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Tyler Patterson is lurking at the top of the chip counts
A field of 991 hopefuls was whittled down to just 152 yesterday in Event #48: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low and those players will be taking their seats within the next hour as the money bubble looms. Only 117 will be paid, meaning 35 players returning today will walk away empty-handed. Leading the way is Cale Maclean with 130,300 in chips with notables like Jeff Madsen (97,000) and Tyler Patterson (99,100) lurking close by. There is a pack of players sitting within striking distance as well, including Yueqi "Rich" Zhu (99,800), Sonny Osman (99,600), Michel Abecassis (91,000), and Dmitrii Valouev (88,900).
A little bit further down the leaderboard but still in contention are Scott Clements, David Chiu, Ben Yu, Tom Schneider, Eric Baldwin, Maria Ho, Steven Wolansky, Joe Hachem, Matt Waxman, Joe Serock, and Phil Ivey. Ivey enters today with only one cash this summer (a 22nd-place finish in the $1,500 PLHE tournament) and will be looking to improve upon what has certainly been a disappointing WSOP.
Will he make a deep run? Those and more questions will be answered over the course of the day. PokerNews will be here to provide those answers while relating all of the exciting Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low action, so make sure to follow along!
Two of the bigger stacks in the room were seated at the same table — Dmitrii Valouev sitting with a stack of approximately 90,000 and Allan Le not far behind with close to 80,000. Le opened the action to 2,400 and was called by Anthony Costa. Valouev popped it up to 8,400 and after thinking for a moment, Le made it 27,600 to go. Costa quickly got out of the way and after finding out how much more it was to call, Valouev did so.
The flop came and Valouev immediately announced "pot." Le didn't waste too long before saying "all right, I'm in," and soon their hands were tabled:
Valouev:
Le:
Le had flopped two pair while Valouev had the nut-low draw and gutshot wheel draw. The turn was the , keeping Le in the lead. The river was a low card, but it was the which was no good for Valouev. Le scooped the entire pot with tens and threes and Valouev could only sit there and mutter "well, that sucked." With only 7,500 left and close to the money, Valouev said "I'll be back" as he went for a walk.
In a three-way pot to a flop, Tyler Patterson bet 25,000 into the 32,000 pot. Both of his opponents folded and Patterson took it down.
Patterson has more than doubled his starting stack so far on Day 2. He began the day with 99,100. Patterson has over $1.1M in recorded live tournament earnings with his biggest cash coming in a WPT Borgata event where he finished third for $298,950.
This will be Patterson's second cash of the 2014 WSOP. His first cash came in a $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em busting in 94th for $2,653. He now has 18 career cashes at the WSOP, totaling $241,592, and will be adding to that total with his finish in this event.
Team PokerStars Pro and Team BlueShark Optics member Humberto Brenes joins the podcast to talk about his eight cashes thus far in the 2014 WSOP, chasing records, and Costa Rica's success at the FIFA World Cup. Rich, Donnie, and Jason then break down all of the latest news at the Rio, including the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship, and play an impromptu game that Jason and Rich fail miserably at.
With a pot of 73,500 and a board reading , Jeff Madsen check-called a bet of 33,000 from an opponent in the cutoff seat. The was dealt on the river and both players checked. Madsen tabled for a rivered set of kings and after about ten seconds, his opponent mucked. Madsen now sits among the leaders.
With a flop of , Dylan Wilkerson checked and Jeff Madsen bet 15,000 into a pot of approximately 25,000. Phil Ivey raised all in and Dylan Wilkerson shoved all in as well. Madsen got out of the way and the two hands were turned over:
Wilkerson:
Ivey:
Wilkerson had flopped a wheel and Ivey would need some help to stay alive. He wouldn't get it, as the turn was a deuce and the river was a seven. Ivey will have to settle for his second cash of the 2014 WSOP, but well short of the ultimate goal of winning a bracelet.
Michel Abecassis was eliminated when his would lose to Paul Ewen's on a run out of . Both had similar stacks, but Ewen had Abecassis slightly covered to deliver the knock out.
Joseph Mitchell would get the last of his chips in facing An Li with unknown action. The board ran out and Li's hit a full house, nines full of tens, which was more than enough to take out Mitchell who held . Mitchell was eliminated in 25th place for $8,187.
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and Valouev immediately announced "pot." Le didn't waste too long before saying "all right, I'm in," and soon their hands were tabled:
, keeping Le in the lead. The river was a low card, but it was the 
which was no good for Valouev. Le scooped the entire pot with tens and threes and Valouev could only sit there and mutter "well, that sucked." With only 7,500 left and close to the money, Valouev said "I'll be back" as he went for a walk.
flop, Tyler Patterson bet 25,000 into the 32,000 pot. Both of his opponents folded and Patterson took it down.
for a rivered set of kings and after about ten seconds, his opponent mucked. Madsen now sits among the leaders.
on a run out of 
and that was enough to crack Gryko's aces and eliminate him in 26th place.
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