Ram Vaswani was crippled at the money bubble, but he was able to survive and even made it past another table of eliminations. However, his luck finally ran out as he lost the rest of his chips to Lee Watkinson. Watkinson made it 21,000 on the button, and Vaswani shoved all in for 50,000. Watkinson called, and the cards were flipped up.
Vaswani:
Watkinson:
The flop came , giving both players two pair and putting Vaswani in the lead. The turn brought the , and Vaswani was in great shape to double up. However, the river brought the , and Watkinson made an unlikely full house to knock off Vaswani and up his stack to 130,000.
We missed the action, but we saw that Maurizio Guerra was getting out of his seat and saying his goodbyes, and we rushed over to see what happened. The board read , and Binger had for a full house. Guerra headed to the rail, while Binger jumped into the top 5 after that pot.
It was just announced to the dealers that the players will bag up and play will end after six more hands at each table. We will have each and every players counts by then.
We have played ten crazy levels of non-stop action here at the Rio in Event #57: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better, and from a starting field of 173 today, only 25 remain. Your chip leader is none other than Nick Schulman, who bagged 772,000 chips to end the night as the comfortable chip leader.
Schulman vaulted into the chip lead in a huge hand against Gary Bolden with four tables left. Schulman raised to 15,000 preflop and was called by Bolden who was next to act as well as the big blind. On the flop with two clubs, the big blind checked to Schulman who bet 40,000. Bolden raised to 170,000, the big blind folded and Schulman shoved. Bolden called all in and the players showed their hands.
Schulman:
Bolden:
The turn and river bricked out and Schulman won the pot with his higher two pair to eliminate Bolden and take a sizeable chip lead.
Schulman is not the only big name left in the field. We still have Allen Kessler(568,000), Phil Laak(319,000), Nick Binger(303,000), David Bach (310,000), Lee Watkinson(111,000), and David Sands(110,000).
Amongst the players we lost before the money today were Mike Matusow, Max Pescatori, Sorel Mizzi, Dan Heimiller, and Noah Boeken. Erik Seidel, Bill Gazes, and John Hennigan were some of the players who made some cash, but didn’t survive the night.
The 25 remaining players will all return tomorrow at 3 pm, and they will try play down to a winner in what is the last event before the main event. So even though the main event will be starting tomorrow, be sure to stay tuned to this event as it will likely reach its conclusion. Thanks for staying with us here at Pokernews, and we will see you tomorrow!
, giving both players two pair and putting Vaswani in the lead. The turn brought the 
, and Vaswani was in great shape to double up. However, the river brought the 
, and Watkinson made an unlikely full house to knock off Vaswani and up his stack to 130,000.
for a full house. Guerra headed to the rail, while Binger jumped into the top 5 after that pot.
