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Event 2: Lazaro Rodriguez Finds a Heart

$250 Omaha 8 or Better
Level 14: Blinds – 2,000/4,000, Limits – 4,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 12/86

Lazaro Rodriguez
Lazaro Rodriguez

On a flop of QhJd6h, the small blind checks and Lazaro Rodriguez checks from the big blind. The cutoff bets 4,000 and only Rodriguez calls.

The turn is the 10c and Rodriguez checks again. The cutoff bets 8,000 and Rodriguez calls. The river is the Ah and both players check.

Roriguez shows KdQsJh7h and his opponent sighs and then tosses his hand into the muck. At the end of the hand, the players go on a 10-minute break.

Lazaro Rodriguez – 95,000

Event 2: Jordan Chizick Rivers a Flush

$250 Omaha 8 or Better 
Level 14: Blinds – 2,000/4,000, Limits – 4,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 13/86

On a flop of Kc9s4c, the small blind checks and Jordan Chizick checks from the big blind. Under-the-gun bets and the small blind folds. Chizick check-raises and his opponent calls.

The turn is the Js and Chizick bets. Under-the-gun calls and the river is the 5c. Both players check and Chizick shows QsJc7s3c, good for a flush. His opponent mucks his hand and Chizick scoops the pot.

Jordan Chizick – 132,000

Event 2: Harry Eisenberg Scoops One After Dinner

$250 Omaha 8 or Better
Level 13: Blinds – 1,500/3,000, Limits – 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 16/86

Steven Novak
Steven Novak

With about 20,000 in the pot already and a completed board of KhQd8c3c5h, a player in middle position checks and Harry Eisenberg bets from the cutoff. The button folds and and middle position calls.

Eisenberg shows Ad8h5s2d, giving him the nut low and two pair. His opponent double checks his hand and then tosses it into the muck. Eisenberg drags the pot and is one of the chip leaders as the tournament is back from dinner break and inches towards the money.

Harry Eisenberg – 115,000

Event 1D: Aaron Mastney Scores an Early Knockout

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Flight 1D Entries: 249

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On a flop of QsJh6h, Aaron Mastney (pictured) is in the big blind and gets into a battle with the player in the hijack. After a flurry of raises, the hijack moves all in for about 15,000 and Mastney calls.

“You got a set?” asked Mastney.

Mastney shows QdJd and needs to fade a heart against his opponent’s Qh4h. The turn is the 5d and the river is the 3c to give Mastney the pot and the knockout. He drags the pot and nearly doubles his stack in the process.

Aaron Mastney – 37,100