Event 30: Darryll Fish Takes the Lead During Level 21

$600 Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 94

Darryll Fish
If chipleader Darryll Fish wins this event, he’ll take the lead in the SHRPO $10,000 Mixed-Game Leaderboard.

During Level 21, Marc Sacheli raised from the hijack to 45,000, Darryll Fish called from the button, and Jonathan Moschel called from the small blind.

The flop came KhJh2h, and it checked to Fish, who bet 40,000. Moschel called, and Sacheli folded.

The turn card was the 10c, Moschel checked, Fish bet 255,000, and Moschel folded. Fish took the pot.

Darryll Fish  –  660,000  (33 bb)
Jonathan Moschel  –  210,000  (11 bb)

About 15 minutes later, three players limped for 20,000 each to see a flop of 6s4s4h.

Action checked to Joseph Shammas on the button, and he bet 70,000. Darryll Fish raised to about 290,000, and Jonathan Moschel folded from the big blind.

Shammas tanked for a long time before he folded, and Fish took the pot to solidify his lead with 760,000.

Darryll Fish  –  760,000  (38 bb)
Joseph Shammas  –  360,000  (18 bb)

With five players remaining, the blinds have just increased to 15,000-25,000, and the average chip stack is around 375,000 (15 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,905 each.