$5,000 Omaha Rebuy - Level 15
Jun 15, '08
Blinds: 3000/6000
Players Left: 20 of 152 (with 483 rebuys)
Kirill Gerasimov - 815,000
Brian Rast - 720,000
John Juanda - 475,000
Adam Hourani - 460,000
Phil Galfond - 410,000
Johnny Chan - 385,000
Alexander Kostritsyn - 329,000
David Williams - 290,000
Eli Elezra - 285,000
Phil Hellmuth - 275,000
Big Hands:
River of Life
Birinder Nijran was one of three players to see the flop for 19,000, with the board coming out Q
9
5
. Nijran moved all-in for 44,500 and both David Benyamine and Phil Galfond made the calls. The 10 was the turn card and after Benyamine checked Galfond bet 40,000. Benyamine called and the river came 10 to pair the board. Both players checked and Galfond showed KJ9
8. He had turned the straight and held the flush draw. But the river kept Nijran alive, as he had flopped a set of queens while holding AQQ10. The full house kept Nijran alive and the field remained at 20, two away from the money.
Elezra Draws Call, and Fold
John Juanda raised to 19,000 preflop, then Eli Elezra in the big blind reraised to 63,000. The flop came 1072 and Elezra quickly moved all-in. Juanda folded and Elezra showed double-suited aces with AAJ8.
Chan Wins Big, Chan Wins Small
Johnny Chan was in the big blind and was one of five players to limp to see the flop come 733. Evan Sofer in the small blind bet 20,000, Chan called, and three other players folded. The turn brought the 5, Sofer bet 40,000 and Chan smooth-called again. The K fell on the river and Sofer checked. Chan bet 70,000 and drew a call. Chan rolled over 9776 for the flopped full house and took the pot down.
A few hands later, Chan was in the small blind and called a bet of 15,000 by Kirill Gerasimov after the the flop came QJ5. The 6 came on the turn, Gerasimov checked, and Chan bet 48,000 which was enough to take the pot.
Daniel Negreanu lost a monster pot for half his stack to Emmanuel Sebag early in the level, then lost another 100,000 to Elezra a few hands later. Negreanu is now below 150,000 in chips.
Player Tags: John Juanda, Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine, Eli Elezra, Johnny Chan, Kirill Gerasimov, Birinder Nijran, Evan Sofer, Phil Galfond
