Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
In a battle of short stacks, Kirk Oshiro was forced all in on the turn as the board read 
.
He turned over 
and was up against the 
of Carlos Rodriguez who barely had him covered.
A few players at the table deduced that Rodriguez would need a three to scoop the whole pot and eliminate Oshiro and sure enough no sooner had the words been spoken, the 
hit the river to end Oshiro's tournament in 16th place.
Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Michael Thompson limped from early position and Shaun Deeb limped behind him from middle position. Action folded around to Denis Strebkov in the small blind, who completed. Matt Vengrin checked his option and the flop came 
. Strebkov checked, Vengrin bet, Thompson and Deeb folded, and Strebkov made the call.
Heads-up action saw a turn of 
and both players checked. The river came 
and Strebkov bet. Vengrin thought for a few moments before tossing in chips to all.
Strebkov tabled 
for a flush and Vengrin tossed his cards into the muck.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 412 | 1 | Matt Vengrin |
| Amazon | 412 | 2 | Anthony Farrell |
| Amazon | 412 | 3 | Michael Thompson |
| Amazon | 412 | 4 | Shaun Deeb |
| Amazon | 412 | 5 | Daniel Ratigan |
| Amazon | 412 | 6 | Philip Long |
| Amazon | 412 | 7 | Michael Coombs |
| Amazon | 412 | 8 | Denis Strebkov |
| Amazon | 413 | 1 | Yuri Dzivielevski |
| Amazon | 413 | 2 | Nickolai Orlov |
| Amazon | 413 | 3 | Carlos Rodriguez |
| Amazon | 413 | 4 | Andrey Zaichenko |
| Amazon | 413 | 5 | Alex Livingston |
| Amazon | 413 | 6 | Kirk Oshiro |
| Amazon | 413 | 7 | Gerard Rechnitzer |
| Amazon | 413 | 8 | Dan Zack |
The following players finished in 17-24th place ($5,954). The remaining 16 players are currently racking up their chips and the new redraw will be posted shortly.
Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Emmy Xue was all in from the cutoff with Denis Strebkov and Gerard Rechnitzer competing for the side pot. The board read 
and Strebkov bet on the river and received a call from Rechnitzer.
Emmy Xue: 
Denis Strebkov: 
Gerard Rechnitzer: 
Strebkov took down the entire pot with the nut straight and Xue was eliminated in 17th place. Full chip count information will be posted shortly with the redraw.
Niveau: 20
Limites: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
George Rechnitzer was all in after getting in a three-bet pot preflop with Michael Thompson, leaving himself 10,000 behind that he put in on the flop.
George Rechnitzer: 
Michael Thompson: 
The board runout was 
and Thompson's straight was good to take down the pot and send Rechnitzer to the rail for the last hour of play in the hopes his son can find a bag and advance to Day 3.
Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
From the cutoff Carlos Rodriguez raised pre-flop and was called out of the big blind by Daniel Ratigan. The flop was 
. Rodriguez bet, Ratigan called. The turn was the 
. Rodriguez bet again which was enough to put himself all in, Ratigan called again. The river came the and Rodriguez had the best hand with 
and his tournament remained alive.
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
With bets in front of each player matching action on third, fourth, and fifth streets, Shaun Deeb bet sixth and Andrey Zaichenko called. Deeb bet again on seventh and Zaichenko went into the tank for about a minute before calling.
"Low," Deeb said, tabling 
.
Zaichenko turned over 
for eights up which was good for the high.
"Grrrrrrrrr," Zaichenko growled a few times in rhythm with his exhalations. "You couldn't break one time."
"Couldn't break one time? You couldn't fold on sixth one time like you're supposed to?!" Deeb retorted with a smile.
"We know how we play. I know how you play, always so aggressive and tricky," said Zaichenko as the two took their bets back and chopped up the antes.
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