$300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)
Level 18: Limits 6k/12k
Archie Workman (Winter Haven, FL) busted out in 8th place.
The player who wished to remain A. Nonymous busted out in 7th place.
That put the remaining six players in the money and guaranteed to earn at least $661.
$300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)
Level 17: Limits 5k/8k
The two short stacks have reported to the rail. Both Donnie McBrayer (Auburndale, FL) and Bob Carpenter (Palm Harbor, FL) have been dispatched.
Eight players remain. Average stack is ~80k.
Now it’s double-bubble time. Two more must go to reach the money.
$300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)
End of Level 16: Limits 4k/8k
After the redraw, they played the final two minutes of level 16, then took a break.
Here’s the new lineup with the approximate chip counts as of the break:
$300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)
Level 16: Limits 4k/8k
Dale Schmitz got scooped twice and was left short-stacked. His last chips went in against two players who checked the flop of 
. When the 
came on the turn, Bryan Scofield checked and the other player folded.
Bryan had AQ97 and Dale had AJ72. The river was a brick and Bryan took the pot with aces-up and better kicker. Dale hit the rail in 11th place.
That prompted a redraw for the final ten, who are moving to a single table.
$300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)
Level 15: Limits 3k/6k
During the previous level, a lady in seat 2 got all her chips in the middle pre-flop with two opponents on the side. They battled to the river with a board of 
.
Dale Schmitz (Tampa, FL) fired one last bet and his opponent folded Dale showed 4 3 3 2 for treys-full to take the side pot. The lady couldn’t produce anything better than two pair, so she hit the rail.
Dale split the pot on the next hand and chipped up to about 90k.
Mauro is still the chip leader with about 100k.
19 players remain. Average stack is 33k.
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open
Event 6: $300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)
December 12-13, 2014
Entries: 53
Prize Pool: $11,600
PAYOUTS:
1: $4,408
2: $2,703
3: $1,752
4: $1,206
5: $870
6: $661
$300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)
End of Level 12: Limits 1,200/2,400
The remaining Omaha players have been sent on a 30-minute dinner break. Play will resume at about 9:10pm.
Before the break:
Archie Workman got all his chips in holding KKxx against a player holding AAxx. The board showed K 4 x 4 x and Archie scooped, doubling up with Kings full. He’s got about 32k.
$300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Limits 1,200/2,400
Blinds are up and players are down. Only 25 remain active for an average stack of 25k.
Mauro (“just put Mauro”, he said) from Tampa is the chip leader with about 50k.
$300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)
Level 11: Limits 1k/2k
Not as many familiar faces in the Omaha high/low crowd.
John Holley bagged chips in Event 5 Flight B yesterday, so he has a couple of days off until Day 2 of that event.
This Omaha event dovetails nicely, giving him something to do while waiting.
$300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)
Level 9: Limits 600/1,200
Players are back from their break and registration has closed. The unofficial # of entries is 53.
Only 45 of those remain in the hunt for the Omaha High/Low title. Average stack is 14k.