We arrived at the table in time to find Josh Arieh and David Oppenheim looking down at a board of . Arieh checked and Oppenheim dropped out a bet of 60,000. This made Arieh shift in his seat and lean back before going into the tank. Ultimately, Arieh dropped out a call and Oppenheim tabled for a heart flush. Arieh mucked his cards and Oppenheim picked up the pot.
Arieh was all in before the flop on the next hand for his last 18,500 against Matt Glantz.
Arieh:
Glantz:
The board ran out , allowing Arieh's aces to hold and scoring him a double to around 40,000.
Over the next two weeks, WSOP.com is giving players in Nevada the chance to turn small tournament buy-ins into large cash prizes with the Mini Fest tournament series. With 16 events offering $40,000 in guaranteed prize money, you don't want to miss a second of the action when the cards go in the air at 5:30 p.m. each day from June 22 though July 7.
Today's tournament is Event #3: $11 Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On with a $1,000 guarantee. The tournament kicks off in less than one hour, so don't miss out!
Here's a look at the full WSOP.com Mini Fest schedule:
Event
Date
Time
Tournament
Buy-in
Guarantee
1
June 22
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$16.50
$2,500
2
June 23
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,500
3
June 24
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,000
4
June 25
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
5
June 26
5:30 p.m.
Omaha 8 or Better - Re-Entry
$33
$750
6
June 27
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
7
June 28
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$55
$5,000
8
June 29
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$109
$7,500
9
June 30
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
10
July 1
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
11
July 2
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$600
12
July 3
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Knockout
$7.70 + $7
$750
13
July 4
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$2,000
14
July 5
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$55
$4,500
15
July 6
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$27.50
$5,500
16
July 7
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Re-Entry
$33
$3,000
For complete information regarding WSOP.com's Mini Fest series, please click here.
David Oppenheim made it two bets out of the hijack seat, Alex Bilokur made it three bets in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Oppenheim, who called.
The flop fell , Oppenheim led out, Bilokur raised, Oppenheim reraised, and eventually Bilokur was all in an at risk for 29,500.
Oppenheim:
Bilokur:
The board completed , respectively, and Bilokur was eliminated. Oppenheim is up to 545,000 chips.
Leo Wolpert joins Nate and Andrew from Las Vegas to discuss safety precautions for staying in hotels, the Rio flu, and the trio beak down three hands that Wolpert played at the World Series of Poker.
0:00 — Intro and Rio Flu talk
16:00 — Discussion of safety at the Rio and in Las Vegas in general
30:45 — The trio discusses three hands that Leo has played at the WSOP
David Oppenheim opened for 9,000 from the hijack and Josh Arieh called from the button. Brian Tate came along from the big blind and three players saw a flop of . All three players checked, the dealer burned and turned the , and Arieh bet 13,000 after both his opponents checked. Both Tate and Oppenheim called, and then the completed the board on the river.
Tate was first to act and led out for 30,000. Oppenheim thought long and hard before making the call, and a surprised Arieh shook his head. He seemed surprised by the turn of events, but he still opted to call, which left him a single orange T1,000 chip behind.
"Queens full," Tate said and rolled over the . In unison both Arieh and Oppenheim threw up their hands and groaned. Oppenheim mucked, and then Arieh showed the for a flopped full house.
David Benyamine raised, Matt Glantz reraised and both blinds folded. Benyamine made the call and the flop brought out and Benyamine check-called a bet.
Daniel Alaei was recently eliminated from the tournament courtesy of Chris Klodnicki. We picked up the action on the second draw when each player took one. They then stood pat on the third draw and Alaei tabled an eight-six low. Unfortunately for him it was no good as Klodnicki had made a 7-5-4-3-2 wheel to win the pot.
Linde raised out of the small blind, Zhou reraised, and before you know it the action was capped. Both players checked after the first draw, Zhou called a bet after the second, and on the third Linde check-called.
After the first draw Chris Klodnicki checked, Doyle Brunson bet and the former called. On the second draw Klodnicki took two cards and Brunson wanted one.
Klodnicki check-called again and on the third draw both players took one card. Brunson moved all in for his final 2,000 chips after Klodnicki had checked. Klodnicki called and Brunson showed . Klodnicki showed and his hand ended up in the muck.
. Arieh checked and Oppenheim dropped out a bet of 60,000. This made Arieh shift in his seat and lean back before going into the tank. Ultimately, Arieh dropped out a call and Oppenheim tabled 
for a heart flush. Arieh mucked his cards and Oppenheim picked up the pot.
, allowing Arieh's aces to hold and scoring him a double to around 40,000.
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, 
. In unison both Arieh and Oppenheim threw up their hands and groaned. Oppenheim mucked, and then Arieh showed the 
and Benyamine check-folded.
- number four - and dragged the pot.
