$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 blinds, 25,000/50,000 limits
Players Remaining: 2 of 113
Structure | Payouts

At the start of heads-up play, Phil Hui and Pete Walsworth agreed to a chop. With Walsworth holding the chip lead, he will take home the trophy and credit for the win. Hui will take second place in the first completed event of the series.

Details of the chop will be posted, along with a complete recap later tonight.

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 blinds, 25,000/50,000 limits
Players Remaining: 2 of 113
Structure | Payouts

On a flop of , John Holley got all in against Pete Walsworth in a battle of the blinds. Walsworth showed and was up against Holley’s .

The turn was the and the river was the . Walsworth won the pot with jacks and fours, eliminating Holley in fourth place for $3,695.

Walsworth starts heads-up play against Phil Hui with a slight chip lead.

Pete Walsworth – 600,000
John Holley – Eliminated 

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 blinds, 25,000/50,000 limits
Players Remaining: 3 of 113
Structure | Payouts

Pete Walsworth raised on the button and Phil Hui called out of the big blind.

The flop was and Hui checked. Walsworth bet and Hui called. The turn was the and Hui checked. Walsworth bet and Hui called.

The river was the and Hui checked. Walsworth bet and Hui called.

“Flush scoops it,” said Hui as he committed the chips to the pot.

Walsworth showed and scooped the pot with the nut flush. Hui showed two pair as he tossed his hand into the muck.

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 blinds, 25,000/50,000 limits
Players Remaining: 3 of 113
Structure | Payouts

John Holley completed the small blind and Aaron Kupin checked his option in the big blind.

The flop was and Holley checked. Kupin bet and Holley called. The turn was the and Holley checked. Kupin bet and was all in. Holley snap-called.

Holley showed , giving him an eight-high straight and a seven-low. Kupin was drawing dead with his . He needed a six to get a quarter of the pot, but the came on the river and Kupin was gone in fourth for $2,373.

John Holley – 230,000
Aaron Kupin – Eliminated 

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 blinds, 20,000/40,000 limits
Players Remaining: 4 of 113
Structure | Payouts

Phil Hui was on the button, Pete Walsworth in the small blind and John Holley in the big blind. They got four bets in preflop, which resulted in Walsworth all in for 70,000 and a small side pot between Hui and Holley.

The flop was and Holley checked. Hui bet and Holley folded, leaving Walsworth heads-up with Hui.

Hui showed and was up against Walsworth’s .

The turn was the and the river was the . Walsworth rivered trip kings and tripled up.

Pete Walsworth – 210,000
Phil Hui – 335,000

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 blinds, 20,000/40,000 limits
Players Remaining: 4 of 113
Structure | Payouts

Claudangelo Beaudoin got all in preflop for about 50,000 from under the gun against John Holley in the cutoff and Pete Walsworth in the big blind.

The flop was and Walsworth checked. Holley checked behind and the came on the turn. Walsworth checked, Holley bet and Walsworth folded.

Beaudoin showed and was drawing dead against Holley’s .

The river was the and Holley won the pot to eliminate Beaudoin in fifth.

John Holley – 335,000
Claudangelo Beaudoin – Eliminated 

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 19: 5,000/15,000 blinds, 15,000/30,000 limits
Players Remaining: 5 of 113
Structure | Payouts

Steven Roth moved all in out of the small blind for 20,000 and Phil Hui tossed in the extra 5,000-chip from the big blind without looking.

Hui showed and was up against Roth’s .

The board ran out and Hui won the pot with a flush. Roth busted in sixth place and took home $1,492.

Phil Hui – 380,000
Steven Roth – Eliminated 

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 19: 5,000/15,000 blinds, 15,000/30,000 limits
Players Remaining: 6 of 113
Structure | Payouts

One of the next hands after Ralph Broderick was eliminated, Joel Harwood busted to Aaron Kupin.

Harwood bet the river and was all in, and Kupin called with unimporved aces. Harwood couldn’t beat it and took home $1,288 seventh place money.

Aaron Kupin – 345,000
Joel Harwood – Eliminated 

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 19: 5,000/15,000 blinds, 15,000/30,000 limits
Players Remaining: 7 of 113
Structure | Payouts

Phil Hui raised from early position and Claudangelo Beaudoin called from the cutoff. Ralph Broderick three-bet on the button, leaving himself with just 5,000 behind. Both Hui and Beaudoin called.

The flop was and Hui led out. Beaudoin folded and Broderick called.

Hui showed and was up against Broderick’s .

The turn was the and the river was the . Broderick pushed forward the ace-four, but Hui rivered broadway and with neither player having a qualifying low, Hui scooped the pot and Broderick busted in eighth place for $1,136.

Phil Hui – 330,000
Ralph Broderick – Eliminated 

$360 Omaha 8-or-Better
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 blinds, 10,000/20,000 limits
Players Remaining: 8 of 113
Structure | Payouts

Joel Harwood raised from the cutoff and John Holley defended his big blind. The flop was and Holley checked. Harwood bet and Holley check-raised.

Harwood called and the turn was the . Holley bet and Harwood called. The river was the and Holley bet.

“I got a full house, so I got to call you,” said Harwood.

“I do too,” said Holley, tabling , good for the second nuts.

Harwood mucked his hand.

“I’d have lost an extra bet against John,” said Phil Hui after he tossed a water bottle left-handed into the trash can about 15 feet behind him.

John Holley – 200,000
Joel Harwood – 140,000