2013 World Series of Poker

Event #20: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kka3
Prize
$277,274
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,368,900
Entries
1,014
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
80,000 / 150,000
Ante
0

Notable Post Break Chippies

Level 15 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Max Steinberg us
Max Steinberg
93,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
78,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 7X Winner
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Todd Brunson
74,500
53,500
53,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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John Larson
72,000
7,000
7,000
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David Chiu
67,000
29,000
29,000
WSOP 5X Winner
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John D'Agostino
56,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
54,000
24,000
24,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
52,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of John Monnette us
John Monnette
46,500
21,300
21,300
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
34,000
15,500
15,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Tom Schneider us
Tom Schneider
23,000
500
500
WSOP 4X Winner
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Jennifer Harman
22,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Julie Schneider
Julie Schneider
22,000
-4,100
-4,100

Eskenazi Survives Three-Time WSOP Bracelet Winner

Level 15 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

A couple days ago, Tom Schneider took down Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. to claim his third career WSOP bracelet. Schneider is still in contention in today's field as he looks to capture his second bracelet in a week, and amazingly his wife, Julie, is along for the ride... as a player! That's right, both Tom and Julie are in the money here in Event #20: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better.

In a recent hand, Tom Schneider limped from middle position only to have Scott Eskenazi raise from the button. The blinds both folded and Schneider made the call. Neither Schneider nor Eskenazi had many chips, but that didn't stop the latter from betting after the former had checked. Schneider responded with a check-raise, Eskenazi called and the dealer burned and turned the {8-Diamonds}.

Schneider wasted little time in leading out and Eskenazi quickly called off his remaining 2,400.

Eskenazi : {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{9-Spades}
Schneider: {3-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{a-Spades}

Schneider had the high with a full house while Eskenazi's ace-six low was currently the best low. The {K-Diamonds} failed to change either of their hands and the two chopped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Tom Schneider
22,500
500
500
WSOP 4X Winner
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Scott Eskenazi
14,000
1,000
1,000

Tags: Scott EskenaziTom Schneider

First Crop of Money Bustouts

Level 15 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

Here are the players who were eliminated in 103-117.

Player Chips Progress
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Eduardo Marra
Busted
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Sigi Stockinger
Busted
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Jeremy Harkin
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Morten Eriksen
Busted
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William Carlton
Busted
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Mike Ungurean
Busted
Profile photo of James Bord gb
James Bord
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Marvin Ryan
Marvin Ryan
Busted
Profile photo of Zorn Venture
Zorn Venture
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Robert Tarquinio
Busted
Profile photo of John Varner
John Varner
Busted
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Matthew Smith
Busted
Profile photo of Septimiu Popescu
Septimiu Popescu
Busted
Profile photo of James Kopcha
James Kopcha
Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,300/2,500

Ante: 0

Masterson & Leah Joint Bubble Boys

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Greg Masterson (right) as he waits to reveal his hand.
Greg Masterson (right) as he waits to reveal his hand.

Hand-for-hand play lasted approximately five hands, and it was actually quite an interesting affair as three extremely short stacks played position in the hopes of folding their way into the money. Unfortunately for Greg Masterson, who was the shortest with a single lavender T500 chip, the blinds hit him first.

Masterson received some protection when the player in the cutoff raised and drove the rest of the field out. The cutoff showed {2-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{k-Spades} and Masterson, who hadn't looked at his cards up to that point, revealed the {a-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{q-Spades}{k-Clubs}. The board ran out {a-Spades}{9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades} giving the cutoff a wheel, but it also gave Masterson a flush. The two chopped the pot and Masterson had 800.

Those chips went in automatically in the next hand as Masterson inherited the small blind. This time he would have to face four other players, including John Racener and Stephen Chidwick. There was a bet and two calls on the {5-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} flop, and then the three active players checked down the {Q-Hearts} turn and {2-Hearts} river.

Racener tabled the {a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} for two pair, Chidwick the {a-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{j-Clubs} for an ace-seven low and an early-position player the {a-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}{j-Diamonds} for not much of anything. Masterson, who hadn't looked at his cards, didn't have much to beat to stay alive. Appropriately, he'd have to wait to see what he held as the tournament staff halted the action due to another all-in situation at another table.

Upon our arrival there were discovered Mike Leah all in with the {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} in front of him on a {9-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{8-Spades}{k-Spades} board. Unfortunately for him, Christopher Meyer had a huge lead with the {a-Spades}{7-Spades}{3-Spades}{10-Clubs}. The {2-Diamonds} river failed to help Leah and he was officially eliminated from the tournament.

Meanwhile, Masterson was finally able to tabled his cards and showed the {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{q-Spades}. It wasn't what he was looking for and he joined Leah on the rail. Since they busted in the same hand, Masterson and Leah will split the $2,600 prize money associated with 117th place.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Meyer
90,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Gregory Masterson
Gregory Masterson
Busted
Profile photo of Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Christopher MeyerGreg MastersonMike Leah

Small Dent in Chidwick's Mountain

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Stephen Chidwick has assembled quite an impressive looking stack that might even make Jason Mercier a bit jealous, but we just saw him lose a bit of it to former November Niner John Racener.

Both players had a ton of chips in the middle in front of them when we got to the table to see the board completed {j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades}. Racener fired out a river bet, and Chidwick made the call. Racener tabled {k-Clubs}{j-Spades}{a-Hearts}{4-Spades} for top two pair, and Chidwick kicked his cards in.

Player Chips Progress
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Stephen Chidwick
111,000
95,800
95,800
WSOP 1X Winner
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John Racener
75,000
40,500
40,500
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: John RacenerStephen Chidwick

Hand-for-Hand

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

The aforementioned money bubble has arrived. Players will play one hand, then wait for all other tables to finish. We will lose one more player before the money very shortly.

Back to Boise for Antoniuk

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

The exact action escape us, but we do know that Christine Antoniuk of Boise, Idaho got the last of her chips in on a board reading {j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{j-Hearts} and was called by Donald Yucius.

"You got a boat?" Antoniuk asked. Yucius shook his head in the affirmative. "Then you have me drawing dead."

Antoniuk then tabled the {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{2-Spades}, and sure enough, Yucius had her drawing dead with the {j-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{a-Spades}. The meaningless {10-Spades} was run out on the river and Antoniuk exited the tournament floor.

Player Chips Progress
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Don Yucius
68,000
50,000
50,000
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Christine Antoniuk
Busted

Tags: Christine AntoniukDonald Yucius