$1,650 Six-Max Dealer’s Choice (Freeze-Out)
Level 17:  1,000/2,000/300 ante
Game:  Pot-Limit Omaha

After Bradley Ruben doubled up in No-Limit Hold’em, Robert Mizrachi switched the game to Pot-Limit Omaha, and regained control of the momentum.

Mizrachi won a good-sized pot on a board of 10-9-4-5-5 when his-A-10-7-5 made a runner-runner full house. That gave Mizrachia  3-to-1 chip lead, and then he continued to pull in small pots to quickly take it to 5-to-1.

After a flop of , Ruben got it all in. Here were their hands.

Robert Mizrachi:    (two pair, nines and threes)
Bradley Ruben:    (overpair)

Ruben needed to improve to stay alive, but the turn was the , the river was the , and Mizrachi won the pot — and a SHRPO trophy — with two pair, aces and nines.

Bradley Ruben finished as the runner-up, earning $10,800.

Robert Mizrachi is the winner in Event 18 ($1,650 Six-Max Dealer’s Choice), earning $16,200, a SHRPO trophy, and a custom-framed winner’s photo from IMPDI.

Stay tuned for a recap of Event 18.

$1,650 Six-Max Dealer’s Choice (Freeze-Out)
Level 17:  1,000/2,000/300 ante
Game:  No-Limit Hold’em

Robert Mizrachi opened up a chip lead over Bradley Ruben of more than 5.6-to-1 (much of it coming by a solid scoop in Omaha Hi-Lo), when the following hand went down.

In no-limit hold’em, Ruben got it all in preflop for 36,500 with against Mizrachi’s .

The board came , and the pocket threes held up for Ruben to win the pot and double up in chips. However, Mizrachi still has more than a 2.3-to-1 chip lead.

Robert Mizrachi  –  171,500  (86 bb / 21 BB)
Bradley Ruben  –  73,600  (37 bb / 9 BB)

And the prizepool they’re playing for:

1st:  $16,200
2nd:  $10,800

$1,650 Six-Max Dealer’s Choice (Freeze-Out)
Level 16:  800/1,600/200 ante
Game:  Big O

A big three-way hand developed near the end of Level 16 when the game was Big O (5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo). All three players built up a pot of 41,600, taking it to the river on a board of .

Robert Mizrachi pot-bet 41,600 from the small blind, and Bradley Ruben thought for a bit before folding the big blind. Then it was on Adam Friedman on the button, and he thought for a little while before he called.

Adam Friedman:  

Friedman had a nine-high club flush for the high, and an 8-6-4 for the low. But then Mizrachi said, “Nut, nut,” as he turned over his hand.

Robert Mizrachi:  

Mizrachi had an ace-high flush for the nut high, and an 8-6-3 for the nut low to scoop the entire pot and eliminate Friedman on the Money Bubble in third place. (After the hand, Ruben claimed that he folded a set of queens.)

Adam Friedman  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place

A few minutes later, Level 16 came to an end, and the final two players took a 15-minute break. Here are their official chip counts heading into Level 17, with their big blinds (bb) and big bets (BB):

Robert Mizrachi  –  157,900  (79 bb / 20 BB)
Bradley Ruben  –  87,200  (44 bb / 11 BB)

$1,650 Six-Max Dealer’s Choice (Freeze-Out)
Level 16:  Limits 3,000/6,000
Game:  Omaha Hi-Lo

After the game switched to Omaha Hi-Lo, Senovio Ramirez got it all in preflop for about 9,000 against Bradley Ruben.

Bradley Ruben:  
Senovio Ramirez:  

Board:  

Ramirez made two pair (threes and deuces) for the high, and an 8-7 for the low. But Ruben made a full house (deuces full of threes) for the high, and an 8-5 for the low to scoop the entire pot and eliminate Ramirez in fourth place.

Bradley Ruben  –  57,000
Senovio Ramirez  –  Eliminated in 4th Place

With 18 entries in this event, only the final two players will finish in the money. That means the final three players are on the Money Bubble, and they’d begin hand-for-hand play if they weren’t already down to a single table. Here is the prizepool they’re playing for:

1st:  $16,200
2nd:  $10,800

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 90,000 (56 big blinds / 15 big bets).

$1,650 Six-Max Dealer’s Choice (Freeze-Out)
Level 15:  800 bring-in/2,500 completion/500 ante
Game:  Stud Hi-Lo

After the game switched to Stud Hi-Lo, Hal Klein got his short stack all in on third street against Adam Friedman.

Adam Friedman:  ()
Hal Klein:  ()

And here’s how their hands finished:

Adam Friedman:  () ()
Hal Klein:  () ()

Klein picked up an open-ended seven-high straight draw (and low draw) on fifth street, but couldn’t complete his straight or pick up a qualifying low — Klein had to settle for a pair of threes for his high.

Unfortunately for him, Friedman made a six-high straight on seventh street for a high and a low to scoop the entire pot and eliminate Klein in fifth place.

Adam Friedman  –  70,000
Hal Klein  –  Eliminated in 5th Place

With 18 entries in this event, only the final two players will finish in the money:

1st:  $16,200
2nd:  $10,800

Shortly after Klein’s elimination, Level 15 came to an end, and Level 16 began with blinds of 800-1,600 (200 ante) and limits of 3,000-6,000.

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 67,500 (42 big blinds / 11 big bets).

$1,650 Six-Max Dealer’s Choice (Freeze-Out)
Level 15:  600/1,200/200 ante
Game:  Big O

It didn’t take long for Phillip Hui to get his short stack all in during a round of Big O (5-card Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo). Adam Friedman and Hui saw a flop of , and that’s when Hui got it all in.

Adam Friedman:    (ace-high flush draw, wrap straight draw)
Phillip Hui:    (top two pair)

The turn was the , the river was the , and Friedman won the pot with a heart flush to eliminate Hui in sixth place.

Adam Friedman  –  58,000
Phillip Hui  –  Eliminated in 6th Place

With 18 entries in this event, only the final two players will finish in the money:

1st:  $16,200
2nd:  $10,800

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 54,000 (45 big blinds / 11 big bets).