Event 42 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship - Live Updates

A week ago, Ben Lamb was at a WSOP final table playing heads-up for a pot-limit omaha bracelet, but he finished second to Sam Stein.

The experience didn't seem to discourage him, because today he was at a WSOP final table playing heads-up for a pot-limit omaha bracelet against Sami Kelopuro.

Only this time, Lamb came out victorious in the final hand.

Ben Lamb wins his first WSOP bracelet, along with $814,436. Combined with the $260,000 or so that he won last week, Lamb becomes the first player at this year's WSOP to earn more than $1 million ($1,074,354).

Sami Kelopuro battled the stacks back to even.

 

HEADS-UP PLAY

When heads-up play began, Lamb had a 3-to-2 chip lead over Sami Kelopuro, and quickly increased it to a 2-to-1 chip lead.

But Kelopuro battled back, winning a big pot with a wheel straight and picking up a few smaller pots to effectively even the counts. Kelopuro even took a slight lead at one point. It was definitely anybody's match.

THE FINAL HAND

In the final hand, they saw a flop of A♠ 9♥ 3♦. Lamb checked, Kelopuro bet, and Lamb called.

The turn card was the Q♠, and that's when the action happened.

Lamb checked, Kelopuro bet big, and Lamb raised the size of the pot. Kelopuro paused briefly before moving all in, and Lamb quickly called.

Ben Lamb: 6♠ 5♥ 4♠ 2♦
Sami Kelopuro: A♣ K♦ Q♣ 7♦

Kelopuro had top two pair with aces and queens, while Lamb had a big straight draw and a spade flush draw.

Lamb needed to catch a five, a four, a deuce, or any spade to win the bracelet. Any other card and Kelopuro would double up to a massive chip lead.

The river card was the 5♦.

Lamb completed his five-high straight and his friends on the rail mobbed him in celebration. Kelopuro could only stand at the table and think about what might have been.

Congratulations to bracelet-winner Ben Lamb!

1st: Ben Lamb - $814,436
2nd: Sami Kelopuro - $503,173
3rd: John Shipley - $369,575
4th: Christopher King - $273,575
5th: Dario Alioto - $204,113
6th: John Kabbaj - $153,517
7th: Cory Wood - $116,359
8th: Josh Tieman - $88,873
9th: Hans Winzeler - $68,410

The $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event is down to the final two, as heads-up play begins between Ben Lamb and Sami Kelopuro.

Here's how it happened:

CHRISTOPHER KING OUT IN 4th PLACE

Christopher King was down to about 1.1 million in chips when he got it all in preflop against Ben Lamb.

Ben Lamb: K♣ K♦ 8♦ 4♠
Christopher King: A♥ A♠ K♠ Q♠

With aces over kings (and another king in his hand), King was the favorite, and Lamb's friends on the rail were cheering for diamonds.

The board came 10♦ 6♦ 3♦ 5♦ 4♣, and Lamb flopped a diamond flush to win the pot. King appeared to be stunned when he saw the all-diamond flop.

Christopher King had his aces cracked by, you guessed it ... diamonds.

 

Christopher King was eliminated in fourth place, earning $273,575.

JOHN SHIPLEY OUT IN 3rd PLACE

John Shipley was solidly in second place, when Sami Kelopuro got it all in preflop against him.

John Shipley: Q♦ J♣ J♥ 10♦
Sami Kelopuro: K♦ K♥ 9♥ 5♦

The board came 8♠ 6♠ 4♦ 3♣ 8♦, and the pocket kings held up for Kelopuro to win the pot and double up to 3.2 million.

That knocked Shipley down to about 800,000, or just 8 big blinds.

A few minutes later, Shipley got it all in preflop against Kelopuro, trying to get his chips back.

John Shipley was doing alright before those two hands against Sami Kelopuro.

 

Sami Kelopuro: K♠ Q♥ J♠ 8♦
John Shipley: A♣ K♦ 8♣ 5♠

The board came Q♠ 10♦ 5♥ 2♠ 7♣, and Kelopuro paired his queen on the flop to win the pot.

After two hands against Sami Kelopuro, John Shipley was eliminated in third place, earning $369,575.

