2017-06-16 17:43 UTC-7
Mike Leah
Big-O
"Wow, hand of the century," said Allen Kessler, as a big pot was brewing at his table.
The flop was and a three-way all-in developed.
Mike Leah:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
Leah was in the lead with queens and sixes, although one of his opponents was drawing to a better low.
The turn was the , counterfeiting Leah's lead as one of his opponents made aces up to pull ahead. However, the river was the , giving Leah sixes full of queens to double through one opponent for 6,400 and eliminate the other.
"You'll tell your kids where you were when the hand of the century went down," said Matt Vengrin to the rest of the table.
Jogador
Fichas
Progresso
Mike Leah
19,500
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Allen Kessler Matt Vengrin Mike Leah
2017-06-16 21:45 UTC-7
Igor Sharaskin earlier this summer
Big-O
Just before the end of Level 6, Igor Sharaskin crossed the 50,000-chip mark to extend his chip lead in the following hand:
With only about 500 chips in the middle and the board reading , the player in the cutoff already had 2,400 chips committed on the turn and was facing a raise of 8,825 from Igor Sharaskin in the hijack. The cutoff went into the tank for over five minutes before Sharaskin decided to call the clock.
The player in the cutoff stayed motionless as the seconds ticked down until his hand was declared dead and Sharaskin took the pot.
Jogador
Fichas
Progresso
Igor Sharaskin
51,500
21,000
21,000
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Igor Sharaskin
2017-06-17 01:00 UTC-7
Igor Sharaskin earlier this summer
PLO-8
Kyle Bowker got all his chips in the middle against Igor Sharaskin on a board of and Sharaskin had the larger of the two stacks by a wide margin.
Bowker:
Sharaskin:
Bowker had trip kings but he was trailing Sharaskin who had flopped threes full, so he needed to make a bigger boat on the river in order to double up. Unfortunately for Bowker, the was no help to him and Sharaskin took the pot.
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Igor Sharaskin Kyle Bowker
2017-06-17 02:20 UTC-7
Daniel Zack
Event #32: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix drew 688 entries on Friday and after 10 levels of play, roughly 220 players remain. Leading the way into Day 2 is Daniel Zack with 92,375 . He is followed by Igor Sharaskin with 85,500, Allen Kessler with 73,450 and Leif Force with 70,050.
Others who bagged up today include Sam Farha (43,775), Lee Markholt (32,900), Nikolai Yakovenko (32,800), Yuval Bronshtein (28,125), Mike Matusow (23,175), Phil Hellmuth (21,650), Rob Mizrachi (18,850), Mike Sexton (18,450) and Benny Glaser (15,300). The day was not as kind to many other big names. Maria Ho, Scott Clements, Vanessa Selbst, Chris Ferguson, Shaun Deeb, Paul Volpe and defending champion Allan Le were among the 400+ players who did not survive.
Busting in the final level of the day was Mike Leah . He got his chips in with an ace-high flush draw, straight draw and second best low, but failed to improve against Kessler's top pair and nut low. That pot helped secure Kessler a top-five stack entering Day 3.
Only 104 places pay, so more than half the returning field will go home empty handed on Day 2. Another 10 levels will be played, which should thin the field to the final few tables.
Play resumes on Saturday at 2:00 pm and we'll be here to provide live updates on the action.
