Event 44, Omaha Hi-Low Split - Live Updates

Already severely short-stacked Thang Luu goes in for his last $60,000 pre-flop and Frankie O'Dell calls.

O'Dell: 2♥ 3♦ 9♣ Q♦

Luu: 4♠ 5♣ 10♦ J♠

The board comes Q♣ 9♠ 6♦ J♥ A♦ and O'Dell takes the bracelet with his two pair queens and nines. O'Dell takes home $240,057 for first place while Luu will receive $147,726 for coming in second.

Congratulations to O'Dell who is now a two-time WSOP bracelet winner.

Corpuz raises all-in pre-flop and Frankie O'Dell comes back over the top. Corpuz calls all-in and the players show their cards:

Corpuz: A♦ 3♥ Q♣ Q♥

O'Dell: 5♦ 8♠ 9♦ 10♣

The board comes A♣ Q♦ 8♥ J♥ 6♣. O'Dell hits a queen-high straight which trumps Corpuz' set of queens. Corpuz has been eliminated and O'Dell goes into heads-up play the chip leader.

It appears Marcel Luske will have have to wait a little bit longer for his first WSOP bracelet. Luske's final hand played out as follows:

Thang Luu is on the button and raises pre-flop. Marcel Luske calls from the small blind and both players see a flop of A♥ K♣ 3♥. Luske checks and Luu bets $40,000. Luske calls all-in and both players show:

Luske: 6♣ 7♠ 10♣ 10♦

Luu: A♣ 2♣ 6♥ Q♦

The turn comes 3♠ and the river comes 6♠. Luu wins the pot and the Dutchman is flying back home.

Marvin Ryan is UTG and pushes all-in for his last $60,000. Corpuz, O'Dell and Luske call. The flop comes K♥ K♠ 2♦ and action is checked to a turn card of 7♠. Everybody checks again and the river comes J♥ and action is checked for a final time. It's show down time

Corpuz: A♣ 3♠ 4♠ 7♥

O'Dell: A♦ 7♦ 9♣ 10♥

Luske and Ryan muck their hands. Corpuz and O'Dell split the pot with the same high while Luske is way down and Ryan is eliminated. 

Corpuz is starting to throw his stack around and Jess Robinson is the latest casualty. The hand played out like this:

Corpuz raises pre-flop and Robinson pushes all-in. Corpuz calls and shows his hand:

Corpuz: A♦ 5♦ 9♥ K♣

Robinson: A♠ 2♦ 4♠ Q♣

The board goes J♣ 5♣ 3♣ Q♠ 5♠.

It's trip fives for Corpuz and a trip to the rail for Robinson. 

Martin Corpuz, Marcel Luske, Marvin Ryan and Ming Lee all see a flop of 8♣ 7♥ 6♥. Corpuz bets, Lee calls, Luske re-raises and everybody calls. The turn comes J♦ and Corpuz bets, Lee gets the remainder of his chips in the pot and everybody else calls. The river comes 4♠ and action is checked around the table. Players show their hands:

Lee: A♠ 4♣ 7♣ J♠

Corpuz: A♥ 2♠ 3♠ K♣

Ryan: A♣ 3♣ 5♥ 9♣

Luske decides to muck his hand. Corpuz has the low and Ryan has the high. Lee has nothing but a walk to the door.

Marcel Luske is on the button and raises pre-flop. Stuart Paterson calls from the big blind and the flop comes J♥ 8♠ 2♣. Luske raises again and Paterson calls with the remainder of his chips.

Luske: 6♦ 7♣ 10♦ K♦

Paterson: A♣ A♥ 6♣ 8♣

The turn comes Q♣ but the river goes A♦ giving Luske one of those pesky broadway straights. Paterson is out and Luske has got his eye on a bracelet.

Mitch Maples, who sounds like some kind of super hero, has hit his kryptonite. Maples was busted out 9th by Thang Luu. Here's how the hand played out:

Maples raises to $30,000 and Luu calls. The flop comes J♣ 10♠ 5♦ and again Maples bets and Luu calls. The turn comes 7♥ and Maples pushes all-in. Luu calls and shows his hand.

Luu: A♥ 2♣ 10♦ K♥

Maples: A♦ 3♥ J♥ J♠

Luu has got the low with A-2 but Maples has the high with a set of jacks. Things change considerably when the river comes Q♥ giving Luu the broadway straight. Goodbye Maples, we hardly knew ya! 

It's final table day for Event 44 and it should be a good one with Marcel Luske our current chip leader. The players have taken their seats and the cards are in the air. Here's a look at where everybody is sitting and their current chip stacks (courtesy of www.worldseriesofpoker.com):

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