Matt Nowicki open-shipped all in for his last 10,000 from middle position Todd Barlow raised from the hijack and Alexander Kostritsyn called out of the big blind.
The flop came down and both Kostritsyn and Barlow checked. The turned and Kostritsyn checked. Barlow fired a bet and Kostritsyn folded his hand. With this, Nowicki and Barlow's hands were tabled.
Barlow:
Nowicki:
The river was the and Barlow was able to scoop the pot with a full house and the nut low. Nowicki became the first casualty of the day and was eliminated in 27th place.
Welcome to our Day 3 coverage of Event #25: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better. The starting field of 241 players is down to just 27 hopefuls, each looking to capture the $277,519 first-place prize and a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Leading the way with 339,500 is Robert Mizrachi. No stranger to Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better, Mizrachi is looking for his first big WSOP score in this specific game to go along with his excellent H.O.R.S.E. and EIght-Game results. However, that's far from an easy task as the competition behind him is fierce. Second in chips is Francesco Barbaro (278,000) and he has an Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better bracelet to his name. Shawn Buchanan (263,500) is third in chips and the argument can be made that he is the best player out there yet to capture a bracelet. Ryan Lenaghan (180,500), Mike Matusow (95,000), and Bart Hanson (89,000) each final tabled this event last year and are back in the money looking to finish on top this time around. Throw in two-time Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better bracelet winner Viacheslav Zhukov (172,500) and the rest of this star-studded field and it's going to be a very exciting finish!
Play commences at 2pm local time and will carry on for ten levels (or eleven). A champion may arise by then, or we'll be back tomorrow. Regardless, keep it here for updates on all of the exciting action!
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and both Kostritsyn and Barlow checked. The 
turned and Kostritsyn checked. Barlow fired a bet and Kostritsyn folded his hand. With this, Nowicki and Barlow's hands were tabled.
and Barlow was able to scoop the pot with a full house and the nut low. Nowicki became the first casualty of the day and was eliminated in 27th place.
