Event 36: $1,600 Pot-Limit Omaha MonsterStack 8-Max $250,000 Guarantee
Level 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Players Remaining: 7/177
Average Stack: 885,000
Skylar Martinez and Patrick Khayat engaged in multi-hand battle with Martinez getting the upper hand for now.
The first hand, Khayat opened the hijack to 55,000 and Martinez defended his big blind. The 8♥6♣6♦ flop checked through and Martinez led for 65,000 on the 7♥ turn. Khayat raised to 175,000 and a moment passed before Martinez called.
The J♠ river was checked by Martinez and Khayat shoved for 290,000 effective. Martinez said he wished he had a better hand citing a possible bluff from Khayat and eventually folded.
A few hands later, the two players and Chad Campbell saw a Q♠9♦8♥ flop. Campbell checked the small blind and Martinez bet 65,000 from early position. Khayat raised to 200,000 and Campbell folded.
Martinez called all-in for 166,000 total with J♠10♦7♥7♠ for a straight and was up against the set of queens Q♥Q♦5♦2♠ from Khayat. The board failed to pair and Martinez doubled. Updated counts for the table are below.
- Florian Strasser – 1,380,000
- DJ MacKinnon – 190,000
- Bradd Fisher – 400,000
- Patrick Khayat – 1,710,000
- Chad Campbell – 1,620,000
- Jason DeWitt – 800,000
- Skylar Gonzalez – 650,000