$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 21 - Down to One Table and Ten Players
Jun 30, '08
Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Players Remaining: 12 of 381
Average Chip Stack: 762,000
Mizrachi doubles through Argyros in 1.3 million-chip pot
Midway through level 21, Michael Mizrachi raised to 55,000 from early position and Billy Argyros made the call from middle position. The flop was 7
42
and Mizrachi checked. Aryros bet the pot and Mizrachi immediately raised the pot. Argyros moved all in and Mizrachi called all in.
Argyros: AT
77
Mizrachi KK
94
Mizrachi had an overpair and a flush draw, but Argyros flopped a set of sevens. But the 3 came on the turn, and Argyros needed the board to pair to eliminate Mizrachi. The river was the 5, and Mizrachi doubled up. Argyros had to ship 600,000 chips his way, and was down to 500,000 chips after the hand.
Eliminations:
Jimmy Tran eliminated in 13th place ($44,767)
After Josh Arieh raised from early position to 60,000 and Tran called, Billy Argyros reraised 200,000 more. Arieh made the call and then after a minute Tran called all in for 125,000, creating a 150,000 side pot. The flop was AJ5 and Argyros moved all in. Arieh thought for a few minutes before folding.
Argyros: KKQJ
Tran: KQJT
Argyros had Tran completely dominated and drawing dead when he hit his flush when the 8 came on the turn. The 2 came on the river and Argyros took down the monster pot of about 800,000 chips.
Josh Arieh eliminated in 12th place ($53,721)
After losing chips on the hand with Argyros and Tran, Arieh was crippled when he called bets on the turn and river by Argyros on a AQ269. Argyros flipped over A-K-J-4 to beat Arieh's A-J-5-4. When Argyros flipped over his hand, he asked incredulously, "It's good? Wow, I was bluffing." Arieh told him he knew it was a bluff, but the bluff happened to be the better hand.
Arieh tripled up soon after, but was still shortstacked and moved all in. It folded around to Greg Hurst called from the small blind. Arieh held K-9-8-4 and would need to beat Hurst's Q-Q-3-3. But the board came Q-6-5-4-9. The turn gave Arieh a heart-flush draw, but he missed on the river, sending the chip leader for much of the tournament to the exit.
Shawn Buchanan eliminated in 11th place ($53,721)
Buchanan called a preflop raise out of the big blind, and then got his remaining chips into the middle against Greg Hurst on the flop.
Buchanan: J-T-7-6
Hurst: AQT9
Board: JT989
Buchanan flopped a better two pair, but had to dodge a lot of outs on the turn and river. The flop gave Hurst a flush, and the river gave him a full house.
Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Jimmy Tran, Michael Mizrachi, Shawn Buchanan, Billy Argyros, Greg Hurst
$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Greg Hurst Eliminated in 9th Place ($80,581)
Jul 01, '08
Blinds: 12,000-24,000
Players Remaining: 8 of 381
Average Chip Stack: 953,000
Chip Counts:
Michael Mizrachi - 1,767,000
Brandon Moran - 1,286,000
Kido Pham - 1,080,000
Marty Smyth - 1,068,000
Billy Argyros - 729,000
Peter Jetten - 492,000
Richard Harroch - 372,000
Tom Hanlon - 192,000
Eliminations:
Greg Hurst eliminated in 9th place ($80,581)
Big Hands and Storylines:
Tom Hanlon Doubles Up
Michael Mizrachi limped in from early position and then Tom Hanlon raised pot to 108,000. When it got back around to Mizrachi he reraised Hanlon all in and was called.
Mizrachi: 101088
Hanlon: AAK6
Board: K54KA
Hanlon turned three kings but Mizrachi turned a flush draw. But the ace on the river gave Hanlon a full house and the pot.
Greg Hurst Eliminated in 9th Place ($80,581)
Michael Mizrachi raised to 75,000 from under the gun and Greg Hurst called from the button. The flop came 763 and Mizrachi bet out 80,000. Hurst decided to raise and then Mizrachi reraised all in. Hurst called and was all in.
Mizrachi: AK54
Hurst: AA98
Turn/River: 36
Mizrachi flopped a straight with a flush draw, and was well ahead of Hurst's aces and straight draw. The turn gave Mizrachi a second flush draw and gave Hurst even fewer outs. The river didn't help and Hurst left the table to collect $80,581 for his ninth-place finish.
Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Greg Hurst, Tom Hanlon, European Report
Pass The Sugar
Lennart Holtkamp Eliminated in Seventh Place ($38,365) - Omaha