HEADS-UP PLAY BEGINS

When heads-up play began between Ben Lamb and Sami Kelopuro, these were the approximate chip counts, with blinds at 50,000-100,000:

Sami Kelopuro - 4,050,000 (40 bb)
Ben Lamb - 6,650,000 (66 bb)

3rd: John Shipley - $369,575
4th: Christopher King - $273,575
5th: Dario Alioto - $204,113
6th: John Kabbaj - $153,517
7th: Cory Wood - $116,359
8th: Josh Tieman - $88,873
9th: Hans Winzeler - $68,410

The no-more-than-10-levels-a-day rule kicked in last night for the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship with four players remaining, so they have returned today to finish out their match.

Here are the official chip counts for the final four, with blinds at 50,000-100,000:

Seat 2. Sami Kelopuro - 2,155,000 (21 bb)
Seat 4. Ben Lamb - 4,435,000 (44 bb)
Seat 7. Christopher King - 1,645,000 (16 bb)
Seat 8. John Shipley - 2,705,000 (27 bb)

Stay tuned for continuing coverage as they play their way toward the WSOP bracelet.

The no-more-than-10-levels-a-day rule kicked in for the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship with four players remaining, so there will be no bracelet won here tonight.

The final four players will return tomorrow (Monday) at 3:00 pm to continue their battle in front of what we expect will be a much larger crowd.

Here are the official chip counts for the final four, with blinds at 50,000-100,000:

Seat 2. Sami Kelopuro - 2,155,000 (21 bb)
Seat 4. Ben Lamb - 4,435,000 (44 bb)
Seat 7. Christopher King - 1,645,000 (16 bb)
Seat 8. John Shipley - 2,705,000 (27 bb)

Ben Lamb started the day as the chipleader, and he finished the day as chipleader -- but the stakes are much, much higher.

When play began today, the money bubble hadn't even been reached yet, and now they are in the final four playing for a bracelet.

Kabbaj won a bracelet in 2009, but had to settle for 6th place here.

 

JOHN KABBAJ OUT IN 6th PLACE

John Kabbaj was all in preflop from the big blind against Ben Lamb:

Ben Lamb: A♠ A♦ Q♦ Q♣
John Kabbaj: A♣ K♥ 10♠ 8♦

The board came 9♥ 5♠ 2♣ 4♣ 5♣, completely missing both players, and Lamb won the pot with his pocket aces.

John Kabbaj was eliminated in sixth place, earning $153,517.

DARIO ALIOTO OUT IN 5th PLACE

After a flop of K♠ 8♥ 5♦, Dario Alioto was all in against Sami Kelopuro:

Sami Kelopuro: A♣ A♥ 4♦ 3♦
Dario Alioto: A♠ 8♥ 7♥ 6♥

Kelopuro had pocket aces against Alioto's pair of eights. The turn was the 2♠, the river was the Q♦, and Alioto never improved beyond the pair of eights. Kelopuro won the pot.

Dario Alioto was eliminated in fifth place, earning $204,113.

Fifth place was worth $204K for Dario Alioto.

 

FINAL TABLE RESULTS … SO FAR

You'll have to return tomorrow (Monday) to see how the final four turn out, but here's how the other final tablists have fared so far:

5th: Dario Alioto - $204,113
6th: John Kabbaj - $153,517
7th: Cory Wood - $116,359
8th: Josh Tieman - $88,873
9th: Hans Winzeler - $68,410

And one last look at the official chip counts:

Seat 2. Sami Kelopuro - 2,155,000 (21 bb)
Seat 4. Ben Lamb - 4,435,000 (44 bb)
Seat 7. Christopher King - 1,645,000 (16 bb)
Seat 8. John Shipley - 2,705,000 (27 bb)

Return to PokerListings.com tomorrow (Monday) at 3:00 pm to see who among these final four will take down the WSOP bracelet and $814,436.

The final table of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship is down to the final six players, and Dario Alioto tops the leaderboard.

The average chip stack only has 30 big blinds, and since this is PLO, there have been some chip swings.

How much longer until the 10-level hard stop is reached? Well, the current level (Level 27) is about half over, and then they will play the full hour of Level 28. At that point, they will stop for the night -- unless they miraculously reach a bracelet winner before then.

HANS WINZELER OUT IN 9th PLACE

In a blind-vs.-blind situation, Hans Winzeler was all in preflop against Christopher King.

