Event #42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller Dia 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

2018-06-21 00:49 UTC-7

Kruk Doubles Through Leah

Nível 9 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Mike Leah raised to 5,000 from early position and Christopher Kruk called from the big blind.

The flop came and Kruk checked. Leah bet 6,000, Kruk check-raised to 29,000, Leah shoved, and Kruk called to put himself at risk.

Mike Leah:
Christopher Kruk:

Leah had the lead with top two and Kruk needed to improve in order to win. The on the turn was no help to either player but the river filled Kruk's wrap, giving him Broadway to take the pot for the double-up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Christopher Kruk	104,800 -190,200	-190,200
Mike Leah	78,000 -14,200	-14,200

Tags: Christopher Kruk Mike Leah

2018-06-21 00:58 UTC-7

Two Dozen Re-Entries; Yu Joins Late

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Nível 9 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

After finishing 3rd in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, Ben Yu jumped in late to make it 191 entries thus far. Among those were 24 re-entries already and Jacob Kalb, as well as Dominykas Karmazinas made the most out of it among the current big stacks.

Ryan Goindoo and Iraj Parvizi were ousted twice and won't be returning for Day 2, while Chance Kornuth, Daniel Negreanu, Joshua Ladines, Noah Schwartz and Yevgeniy Timoshenko are all still in on the second bullet.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jacob Kalb	680,000 -20,000	-20,000
Dominykas Karmazinas	430,000 -60,000	-60,000
Chance Kornuth	380,000 150,000	150,000

Joshua Ladines	150,000 75,000	75,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	145,000 33,700	33,700
Noah Schwartz	135,000 15,000	15,000

Ben Yu	125,000

Daniel Negreanu	75,000 -39,000	-39,000

Ryan Goindoo	Eliminado

Tags: Chance Kornuth Daniel Negreanu Dominykas Karmazinas Iraj Parvizi Jacob Kalb Joshua Ladines Noah Schwartz Ryan Goindoo Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Nível: 10

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 0

2018-06-21 01:10 UTC-7

Galfond Chips Up

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Nível 10 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

On a flop of , Phil Galfond bet 9,000 out of the small blind into a pot of more than 40,000 and his sole remaining opponent, Eddie Ochana, raised it up to 38,000 from under the gun. Galfond elected to fold and Ochana claimed the pot.

Galfond raised the next hand to 7,000 on the button and Ochana called, then check-folded to a bet of 7,000 on the flop.

One hand later, Galfond had raised again from the cutoff, Ben Yu in the big blind check-called a bet of 7,000 by Galfond on the flop. Both checked the turn and Yu checked the on the river.

Galfond bet 14,000 and received the call to show for a full house to build his stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Eddie Ochana	350,000 80,000	80,000
Phil Galfond	340,000 210,000	210,000

Ben Yu	90,000 -35,000	-35,000

Tags: Ben Yu Eddie Ochana Phil Galfond

2018-06-21 01:15 UTC-7

More for Kornuth

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Nível 10 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Several players are approaching more than three times the starting stack and among them are Adam Owen, Robert Mizrachi, Fraser MacIntyre and Chance Kornuth, while Xuedong Li lost half of his former big stack.

Mizrachi, MacIntyre and Kornuth ended up on the same table and are seated in a row. MacIntyre just raised to 6,000 and called Kornuth's three-bet to 18,000. The flop came and MacIntyre checked before releasing his cards into the muck when Kornuth fired a continuation bet for 22,500.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Adam Owen	430,000 100,000	100,000
Chris Hunichen	400,000 -2,000	-2,000

Fraser MacIntyre	400,000 -30,000	-30,000
Chance Kornuth	400,000 20,000	20,000

Robert Mizrachi	375,000 95,000	95,000

Xuedong Li	220,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Adam Owen Chance Kornuth Fraser MacIntyre Robert Mizrachi Xuedong Li

2018-06-21 01:19 UTC-7

Babakhanyan Doubles Through Sekularac

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Nível 10 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

With a massive pile of close to 170,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Ognjen Sekularac bet, Artem Babakhanyan moved all-in for 188,100, and Sekularac called to put Babakhanyan at risk.

Ognjen Sekularac:
Artem Babakhanyan:

Babakhanyan had the lead with a king-high straight and Sekularac needed a diamond on the river in order to stack him. The last card was the which further improved Babakhanyan's hand by giving him Broadway, so he took the pot for a huge double-up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Artem Babakhanyan	547,000 347,000	347,000
Ognjen Sekularac	296,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Artem Babakhanyan Ognjen Sekularac

2018-06-21 01:34 UTC-7

Some Updated Chip Counts

Nível 10 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Konstantin Beylin	550,000 550,000	550,000

Brian Rast	487,000 87,000	87,000

Craig Varnell	443,000 168,000	168,000

Fraser MacIntyre	430,000 30,000	30,000
Daniel Negreanu	282,000 207,000	207,000

Jason Koon	268,200 -11,800	-11,800

Christian Harder	267,000 117,000	117,000

Christopher Frank	250,000 5,000	5,000
JC Tran	242,000 82,000	82,000

Kyle Bowker	220,000 5,000	5,000

Scotty Nguyen	198,000 -2,000	-2,000

David Benyamine	190,000 60,000	60,000

Mike Gorodinsky	177,000 -43,000	-43,000

Sam Soverel	139,000 -6,000	-6,000

Dan Smith	76,200 -48,800	-48,800

Jason Mercier	70,000 47,000	47,000

Anthony Zinno	41,000 -165,000	-165,000

Jake Schindler	38,500 -57,000	-57,000

2018-06-21 01:40 UTC-7

Berger Doubles Through Prociak

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Nível 10 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

In a raising war button versus big blind, Eric Berger ended up all in and at risk and David Prociak had him covered.

Eric Berger:
David Prociak:

The board ran out and Berger doubled for 177,100 with trips eights, putting a big dent into Prociak's stack. Despite the big double, Berger is not the chipleader on his table as Jacob Kalb and George Wolff are still ahead of that.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jacob Kalb	560,000 -120,000	-120,000
George Wolff	500,000 140,000	140,000
Eric Berger	356,000 356,000	356,000
David Prociak	145,000 -205,000	-205,000

Tags: David Prociak Eric Berger George Wolff Jacob Kalb

2018-06-21 01:44 UTC-7

MacIntyre Gets a Fold from Leah

Nível 10 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

There was a substantial pot of about 90,000 already brewing and the completed board read when we got to the table. Fraser MacIntyre was in the big blind and bet 80,000, sending Mike Leah, who was in middle position, into the tank.

"I'll make my decision when the clock hits 20:10," Leah said as he gestured towards the tournament clock in the corner. Nearly two minutes later, he tossed his hand into the muck, and MacIntyre took the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fraser MacIntyre	472,000 42,000	42,000
Mike Leah	180,000 102,000	102,000

Tags: Fraser MacIntyre Mike Leah

2018-06-21 01:50 UTC-7

Four More Hands

Nível 10 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Each table will play four more hands before players bag chips for the night.