$1,100 Limit Omaha 8
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  40,000/80,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 45

Kristan Lord raised to 80,000, and Gabe Ramos called from the big blind.

The flop came , Ramos bet 40,000, and Lord called. The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Ramos bet 80,000, and Lord tanked for a while before he called.

Kristan Lord:    (two pair, queens and nines)
Gabe Ramos:    (king-high straight)

Ramos won the pot with his straight to nearly even up the chip stacks.

Kristan Lord  –  700,000  (9 BB)
Gabe Ramos  –  650,000  (8 BB)

A few minutes later, Lord raised to 80,000, and Ramos called from the big blind.

The flop came , Ramos checked, Lord bet 40,000, and Ramos called. The turn card paired the board with the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Ramos checked, Lord bet 80,000, and Ramos check-raised to 160,000. Lord tanked for a while before he called.

Gabe Ramos:    (eights full of sevens, 8-7-6 low)
Kristan Lord:  mucked

Ramos scooped the entire pot with his full house and his 8-7-6 low to take the chip lead.

Gabe Ramos  –  840,000  (11 BB)
Kristan Lord  –  510,000  (6 BB)

1st:  $16,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $10,040

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  40,000/80,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 45

Gabe Ramos limped for 40,000, Kristan Lord raised from the big blind to 80,000, and Ramos three-bet it to 120,000. Lord called.

The flop came , Lord bet 40,000, and Ramos called.

The turn card was the , Lord bet 80,000, and Ramos called.

The river card was the , and this is where there seemed to have been some confusion.

As best as we could tell, Ramos thought Lord had checked, but he didn’t. Ramos then bet 80,000, but Lord was facing the board (thinking it was his turn), and didn’t see Ramos’s bet.

Then Lord bet 80,000 himself, thinking he was still first to act, but Ramos saw it as a call of his bet. Ramos announced his hand as “Ace high,” and waited for Lord to show his cards. But Lord thought Ramos was folding, and just announcing his hand. So Lord didn’t show his cards right away.

It took a bit of time to figure out what happened, but both players ended up showing their cards.

Kristan Lord:    (pair of fours)
Gabe Ramos:    (ace high)

It was definitely confusing, but with bottom pair and ace high, it appears that both players thought that they were bluffing the river. But the way the action played out, it would probably be officially reported as Lord checked, Ramos bet 80,000, and Lord called.

And with that bottom pair of fours, Lord won a massive pot worth 640,000 — more than 47% of all the chips in play.

Kristan Lord  –  1,110,000  (14 BB)
Gabe Ramos  –  240,000  (3 BB)

1st:  $16,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $10,040

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 45

Kristan Lord raised to 60,000, and Gabe Ramos called from the big blind.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Ramos bet 60,000, and Lord called.

The river card was the , Ramos checked, Lord bet 60,000, and Ramos check-raised to 120,000. Lord called, and Ramos snap-folded to forfeit the pot. Lord took the lead.

Kristan Lord  –  710,000  (12 BB)
Gabe Ramos  –  640,000  (11 BB)

Shortly after that, they put in 90,000 each to see a flop of . Ramos bet 30,000, and Lord called.

The turn card was the , Ramos checked, Lord bet 60,000, and Ramos called. The river card paired the board with the , and both players checked.

Kristan Lord:    (ace-high straight)
Gabe Ramos:  mucked

Ramos announced that he had “aces and queens,” but Lord showed his straight to win the pot and increase his lead.

Kristan Lord  –  910,000  (15 BB)
Gabe Ramos  –  440,000  (7 BB)

1st:  $16,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $10,040

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 45

The heads-up action started moving quickly with a lot of meaningful pots, and to keep up with the action we had to hold off on posting hands.

To be fair, it seemed like somebody would win relatively quickly, but they played nearly two hours after the last hand we posted.

So now we will be uploading the big hands, so stay tuned for the final two hours of this tournament to be posted into the updates.

