$400 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 105

With the board showing in Omaha-8 (and no possible lows), Andrew Laikin bets 20,000 from the small blind, and Matthew Zazaian calls from the big blind.

The river card was the , Laikin bets 20,000, Zazaian raises to 40,000, and Laikin reraises to 60,000. Zazaian only had about 15,000 left in his stack, and he tanked for a while before he folded face up — quad queens!

Laikin took the pot, and then turned over for the queen-high straight-flush, letting Zazaian know he made the correct fold.

Andrew Laikin  –  280,000  (14 BB)
Matthew Zazaian  –  15,000  (<1 BB)

A few minutes later, during Stud Hi/Lo, Zazaian got it all in on an early street against Chris Tryba, starting with a pair of jacks against Tryba’s pair of aces.

Chris Tryba:      
Matthew Zazaian:      

Neither player made a qualifying low hand. Zazaian picked up a diamond flush draw, but never improved beyond his jacks, and Tryba won the pot with two pair, aces and eights, to eliminate Zazaian in eighth place.

Chris Tryba  –  220,000  (11 BB)
Matthew Zazaian  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,035)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 180,000 (9 Big Bets), and the remaining players are all guaranteed to earn at least $1,350 each.