Christopher King: Q♦ Q♥ 10♠ 6♦
Hans Winzeler: A♠ 9♠ 6♣ 2♠

The board came Q♠ 9♣ 7♦ 7♥ 2♥, and King flopped a set of queens and turned a full house to win the pot.

Hans Winzeler, who finished runner-up to Jason Mercier in a PLO event less than a week ago, was eliminated in ninth place, earning $$68,410.

JOSH TIEMAN OUT IN 8th PLACE

After a flop of K♦ Q♥ 7♥, Josh Tieman was all in against John Shipley.

Josh Tieman finished 8th today, but won a WSOP bracelet last year.

 

John Shipley: K♥ K♠ 7♠ 4♣
Josh Tieman: A♥ 10♦ 9♥ 8♠

Tieman had a gutshot straight draw with an ace-high flush draw, while Shipley flopped a set of kings.

The turn was the A♠, the river was the 6♠, and Tieman never improved. Shipley won the pot with his set of kings.

Josh Tieman was eliminated in eighth place, earning $88,873.

CORY WOOD OUT IN 7th PLACE

Cory Wood was all in preflop against Dario Alioto.

Dario Alioto: Q-Q-9-8
Cory Wood: A-K-Q-J (two spades)

The board came 8♠ 3♦ 2♠ 7♣ 5♣, and Wood never improved beyond a flush draw. Alioto won the pot with his pocket queens.

Cory Wood was eliminated in seventh place, earning $116,359.

Cory Wood busted in 7th place.

 

UPDATED CHIP COUNTS

Here are the updated chip counts for the final six players, with the blinds at 30,000-60,000:

Seat 1. John Kabbaj - 1,515,000 (25 bb)
Seat 2. Sami Kelopuro - 1,470,000 (24 bb)
Seat 4. Ben Lamb - 2,250,000 (37 bb)
Seat 7. Christopher King - 1,450,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8. John Shipley - 1,600,000 (26 bb)
Seat 9. Dario Alioto - 2,425,000 (40 bb)

7th: Cory Wood - $116,359
8th: Josh Tieman - $88,873
9th: Hans Winzeler - $68,410

With the elimination of Benjamin Kaupp in 11th place shortly before midnight, the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship finally moved over to the ESPN stage.

It took another 20 minutes or so for Matt Glantz to bust in 10th place, creating the official final table of nine players. Play will continue tonight until they reach the 10-level hard stop around 3:30 am.

BENJAMIN KAUPP OUT IN 11th PLACE

Benjamin Kaupp was all in preflop against John Shipley.

John Shipley: Q♥ J♣ 10♥ 8♣
Benjamin Kaupp: 10♠ 10♦ 2♦ 2♥

Benjamin Kaupp was eliminated in 11th place.

 

The board came Q♣ 7♣ 7♠ A♦ 5♦, and Shipley paired his queen on the flop to win the pot.

Benjamin Kaupp was eliminated in 11th place, earning $53,072.

MATT GLANTZ OUT IN 10th PLACE

Shortly after moving to the ESPN stage, Matt Glantz was all in preflop against Sami Kelopuro.

Sami Kelopuro: A♣ Q♠ 9♠ 8♣
Matt Glantz: K♣ K♦ 6♥ 2♣

The board came 7♥ 6♦ 5♥ 10♦ 3♠, and Kelopuro flopped a nine-high straight, and went on to win the pot with a ten-high straight.

Matt Glantz was eliminated in tenth place, earning $53,072.

UPDATED CHIP COUNTS

With the elimination of Glantz in 10th place, the official final table is set. Here is a look at the updated chip counts with blinds at 25,000-50,000:

John Kabbaj won a WSOP bracelet two years ago in $10K Pot-Limit Hold'em.

 

Seat 1. John Kabbaj - 1,355,000 (27 bb)
Seat 2. Sami Kelopuro - 840,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3. Josh Tieman - 800,000 (16 bb)
Seat 4. Ben Lamb - 2,000,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5. Cory Wood - 1,800,000 (36 bb)
Seat 6. Hans Winzeler - 525,000 (10 bb)
Seat 7. Christopher King - 1,230,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8. John Shipley - 1,750,000 (35 bb)
Seat 9. Dario Alioto - 1,200,000 (24 bb)

10th: Matt Glantz - $53,072
11th: Benjamin Kaupp - $53,072

Ben Lamb was the overnight chipleader, and held the lead a couple of times earlier today. But after the dinner break, he took some hits, and dropped to second-to-last in the chip counts.

