$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

Level 19 :  Blinds 4k/8k

On a flop of 6 4 2, Mike Metheny got his chips in the middle against Henry Hull.

Mike’s 8754 (pair of 4s, straight draw) was trailing Henry’s flopped straight with 8533.  The last two were running Kings and changed nothing.

Mike Metheny reported to the rail in 4th place, earning $2,149.

Henry Hull’s big stack keeps getting bigger.

$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

Level 18 :  Blinds 3k/6k

David May doubled up through Luis Santoni twice, leaving Luis short.

Luis got his last 22k in on the turn with a board showing and got calls from both Mike Metheny and Henry Hull.

River was the and Mike shoved.  Henry folded.

Mike rolled over AQT7 for Broadway.  Luis held KQ63 (pair of Kings) and was busted.

Luis Santoni earned $1,570 for his 5th place finish.

$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

Level 18 :  Blinds 3k/6k

Scott Jaffa was busted in 6th place by Henry Hull.  Scott earned $1,208 for his 6th place finish.

Henry chipped up to ~590k, more than half of all the chips in play with five players remaining.

$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

Level 18 :  Blinds 3k/6k

On a flop of A J T, Matt Zarcadoolas got all in against Anna Calder.  Matt’s JTT3 (set of Tens, straight draw) was ahead of Anna’s AKJ7 (top two pair).

Then another Ace on the turn gave both players a full house, but Anna’s Aces-full was boss.

When a 4 hit the river, Matt his the payout desk in 7th place, earning $942.

$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

Level 17 :  Blinds 2,500/5,000

On a flop of 6 4 2 rainbow, both Miami John Cernuto and Mike Beasley got all-in against big stack Henry Hull.

John: AKQ3 (straight draw)
Mike: 9875 (straight wrap)
Henry: 6633 (top set)

The last two peeled off T 4 giving Henry a boat and the double K.O.

Miami John Cernuto finished 9th for $580.
Mike Beasley finished 8th for $700.

$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

Level 17 :  Blinds 2,500/5,000

Matt Zarcadoolas got all-in pre-flop against Henry Chow and the hands were tabled:

Matt:
Henry:

Board:

Matt made a flush to double up, leaving Henry short.  He got his chips in a few hands later holding QQ82 against Scott Jaffa’s QJ98.  The board rolled out T 6 2 A K giving Scott back-door Broadway to take the last of Henry’s chips.

Henry Chow finished in 10th place, earning $507.

$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

Level 16 :  Blinds 2k/4k

Jesse McEuen (Jacksonville, FL) busted out in 11th place earning $507, propelling the remaining ten players to the final table.

$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

Level 16 :  Blinds 2k/4k

After being stuck at 14 for a very long time, two players busted out back to back to put the final 12 in the money without any fuss.

‘Miami’ John Cernuto is still in, making this his fourth cash of this Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open series.

$250 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

Level 15 :  Blinds 1,500/3,000

PLO players have just returned from a break.

14 remain, 12 get paid, so it is double-bubble time.

The chips leaders are:

Henry Hull 245k
Scott Jaffa 150k
Mike Beasley 130k
Michael Mathey 129k
Jesse McEuen 103k