$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 87

Matthew Woodward raised from the button with 40,000 behind, James Gunter called in the big blind, and the flop came . Gunther checked, Woodward bet, and Gunter called. The turn was , Gunther bet and Woodward called all in for his last 20,000.

Gunter:  (two pair aces and eights)
Woodward:  (flush draw, nut low draw)

Woodward had a lot of outs for a win or chop but the river scooped the pot for Gunter.

James Gunter – 620,000 (16 Big Bets)
Matthew Woodward – Eliminated in 4th Place ($6,920)

$600 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000
Players Remaining:  1 of 136

Blake Napierala moved all in from the button for about 180,000, and Logan Hewett called.

Logan Hewett:  
Blake Napierala:  

The board came , and both players finished with nothing more than a pair of eights. Logan Hewett won the pot — and the trophy — with a pair of eights and his ace kicker.

Congratulations to Logan Hewett!

1st:  Logan Hewett  –  $18,055
2nd:  Blake Napierala  –  $11,940
3rd:  David Moreno  –  $8,095
4th:  Long Nguyen  –  $5,635
5th:  Eric Kolodny  –  $4,025
6th:  Sean Shah  –  $2,960

$600 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 136

David Moreno moved all in from the button for about 100,000, and Logan Hewett called from the big blind.

Logan Hewett:  
David Moreno:  

The board came — Moreno flopped a gutshot straight draw, but Hewett rivered a spade flush to win the pot and eliminate Moreno in third place.

David Moreno  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($8,095)

And here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play, followed by the remaining payouts:

Logan Hewett  –  1,800,000  (36 bb)
Blake Napierala  –  250,000  (5 bb)

1st:  $18,055
2nd:  $11,940

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 87

After a flop of , Nick Marsico checked the small blind, Donny Rubinstein bet 20,000 from the button, and Marsico called. The turn card was the , Marsico bet 40,000, and Rubinstein called.

The river card was the , Marsico checked, Rubinstein bet 40,000, and Marsico thought for a bit before he called, leaving himself just 60K in his stack.

Donny Rubinstein:    (ace-high flush)
Nick Marsico:    (pair of threes)

Donny Rubinstein  –  725,000  (18 BB)
Nick Marsico  –  60,000  (2 BB)

A few minutes later, after a flop of , Marsico got it all in for his last 10,000 or so against James Gunter.

James Gunter:    (two pair, straight draw)
Nick Marsico:    (pair of jacks, gutshot straight draw)

The turn card was the , the river card was the . Neither player had a qualifying low, and Gunter won the pot with a ten-high straight to eliminate Marsico in fifth place.

James Gunter  –  380,000  (10 bb)
Nick Marsico  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($5,275)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries:  16

Dan Smith opened to 4,000 and picked up calls from Ali Imsirovic in the hijack and Cary Katz in the cutoff. The flop was , Smith checked, Imsirovic bet 4,500 and only Smith came along.

The turn was , Smith checked, Imsirovic bet 9,000 and Smith called. The river was , Smith checked, and Imsirovic bet 25,000 with only 500 behind. Smith put him all in and Imsirovic called.

Smith:
Imsirovic:

Smith rivered a Broadway straight and Imsirovic’s two pair kings and sevens was second best.

Dan Smith – 230,000 (115 bb)
Ali Imsirovic – Eliminated

$600 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 136

Logan Hewett pot-raised under the gun, and Long Nguyen called all in from the button for 125k.

Logan Hewett:
Long Nguyen:

The board came , and Hewett won the pot with a five-high straight to eliminate Nguyen in fourth place.

Logan Hewett  –  325,000  (7 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($5,635)

With three players remaining from a field of 136, the average chip stack is about 680,000 (14 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $8,095 each.

$600 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 136

David Moreno opened to 110,000 from the button and Logan Hewett three-bet to 355,000 from the big blind with 80,000 behind. Moreno called, the flop came , Hewett put his 80,000 in the middle and Moreno called.

Hewett:
Moreno:

Hewett was in trouble against Moreno’s pair of kings but the turn bailed him out. The river finished the board and Hewett doubled up.

Logan Hewett – 895,000
David Moreno – 135,000

$600 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 136

Blake Napierala opened to 150,000 from under the gun and Long Nguyen moved all in from small blind for 165,000. David Moreno folded his big blind and Napierala called.

Nguyen:
Napierala:

Nguyen was ahead with his pair of kings and doubled up after the board. Napierala made two pair, aces and fives, but Nguyen turned a seven-high straight.

Long Nguyen – 380,000
Blake Napierala – 460,000

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  16,000/32,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 87

After a flop of , James Gunter checked, the small blind, Matt Woodward bet 16,000 from the cutoff, and Gunter called.

The turn card was the , Gunter checked, Woodward bet 32,000, and Gunter called.

The river card was the , so there could be no qualifying low hands. Gunter checked, Woodward bet 32,000, and Gunter check-raised all in for 63,000. Woodward tanked for a long time before he called.

Matt Woodward:    (two pair)
James Gunter:    (ace-high straight)

Gunter won the pot with his straight to double up in chips.

James Gunter  –  300,000  (9 BB)
Matt Woodward  –  500,000  (16 BB)

$600 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 136

Time passes and the blinds keep rising, but we’ve only lost one player so far in two-and-a-half hours.

David Moreno raised from UTG/cutoff to 105,000, Blake Napierala moved all in from the button for 320,000, and Moreno tanked for a while before he called.

David Moreno:  
Blake Napierala:  

The board came , and Napierala won the pot with two pair, aces and fours with a queen kicker, to double up in chips.

Blake Napierala  –  715,000  (14 bb)
David Moreno  –  700,000  (14 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 136, the average chip stack is about 510,000 (10 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $5,635 each.