Event 13: Mike Soroka – 5th Place ($1,405)

$400 Black Chip Bounty Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 107

Mike Soroka
Mike Soroka

With the blinds still at 5,000-10,000, after a flop of Qd5c2h, Nancy Birnbaum was all in for 136,000 against Devon Givens.

Devon Givens:  KdQh6h3s  (pair of queens, gutshot straight draw)
Nancy Birnbaum:  QsQc5h2d  (set of queens, two pair)

The turn card was the Jc, the river card was the 8c, and Birnbaum won the pot with her set of queens to double up in chips.

Nancy Birnbaum  –  305,000  (31 bb)
Devon Givens  –  126,000  (13 bb)

About 15 minutes later, after the blinds increased to 6,000-12,000, Mike Soroka moved all in under the gun for 24,000. Long Nguyen called from the cutoff, Devon Givens called from the small blind, and Nancy Birnbaum called from the big blind.

Any further betting would create a side pot.

The flop came Ac8h8d, and it checked to Nguyen, who bet 12,000. Givens folded, and Birnbaum called.

The turn card tripped the board with the 8c, and both players checked.

The river card was the Qd, Birnbaum bet 100,000, and Nguyen folded. Birnbaum took the side pot.

For the main pot, Birnbaum and Soroka turned over their cards:

Nancy Birnbaum:  10h8s5d2d  (quad eights)
Mike Soroka:  KdQs10s6s  (trip eights)

Birnbaum won the pot with her quad eights to eliminate Soroka in fifth place.

Nancy Birnbaum  –  705,000  (59 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  434,000  (36 bb)
Mike Soroka  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($1,405)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 535,000 (45 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $1,825.