Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix Jour 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix

Jour 2 terminé

2017-07-01 02:23 UTC-7

Alex Luneau Wins Big on Final Hand, Bags Lead Over Jared Bleznick

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Alex Luneau won a big pot on the final hand of the night and secured the chip lead at the end of Day 2. The final 14 players will return Saturday at 2 p.m. and play down to a winner.

Luneau finished with 783,000 and the chip lead by more than 100,000 over the second biggest stack, Jared Bleznick (679,000).

Barry Greenstein (417,000) is one of the biggest names going through to Day 3. The WSOP Hall of Famer will earn his tenth cash of this year's WSOP and will be looking to push for bracelet number four.

Bleznick has three cashes this summer, with two fifth place finishes ($1,500 2-7 No-Limit Lowball and $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball).

Day 1 chip leader Larry Tull made it through to Day 3 as well. He bagged 418,000.

Here is the seating chart for Day 3:

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
Brasilia	713	1	Chad Eveslage	United States	414,000
Brasilia	713	2	--empty--
Brasilia	713	3	Larry Tull	United States	418,000
Brasilia	713	4	Naoya Kihara	Japan
Brasilia	713	5	Jameson Painter	United States	257,000
Brasilia	713	6	Esther Taylor	United States	189,000
Brasilia	713	7	Samoeun Mon	United States	165,000
Brasilia	713	8	Alex Luneau	France	783,000

Brasilia	713	1	John Sorgen	United States	295,000
Brasilia	713	2	--empty--
Brasilia	713	3	Abdel Hamid	United States	121,000
Brasilia	713	4	Mikhail Semin	Russia	249,000
Brasilia	713	5	Smith Sirisakorn	United States	548,000
Brasilia	713	6	Barry Greenstein	United States	417,000
Brasilia	713	7	Jared Bleznick	United States	679,000
Brasilia	713	8	Bonnie Rossi	United States	365,000

Below are the chip counts for the other remaining players, all of whom are playing for the $215,902 and the WSOP gold bracelet. Follow all the action on PokerNews.com as another WSOP Champion is crowned.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alex Luneau	783,000 203,000	203,000
Jared Bleznick	679,000 44,000	44,000
Smith Sirisakorn	548,000 -66,000	-66,000

Larry Tull	418,000 -2,000	-2,000
Barry Greenstein	417,000 -63,000	-63,000

Chad Eveslage	414,000 -37,000	-37,000

Bonnie Rossi	365,000 45,000	45,000
John Sorgen	295,000 40,000	40,000
Jameson Painter	257,000 -27,000	-27,000
Mikhail Semin	249,000 -51,000	-51,000
Esther Taylor	189,000 -46,000	-46,000
Naoya Kihara	185,000 20,000	20,000

Samoeun Mon	165,000 23,000	23,000
Abdel Hamid	121,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Alex Luneau Barry Greenstein Bonnie Rossi Chad Eveslage Jameson Painter Jared Bleznick Larry Tull Mikhail Semin Naoya Kihara Samoeun Mon Smith Sirisakorn

2017-07-01 02:05 UTC-7

Luneau Wins Last Big Hand of Night

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Stud Hi-Lo

Chad Eveslage had the betting lead against a raggedy set of boards on fourth street, and he bet fifth as well. When Alex Luneau paired queens with one queen up and another having been killed already, he nonetheless bet and got two calls.

Eveslage: /
Samoeun Mon: /
Luneau: /

Luneau bet on the end as well, and Eveslage quickly folded. Mon did likewise, and Luneau dragged the large pot without needing to show down.

Tags: Alex Luneau Chad Eveslage Samoeun Mon

2017-07-01 02:02 UTC-7

Ryan Paluf Eliminated in 15th Place ($7,126)

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Omaha Hi-Lo

Ryan Paluf was eliminated after a pot that started three ways with Larry Tull and Alex Luneau. The flop came and everyone checked. Tull led the on the turn and Paluf called off the rest of his chips. Luneau folded.

