Late Day Surge Sends Sergio Ramirez into Chip Lead of Event #46: $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Stud Hi-Lo
Event #46: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better brought out a total of 402 runners to play, creating a total prize pool of $904,500. At the end of play on Day 1, only 152 players remained and leading the way was Sergio Ramirez who bagged up a massive stack of 139,700 chips.
Ramirez had a late day surge that included him busting Eli Elezra. In the hand, Elezra made trips, while Ramirez made a full house. Elezra was unable to improve and that sent him to the rail while Ramirez added more to his already massive stack.
Some of those to bag up a stack at the end of Day 1 include Eric Rodawig (123,400), Kate Hoang (76,900), Scott Abrams (74,400), Robert Mizrachi (62,500), Felipe Ramos (52,600), Daniel Negreanu (42,200), Jesse Martin (31,900), Marco Johnson (28,000) and Phil Ivey (8,100) to name a few.
Negreanu had a ridiculously stacked table for most of the day that included Jeff Lisandro, Yuval Bronshtein, Brandon Shack-Harris, Robert Cambell, Shannon Petluck, Mark Gregorich, and Perry Friedman over the course of the day. Most of these players made it through the day, but one who didn't was Brandon Shack-Harris. In a massive hand, Lisandro made a six-low while Negreanu made an ace high-flush. Shack-Harris attempted to make a play with the worst of the three hands, so Negreanu and Lisandro chopped up a large portion of his chips. He was eliminated shortly after.
While 152 players made it through ten levels of play today, there were others who fell along the way. Some of those who didn't make it include the likes of Phil Hellmuth, John Racener, Linda Johnson, Joe McKeehen, Frank Kassela, David Bach, Frankie O'Dell, Eric Buchman, Benny Glaser, Allen Kessler, Michael Gathy, Max Pescatori, Brandon Cantu and Mike Leah.
Mike Leah built up a large stack early in the day, but he wasn't able to hold on to it. Eventually, he got it in in a three-way stud pot against Yueqi Zhu and two other players. Leah made two pair, but one of his opponents made a full house and Zhu and the other player both made six-lows. That sent Leah to the rail and Zhu followed him out the door shortly after.
The remaining 152 players will return on Saturday, June 23 at 2 p.m. where they are scheduled to play another 10 levels. Action will kick off in level 11 with limits of 1,200/2,400 and 61 players will finish in the money. PokerNews will be back at it again tomorrow with all the updates so make sure to tune back in.