That was then, this is now.

Ben Lamb has climbed out of the cellar and into the chip lead, becoming the first player to reach the 2 million-chip mark.

Most recently, Lamb picked up a pot worth nearly 1 million in chips by checking down to the river against Cory Wood.

Board: 5♠ 4♠ 3♦ 3♣ K♠

Lamb check-raised big on the river, and Wood called to see Lamb turn over A♣ K♦ K♥ 7♥ for a full house, kings full of threes. Wood mucked, while Lamb pulled in a huge pot.

Justin Schwartz: Chipleader at dinner, out by midnight. Ouch.

 

JUSTIN SCHWARTZ OUT IN 13th PLACE

Justin Schwartz, who was the dinner-break chipleader with 17 players left, was just eliminated after a tortuous post-dinner period.

Schwartz's stack dropped down quite a bit, and was just starting to rebound when he got Matt Glantz all in on the turn against him.

Board: A♠ Q♥ 9♦ 4♥

Justin Schwartz: A♥ 9♥ 9♠ 6♥
Matt Glantz: A♦ J♥ 10♥ 4♦

Both players had a heart flush draw, but Schwartz had the higher one. Schwartz also had the lead with a set of nines to Glantz's pair of aces.

Glantz's only live draw was his open-ended straight draw.

The river card was the K♣, and Glantz won the pot with a king-high straight to double up.

That knocked Schwartz down to about 4 big blinds, and he was eliminated by Josh Tieman a few minutes after Level 25 began.

Michael Weyer finished in 12th place.

 

MICHAEL WEYER OUT IN 12TH PLACE

Michael Weyer was all in preflop against Sami Kelopuro.

Sami Kelopuro: J♣ J♦ 10♠ 9♥
Michael Weyer: K♥ K♦ Q♦ 7♣

The board came Q♠ J♥ 6♣ 9♠ 6♦, and Kelopuro flopped a set of jacks and rivered a full house (jacks full of sixes) to win the pot.

Michael Weyer was eliminated in 12th place.

UPDATED CHIP COUNTS

Here is an updated look at the leaderboard with 11 players remaining and the blinds at 25,000-50,000:

1. Ben Lamb - 2,010,000 (40 bb)
2. John Shipley - 1,315,000 (26 bb)
3. Benjamin Kaupp - 1,275,000 (25 bb)
4. Christopher King - 1,230,000 (24 bb)
5. Sami Kelopuro - 1,150,000 (23 bb)
6. Josh Tieman - 800,000 (16 bb)
6. Cory Wood - 800,000 (16 bb)
8. Dario Alioto - 675,000 (13 bb)
9. John Kabbaj - 625,000 (12 bb)
10. Hans Winzeler - 525,000 (10 bb)
11. Matt Glantz - 490,000 (9 bb)

12th Place: Michael Weyer - $53,072
13th Place: Justin Schwartz - $41,637
14th Place: Felipe Ramos - $41,637

The average chip stack is less than 20 big blinds, so it shouldn't be long before the next player busts. When there are 10 players left, they will move to the ESPN main stage to play out the rest of tonight.

The no-more-than-10-levels-per-day rule should kick in around 3:30 pm.

Seventeen players returned from dinner to play their way down to the final table. Since then, Alex Kravchenko, Tristan Clemencon, and Jesus Cortes have all hit the rail to drop the field down to 14 players.

The top of the leaderboard is also seeing some new faces, including chipleader Cory Wood, closely followed by John Shipley. John Kabbaj, who won this bracelet two years ago, rounds out the top three.

ALEXANDER KRAVCHENKO OUT IN 17th PLACE

After a flop of K♣ 10♥ 6♦, Alexander Kravchenko was all in against Matt Glantz.

Alexander Kravchenko finished 8th in this event last year.

 

Matt Glantz: K♥ J♦ 10♣ 7♦
Alexander Kravchenko: A♠ A♥ 7♥ 6♥

Glantz had two pair (kings and tens) to Kravchenko's aces. The turn was the 9♥, the river was the 5♦, and Glantz won the pot with his two pair.

Alexander Kravchenko was eliminated in 17th place.

TRISTAN CLEMENCON OUT IN 16th PLACE

Tristan Clemencon was all in preflop against Justin Schwartz.