Room Table Seat Player Country Chip Count
Miranda 600 1 Miguel Use Belgium 27,825
Miranda 600 2 Sammy Farha United States 43,775
Miranda 600 3 Ryan Hughes United States 15,500
Miranda 600 4 Peter Levine United States 17,750
Miranda 600 5 Jesse Cohen United States 17,850
Miranda 600 6 Matthew Smith United States 30,300
Miranda 601 1 Aaron Schaff United States 21,050
Miranda 601 2 Brian England United States 43,300
Miranda 601 3 Alexander Freund Austria 14,700
Miranda 601 5 Dustin Sitar United States 25,000
Miranda 601 6 Danny Woolard United States 48,650
Miranda 601 7 Alan Bittikofer United States 18,350
Miranda 602 1 Dylan Linde United States 5,300
Miranda 602 2 Igor Sharaskin Russia 85,500
Miranda 602 3 David (Wes) Self United States 13,700
Miranda 602 4 David Fruchter United States 48,975
Miranda 602 5 Paul Williams United States 20,850
Miranda 602 6 Andrew Thomas United States 12,175
Miranda 602 7 Jared Koppel United States 20,475
Miranda 603 1 Michael Bees United States 14,200
Miranda 603 2 Tom Koral United States 21,275
Miranda 603 3 Barry Rosenbloom United States 7,500
Miranda 603 4 Thu Le United States 14,575
Miranda 603 5 Jason Mcpherson United States 3,200
Miranda 603 6 Thiago Crema Brazil 19,400
Miranda 603 7 Grantel Gibbs United States 31,675
Miranda 604 1 Alexsandr Vinskii Russia 23,700
Miranda 604 2 Aaron Luckmann United States 9,275
Miranda 604 3 Elizabeth Tedder United States 10,550
Miranda 604 4 Jasonjames Beckman United States 11,750
Miranda 604 5 Howard Smith United Kingdom 50,950
Miranda 604 6 Neal Cleveland United States 9,850
Miranda 604 7 Noah Bronstein United States 9,225
Miranda 605 1 Jason Schwartz United States 10,950
Miranda 605 2 Hernan Salazar United States 42,125
Miranda 605 3 Matthew Ezrol United States 12,150
Miranda 605 4 Ben Landowski United States 17,625
Miranda 605 5 Michal Lubas Portugal 22,825
Miranda 605 6 Leif Force United States 70,050
Miranda 605 7 Louis Piccioni United States 16,900
Miranda 606 1 Michael Cooper United States 7,850
Miranda 606 2 Marcel Luske Netherlands 8,700
Miranda 606 3 William Gwinn United States 27,850
Miranda 606 4 Jordan Spurlin United States 24,550
Miranda 606 5 Phil Hellmuth United States 21,650
Miranda 606 6 Gabriel Ramos United States 11,050
Miranda 606 7 Usman Siddique United Kingdom 50,000
Miranda 609 1 Mike Sexton United States 18,450
Miranda 609 2 James Poper United States 16,325
Miranda 609 3 Anthony Mender United States 7,900
Miranda 609 4 Max Pescatori Italy 7,675
Miranda 609 5 Yuval Bronshtein Israel 28,125
Miranda 609 6 Stacey Vaughn United States 43,100
Miranda 609 7 Alexandr Orlov Russia 8,300
Miranda 610 1 Yueqi Zhu China 25,800
Miranda 610 2 Rami Boukai United States 13,275
Miranda 610 3 Donnie Herberger United States 41,950
Miranda 610 4 John Guth United States 23,375
Miranda 610 5 Steve Worr Canada 27,400
Miranda 610 6 Bryce Burt United States 20,900
Miranda 610 7 Brad Ruben United States 12,425
Miranda 611 1 Chris Ruby United States 19,775
Miranda 611 2 Jarred Graham Australia 48,275
Miranda 611 3 Binh (LV) Nguyen United States 37,000
Miranda 611 4 Tony Kendall United Kingdom 8,450
Miranda 611 5 Andrey Zaichenko Russia 10,600
Miranda 611 6 Jeremy Harkin United States 19,925
Miranda 611 7 Ming Zhu United States 22,400
Miranda 612 1 Matthew Sanner France 50,750
Miranda 612 2 Jason Borgstede United States 4,400
Miranda 612 3 Robert Mizrachi United States 18,850
Miranda 612 4 Joao Vieira Portugal 10,800
Miranda 612 5 Luis Velador United States 16,725
Miranda 612 6 Chunyang Wu United States 8,225
Miranda 612 7 Tony Cousineau United States 15,000
