$400 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 2 of 125
During a round of Omaha Hi-Lo, with the board showing on the turn, Barak Zaken checked the small blind, Lorne Kanover bet 60,000 from the big blind, and Zaken called.
The river card was the , Zaken checked, Kanover moved all in for 61,000, and Zaken called. (However, since this isn’t no-limit, Kanover’s bet was dropped down to 60,000.)
Barak Zaken: (two pair, nines and deuces)
Lorne Kanover: (two pair, sevens and fours)
Zaken rivered a higher two pair to win the pot and knock Kanover all the way down to a single chip — 1,000.
Barak Zaken – 640,000 (11 BB)
Lorne Kanover – 1,000 (0.017 BB)
The next hand, Kanover was all in from the small blind for 1,000 against John Binns in the big blind.
John Binns:
Lorne Kanover:
The board came — Kanover flopped two pair, nines and eights, but Binns rivered a jack-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Kanover in third place.
Lorne Kanover – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($3,740)
These were the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:
Barak Zaken – 640,000 (11 BB)
John Binns – 475,000 (8 BB)
And the payouts they were playing for:
1st: $9,590 + RRPO trophy
2nd: $5,820