Justin Schwartz: A♦ J♠ 9♥ 7♦
Tristan Clemencon: Q♦ Q♥ J♣ 2♠

The board came A♠ 8♥ 3♦ 9♦ 6♦, and Schwartz's hand kept getting better and better -- he flopped a pair of aces, turned two pair (aces and nines), and rivered a diamond flush to win the pot.

Tristan Clemencon was eliminated in 16th place.

JESUS CORTES OUT IN 15th PLACE

Jesus Cortes was all in preflop against Michael Weyer.

Michael Weyer: A♥ A♠ K♦ 6♥
Jesus Cortes: K♣ 10♦ 8♥ 7♥

The board came Q♥ Q♠ 8♣ K♠ 3♠, and Weyer won the pot with his pocket aces.

Jesus Cortes was eliminated in 15th place.

Jesus Cortes finished 2nd in the 2010 EPT Barcelona, but 15th here.

 

UPDATED CHIP COUNTS

With 14 players remaining, here is an updated look at the leaderboard with blinds at 15,000-30,000:

1. Cory Wood - 1,300,000 (43 bb)
2. John Shipley - 1,285,000 (42 bb)
3. John Kabbaj - 1,150,000 (38 bb)
3. Justin Schwartz - 1,150,000 (38 bb)
5. Benjamin Kaupp - 950,000 (31 bb)
6. Matt Glantz - 800,000 (26 bb)
7. Michael Weyer - 755,000 (25 bb)
8. Sami Kelopuro - 690,000 (23 bb)
9. Josh Tieman - 500,000 (16 bb)
10. Hans Winzeler - 488,000 (16 bb)
11. Christopher King - 485,000 (16 bb)
12. Dario Alioto - 425,000 (14 bb)
12. Ben Lamb - 425,000 (14 bb)
14. Felipe Ramos - 400,000 (13 bb)

15th: Jesus Cortes - $41,637
16th: Tristan Clemencon - $32,644
17th: Alex Kravchenko - $32,644

There are 17 players remaining at the dinner break (play will resume around 8:30 pm), and the odds of reaching a bracelet winner tonight are quickly shrinking to zero.

Sam Stein will not be winning his second WSOP bracelet in this event. He was part of a three-way pot that resulted in a double-elimination.

SAM STEIN & JARED BLEZNICK ELIMINATED BY MATT GLANTZ

Sam Stein and Jared Bleznick were all in preflop against Matt Glantz. Here are their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Matt Glantz: Q♣ 10♣ 8♠ 7♠
Jared Bleznick: A♣ A♠ 7♥ 4♥
Sam Stein: K♠ K♦ J♦ J♣

Bleznick had pocket aces to Stein's pocket kings to Glantz's double-suited hand with great straight possibilities.

Matt Glantz busted two players on the same hand.

 

The board came 7♣ 4♠ 2♣ 6♣ A♦, and Glantz won the pot with a queen-high club flush to bust both players on the same hand.

As the shorter stack, Sam Stein was eliminated in 24th place, while Jared Bleznick was eliminated in 23rd place.

OFFICIAL CHIP COUNTS

Here are the official chip counts from the dinner break. When the players return, the blinds will be 12,000-24,000.

Seat 1. Dario Alioto - 271,000
Seat 2. Jesus Cortes - 311,000
Seat 3. Hans Winzeler - 305,000
Seat 4. Felipe Ramos - 503,000
Seat 5. Michael Weyer - 693,000
Seat 6. Sami Kelopuro - 824,000
Seat 7. John Kabbaj - 551,000
Seat 8. Christopher King - 687,000
Seat 9. John Shipley - 552,000

Seat 1. Justin Schwartz - 1,393,000
Seat 2. Cory Wood - 1,376,000
Seat 3. Matt Glantz - 797,000
Seat 4. Alexander Kravchenko - 156,000
Seat 5. Benjamin Kaupp - 802,000
Seat 6. Tristan Clemencon - 138,000
Seat 7. Ben Lamb - 846,000
Seat 8. Josh Tieman - 514,000
Seat 9.

There is a pretty large discrepancy between the amount of chips on each table. Even though the first table has nine players, there is only 4.7 million on the table, while the second table has a little more than 6 million.

