That’s Enough Splits For One Day
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!