Event 11: Leonard Germain Scoops a Side Pot, Hoyt Verner Stays Alive

$300 Omaha Hi-Lo
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 Blinds, 10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 7 of 73

Action gets capped preflop between Hoyt Verner in middle position, David Prociak in the hijack and Leonard Germain in the cutoff. Verner is all in for 25,000 and there is a side pot already in the making between Prociak and Germain.

The flop is Js8s6s and Prociak checks. Germain bets and Prociak calls. The turn is the 3d and Prociak checks. Germain bets and Prociak folds.

“This is such a tight fold,” says Prociak as he tosses his hand into the muck.

Germain shows AsKsAcJd, good for the nut flush. He wins the entire side pot and chops the main pot with Verner’s Ad2s7cTd.

The river is an irrelevant Ts and Verner stays alive.

Leonard Germain – 210,000
Hoyt Verner – 40,000
David Prociak – 140,000

Event 11: Lazaro Rodriguez – 8th Place ($745)

$300 Omaha Hi-Lo
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 Blinds, 8,000/16,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 7 of 73

Lazaro Rodriguez

Phillip Hui raises from early position and Lazaro Rodriguez calls and is all in for 9,000 from the cutoff. Ronnie Morone calls on the button and David Prociak defends his big blind.

The flop is Kc5h4h and Prociak checks. Hui bets, Morone calls, and Prociak folds.

The turn is the 8s and Hui bets again. Morone calls. The river is the Jh and Hui bets.

“Thanks for three-quartering me,” says Morone as he tosses in a call.

“Ace-deuce and queen-high hearts,” says Hui.

“Yeah, I got ace-deuce,” says Morone. “You get three-quarters.”

Hui shows AcTcQh2h, Morone shows AdJd7d2d, and Rodriguez shows his AsKs9c3c as a formality. Rodriguez is eliminated in eighth place and takes home $745 for his finish.

Phillip Hui – 200,000
Ronnie Morone – 75,000
Lazaro Rodriguez – Eliminated 

Event 11: Al Green – 9th Place ($558)

$300 Omaha Hi-Lo
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 Blinds, 8,000/16,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 8 of 73

Al Green

Al Green gets all in for 11,000 out of the big blind and gets action from Ronnie Morone in the small blind, Hoyt Verner from under the gun and Robert Campbell in the cutoff.

Everybody checks the whole way down as the board runs out 7s7d4hJcKc and Campbell shows AhJh9h3s. Morone shows AdJd6d5s, Verner mucks his hand, and Green’s hand was only tabled momentarily before being quickly scooped into the muck.

Morone and Campbell chop the pot with jacks and sevens, while Green is eliminated in ninth place. Green takes home $558.

Robert Campbell – 90,000
Ronnie Morone – 65,000
Al Green – Eliminated 

Event 11: Errol Massey Eliminated On The Bubble

$300 Omaha Hi-Lo
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 Blinds, 6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 9 of 73

Erol Massey

Daivd Prociak raises from middle position and Errol Massey calls from late position and is all in for 11,000. Everybody else gets out of the way, Prociak gets his rebate, and the cards are tabled.

Massey shows AhTdTh2h and is up against Prociak’s AcJs5d4h. The flop is 5h3d2c and Prociak flops the wheel to take the lead and leave Massey drawing slim.

“I have a straight,” announces Prociak.

The turn is the 7c and the river is the Qh. Prociak scoops the entire pot with a wheel and Massey is eliminated on the bubble. Everybody remaining will take home at least $558 for their efforts.

David Prociak – 195,000
Errol Massey – Eliminated

Event 11: Lazaro Rodriguez Triples Up

$300 Omaha Hi-Lo
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 Blinds, 6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 10 of 73

Lazaro Rodriguez limps in from middle position and Ronnie Morone limps on his direct left. Leonard Germain completes the small blind and Errol Massey checks his option in the big blind.

The flop is KcTc6h and action checks to Rodriguez, who bets 5,000 and is all in. Morone calls, Germain folds, and Massey calls.

Massey and Morone check the rest of the hand down. There is no side pot created as the board is completed with the Ks and the 4d.

Rodriguez shows AhThTs2h and wins the pot with a full house.