Tull had trips with and was against . The river was the and Tull scooped to eliminate Paluf.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Larry Tull	420,000 -30,000	-30,000
Ryan Paluf	Eliminé

Tags: Alex Luneau Larry Tull Ryan Paluf

2017-07-01 01:53 UTC-7

Final 15 Redraw and Counts

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Seat	Table 89	Table 90
1	Chad Eveslage	John Sorgen
2	--empty--	Naoya Kihara
3	Larry Tull	Abdel Hamid
4	Ryan Paluf	Mikhail Semin
5	Jameson Painter	Smith Sirisakorn
6	Esther Taylor	Barry Greenstein
7	Samoeun Mon	Jared Bleznick
8	Alex Luneau	Bonnie Rossi

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jared Bleznick	635,000 -25,000	-25,000
Smith Sirisakorn	614,000 114,000	114,000

Alex Luneau	580,000 35,000	35,000
Barry Greenstein	480,000 -35,000	-35,000

Chad Eveslage	451,000 236,000	236,000

Larry Tull	450,000 54,000	54,000
Bonnie Rossi	320,000 -20,000	-20,000
Mikhail Semin	300,000 110,000	110,000
Jameson Painter	284,000
John Sorgen	255,000 -26,000	-26,000
Esther Taylor	235,000 -22,000	-22,000
Naoya Kihara	165,000

Samoeun Mon	142,000 -34,000	-34,000
Abdel Hamid	108,000 7,000	7,000
Ryan Paluf	42,000 -129,000	-129,000

2017-07-01 01:48 UTC-7

Manuel Labandeira (17th, $6,013) and Brian Nadell (16th, $7,126)

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Stud Hi-Lo

At two different tables, a player was eliminated in a Stud Hi-Lo hand.

First Manuel Labandeira got all in against Jared Bleznick.

Jared Bleznick: / /
Manel Labandeira: /

Bleznick raised Labandeira on fourth and the two got all in on fifth. Bleznick was focused on his hand and didn't reveal his cards until seventh.

"I'm dead," Bleznick said, "you got me. Oh wait, I gotta flush."

Bleznick tabled , giving himself a flush. Labandeira missed his low draw and was eliminated. Labandeira wasn't upset as much as he was confused about what just happened. Not only did Bleznick delay showing his hole cards, but when he showed the flush, Labandeira had assumed he was winning the high.

At the next table, Naoya Kihara and Jameson Painter chopped up Brian Nadell. Kihara had a flush and Painter had a better low to eliminate Nadell. (pictured below).

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jared Bleznick	660,000 228,000	228,000
Jameson Painter	284,000 -1,000	-1,000
Naoya Kihara	165,000 -205,000	-205,000

Manuel Labandeira	Eliminé
Brian Nadell	Eliminé

Tags: Brian Nadell Jameson Painter Jared Bleznick Manuel Labandeira Naoya Kihara

2017-07-01 01:34 UTC-7

Hamid Doubles Through Luneau

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Stud Hi-Lo

Alex Luneau completed with last to act, and Abdel Hamid reraised from the bring-in with . Luneau raised again to put Hamid at risk.

"I actually have a really big hand," Hamid said, tabling .

So did Luneau: .

Hamid's board ran out , giving him a lock low as Luneau was dealt . Luneau did hit kings up on the end, so Hamid needed to improve on the high end to get the whole pot. He did just that with the .

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alex Luneau	545,000 35,000	35,000
Abdel Hamid	101,000 -49,000	-49,000

Tags: Abdel Hamid Alex Luneau

2017-07-01 01:15 UTC-7

Noah Bronstein Eliminated in 18th Place ($6,013)

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Omaha Hi-Lo

Noah Bronstein got all in against Barry Greenstein on the flop and Bronstein needed to go runner-runner quads if he wanted to win since Greenstein had flopped a full house with . Bronstein had and when the turn was not a four, he was eliminated in 18th place.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Barry Greenstein	515,000 165,000	165,000

Noah Bronstein	Eliminé

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2017-07-01 01:07 UTC-7

Jesse Martin Eliminated in 19th Place ($6,013)

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Stud Hi-Lo

Jesse Martin had all his chips in on an early street, either third or fourth. He had when we got to to his table, and Larry Tull had . Tull picked up to wind up with eights up. Martin improved to jacks on fifth with . The did nothing for him, so he needed improvement on the river. He rolled over a and told everyone good luck.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Larry Tull	492,000 12,000	12,000
Jesse Martin	Eliminé

Tags: Jesse Martin Larry Tull

Niveau: 20

Limites: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 0