Here are the recent eliminations:

18th: David Iammarino - $32,644
19th: Aaron Schaff - $25,891
20th: Abe Mosseri - $25,891
21st: Todd Barlow - $25,891
22nd: Andy Seth - $25,891
23rd: Jared Bleznick - $25,891
24th: Sam Stein - $25,891
25th: Joao Barbosa - $25,891

The players return from dinner about 8:30 pm.

Shortly after their first break of the day in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, the field is down to 25 players at the final three tables.

They will move to the ESPN main stage when they reach the final 10, but the odds are against them playing all the way to a bracelet today.

Sam Stein, who won a PLO bracelet a week ago, is still alive with an average stack as he tries to become the first player to win multiple bracelets at the 2011 WSOP. Though that honor could go to Eugene Katchalov, who is currently chipleader with nine left at the $1,500 Limit Hold'em final table.

The clock ran out for Timex. (Ouch, that hurt to write.)

 

MIKE McDONALD OUT IN 32nd PLACE

Back to the PLO championship, several notable players have already fallen. Mike McDonald got all his chips in preflop against Cory Wood.

Cory Wood: K♥ K♠ J♣ 9♣
Mike McDonald: A♣ A♦ Q♦ 2♣

McDonald had the preflop lead with double-suited pocket aces, but the board favored Wood:

K♣ 8♦ 4♦ 4♣ 9♥

Wood flopped a set of kings and turned a full house to win the pot and bust Mike "Timex" McDonald in 32nd place.

MAX PESCATORI OUT IN 27th PLACE

Remember when Max Pescatori wore the Italian flag as a pirate-style handkerchief-hat, and was known as the "Italian Pirate"? Well, he dresses a bit more traditionally nowadays.

Regardless, he's busted out of this event, all in preflop against Christopher King:

Some of us miss the Italian Pirate, Max.

 

Christopher King: Q♦ Q♥ J♥ 10♥
Max Pescatori: Q♠ J♦ 10♣ 9♦

The board missed them both, falling 6♠ 5♠ 4♥ 4♠ 5♣, and King won the pot with his pocket queens.

Max Pescatori was eliminated in 27th place.

WILL FAILLA OUT IN 26th PLACE

Will "The Thrill" Failla started the day sixth in chips, and started off on a hot streak to build his stack even higher. But ever since the money bubble burst, Failla has been on a downswing.

At the break, Failla was below 100,000 in chips. Shortly after play resumed, Failla got it all in preflop against Jared Bleznick.

Jared Bleznick: A♣ A♠ 8♠ 4♦
Will Failla: A♥ 10♥ 8♦ 7♥

The board came 9♠ 8♣ 5♠ 4♥ 3♦, and Failla flopped a big straight draw along with a pair of eights, but Bleznick won the pot with two pair, eights and fours.

Will Failla was eliminated in 26th place.

UPDATED CHIP COUNTS

Here is an updated look at the leaderboard as the blinds increased to 8,000-16,000:

1. Ben Lamb - 1,162,000
2. Hans Winzeler - 930,000
3. Cory Wood - 730,000
4. Christopher King - 598,000
5. Matt Glantz - 586,000
6. Sami Kelopuro - 584,000
7. Abe Mosseri - 529,000
8. Jesus Cortes - 526,000
9. Dario Alioto - 465,000
10. John Shipley - 446,000

Will Failla: "Now what am I gonna do for the rest of the day?"

 

And the most recent players to bust:

26th: Will Failla - $25,891
27th: Max Pescatori - $25,891
28th: Samuel Ngai - $20,699
29th: Adeeb Harp - $20,699
30th: Len Ashby - $20,699
31st: Davidi Kitai - $20,699
32nd: Mike "Timex" McDonald - $20,699
33rd: Richard Anthony - $20,699

It took about 40 minutes to eliminate two players and burst the money bubble here on Day 3.

Humberto Brenes was the first to go, all in after the flop against both Will Failla and Benjamin Kaupp, who checked the rest of the hand down.

Board: 10♥ 3♥ 2♠ 3♣ 8♠

Benjamin Kaupp: K♥ K♠ 10♦ 2♣
Will Failla: mucked
Humberto Brenes: A♣ K♣ 9♥-X

Kaupp flopped two pair (tens and deuces), but improved to kings and threes on the turn to win the pot. Brenes was left with ace high, and was eliminated in 38th place.

Everyone can thank Felipe Ramos for busting the bubble boy.

 

HAND-FOR-HAND PLAY

With 37 players left, the field began hand-for-hand play, and there were a couple of double-ups in that time.

