Event 7: Lorne Kanover – 3rd Place ($3,740)

$400 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 125

Lorne Kanover
Lorne Kanover

During a round of Omaha Hi-Lo, with the board showing Js7h4h9c 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 2d, 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:  AsQd9s2c  (two pair, nines and deuces)
Lorne Kanover:  QsQc7d4d  (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:  JsJc7c6d
Lorne Kanover:  Kc9s8d7d

The board came 9c8h2c6s10h — 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