Chipleader à 4 tables restantes, Ludovic Lacay a cru tenir un Jour 3 sur l'Event #41 à 1500$ disputé en Pot Limit Omaha. Le Français s'incline finalement à une heure de la fin de journée en 24e position pour un gain anecdotique de 6,520$. Lacay rejoint le rail dans un pot qui lui aurait assuré le Top 4 en fin de journée, il rend les armes avec brelan max au flop face à Jeff Williams qui jouait 11 outs pour overpaire et tirage couleur.
Le Jour 2 avait débuté avec 138 survivants, à sept joueurs de l'argent. Andrew Moser prend la place de bubble boy et 131 des 870 participants sont donc repartis avec un minimum de 2,249$. Un seul autre tricolore a ne repart pas les mains vides, le spécialiste du PLO Jean- Marc Thomas (69e pour 3 024$).
Alors qu'ils ne seront que 18 à revenir dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi, de nombreux réguliers ont trouvé le chemin de la sortie en ajoutant une ligne à leur palmarès. Le tenant du titre Jiaqi Xu n'est plus dans la course tout comme Dan Heimiller, Hoyt Corkins, Joe Cada, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Matt Waxman, Tom Marchese, David Williams, Ville Mattila, Rumen Nanev, Ashton Griffin, David Paredes, Andreas Klatt et Andrw Teng.
Vainqueur d'un bracelet en Mixed PLO - No Limit lors de l'édition précédente, Loren Klein est en tête des survivants. Deux fois runner-up aux World Series, Klein est un expert en PLO puisque il a amassé la presque totalité de ses 1,3 million de dollars de gains dans cette variante.
Chipleader à l'issue du Jour 1, Chun Law reste sur ses talons alors que Sergej Barbarez complète le podium provisoire. Les fans de poker noteront surtout la présence de TJ Cloutier. Grand animateur du Jour 2, l'Américain aux 6 bracelets est en très bonne position pour une 7e victoire et le premier prix de 231 483$.
En Pot Limit Omaha tout va parfois très vite, l'Australien Jeff Lisandro (6 bracelets) peut donc y croire alors qu'il n'a que 10 blindes et reviendra avec la position de lanterne rouge sur les blindes 6000 - 12000...
Toby Lewis was in late position with a bet of 55,000 in front of him. Jonas Vanbaelen was in the big blind and had 131,000 bet out, with the action back on Lewis. After a long tank, Lewis moved all in for what appeared to be about 156,000, and Vanbaelen called.
Vanbaelen:
Lewis:
The board ran out , and aces held for Vanbaelen, knocking out the English pro.
Tom Marchese was just eliminated by Roussos Koliakoudakis. Koliakoudakis made a full house to eliminate Marchese, who was one of the biggest names left in the field, with over $16 million in live recorded tournament earnings. This brings the field to 31 players left, and there will be a redraw at 27 for the final three tables.
With the board reading and just over 20,000 in the pot, Chun Law led out from early position for 20,000 and was called by Dong Suh to his left. Jeff Lisandro was in the big blind and raised all in for 73,000. Law took a moment to think but folded his hand, while Suh took over three minutes before the clock was eventually called. With five seconds left, Suh finally shoved his remaining chips into the middle, which turned out to be the exact same amount as Lisandro.
Lisandro:
Suh:
Lisandro was way out in front with top set and a flush draw, and Suh thought he was drawing dead. The on the turn gave Suh some outs. but the on the river gave Lisandro a full house and the pot.
"I thought your range was more than top set," said a disappointed Suh.
"It was until I went on a cooler. Now that's all I play," answered Lisandro, which got a laugh from everyone on the table.
TJ Cloutier was in the small blind and raised to 12,000. Raymond Walton defended his big blind.
The flop was , and Cloutier bet pot for 24,000. Walton moved all in for 46,500, and Cloutier called.
Walton:
Cloutier:
The turn was the and the river the , giving Cloutier a straight and Walton a flush. Walton got the much-needed double-up, and this is the first misstep for Cloutier since the last break. He went on a tear to get up to 300,000 at his peak and still sits with a healthy stack.
During Level five of this tournament, Ted Leva was all in and lost a pot. He thought he was covered, as did the table, but after a careful recount while he was leaving, he found out he had a chip and a chair. A player had to run after him yelling so he could make it back for the next hand. A day later, he is still battling it out with the remaining 49 players.
Leva was in middle position and raised to 7,500. Dien Le was in the small blind and potted to 25,500. Leva called.
The flop was , and Le moved all in for roughly 19,000. Leva called.
Leva:
Le:
The turn and river completed the board, and Leva made a full house to climb into six figures.