Miranda 613 1 Prince Docnes United States 11,400
Miranda 613 2 David Brooker United States 19,025
Miranda 613 3 Kyle Miaso United States 15,325
Miranda 613 4 Peter Clark United States 13,100
Miranda 613 5 Edward Fishman United States 35,975
Miranda 613 6 DID NOT REPORT 2 United States 26,825
Miranda 613 7 Philip Sternheimer United States 29,375
Miranda 614 1 Gregory Jamison United States 10,425
Miranda 614 2 Dan Saltmarsh United States 21,000
Miranda 614 3 Aleksei Altshuller Russia 50,025
Miranda 614 4 George Linkenback United States 6,950
Miranda 614 5 Louis Werman United States 9,475
Miranda 614 6 Barry Greenstein United States 11,500
Miranda 614 7 Stephen Johnson United States 38,100
Miranda 615 1 Jace Reiken United States 16,000
Miranda 615 2 Jonathan Olszewski United States 12,800
Miranda 615 3 Ger Xiong United States 38,575
Miranda 615 4 Jason Kluska United States 39,925
Miranda 615 5 Mark Herm United States 26,425
Miranda 615 7 Barry Levy United States 34,525
Miranda 618 1 Leland Silveira United States 22,475
Miranda 618 2 Alan Sternberg United States 43,200
Miranda 618 3 Robert Howard United States 26,500
Miranda 618 4 Matthew Mueller United States 6,500
Miranda 618 5 Allyn Shulman United States 27,750
Miranda 618 6 Robert Jackson United States 12,250
Miranda 618 7 Christopher Logue United States 59,075
Miranda 619 1 Joshua Beckley United States 11,225
Miranda 619 2 Shane Raleigh United States 28,450
Miranda 619 3 Mike Matusow United States 23,175
Miranda 619 4 Daniel Parker United States 17,550
Miranda 619 5 Andrew O'Flaherty Ireland 12,050
Miranda 619 6 Robert Kula Sweden 24,775
Miranda 619 7 Thomas Larson United States 48,525
Miranda 620 1 Rebecca Thompson United States 30,700
Miranda 620 2 Danny Scott Canada 29,000
Miranda 620 3 Alex Luneau France 24,750
Miranda 620 4 Pascal Leyo United States 16,700
Miranda 620 5 Eddie Blumenthal United States 15,975
Miranda 620 6 Allen Kessler United States 73,450
Miranda 620 7 Sebastian Langrock Austria 24,625
Miranda 621 1 Vishal Marocha United States 7,175
Miranda 621 2 Abdel Hamid United States 15,525
Miranda 621 3 Kevin Love United States 17,800
Miranda 621 4 Hilary Reicher Brazil 11,875
Miranda 621 5 Bernardo Dias Brazil 2,450
Miranda 621 6 Bart Hanson United States 5,725
Miranda 621 7 Ronald Matsuura United States 15,300
Miranda 622 1 Timothy Burt United States 13,675
Miranda 622 2 Jason Gooch United States 20,400
Miranda 622 3 Michael Gentry United States 7,800
Miranda 622 4 Sean Troha United States 50,800
Miranda 622 5 Sun Kwak United States 30,450
Miranda 622 6 Matthew Colvin United States 12,000
Miranda 622 7 Vladimir Shchemelev Russia 26,975
Miranda 623 1 Noah Olinsky United States 31,625
Miranda 623 2 DID NOT REPORT 1 United States 40,225
Miranda 623 3 Martin Horvath Austria 37,600
Miranda 623 4 Alexey Makarov Russia 32,325
Miranda 623 5 Christina Lien United States 19,025
Miranda 623 6 Jesse Simonelli United States 41,175
Miranda 623 7 Rick Gleitsman United States 6,475
Miranda 624 1 Brian Wong United States 4,350
Miranda 624 2 Quang Truong United States 18,200
Miranda 624 3 Felipe Ramos Brazil 11,425
Miranda 624 4 Jeff Lisandro Australia 45,000
Miranda 624 5 Troy Burkholder United States 9,400
Miranda 624 6 Mikko Hirvonen United Kingdom 26,200
Miranda 624 7 Joshua Pender United States 7,350
Miranda 627 1 Michael Jacobs United States 13,750
Miranda 627 2 Blake Schwartzbach United States 12,850
Miranda 627 3 Lance Allred United States 33,400
Miranda 627 4 Glen Altham United Kingdom 8,125
Miranda 627 5 Daniel Zack United States 92,375
Miranda 627 6 Stephen Moreschi United States 15,500
