We're down to three players in the $2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-Or-Better and here's how it all played out:

Hooshmand Zada'd (5th)!

Ted Forrest raises and Kia Hooshmand moves all-in for his last $45,000. Forrest makes the call and shows A T 7 2 to his adversary's A 9 8 2. The board comes A J 4 4 T and Forrest takes the pot to send Hooshmand to the rail in fifth place for $58,877.

Shamseddin Crippled!

Forrest limps-in from under the gun and Jim Pechac and Soheil Shamseddin join the party in the blinds. The flop comes 9 6 5 and Pechac checks to Shamseddin, who bets out. Forrest lays it down and Pechac stays around for the turn, which is the K. Pechac bets out and Shamseddin flat-calls. The river is the 6 and both players check.

Pechac shows A K T 4 for the ace-high flush while Shamseddin has 7 5 4 2 and could not make a low. He's crippled on the play.

Shamseddin Busto (4th)!

Shamseddin raises preflop and is called by Andrew Brown and Pechac. The flop comes K 5 5 and the action checks to Shamseddin, who bets his last $5,000. Brown and Pechac both call and the turn is the 2, prompting a bet from Brown and a fold from Pechac.

Brown turns up 9 6 2 2 for the boat while Shamseddin has A Q 8 6 and is drawing to the low for the split. The river is the J, however, and Shamseddin is thus eliminated in fourth place. He'll take home $71,691 for his time.

Chip Counts!

Here are the chip counts for the final triumvirate, courtesy www.worldseriesofpoker.com:

Ted Forrest	$1,775,000
Andrew Brown	$280,000
Jim Pechac	$175,000

 

 

 

Two more players have busted in the $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo event, leaving us with just five left. Ted Forrest is in dominating position now, whilst it looks as though the other players are going to be vying for second place at the moment.

Clements with an almost non scary stare...

Scott Pleads For Clemency

Scott Clements raises preflop, Ted Forrest re-raises whilst Brown calls. The two-time bracelet winner puts the last of his chips in the middle with the other two calling. The board comes out 4-5-J-Q-5, and Clements mucks while Brown wins the hand showing A-K-Q-5 for fives full of queens. Scott Clements goes out in 7th place.

Sauce Battle: Perry Perry Defeated By Brown

Ralph Perry moved his last few chips in and was called by Andrew Brown, Soheil Shamseddin and Ted Forrest. Brown fired every step of the way of the 7 K 9 4 2 with Shamseddin calling every step of the way. Brown flipped 7 7 3 2 to scoop and Perry was eliminated.

Forrest Holds The Kia

Kia Hooshmand pushed all-in over the top of Ted Forrest's raise, the latter making the call with A-2-7-T, Kia showing A-2-8-9, the board ran out 4-A-J-4-T with a high two pair for Forrest meaning we're down to four

After a ninety minute dinner break, play is just about to restart in the $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo event, led by Ted Forrest. Ted is gunning for his first bracelet since 2004 but still has six other players to get through. The question though at the moment is, can one of the other players stop him?

The favourite with seven left.

 

Just seven players remain in the Omaha Hi/Lo split event with Ted Forrest leading the way. Will this be the year when he picks up his next bracelet or can one of the other players like Scott Clements thwart his challenge?

Ensico Eighth

Allan Ensico goes out in 8th winning $28,684 after getting all-in preflop with Scott Clements and Ted Forrest calling. The board came Q-2-3-8-K, Clements showed A-4 for the low whilst Forrest took the high with trip kings, Ensico mucked and hit the rail.

Forrest experiening chip growth!

Forrest Doesn't Chop

Ted Forrest moves up to around $700,000 in chips after he took a pot from the other big stack, Andrew Brown. The board was showing K 9 4 A A, and Forrest showed J 5 5 2, which was enough for the complete scoop.

Time For Din-Dins!

Players are now going on a 90 minute dinner break, they'll restart at 10.30pm.

Chip Counts courtesy of www.worldseriesofpoker.com

Ted Forrest	$775,000
Andrew Brown	$480,000
Soheil Shamseddin	$300,000
Kia Hooshmand	$220,000
Ralph Perry	$170,000
Jim Pechac	$160,000
Scott Clements	$120,000

We're now down to just eight players in the hunt for the Omaha eight or better bracelet. Andrew Brown has a stranglehold on the chip lead and has no plans on giving it up. In the meanitme we've said goodbye to Gobboby.

Grove Coconutted (10th)

Lee Grove goes out tenth with Andrew Brown and Jim Pechac splitting up the chips left in his short stack by making the lo and hi hands. Grove did not find the final board to his liking but the $13,587 for 10th should soften the blow.

Grove's elimination paves the way for the official final table of nine to begin!

Fricke Fracked (9th)

Jimmy Fricke is our 9th place finisher and will cash $21,135 after being put all in pre flop by Andrew Brown.

