$240 Omaha H/L (Re-entry)

After playing a dozen hands heads up, Michael Moed extends his chip lead from 35k to 100k over Allen Green when the two make a deal with Moed holding a 2.5 to 1 advantage.

Moed gives up $500 from the $4,000 top prize to earn the victory during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

“It feels great,” says Moed who picks up his second cash of the series. “They all feel great. Whether you’re playing against 10 people or a $10K buy-in, the goal is to win, that’s why we play.”

This Moed’s 7th career recorded live title and he goes back-to-back after winning this event last year when he chopped heads-up during the Lucky Hearts series at Hollywood.

Moed, who earned $3,500 for the win, finished in fourth place in the Pot Limit Omaha event earlier in the series.

$240 Omaha H/L (Re-entry)

Allen “Detroit Al” Green, seeing Michael Moed with a lot of momentum, takes a deal heads up and settles for second place.  Green gets an extra $500 for a $3,000 pay day, but gives up the trophy in the process.

“Coming in second, I don’t feel bad,” says Green, who finishes runner-up for the third time in his career. Green feels fortunate for a deep run after returning for Day 2 with a below average stack, but is still looking for his first win in live recorded tournament results.

“I’ve never been to Detroit in my life,” says Green about the nickname he got for his hair cut style that was popular in the 1950’s. “They called me Detroit Al, and it stuck.”

$240 Omaha H/L (Re-entry)

Chip Counts

Michael Moed 210k
Allen Green 175k

$240 Omaha H/L (Re-entry)

“Not a bad result for my first Stax tournament,” says Robert Goldfarb after his third place finish in his first event of the series. His elimination comes when Michael Moeb hits quad jacks.

“Nothing spectacular,” says Goldfarb about his tournament, “just poker, no bad beats or anything.”

Goldfarb earns $1,600 for his third place finish.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-entry)

Blinds 12K/24K Ante 3K

It’s a very even  final table as there are six players sitting with between 500 and 525K. Wendy Freedman is leading the way with 1.1 million and Jonathan Marks is 2nd with 825K. Darryl Fish is the short stack with 165K but I wouldn’t count him out.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-entry)

Blinds 12K/24K Ante 3K

Ira Marcus was just eliminated in 12th place when he got all his chips all in with on a flop and was up against Jermaine Phang and his . “Aaaaaahhhh,” moaned a dejected Marcus when Phang turned over his hand. The turn was the and the river was the to keep Phang in the lead.

Moments later, Luis Garda was eliminated to give us our final table of 10. Here are the payouts for 11th through 15th. We’ll have the final table and their chip counts in a few moments.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-entry)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-entry)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-entry)

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-entry)

Blinds 200/400 Ante 50

There are 37 of the original 78 entrants still playing. Some chip counts of players still left in the field:

John Depersio 60K (chip leader)
Seth Berger 35K
Marsha Wolak 30K
Joey Weissman 25K
Steven Diamantas 20K
Adam Levy 20K
David Diaz 10K

Among those eliminated today: Brett Bader, Alan Engel, Marina Koles, Michael Laake, Mukul Pahuja, and Corrie Wunstel.

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