Miranda 627 7 Kenneth Gibson United States 46,424
Miranda 628 1 Jeff Thompson United States 20,750
Miranda 628 3 Steven Loube United States 32,500
Miranda 628 4 Lance Edelman United States 16,000
Miranda 628 5 Brandon Cantu United States 27,100
Miranda 628 6 Kevin Gerhart United States 15,800
Miranda 628 7 Kyle Wiesner United States 13,800
Miranda 629 1 William Rector United States 16,750
Miranda 629 2 Erle Mankin United States 47,500
Miranda 629 3 Johanssy Joseph United States 17,710
Miranda 629 4 Ryan Paluf United States 6,550
Miranda 629 5 Stuart Rutter United Kingdom 8,100
Miranda 629 7 Eric Pratt United States 36,000
Miranda 630 1 Anthony Frederick United States 24,450
Miranda 630 2 Alex Visbisky United States 13,525
Miranda 630 3 Andrew Barber United States 8,725
Miranda 630 4 William Fitzpatrick United States 15,950
Miranda 630 5 Ashton Griffin United States 38,525
Miranda 630 6 Thomas Hunt United States 15,975
Miranda 630 7 Jared Hemingway United States 52,200
Miranda 631 1 John Renehan United States 3,075
Miranda 631 2 Benjamin Zamani United States 7,800
Miranda 631 3 Alexander Whitt United States 28,450
Miranda 631 4 Ben Tang United States 7,250
Miranda 631 5 Nikolai Yakovenko Russia 32,800
Miranda 631 6 Joe Hachem Australia 13,900
Miranda 631 7 Mark Castagnini United States 4,475
Miranda 632 1 Charles Eison United States 30,950
Miranda 632 2 Douglas Grismore United States 23,150
Miranda 632 3 Nathan Gamble United States 14,150
Miranda 632 4 Peter Feriozzi United States 45,900
Miranda 632 5 Michael Rodgers United States 21,700
Miranda 632 6 Robert Park United States 35,350
Miranda 632 7 Scott Lamm United States 11,625
Miranda 636 1 David Brookshire United States 58,300
Miranda 636 2 John Monnette United States 7,600
Miranda 636 3 Ryan Smith Canada 11,375
Miranda 636 4 Joe Brandenburg United States 16,250
Miranda 636 5 Huu Mai United States 20,075
Miranda 636 6 Rajeev Mathur United States 20,650
Miranda 636 7 Cole Jackson United States 8,300
Miranda 637 1 Edward Nassif United States 31,850
Miranda 637 2 Paresh Doshi United States 46,350
Miranda 637 3 Zachary Milchman United States 19,775
Miranda 637 5 Jesse Hampton United States 24,550
Miranda 637 6 Matthew Lansdon United States 13,275
Miranda 637 7 John Racener United States 25,800
Miranda 638 1 Brian Darabi United States 5,550
Miranda 638 2 Robb Marriott United States 9,950
Miranda 638 3 Frank Athey United States 56,500
Miranda 638 5 Marco Johnson United States 7,150
Miranda 638 6 Thomas Besnier France 5,325
Miranda 638 7 DID NOT REPORT 3 United States 23,500
Miranda 639 1 Jeffrey Mcdonald United States 25,420
Miranda 639 2 Robert Price United Kingdom 20,025
Miranda 639 3 Karen Sarkisyan Russia 37,700
Miranda 639 4 Benny Glaser United Kingdom 15,300
Miranda 639 5 Tai Nguyen United States 44,075
Miranda 639 6 Steven Wolansky United States 14,700
Miranda 639 7 Dennis Benavides United States 36,125
Miranda 640 1 Lee Markholt United States 32,900
Miranda 640 2 Orlando Romero United States 41,575
Miranda 640 3 David Nowakowski United States 22,900
Miranda 640 4 Gerard Pagliuca United States 30,850
Miranda 640 5 Adam Haman United States 6,000
Miranda 640 6 Joshua Gibson United States 48,900
Miranda 640 7 Joshua Jones United States 3,600
Miranda 641 1 Tony Hartmann United States 22,000
Miranda 641 2 Jack Shea United States 33,900
Miranda 641 3 Robert Haynes United States 5,350
Miranda 641 4 Ed Tonnellier Canada 27,975
Miranda 641 5 Regina Hampton United States 37,300
Miranda 641 6 Jeanmarc Thomas France 13,400
Miranda 641 7 Remy Biechel France 16,200
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Daniel Zack