Eventually, Jyri Merivirta got it all in against Felipe Ramos after a flop of A♦ 10♥ 8♦.

Felipe Ramos: K♥ K♠ Q♦ 7♦
Jyri Merivirta: 9♦ 6♣ 4♣ 3♦

Ramos was ahead with a pair of kings and a gutshot straight draw, while

Merivirta had a gutshot straight draw with a nine-high flush draw, but Ramos was ahead with a pair of kings, a different gutshot straight draw, and a higher queen-high flush draw.

The turn was the 2♥, the river was the J♥, and Ramos won the pot with an ace-high straight to eliminate Merivirta as the unfortunate bubble boy in 37th place.

MONEY FINISHERS

Since the bubble burst, there have already been a few more eliminations as players finally get something in return.

34th: Florian Langmann - $20,699
35th: Ludovic Lacay - $20,699
36th: Surinder Sunar - $20,699

37th: Jyri Merivirta - $0
38th: Humberto Brenes - $0

The next pay jump will be $25,891 for the top 27 players (the final three tables).

UPDATED CHIP COUNTS

Here's an updated look at the leaderboard and other notables with the blinds at 6,000-12,000:

Ben Lamb is still the chipleader.

 

1. Ben Lamb - 885,000 (73 bb)
2. Sami Kelopuro - 835,000 (69 bb)
3. Sam Stein - 730,000 (60 bb)
4. Benjamin Kaupp - 620,000 (51 bb)
5. Justin Schwartz - 590,000 (49 bb)

Will Failla - 500,000 (41 bb)
John Kabbaj - 370,000 (30 bb)
Andy Seth - 320,000 (26 bb)
Matt Glantz - 320,000 (26 bb)
Alex Kravchenko - 161,000 (13 bb)
Mike McDonald - 110,000 (9 bb)

Event #42 ($10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship) resumes play with 38 players, though only 36 of them will finish in the money.

While this isn't technically the money bubble, it's close enough for headline purposes, and the larger point is that two players who have returned for Day 3 will get nothing for their trouble.

Here are the official chip counts, with the number of big blinds in each stack with the blinds at 5,000-10,000:

1. Ben Lamb - 809,000 (80 bb)
2. Sami Kelopuro - 728,000 (72 bb)
3. Sam Stein - 696,000 (69 bb)
4. Aaron Schaff - 561,000 (56 bb)
5. Justin Schwartz - 539,000 (53 bb)
6. Will Failla - 528,000 (52 bb)
7. Tristan Clemencon - 433,000 (43 bb)
8. Benjamin Kaupp - 417,000 (41 bb)
9. No Name Reported - 415,000 (41 bb)
10. Matt Glantz - 400,000 (40 bb)
11. Mike McDonald - 397,000 (39 bb)
12. John Kabbaj - 373,000 (37 bb)
13. Christopher King - 295,000 (29 bb)
14. Cory Wood - 283,000 (28 bb)
15. Jesus Cortes - 271,000 (27 bb)
16. Felipe Ramos - 253,000 (25 bb)
17. Adeeb Harb - 242,000 (24 bb)
17. Samuel Ngai - 242,000 (24 bb)
19. Florian Langmann - 234,000 (23 bb)
20. Len Ashby - 214,000 (21 bb)
21. Richard Anthony - 210,000 (21 bb)
22. Dario Alioto - 206,000 (20 bb)
23. Max Pescatori - 201,000 (20 bb)
24. Josh Tieman - 185,000 (18 bb)
25. David Iammarino - 182,000 (18 bb)
26. Joao Barbosa - 175,000 (17 bb)
27. Abe Mosseri - 170,000 (17 bb)
28. John Shipley - 162,000 (16 bb)
29. Davidi Kitai - 158,000 (15 bb)
30. Alex Kravchenko - 152,000 (15 bb)
30. Surinder Sunar - 152,000 (15 bb)
32. Andy Seth - 140,000 (14 bb)
33. Michael Weyer - 122,000 (12 bb)
34. Ludovic Lacay - 114,000 (11 bb)
35. Jyri Merivirta - 108,000 (10 bb)
36. Hans Winzeler - 97,000 (9 bb)
37. Todd Barlow - 89,000 (8 bb)
38. Humberto Brenes - 70,000 (7 bb)

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