2019 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a1054
Prize
$463,670
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,814,200
Entries
193
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0

"Joe Hachem Gets It In Bad"

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
Joe Hachem
Joe Hachem

Down to his last 230,000, Corey Hochman saw action folded to him on the button and raised the pot to 175,000. Hachem confirmed he only had 55,000 behind and continued deliberating, saying he was unsure of what he should do. After a minute, he raised to put Hochman all in and Hochman called.

Corey Hochman: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Joe Hachem: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

Hachem was in shock when he saw Hochman's hand, exclaiming it was about the worst hand he could have imagined being up against. The board ran out {2-Hearts}{j-Spades}{8-Spades}{j-Clubs}{5-Clubs}, giving Hachem's bleak outlook a slight hope on the flop with a gutshot straight draw. However, he failed to fill up and Hochman earned the double.

After the hand, Bryce Yockey joked, telling Hachem that it was really hard to get it in as poorly as Hachem did in this game. The table erupted in laughter, Hachem included.

Chris Vitch added to the fun with his own headline for the hand: "Joe Hachem Gets It In Bad."

Player Chips Progress
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Joe Hachem
1,650,000
-325,000
-325,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Corey Hochman
485,000
-75,000
-75,000

Tags: Bryce YockeyChris VitchCorey HochmanJoe Hachem

Schulman Drags Heaps From Yockey

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
Nick Schulman
Nick Schulman

Bryce Yockey raised to 125,000 from under the gun and Nick Schulman called in middle position. The flop was {j-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and Yockey bet 175,000. Schulman called in position.

The turn was the {k-Diamonds} and Yockey checked. Schulman fired a pot-sized bet of 675,000 and Yockey called for more than half his remaining stack. The river was the {9-Diamonds} and both players quickly checked.

Yockey rolled over three of the four aces with {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for, eventually, just aces (along with the wheel draw and the nut blocker). Schulman tabled the final {a-Spades}, along with {k-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-} for two pair and soared above three million.

Player Chips Progress
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Nick Schulman
3,500,000
900,000
900,000
WSOP 6X Winner
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Bryce Yockey
600,000
-840,000
-840,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Bryce YockeyNick Schulman

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 0

Yockey and Vitch Play for Stacks

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Action folded around to Chris Vitch in the cutoff who raised to 150,000. Bryce Yockey called out of the small blind and the flop came {9-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts}. Yockey jammed for exactly the size of the pot, 360,000 and Vitch called.

Bryce Yockey: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}
Chris Vitch: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs}

The turn and river fell {3-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} and the two of them chopped up the pot as Vitch had treys up and Yockey had an eighty-five.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Vitch
760,000
-240,000
-240,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Bryce Yockey
545,000
-1,055,000
-1,055,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Bryce YockeyChris Vitch

Bryce Yockey Eliminated in 8th Place ($45,551)

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Bryce Yockey
Bryce Yockey

Bryce Yockey potted to 270,000, a little under half his stack, from under the gun and Brian Hastings called from the big blind. On a {9-Spades}{5-Clubs}{4-Hearts} flop, both players quickly got the rest in.

Bryce Yockey: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts}
Brian Hastings: {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}

The turn was the {3-Clubs} and the river the {8-Spades}. It took some studying from everyone at the table, but Hastings had Yockey pipped with five-three against four-three for high, as well as having a 7-5-4-3-2 low to Yockey's 8-5-4-3-A for a scoop to send the 2017 champ of this event out in 8th place.

Cards
Yockey's final hand (photo: Jamie Thomson)
Player Chips Progress
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Brian Hastings
2,400,000
515,000
515,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
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Bryce Yockey
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Brian HastingsBryce Yockey

Vitch Chops For His Tournament Life

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Chris Vitch opened the action with a pot-sized raise of 210,000 from the hijack. Joe Hachem was in the big blind and asked Vitch what he was playing and Vitch responded saying he started the hand with 550,000. He eventually made the call and the flop came {4-Spades}{6-Spades}{7-Diamonds}. Hachem checked and Vitch shoved for his remaining 340,000. Hachem called.

Chris Vitch: {a-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}
Joe Hachem: {a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}

The turn and river fell {9-Spades}{a-Hearts} and the two chopped the pot, Vitch with nines up and Hachem with the nut low.

Player Chips Progress
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Joe Hachem
2,450,000
800,000
800,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Christopher Vitch
580,000
-180,000
-180,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Chris VitchJoe Hachem

McKenna Getting Short

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Action was folded to the blinds where Michael McKenna completed from the small blind and Chris Vitch raised to 180,000, the size of the pot. McKenna made the call and the flop came {3-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{q-Clubs}. McKenna checked and Vitch announced another pot-sized bet of 360,000. McKenna let his hand go and now finds himself with around nine big blinds left in his stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Vitch
745,000
165,000
165,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Michael McKenna
530,000
-370,000
-370,000

Tags: Chris VitchMichael McKenna

Hochman Below Five Bigs

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Corey Hochman
Corey Hochman

Brian Hastings potted the small blind to 180,000 and after a minute of thought, Corey Hochman called from the big blind, leaving himself with 280,000 behind.

Hastings wasted no time potting again on the {8-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop and Hochman folded after two minutes of thought.

Player Chips Progress
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Brian Hastings
2,750,000
350,000
350,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
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Corey Hochman
280,000
-205,000
-205,000

Tags: Brian HastingsCorey Hochman

Strebkov Limps, Then Re-Pots

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Action folded to Denis Strebkov in the small blind and he completed the call. Michael McKenna was in the big blind and raised to a pot-sized bet of 180,000.

Immediately after McKenna raised, Strebkov announced that he raised the pot and put in a raise to 540,000. McKenna folded.

On the very next hand, McKenna gave Chris Vitch a walk and now has just over 10 big blinds in his stack with under 10 minutes to play in the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Denis Strebkov
1,520,000
-180,000
-180,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Michael McKenna
620,000
90,000
90,000

Tags: Michael McKennaDenis StrebkovChris Vitch

Vitch Doubles Through McKenna, Leaves Him Short Before End of Night

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Michael McKenna
Michael McKenna

Action folded to the cutoff where Michael McKenna opened to 120,000. Chris Vitch was on the button and flatted him. Brian Hastings folded his small blind and the short-stacked Corey Hochman folded in the big blind, taking the pot heads up to a flop of {q-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}.

McKenna announced a pot-sized bet and Vitch immediately announced he was all in. McKenna called in the same motion as his original bet and the two tabled their hands.

Chris Vitch: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{2-Spades}
Michael McKenna: {a-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}

McKenna was in trouble with his pair of treys and nut low draw to Vitch's pair of queens with the same nut low draw. The turn and river both went high, falling {10-Diamonds}{q-Spades} and McKenna congratulated Vitch on a nice hand, thinking he was eliminated from the tournament.

Vitch assured him that he still had a few chips left and when he paid off the 595,000 he owed Vitch, he was left with 65,000. Meanwhile, Hochman's stack of 200,000 puts him in in sixth place of seven for the time being.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Vitch
1,305,000
560,000
560,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Corey Hochman
200,000
-80,000
-80,000
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Michael McKenna
65,000
-555,000
-555,000

Tags: Brian HastingsChris VitchCorey HochmanMichael McKenna