$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha Level 16: 6,000/12,000
Petko Tsakov (Provincetown, MA)
Petko Tsakov was looking at a 4-to-1 chip deficit against one of the best Omaha players in the world and it ended as expected. He was able to hang on for 20 minutes of heads-up play before Clements got the best of him.
They were looking at the flop when Tsakov put in his last two barrels of 5K chips. Clements called and the tournament was on the line.
Clements: Tsakov:
Tsakov was technically ahead but more than half the deck was in Clements’ favor. He improved to two pair on the turn and Tsakov couldn’t find one of his 15 stay-alive outs on the river.
The hand sent Tsakov out in the runner-up position while Clements won the pot, the tournament, and the new Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown trophy.
$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha Level 16: 6,000/12,000 Players Remaining: 2 of 79
Charbel Azzi (Methuen, MA)
Scott Clements was moving away from the other two players when Charbel Azzi went heads-up with him to the flop. Azzi got all his chips in the middle and it wasn’t looking too good.
Clements: Azzi:
The turn left Azzi drawing to seven outs but he missed the river to set up the PLO heads-up match.
Charbel Azzi – Eliminated in 3rd place ($21,330) Petko Tsakov – 325,000 (27 bb) Scott Clements – 1,250,000 (104 bb)
$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha Level 15: 5,000/10,000 Players Remaining: 3 of 79
Luis Calvo (Sunny Isles Beach, FL_
Luis Calvo was the next short stack to take a stab but it wasn’t Scott Clements doing the heavy-lifting this time. Charbel Azzi had Calvo at risk after the flop.
Azzi: Calvo:
The turn left Azzi drawing dead to 4th place while Azzi was able to move a little closer to Clements.
Luis Calvo – Eliminated in 4th place ($15,800) Charbel Azzi – 540,000 (54 bb)
$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha Level 14: 4,000/8,000 Players Remaining: 4 of 79
Eric Penner (Denver, CO)
Eric Penner was eliminated on one of the few hands this final table that didn’t get the chips in early. He was heads-up with Scott Clements and things were steady with the board reading when Penner moved all-in. Clements quickly called and Penner saw he was down to two outs.
Penner: Clements:
“You trapped me Scott,” Penner said as he tabled his hand.
The river was a blank and Penner was sent out in 5th place while Clements moved over 1 million.
Eric Penner – Eliminated in 5th place ($11,850) Scott Clements – 1,100,000 (183 bb)
$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha Level 14: 4,000/8,000 Players Remaining: 5 of 79
Chance Kornuth (Las Vegas, NY)
The biggest pot of the tournament happened when the two biggest stacks went at each other. Scott Clements, Chance Kornuth, and Charbel Azzi went to the flop when things went huge.
Clements led out for 60,000 and Kornuth announced “pot” for 348,000. Azzi moved out of the way and Clements thought things out for a few minutes. With ~75,00 sitting behind Kornuth, Clements put him all-in and got a call.
Kornuth: Clements:
Kornuth had the top pair against Clement’s wrap draw. The turn brought no change but the game ended for Kornuth on the river.
Chance Kornuth – Eliminated in 6th place ($9,840) Scott Clements – 860,000 (143 bb)
$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha Level 14: 4,000/8,000 Players Remaining: 7 of 79
Chance Kornuth opened to 20,000 and Joseph Irgon took his time to think about his action in the big blind. He only had 50,000 behind and called at risk.
Irgon: Kornuth:
The board ran to ship the pot to Kornuth and send Irgon out in 8th place.
Joseph Irgon – Eliminated in 8th place ($6,320) Chance Kornuth – 335,000 (56 bb)
$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha Level 13: 3,000/6,000 Players Remaining: 8 of 79
With short stacks all around, there were a few shoves before Mikhail Zlotnik lost most of his stack after doubling up Eric Penner.
Zlotnick was left with only 6,000 plus his small blind and he moved all-in when action folded to him. Luis Calvo called in the big blind without looking.
Zlotnick: Calvo:
The board ran out to trip up Calvo and send Zlotnick out first at the final table.
Mikhail Zlotnick – Eliminated in 9th place ($4,740) Luis Calvo – 120,000 (20 bb)
$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha Level 13: 3,000/6,000 Players Remaining: 9 of 79
Scott Clements Leads Final 9 of $2,200 PLO
Event 28 was one of the last big buy-in tournaments on the schedule and they played a little of the $2,200 four-card variety of the game. The tournament drew 79 PLO lovers to create a $158,000 prize pool.
The last nine players earned a piece of the money and they are about to return to play it down. Two-time WSOP winner (and WPT champ) Scott Clements comes back today with the lion’s share of the chips. He has 732,000 of the 3,160,000 chips in play with the rest split between the other eight players.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team Member Chance Kornuth sits in second position with 213,000 but the rest will need to make something happen in a hurry if they want the trophy later today.
They are unbagging their chips and will be back underway shortly.
$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha Level 13: 3,000/6,000 Players Remaining: 9 of 79
Scott Clements Leads Final 9 of $2,200 PLO
Scott Clements is regarded as one of the most respected Omaha players in the world and is showing why as he takes an astounding chip lead into the final table of the $2,200 Pot Limit Omaha.
The Washington native has won WSOP bracelets in both the split-pot and high-only variants of the game, as well as a plethora of deep runs and other titles in all variants. Clements enters the final day of play with almost half of the chips in play.
While Clements has a massive lead, one of the latest additions to the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team, Chance Kornuth, sits in second chip position.
Kornuth is top flight professional poker player in his own right with over $3.6 million in tournament earnings and a WSOP bracelet in the 2010 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha for over $508,000.
The event kicked off at 5 p.m. on Tuesday and when the late registration and re-entry period was closed, there were 79 entrants, which created a prizepool of $158,000 that would be divided up among the top nine finishers.
They reached the unofficial final table of 10 players just before the start of the last scheduled level of the day, but after finishing the last level and still having 10 players remaining, they continued play until they lost one more player and they could return nine players, all in the money, for Day 2.
It was another well-known pro, Ari Engel, who busted in 10th and was the unfortunate bubble boy. Engel headed to the rail without a payday, but earned a cash earlier in the day after busting from the $10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale in 23rd place for $27,620.
Charlel Azzi also earned himself a seat at the final table and has secured his second cash of the series. His first cash came in the $3,500 WPT Main Event. He netted $30,228 for his 19th place finish.
The final nine players are all guaranteed at least a cash of $4,740, but are all within arms reach of the $47,400 first place prize money. Cards get back in the air on Wednesday at 2 p.m. to play down to a winner.
Here is a look at the seating arrangement for the final table:
flop when Tsakov put in his last two barrels of 5K chips. Clements called and the tournament was on the line.
turn and Tsakov couldn’t find one of his 15 stay-alive outs on the 
river.
flop. Azzi got all his chips in the middle and it wasn’t looking too good.
river to set up the PLO heads-up match.
flop.
when Penner moved all-in. Clements quickly called and Penner saw he was down to two outs.
river was a blank and Penner was sent out in 5th place while Clements moved over 1 million.
flop when things went huge.
to ship the pot to Kornuth and send Irgon out in 8th place.
