$350 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000
Level 21 comes to an end, and the blinds increase to 8K-16K. These were the approximate chip counts:
Seat 2. Bryce Fox – 130,000 (8 bb)
Seat 4. Robert Wachtel – 150,000 (9 bb)
Seat 6. Charles Chan – 88,000 (6 bb)
Seat 7. H. Bad – 130,000 (8 bb)
Note that the chipleader has fewer than 10 big blinds.
A short while later, H. Bad (small blind) and Bryce Fox (big blind) see a flop of . Bad checks, Fox says, “all in,” and Bad calls. But before they turn over their cards, the dealer points out that it’s pot-limit, not no-limit. Fox’s bet is considered a pot-size bet, and Bad’s call is binding.
The turn card pairs the board with the , and Bad moves all in. Fox snap-calls with for a full house, kings full of fives, and Bad winces as he shows — a pair of kings.
The river card is the , and Fox wins the pot with his full house to eliminate H. Bad in fourth place.
Bryce Fox – 250,000 (16 bb)
H. Bad – Eliminated in 4th Place ($1,836)
With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 170,000 (11 big blinds).