Stevanovski raised to 100K, Guth called, and they saw a flop. Guth called Robert's bet, then check-raised him when the turned. Stevanovski called and also called a 100K bet on the river. Guth turned over the 2-4 for the flopped wheel that scooped the pot and put him back in the chip lead, 1.95 million to 1.05 million.
Omaha Hi-Lo is a confusing game, no question about it. It's not hard to misread your hand and see something that isn't there. You just hope it doesn't happen when you're playing for a bracelet.
Guth and Stevanovski traded bets and raises on the turn and built a huge pot that left Guth nearly down to nothing. The final board read and Stevanovski announced he had a straight. He laid his cards out and Guth dejectedly threw down his set of Nines . . . and then he noticed something.
"No straight, no straight!" Guth shouted, and it turned out he was right. Stevanovski misread his hand and thought he'd made a low straight, but he only had the 6-7, and his misread cost him several big bets. That pot brought the match back to exactly even, 1.4 million chips apiece.
All the chips are going Robert Stevanovski's way. He just won another huge pot when the board came and Stevanovski made another 100K bet on the river. Guth agonized over the call, sitting with his head in his hands for a solid minute before making the call. Stevanovski turned over J-9 for the full house to win a massive pot that boosted his stack to 2,000,000. Guth still has 820,000 chips.
Just about every contested pot delivers a body blow, and Robert Stevanovski just landed another punch. The flop came and Stevanovski check-called Guth's 50K bet. He did the same when the turned, and when both players checked the on the river Guth could only offer A-6. Stevanovski held pocket tens and that was enough to win the pot and nearly square our heads-up match.
Now it's Robert Stevanovski scooping every pot -- and it's his supporters going crazy after every hand. Robert won another big pile when Guth called a 40K bet after the flop, then called 80K bets both when the turned and when the hit on the river. Stevanovski turned over pocket sevens for the flopped set and he scooped a massive pot. Guth now has 1.62 million to Stevanovski's 1.18 million.