Phil Hellmuth is trying to grind it out here in Event 25. On the turn of a board, he bet after Carlos Mortensen checked. Mortensen called, then checked and called another bet on the river.
"Nut-nut," said Hellmuth. He opened , the nut flush and the nut low. Mortensen mucked and slipped to 16,000. Hellmuth is up to 78,000.
On a different table, Allen Kessler was recently eliminated. Looks like he'll be paying off that last-longer bet to Jean Robert Bellande.
Another member of Team PokerStars Pro has hit the rail. Barry Greenstein, member of Team Pro USA, has seen the last of his chips leave his stack and he no longer sits in Event No. 25.
Chris Ferguson was all in preflop with the . He was up against the of Chino Rheem.
The board ran out and Ferguson was only able to get a quarter of the pot back. Rheem held a better low, 8-7-5-2-A versus 8-7-5-3-A, and they both used their for the high. Ferguson has only 4,200 left.
We just watched Jordan Morgan fired in a raise on the board of after Phil Ivey bet. Ivey made the call and watched Morgan reveal the for the nut straight. Ivey mucked his hand and lost a good amount of chips, dropping back to 36,500. Morgan improved to roughly 74,000.
Chris Ferguson has 7,500 chips now after surviving a three-way confrontation as the all-in short stack. He moved all in pre-flop for a raise and was re-raised by Chino Rheem. A third player called. Rheem be the flop and the turn. The third player folded to the turn bet, leaving Rheem heads-up with Ferguson for the main pot.
"I've got the nuts," said Rheem. He opened for a Broadway straight. Ferguson showed the same hand, .
"No flush draw, right?" Rheem asked. Ferguson did not have a flush draw. The pot was chopped after an inconsequential river.
Jean-Robert Bellande, he of the infamous 5-card Omaha game in LA last year, is still cruising in this tournament. He's up to 95,000 after a hand against Steve Zolotow. Bellande check-called a bet from Zolotow on a flop of . When the turn came the , he led into Zolotow and one other player also in the hand. Only Zolotow called. Both players checked the river, with Bellande showing down sixes and deuces to crack Zolotow's aces.
Who says you need the nuts to win a hand of Omaha Hi/Lo? Huck Seed scooped with a hand that was very much not the nuts against Eric Baldwin. Baldwin raised the button pre-flop after Seed limped in. Seed was the only caller. He checked and called another bet on a flop of . Both players cheked the turn and the river. At showdown, Seed's , fours and treys, was enough to take the pot.
Seed has approximatley 80,000 chips. Baldwin slipped slightly to 140,000.
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board, he bet after Carlos Mortensen checked. Mortensen called, then checked and called another bet on the 
river.
, the nut flush and the nut low. Mortensen mucked and slipped to 16,000. Hellmuth is up to 78,000.
. He was up against the 
of Chino Rheem.
and Ferguson was only able to get a quarter of the pot back. Rheem held a better low, 8-7-5-2-A versus 8-7-5-3-A, and they both used their 
for the high. Ferguson has only 4,200 left.
after Phil Ivey bet. Ivey made the call and watched Morgan reveal the 
for the nut straight. Ivey mucked his hand and lost a good amount of chips, dropping back to 36,500. Morgan improved to roughly 74,000.
flop and the 
turn. The third player folded to the turn bet, leaving Rheem heads-up with Ferguson for the main pot.
for a Broadway straight. Ferguson showed the same hand, 
.
. When the turn came the 
turn and the 
