Event 8: Hoyt Verner – 6th Place ($1,360)

$400 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 81

Hoyt Verner
Hoyt Verner

During a round of Stud-8, Bobby Leff limped for 20,000, Hoyt Verner raised all in for 35,000, and Leff called.

Bobby Leff:  (Ac9c)  Ah9s8c9d  (As)
Hoyt Verner:  (Jh2h)  6h10h5c6d  (Kd)

Leff started off with split aces to put him in the lead, and picked up two pair on 4th street, while Verner improved to a heart flush draw with three cards to come.

But Leff made a full house on 6th street, nines full of aces, to clinch the pot. When the final cards were dealt, Verner wasn’t able to complete his flush anyway.

Leff won the pot with an even better full house, aces full of nines, to eliminate Verner in sixth place.

Bobby Leff  –  162,000  (4 BB)
Hoyt Verner  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($1,360)

With five players remaining from a field of 81 entries, the average chip stack is around 194,000 (5 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,700 each.