Event 6: Robert Lupo Had 70% of the Chips; Ha Tran Doubles Thru Lupo

$1,100 Five-Card Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 102

Robert Lupo
Robert Lupo

Ha Tran limped from UTG/cutoff for 16,000, Charles Rosenblatt raised from the small blind to 43,000, and Robert Lupo reraised from the big blind to 145,000. Tran folded, and Rosenblatt called.

The flop came 10s8c6h, Rosenblatt checked, Lupo bet 105,000, and Rosenblatt called.

The turn card was the 4c, Rosenblatt checked, Lupo moved all in, and Rosenblatt thought for a moment or two before he folded. Lupo took the pot to reach more than 1.4 million in chips — about 70% of all the chips in play.

Robert Lupo  –  1,425,000  (89 bb)
Charles Rosenblatt  –  295,000  (18 bb)

Ha Tran
Ha Tran

Two hands later, after a flop of Qd7c4c with 96,000 already in the pot, Ha Tran got it all in from the small blind for 125,000 against Robert Lupo on the button.

Robert Lupo:  Ad8d7s6s4s  (sevens up, gutshot straight draw)
Ha Tran:  QsJd9h8c7h  (queens up)

The turn card was the 2s, the river card was the 9d, and Tran won the pot with two pair, queens and nines, to double up in chips.

Ha Tran  –  346,000  (22 bb)
Robert Lupo  –  1,320,000  (83 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 102, the average chip stack is about 510,000 (32 big blinds). The next player to be eliminated will earn $7,520 for fourth place.