Gabe Ramos  –  830,000  (14 BB)
Kristan Lord  –  520,000  (9 BB)

1st:  $16,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $10,040

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 45

In the first hand after the break, Kristan Lord raised to 60,000, Gabe Ramos reraised from the big blind to 90,000, and Lord called.

The flop came , Ramos bet 30,000, Lord raised to 60,000, and Ramos called.

The turn card paired the board with the , Ramos bet 60,000, Lord raised to 120,000, and Gabe Ramos three-bet it to 180,000. Lord tanked for a while before he called.

The river card was the , and Ramos bet 60,000, leaving himself just 50,000 behind. Lord tanked for a long time before he called.

Gabe Ramos:    (trip nines)
Kristan Lord: mucked

With no possible lows, Ramos won the entire 780K pot with his trip nines to take the lead.

Gabe Ramos  –  830,000  (14 BB)
Kristan Lord  –  520,000  (9 BB)

1st:  $16,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $10,040

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 45

The players return from break to begin Level 22, with increased limits of 30,000-60,000.

Here are their official chip counts from the break, followed by the payouts:

Kristan Lord  –  910,000  (15 BB)
Gabe Ramos  –  440,000  (7 BB)

1st:  $16,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $10,040

3rd:  Don Todd  –  $6,200
4th:  Aron Dermer  –  $4,365
5th:  Charlie Townsend  –  $3,495
6th:  Cary Rosenthal  –  $2,620

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  25,000/50,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 45

With each player contributing 75,000 each, the board showed on the turn. Gabe Ramos bet 50,000, and Kristan Lord called from the button.

The river card tripped the board with the , Ramos bet 50,000, and Lord thought for a while before he called.

Gabe Ramos:    (seven-high flush)
Kristan Lord:    (ace-high flush)

With no possible lows, Lord won the pot with his higher flush to retake a slight lead.

Kristan Lord  –  707,000  (14 BB)
Gabe Ramos  –  643,000  (13 BB)

1st:  $16,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $10,040

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  25,000/50,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 45

Gabe Ramos (small blind) and Kristan Lord (big blind) put in 75,000 each (three bets) before the flop.

The flop came , Ramos bet 25,000, and Lord called.

The turn card was the , Ramos bet 50,000, and Lord called.

The river card was the , Ramos bet 50,000, and Lord called.

Kristan Lord:    (two pair, aces and kings)
Gabe Ramos:    (set of aces)

Neither player had a qualifying low, and Ramos won the pot with his set of aces.

Gabe Ramos  –  758,000  (15 BB)
Kristan Lord  –  592,000  (12 BB)

1st:  $16,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $10,040

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  25,000/50,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 45

Kristan Lord raised to 50,000, Gabe Ramos reraised from the big blind to 75,000, and Lord called.

The flop came , Ramos bet 25,000, and Lord called.

The turn card was the , Ramos bet 50,000, Lord raised to 100,000, Ramos reraised to 150,000, and Lord reraised. Ramos called all in for 169,000.

Kristan Lord:    (trip fours, 8-7 low draw)
Gabe Ramos:    (jacks full, 8-7 low draw)

The river card was the , and with no possible lows, Ramos won the pot with his full house, jacks full of fours, to double up in chips.

Kristan Lord  –  812,000  (16 BB)
Gabe Ramos  –  538,000  (11 BB)

1st:  $16,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $10,040

$1,100 Limit Omaha 8
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  25,000/50,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 45

Level 20 comes to an end, and Level 21 begins with increased limits of 25,000-50,000.

There have been no particularly big pots that weren’t split, and whenever the chip stacks started to swing, they quickly went back toward where heads-up play began.

However, Ramos has swindled recently, and he’s down to six Big Bets.

Kristan Lord  –  1,050,000  (21 BB)
Gabe Ramos  –  300,000  (6 BB)

1st:  $16,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $10,040