$1,100 Limit Omaha 8
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  40,000/80,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 45

Gabe Ramos limped for 40,000, Kristan Lord raised from the big blind to 80,000, and Ramos three-bet it to 120,000. Lord called.

The flop came , Lord bet 40,000, and Ramos called.

The turn card was the , Lord bet 80,000, and Ramos called.

The river card was the , and this is where there seemed to have been some confusion.

As best as we could tell, Ramos thought Lord had checked, but he didn’t. Ramos then bet 80,000, but Lord was facing the board (thinking it was his turn), and didn’t see Ramos’s bet.

Then Lord bet 80,000 himself, thinking he was still first to act, but Ramos saw it as a call of his bet. Ramos announced his hand as “Ace high,” and waited for Lord to show his cards. But Lord thought Ramos was folding, and just announcing his hand. So Lord didn’t show his cards right away.

It took a bit of time to figure out what happened, but both players ended up showing their cards.

Kristan Lord:    (pair of fours)
Gabe Ramos:    (ace high)

It was definitely confusing, but with bottom pair and ace high, it appears that both players thought that they were bluffing the river. But the way the action played out, it would probably be officially reported as Lord checked, Ramos bet 80,000, and Lord called.

And with that bottom pair of fours, Lord won a massive pot worth 640,000 — more than 47% of all the chips in play.

Kristan Lord  –  1,110,000  (14 BB)
Gabe Ramos  –  240,000  (3 BB)

1st:  $16,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $10,040