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Today is the third and final day of Event #10: $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Championship, and no one has more chips than Viatcheslav Ortynskiy. The Russian bagged 862,000 at the end of Day 2 - 327,000 more than his nearest competitor, Eli Elezra - and will begin today with nearly 36 big bets.
Chasing him are seven WSOP bracelet winners; Elezra, Richard Ashby, Andrew Brown, Dan Kelly, Perry Friedman, Jeff Lisandro, and Brock Parker. There's also Gregory Jamison, who's reached the final table of this event four times. His deepest run was in 2008, where he finished runner-up for $331,350.
The bubble burst on the final hand of Day 2 - two-time WSOP Omaha eight-or-better bracelet winner Frankie O'Dell exited empty-handed - so play will begin at the start of Level 21 today. The big bet (24,000) is nearly a tenth of the average stack, so the action will be fast and furious from the first pitch.
The cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. PDT, so be sure to stay tuned for all of the action right here on PokerNews!
Tom Koral made it two bets to go in early position, Perry Friedman called in the small blind, and Andrew Brown called as well.
The flop fell , both players in the blinds checked, and Koral tossed out a bet. Friedman called, Brown check-raised to two bets, Koral called, and Friedman called all in for a bit less.
Brown check-called a big bet on both the turn () and the river (), and all three hands were tabled:
Koral:
Brown:
Friedman:
Koral took three-quarters of the pot with two pair and the same low as Brown, who received one quarter of the pot. Friedman hit the rail in 18th place, earning $23,742.
Two eliminations, two bracelet winners out the door.
Dan Kelly raised in early position, Jeff Lisandro defended his big blind, and the two took a flop of . Lisandro tossed out a bet, Kelly raised, Lisandro moved all in, and Kelly called.
Kelly:
Lisandro:
The on the turn gave Lisandro flush and straight draws, but the on the river was a big red brick. He was eliminated in 17th place, while Kelly is up to 545,000 chips.
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy raised from the hijack, Robert Stevanovski made it three bets out of the small blind, and Ofir Mor cold-called in the big blind. Ortynskiy called as well, and the flop fell .
Stevanovski tossed out a bet, Mor and Ortynskiy both called, and the turn was the . Stevanovski moved all in for 3,000, Mor called, and Ortynskiy raised. Mor called.
Both Ortynskiy and Mor checked on the river (), and Mor scooped the entire pot with for an ace-high flush.
Stevanovski revealed a lower flush before mucking his holdings and exiting.
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy raised in the hijack, Ismael Bojang called out of the big blind, and the flop fell . Bojang bet out, Ortynskiy raised, and Bojang called all in for 15,000.
Ortynskiy:
Bojang:
The turn and river were both kings - the , - and Bojang was eliminated in 15th place.
Richard Ashby called from the hijack, Jason McPherson called out of the small blind, and Andrew Brown raised from the big blind. Ashby and McPherson both called.
The flop fell , McPherson checked, and Brown tossed his remaining 7,000 chips in the middle. Only Ashby called.
Ashby:
Brown:
Ashby improved to a full house on the turn (), and a meaningless completed the board.
Vanessa Selbst, winner of Event #2: $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em and her third World Series of Poker gold bracelet, joins the show to talk about her heads-up matches, the Twitter beef with Jason Mo, and her two small dogs. Rich, Donnie, and Jason then take a look at all of the recent bracelet winners and dissect the idea of a $20 million guarantee tournament.
Tom Koral raised on the button, Doug Polk called out of the small blind, Jason McPherson defended his big blind, and the flop fell . The action checked to Koral, he bet, and Polk raised. McPherson folded, Koral moved all in for 31,000 and Polk called.
Polk:
Koral:
Polk filled up on the turn (), and the bricked off on the river.
Koral hit the rail. Here are the rest of the counts from the table:
After heavy betting on a flop of , Gregory Jamison was all in and at risk against Melissa Burr on the turn (.
Jamison:
Burr:
The bricked off on the river and Burr scooped the pot with Broadway. Jamison, who was so close to reaching his fifth final table in this event, will earn $33,949 for his efforts.
Richard Ashby completed from the small blind, Doug Polk raised out of the big blind, Ashby reraised and Polk called all in.
Polk:
Ashby:
"I have two cards that can make a low," Polk said, revealing his hand.
The flop gave him the best low draw because Ashby paired his seven, and the on the turn completed his low. Polk could scoop the pot with a five on the river for a full house, but disaster struck as the completed the board, giving Ashby a superior low to go with his sevens and deuces.
Polk wished the players at the table good luck, then exited the tournament area looking to get paid.
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bricked off on the river and Burr scooped the pot with Broadway. Jamison, who was so close to reaching his fifth final table in this event, will earn $33,949 for his efforts.
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