With ten players left and a nine-handed final table, we are one player away from the final table. Unfortunately for those who make the final table, with this small field only the top three get paid. Even at the final table, there is a lot of work yet to be done.
The players are playing five-handed at two tables, meaning the blinds are coming around fast in the O8 rounds. And with less people, even in the stud rounds the likelihood of getting the bring-in a few times in a row goes up. With stacks dwindling fast, it won’t be long till someone is forced to make a stand — possibly their last of the day.
We’re watching the two tables closely to make sure we get the final table bubble hand on video. We will post it when it happens.
16 players remain at the close of registration in this event and it’s still anyone’s game. It will be hours before we know who takes down the Miami John Cernuto Memorial event.
We’re 10 minutes from the second break and 20 minutes from the end of registration! That means when the players come back, things are going to get serious. Well, as serious as they get at this joyous event. Something about the cash games rife with games like Drawmaha and Razzdugi seems to keep everyone in a good mood. But we’ll see if that lasts after the possibility of rebuying disappears…
In the Omaha/8 portion of the tournament, playing 400/800, Hani Awad raised from early position. Dereje Assefa called on the button, Joseph Hallock came along from the small blind, and Daniel Sprung defended his big blind to send four players to the flop.
The dealer spread 8♠7♥2♣, a great action board for O/8. The blinds checked and Awad continued with a bet. All three opponents called, keeping the pot multiway and full of possibilities as they moved to the turn.
Dereje Assefa
The turn brought the 3♦. This time the entire table checked, taking the river for free. The river paired the board with the 8♥, and Hallock seized the moment from the small blind with a lead. All three of his opponents called.
At showdown, Hallock revealed A♠4♠7♦9♣, for the nut low. Sprung and Awad threw their hands away, leaving only Assefa to show his cards. He tabled A♥A♣T♥ X, his two pair good for the high side.
Hallock and Assefa chopped the pot, each taking their share after a lively four way contest to the river.
We’re already having a great time in the OE event, even with a fairly small field to start. And with nearly half a million in lifetime tournament winnings at the table, this is no casual affair.
Women In Poker Hall Of Famer, Lupe Soto, has arrived to splash around in the $4/8 cash game with a mix of draw, stud, and Omaha games. Soto also runs PokerGives.org, an amazing charity organization that provides food, clothing, and material support to the homeless population in Las Vegas and children in need in Clark county. Welcome Lupe, and good luck!
In this Omaha/8 hand at 150/300, two early-position players limped into the pot before Mark Beamer, seated on the button, followed with a limp of his own. In the small blind, Daniel Sprung completed, and the big blind checked, sending five players to the flop.
The flop came Q♥9♦3♣, and the action checks around.
The turn brings the 2♦, and Sprung seizes the initiative from the small blind, leading into the field. The early limpers fold, but Beamer calls on the button to take the hand heads-up to the river.
The river is the 6♣. Beamer calls one more bet from Sprung, opting to take the hand to showdown. Sprung tables 6♦6♣Q♠5♠, showing a set of sixes for the high. With no qualifying low available and Beamer unable to show down a stronger high hand, he mucks.
Sprung scoops and adds a nice pot to his stack. Daniel Sprung is a regular here at Resorts World, playing in a variety of stakes.
In this early Stud8 hand, Clyde Kay brings it in with 3♠, and Carl Buckland completes with a call showing 9♥. Mark Beamer raises his ace-door A♣, and both opponents call, taking the action three-way to fourth street.
On fourth street, the boards roll out Q♠ for Kay, 5♦ for Buckland, and 6♣ for Beamer. Kay leads into both opponents, and they each call to continue.
On fifth street, Kay receives 4♦, Buckland catches A♠, and Beamer turns up K♦. All three players check.
Sixth street brings 5♣ for Kay, 4♥ for Buckland, and J♠ for Beamer. Buckland bets into the field, Beamer releases his hand, and Kay calls to continue heads-up.
On seventh street, both players check. At showdown, Kay tables 8♠8♣3♠Q♠4♦5♣4♠, making eights up and no low. Buckland reveals T♥8♥9♥5♦A♠4♥A♦, but cannot claim either side of the pot.
We are so excited to be launching our reporting services with the Mixed Games Festival XII. We love everything about these events. Robbie Strazynski and CardPlayer Lifestyle have been friends of ours for a long time and we love to support them. We are also avid fans of mixed games and Robbie has done a great job increasing the visibility of mixed games and introducing new players to games beyond holdem. And we are enthusiastic fans of the poker room at Resorts World. In fact, one of our founders, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, won a WSOP HORSE championship and plays in mixed and semi-private games at Resorts World multiple nights a week. He claims it as his favorite room in Vegas.
All those things add up to an incredible opportunity. We have the knowledge, we have the experience, and we have the computing power, to cover mixed games like no one ever has. Video, hole cards, strategy, we can talk about the game at an expert level and we have Chronicle, our proprietary software, trained on mixed games to create graphics for us so that we can present hands from any game type with hole cards and boards.
Resorts World Poker Room
We will be covering the OE event at Resorts World on Monday November 17th starting at noon. Late registration is open until 4:25 pm for this one, and with thirty-minute levels you’ll still have a reasonable stack if you show up late. The dealers at Resorts World handle mixed games as well as any dealers we’ve ever seen because the biggest mixed games in town are hosted in the private rooms here.
We will have a photographer from poker.photos on site shooting still photos and video, and our reporters from pokerreporting.com will be covering hand updates and results. Our goal is always to make the players feel like stars and create a memorable experience for them. We’ll start showcasing this event as soon as it starts and provide coverage all the way through. You can also find coverage on our social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
16 players remain at the close of registration in this event and it’s still anyone’s game. It will be hours before we know who takes down the Miami John Cernuto Memorial event.
