pollak chats with his opponents and smiles: "Are you guys enjoying the final table?" despite having a short stack.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:34 PM Local Time
Benjamin Pollak limps from under the gun and Mike Leah raises out of the small blind to 32,000. Pollak calls and they see the flop . Leah bets 15,000 and Pollak folds.
Benjamin Pollak - 75,000
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:28 PM Local Time
Richard Gryko faces the 18,000 raise of Mikkel Plum on the button. Gryko calls out of the big blind to see the flop. Both players check, and Gryko then bets the turn for 17,000. Plum folds and Gryko has more than twice the chips of any other player on the table.
Updated counts:
Richard Gryko - 900,000
Roberto Romanello - 430,000
Mikkel Plum - 420,000
Mike Leah - 310,000
Lawrence Lazar - 220,000
Benjamin Pollak - 105,000
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:20 PM Local Time
After losing a limped pot with pocket aces early on, Benjamin Pollak hasn't won any hands and just now gets involved in a three-way pot to the flop. Mikkel Plum in the small blind bets 35,000 and Pollak folds in the big blind. Lawrence Lazar also folds in the hijack.
Benjamin Pollak - 105,000
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:13 PM Local Time
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Max Pescatori - Eliminated in 7th Place
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Mikkel Plum limps in, Max Pescatori raises the pot, and Plum re-pots to put Pescatori at risk for 71,000.
Plum:
Pescatori:
The flop is safe for the "Italian Pirate," and he asks for a three. The shows up right away on the turn and now Pescatori wants to see a four, which would make him a winning straight. However, the dealer turns over the on the river and that gives Plum trip fives andsend Pescatori to the rail.
Mikkel Plum - 410,000
Max Pescatori - Eliminated in 7th Place (€17,240)
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:10 PM Local Time
Max Pescatori limps from the small blind and Richard Gryko checks in the big blind. On the flop, Pescatori checks and Gryko bets 10,000. Pescatori calls and they check the on the turn. There is no betting action on the river, and the cards are turned over.
Pescatori: for two pair, nines and sevens
Gryko: for two pair, Aces and sixes
The next hand, Pescatori limps the button and Gryko raises to 32,000 from the small blind. Pescatori calls and then faces the 75,000 bet of Gryko on the flop. The "Italian Pirate" folds and is left very short.
Max Pescatori - 71,000
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:04 PM Local Time
Roberto Romanello opens to 16,000 and gets called by Max Pescatori in the big blind. On the [Ks,4c.3h] flop, Pescatori checks and Romanello bets 19,000. Pescatori calls. On the turn, Pescatori asks for the pot size (74,000) and then bets 35,000. Romanello announces a pot-sized raise and that puts Pescatori all in. The "Italian Pirate" folds.
Roberto Romanello - 450,000
Max Pescatori - 120,000
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:54 PM Local Time
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Ismael Bojang - Eliminated in 8th Place
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Richard Gryko opens from early position to 15,000 and Ismael Bojang calls from one seat over. So do Mikkel Plum in the small blind and Benjamin Pollak in the big blind. The flop gets checked to Gryko and he bets 32,000. Bojang is the only caller. On the turn, Gryko bets 72,000. Bojang calls and the river completes the board. Gryko announces "all in" for a pot-sized bet of 264,000 and Bojang has less than that. Bojang calls.
Bojang: for a full house, jacks over deuces
Gryko: for a full house, queens over deuces
Bojang is eliminated in 8th place and can now head straight to Day 2 of the Monster Stack where he bagged up chips last night.
Richard Gryko - 800,000
Ismael Bojang - Eliminated in 8th Place (€13,445)