Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-03-2018 23:18 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Calen McNeil	155,000 30,000	30,000

Dan Shak	110,000 30,000	30,000
Felipe Ramos	90,000 25,000	25,000
Mike Matusow	85,000 20,000	20,000

Jonathan Duhamel	85,000 25,000	25,000

Randy Ohel	60,000 8,000	8,000

Chris Klodnicki	60,000 -14,000	-14,000

Esther Taylor	50,000 -30,000	-30,000
Adam Owen	48,000 -47,000	-47,000
David Steicke	38,000 3,000	3,000
Daniel Negreanu	26,000 -9,000	-9,000

One for Zhukov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

On the flop of , Wayne Diep check-raised into a bet of Viacheslav Zhukov and was called. The turn brought a bet by Diep and a call by Zhukov before the river brought no betting action. Diep showed an ace-king-queen and Zhukov won the pot with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	117,000 43,000	43,000

Wayne Diep	110,000
Ismael Bojang	100,000 33,000	33,000

Viacheslav Zhukov	85,000 22,000	22,000
Randy Ohel	52,000 -13,000	-13,000

Todd Brunson	45,000 28,000	28,000

Matt Glantz	45,000 -1,000	-1,000

Christopher Roth	45,000 -30,000	-30,000
Todd Witteles	42,000 -2,100	-2,100

Owais Ahmed	40,000 20,000	20,000

Joe McKeehen	17,000 -33,000	-33,000

Tags: Wayne Diep Viacheslav Zhukov

Level: 9

Limits: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

06-03-2018 22:51 UTC-8

Break

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Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

06-03-2018 22:49 UTC-8

Craft Remains in Contention

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

Jesse Martin raised and picked up one caller in Perry Friedman. Mickey Craft from one seat over three-bet and John Monnette called in the big blind, as did Martin and Friedman. On the flop, action checked to Craft and he moved all in for fewer than a big bet, which was called by Martin and Friedman.

Both remaining active players checked down the turn and the river. Friedman showed for the low, Martin had and Craft the for the nut straight to chip up thanks to the multi-way pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Martin	180,000 102,000	102,000

Perry Friedman	85,500 7,000	7,000

John Monnette	45,000 45,000	45,000

Mickey Craft	13,500 13,500	13,500

Tags: Jesse Martin John Monnette Mickey Craft Perry Friedman

06-03-2018 22:35 UTC-8

Martini Takes One Down; Rast Joins

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

Julien Martini scooped a pot against Shane Douglas when the latter called his bet on the river of a board with pocket aces, then mucked when Martini flashed the .

Right after, Nick Shulman raised in the cutoff and Daniel Negreanu three-bet on the button, Shulman called. On the flop, Shulman check-called a bet before doing so again on the turn and the river. Negreanu showed and Schulman claimed the low pot with .

Right after the hand was over, Brian Rast sat down after having just entered. The same table also features Mack Lee, who Martini played with for hours and hours on the way to victory in Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Omaha 8 or Better.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	160,000 83,000	83,000

Julien Martini	55,000 55,000	55,000

Mack Lee	55,000
Brian Rast	50,000 50,000	50,000

Daniel Negreanu	35,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Brian Rast Daniel Negreanu Julien Martini Mack Lee Nick Schulman

06-03-2018 22:27 UTC-8

Updated Counts

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Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Dirksen	130,000 130,000	130,000
David Benyamine	130,000 40,000	40,000

Calen McNeil	125,000 125,000	125,000

Smith Sirisakorn	122,000 122,000	122,000

Anthony Zinno	112,000 27,000	27,000

Robert Mizrachi	85,000 -5,000	-5,000

Mike Matusow	65,000 -25,500	-25,500

Mike Wattel	47,000 -10,000	-10,000

Andrew Barber	42,000 42,000	42,000

Daniel Negreanu	32,000 -22,000	-22,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	25,000 13,000	13,000

06-03-2018 22:23 UTC-8

Concepcion Chips Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

On the three-way turn of , Rafael Concepcion in the small blind made it four bets to go all in and Benny Glaser in the big blind, as well as John Hennigan on the button, called. The river brought no action between the two remaining active players and Concepcion said "here we go, nut nut," before tabling his for the nut flush and the nut low.

Hennigan had for the nut low as well, while Glaser mucked his cards. Concepcion took three quarters of the pot and chipped up considerably.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	137,000 -58,000	-58,000

Rafael Concepcion	68,000 3,000	3,000
John Hennigan	37,000 -43,000	-43,000

Tags: Benny Glaser John Hennigan Rafael Concepcion

06-03-2018 22:15 UTC-8

Two Hands With Fuchs

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Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

In a three-way all-in situation, Eric Kurtzman escaped eliminated when he was all in against Carol Fuchs and Larry Kantor. On a board, Fuchs showed for a straight and the nut low, Kantor held and chopped the high with Fuchs, while Kurtzman had to chop the low with Fuchs.

In the next hand, another short stack got his final chips in against Fuchs.

Short Stack:
Carol Fuchs:

The board ran out and the short stack was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carol Fuchs	90,000 20,000	20,000

Larry Kantor	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Carol Fuchs Eric Kurtzman Larry Kantor

06-03-2018 22:12 UTC-8

Assorted Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tai Nguyen	110,000 -15,000	-15,000
Todd Witteles	70,000 8,900	8,900

Felipe Ramos	65,000 20,000	20,000
James Obst	48,000 8,000	8,000

Kyle Miaso	45,000 45,000	45,000
Noah Bronstein	42,000 15,000	15,000
Daniel Alaei	40,000 -3,000	-3,000

David Steicke	35,000 -15,000	-15,000
Owais Ahmed	20,000 -47,000	-47,000