Lazaro Rodriguez – 39,000

Event 11: Phillip Hui Crosses 200,000 Mark

$300 Omaha Hi-Lo
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 Blinds, 6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 10 of 73

Phillip Hui raises from middle position and Robert Campbell calls from the hijack. They are heads-up to a flop of Td6d5d and both players check.

The Kh comes on the turn and Hui bets. Campbell calls and the river is the Js. Hui bets and Campbell folds.

They both muck their hand and Hui takes the pot. He moves over the 200,000 chip mark and has about 30% of the chips in play.

Phillip Hui – 230,000
Robert Campbell – 40,000

Event 11: Robert Campbell Staying Alive

$300 Omaha Hi-Lo
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 Blinds, 6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 10 of 73

After getting all in preflop for his last 7,000 and chopping a pot, Robert Campbell was up to 17,000.

Action folds around to Campbell in the small blind, who gets into a preflop battle with Lazaro Rodriguez in the big blind. Campbell gets all in preflop and the cards are tabled.

Campbell shows AsKd7d3h and is up against Rodriguez’s AhAc6c4c.

The board comes KsJc5dTcKh and Campbell rivers trip kings to double up and stay alive.

“This is such an easy game,” joked Campbell after doubling up on the money bubble.

Robert Campbell – 34,000
Lazaro Rodriguez – 49,000

Event 12: Phillip Hui Leads Final Table

$300 Omaha Hi-Lo
Level 12: 3,000/5,000 Blinds, 5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 10 of 73

The $300 Omaha Hi-Lo is down to its final 10 players and there is a short break in the action as they redraw for seats at the unofficial final table of 10 players after Sheila Stimson was eliminated in 11th place.

This is not only the official final table bubble, but it is also the money bubble. The next player eliminated will go home empty-handed and the final nine players are guaranteed a cash of at least $558.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final 10 players:

Seat 1: Lazaro Rodriguez – 66,000
Seat 2: Ronnie Morone – 45,000
Seat 3: Al Green – 38,000
Seat 4: Hoyt Verner – 67,000
Seat 5: David Prociak – 70,000
Seat 6: Leonard Germain – 124,000
Seat 7: Errol Massey – 17,000
Seat 8: Phillip Hui – 193,000
Seat 9: Jordan Chizick – 74,000
Seat 10: Robert Campbell – 7,000

Here are the payouts:

1st: $5,584
2nd: $3,909
3rd: $2,513
4th: $1,862
5th: $1,396
6th: $1,117
7th: $931
8th: $745
9th: $558

Event 11: One More Elimination From Re-Draw

$300 Omaha Hi-Lo
Level 15: 3,000/5,000 Blinds, 5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 11 of 73

David Schmuel Eliminated in 12th Place

David Schmuel was just eliminated in 12th place to become the first player to hit the rail in the $300 Omaha Hi-Lo in several hours.

After the next player is eliminated, there will be a re-draw for the unofficial final table and they will be on the money bubble. Phil Hui currently holds a sizable chip lead over the field with 170,000.

David Schmuel – Eliminated 

Event 12: Dinner Break Chip Counts

$300 Omaha Hi-Lo
End of Level 12: 1,500/2,500 Blinds, 2,500/5,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 12 of 73

The final 12 players remaining in the $300 Omaha Hi-Lo are taking a 40-minute dinner break. Cards will be back in the air at 6:13 p.m. and the top nine players will be paid.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final 12 players:

Table 1

Seat 1: –empty–
Seat 2: Errol Massey – 24,000
Seat 3: –empty–
Seat 4: Allen Green – 60,000
Seat 5: Sheila Stimson – 64,000
Seat 6: Jordan Chizick – 45,000
Seat 7: –empty–
Seat 8: Hoyt Verner – 62,000
Seat 9: Leonard Germain – 77,500

Table 2

Seat 1: Ronnie Morone – 58,500
Seat 2: –empty–
Seat 3: Robert Campbell – 58,000
Seat 4: –empty–
Seat 5: David Shmuel – 27,000
Seat 6: Phil Hui – 111,500
Seat 7: –empty–
Seat 8: Lazaro Rodriguez – 85,500
Seat 9: David Prociak – 60,500