Gobboboy gobbled.

Brown's 9 6 4 3 was a nice looked double suited low hand while Fricke's A K Q 6 was in the pre flop lead for the high. The J 9 7 6 3 board never hit Fricke, but Brown made enough to send Gobboboy to the rail.

Here's the chip counts for the remining eight according to WorldSeriesOfPoker.com:

Andrew Brown	$525,000
Soheil Shamseddin	$460,000
Ralph Perry	$280,000
Ted Forrest	$240,000
Scott Clements	$217,000
Kia Hooshmand	$215,000
Jim Pechac	$210,000
Allan Enciso	$50,000

 

We are down to a final table of ten now that Ralph Rudd has gone out. Rudd opened from the cutoff for $20k then called when Andrew Brown put him in for his last $1k.

Brown had the A 7 5 4 versus Rudd's A A 8 K, but when the K 8 10 6 3 board finished Brown had a flush and eight low for the scoop.

Here's the seating assignments and chip counts courtesy of WorldSeriesOfPoker.com:

1.	Ralph Perry	$345,000
2.	Andrew Brown	$400,000
3.	Scott Clements	$160,000
4.	Lee Grove	$37,000
5.	Jim Pechac	$240,000
6.	Jimmy Fricke	$50,000
7.	Soheil Shamseddin	$350,000
8.	Ted Forrest	$270,000
9.	Kia Hooshmand	$165,000
10.	Allan Enciso	$155,000

Thsi last level has sen a flurry of exits as we are down to just eleven hopefulls in the hunt for WSOP Gold and a wad of greenbacks. They started with 18 but at this rate we'll crowna champ before long.

Seeya Sohayegh (16th)

Michael Sohayegh lost the last of his chips in a four way limped pot. After the 10 4 3 flop Andrew Brown bet, Jim Pechac and Sohayegh made his final call.

The action is checked down the rest of the way as the K turn and 5 river fall.

In the end, Pechac's A Q J 2 is good for the wheel and Sohayegh is sent to the cage to collect $8,554.

Richburg Poor (15th)

Ted Forrest made quick work of James Richburg making a wheel to scoop up all his chips.

The wheels of the bus go...

Richburg goes home with $11,071 for 15th and at least he can say he got beat by the nuts.

Aronesty Nested (14th)

Joe Aronesty shoved facing a Q 7 6 flop and got the call from Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke.

Aronesty's A 2 2 3 gave him a few possibilities against Fricke's A 8 8 6 but none of them came to fruition. He leaves with $11,071 for 14th.

Paz Dispensed (13th)

Joe Paz became or 13th place finisher when he raised a Ted Forrest limp. Forrest called and the K 9 6 flop fell. Ted then check-called a Paz shove for only $1,000 chips. Forrest had a pair, Paz had none and Ted made yet another straight to rail him.

Paz will take home $11,071 for his efforts.

Smith Smacked (12th)

Mallory Smith will cash $13,587 for 12th after shoving behind a Ralph Rudd limp.

Andrew Brown, Kia Hooshmand called before Rudd came over the top. Both players with action made the call and we were treated to the Q 10 8 flop.

All three checked before the 7 turn came and Brown bet, Hooshmand let it go but Rudd made the call. The river was the 7 and it got checked down. Smith made trip sevens but Brown had a straight. Rudd mucked and Smith left in a hurry.

Here's the updated chip counts according to WorldSeriesOfPoker.com:

Andrew Brown	$330,000
Ralph Perry	$330,000
Soheil Shamseddin	$330,000
Allan Enciso	$280,000
Scott Clements	$220,000
Scott Clements	$210,000
Ted Forrest	$190,000
Kia Hooshmand	$175,000
Jim Pechac	$130,000

Things are really rolling in the restart of the Omaha Hi/Lo. We started the day with 18 and plans to play down to one. In just the first hour of play we've lost two and counting.

Reed Run (18th)

Afgter making a raise Michael Reed got put all in by Scott Clements. He made the call turning over A Q J 8. He looked ahead of Clements' 8 2 5 3 but it was not to be.

The A Q 10 6 4 board made Scott a flush and a decent low to scoop. Reed's 18th place showing garners him $8,554.

Poels Positioned (17th)

Pat Poels will cash $8,554 for 17th after getting in a raising war with Ralph Rudd on a K K Q flop.

Poels punked.

Neither had a king, but Rudd had aces with A A J 10 and was well ahead of Poels' A Q 5 4

The board finished 10 and 8 taking Poels with it.

Here's the top nine chip counts according to WorldSeriesOfPoker.com:

Andrew Brown	$340,000
Ted Forrest	$275,000
Ralph Rudd	$260,000
Ralph Perry	$235,000
Soheil Shamseddin	$220,000
Scott Clements	$210,000
Allan Enciso	$180,000
Lee Grove	$130,000
Mallory Smith	$125,000