Sarwer Soaring After Massive Score
We passed by Table 288 and saw towers of chips being moved into the pot. The player in the small blind was all-in for his short stack and Jeffrey Sarwer, who had called the all-in, was facing a raise of 60,000 from another player sitting in middle position. Sarwer, perhaps feeling pot committed after calling the all-in, decided to make the call.
The turn card came and the man in middle position pushed all-in for his last 12,000 chips. Sarwer called and heard his opponent ask "You filled up?" Sarwer shook his head to indicate he had not made a full house and the second all-in player stood up to reveal his for an open ended straight draw and the nut flush draw.
The first all-in player tabled the for two pair, tens and fives, and it was Sarwer's turn to expose his hand: for just a wheel straight draw. In typical Omaha fashion, any number of river cards would tilt the outcome in each player's favor. As it stood, the short-stacked player who initially went all-in was in the lead with his two pair.
River:
Sarwer had missed his wheel draw but caught a jack on the river to give him two pair, jacks and fours, counterfeiting the all-in player's hand. The second all-in player missed his plethora of outs and Sarwer was the last man standing, eliminating two players and building his stack to just under 200,000 chips.