We caught up with the action heads up on a board between Alex Outhred and Young Ji. There was already a sizeable bet out there that looked be around 17,200 when Ji potted all in. It was now up to Outhred who went into the tank. He eventually made the call as the players turned up their hands.
Outhred:
Ji:
The river came the and Ji immediately shouted, “YES!!!” as he thought he won the entire pot with a flush. Unfortunately for him, Outhred quietly pointed out that his king and four made him a full house to actually scoop the pot. After it was counted down, Outhred had 57,100 on top of the 17,200 which was more than Ji had who was eliminated.
Afterwards, Outhred joked, “I’m so glad I’m not completely broke and don’t care about the money” which enabled him to make the big call as opposed to folding if he really needed the min-cash.
Vern Laing, down to about 12,000 at present, just called across the table to our current chip leader, Igor Sharaskin, who is sitting behind a massive stack of about 182,000.
"What's your name?" asked Laing. "Igor," came the reply. "You look like you'll make a good champion," said Laing with a smile.
"Better than yourself?" asked Laing's neighbor, Tyler Fields, sitting to his right. "Well..." said Laing, indicating the small size of his remaining stack, which he can hold in one hand.
Laing continued. "I have one simple announced goal here," he said. "To make the money." He went on to explain that he'd never played PLO/8 before, but had picked up some tips from friends, from playing with Phil Hellmuth and others on Day 1, and even from Wikipedia.
"Why did you enter?" asked someone of Laing on learning he'd never played before. Laing shrugged.
"I like to play cards," he answered, and the table nodded approvingly.
Laing has to outlast five more players to make that goal of his, as 95 currently remain.
Considering that the table where Alexander Wice is sitting at is the closest to where we type out all this magic, we can’t help but notice when a big pot occurs there if we are on our way to check on some other tables. This was certainly the case where the board read and Wice faced a big river bet by Jeffrey Gibralter. Wice made the call and Gibralter sheepishly turned over for just a pair of jacks and a six-low. Wice had him crushed as he revealed for the wheel, which had "earthy tones, a smooth draw, enough kick to win (him) the Hi and the Lo” (that’s a Rounders quote for anyone who doesn’t realize).
The very next hand, Lauchlin McKinnon got it all in preflop against Wice who had him dominated.
Wice:
McKinnon:
The board ran out to give Wice aces up and a low for the knockout as he continued to move up the leaderboard.
Alexandre Gomes, who started the day with around 80,000, has fallen even lower after just doubling up Erik Seidel.
Preflop, Seidel raised it up to 5,600 and Gomes put him all in. Seidel called and showed and Gomes showed .
The board ran out and Seidel's low and pair of aces scooped him the pot. Both players are still very short stacked, but until he has been knocked out and actually confirmed to have left the Rio, we never count out Erik Seidel.
Stephen Kusturiss threw out 3,000 in chips from under the gun. He was notified that he had to put 3,200 though since the blinds went up not long ago with the big blind now at 1,600. Kusturiss obliged and received calls from Jeffrey Gibralter in the cutoff, Alexander Wice on the button and Michael Kovar from the big blind.
The flop came down and it was checked to Wice who bet 7,000. All of the remaining players instantly folded and Wice turned over for the second-nut straight. He is sitting comfortably well over the average stack of just under 40,000 as of now.
Kathy Liebert limped under the gun, Kurt Lange called, and Jeffrey Gibralter re-raised to 6,600. Both players called and they saw a flop. Liebert checked, Lange moved all in for his last few chips, Gibralter called and Liebert folded.
Lange:
Gibralter:
The turn and river came and and Lange hit the rail. Gibralter now has 72,000 and has made his way into our top 10.
We just came upon what is likely the biggest pot thus far in the tourney -- worth about 180,000 or more -- between Igor Sharaskin and Dau Ly.
All of the chips went in on the flop, with Sharaskin holding and Ly . The turn was the and the river the , giving Sharaskin the flush and a scoop of the enormous pot.
"Ahhh," exhaled Ly afterwards. "All that work... one hand...."
Both Sharaskin and Ly started the day among the top ten in chips, and with that one Sharaskin moves out into the lead with more than 180,000. Ly, meanwhile, quickly tumbled down to less than 10,000 on that one, and busted from the tourney shortly thereafter.
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board between Alex Outhred and Young Ji. There was already a sizeable bet out there that looked be around 17,200 when Ji potted all in. It was now up to Outhred who went into the tank. He eventually made the call as the players turned up their hands.
and Ji immediately shouted, “YES!!!” as he thought he won the entire pot with a flush. Unfortunately for him, Outhred quietly pointed out that his king and four made him a full house to actually scoop the pot. After it was counted down, Outhred had 57,100 on top of the 17,200 which was more than Ji had who was eliminated.
and Wice faced a big river bet by Jeffrey Gibralter. Wice made the call and Gibralter sheepishly turned over 
to give Wice aces up and a low for the knockout as he continued to move up the leaderboard.
and Gomes showed 
.
and Seidel's 
for the second-nut straight. He is sitting comfortably well over the average stack of just under 40,000 as of now.
flop, with Sharaskin holding 
. The turn was the 
, giving Sharaskin the flush and a scoop of the enormous pot.