Event 9: Kenneth Po – 5th Place ($2,320)

$400 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Remaining Players:  4 of 107

Kenneth Po
Kenneth Po

Kenneth Po tells us he had been down to just 8,500 in chips back during Level 17 (with limits at 6,000-12,000) one or two spots away from the money, but he managed to spin it up to 42,500 before the Money Bubble burst. He then got it all the way up to 154,500 with nine players left, but it took a surprisingly long time to reach the eight-handed final table, and in that time, Po dropped back down to 42,500. He was one of five players who began the final table with just 2-3 big bets.

Po laddered up three spots before he got it all in under the gun for 1,500 during a round of Omaha-8 against Johnny Crowther in the small blind and Chris Kennedy in the big blind.

Crowther and Kennedy checked all the way down on a board of 3c2c2h4h9h, and all three players showed their cards:

Chris Kennedy:  QdJc9c7s
Johnny Crowther:  As8s8d3s
Kenneth Po:  Ad10s8c5s

Po scooped the main pot with a wheel to triple his stack up to 4,500.

Kenneth Po  –  4,500  (11% of a BB)

The next hand, Po was forced all in from the big blind for 4,500 against Kennedy in the small blind.

Chris Kennedy:  AcKh8c6s
Kenneth Po:  3s3h3d2d

The board came Ad10s2hKcAs, and with no possible lows, Kennedy won the pot with a full house, aces full of kings, to eliminate Po in fifth place.

Chris Kennedy  –  680,000  (17 BB)
Kenneth Po  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,320)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 320,000 (8 BB), and the next player to bust will earn $3,218.