Hands #11-15: Shorr Pots the River
Pot-Limit Omaha
Hand #11: Zahir Gilani limped in on the button, Jerry Callahan completed from the small blind and Ryan Laplante checked his option in the big blind. The flop came and Callahan checked. Laplante bet 40,000, Gilani folded and Callahan called. The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Callahan led out for 90,000 and Laplante raised to 340,000. Callahan raised the pot, and Laplante re-raised the pot. Callahan called. Both players clearly knew they were chopping, as Callahan tabled and Laplante showed , both with the nut straight. "I didn't wanna get a penalty" said Callahan.
Hand #12: Shannon Shorr got a walk.
Hand #13: Esther Taylor raised to 55,000 from under the gun and got calls from Callahan in the cutoff and Victor Choupeaux in the big blind. The flop came and all three players checked to the on the turn. Choupeaux checked, Taylor bet 75,000 and both Callahan and Choupeaux mucked.
Hand #14: Laplante raised to 60,000 from the cutoff and got no action.
Hand #15: Shorr raised to 55,000 from the cutoff and Fernando Brito defended his big blind. The flop came and Brito checked. Shorr bet 70,000 and Brito called. The turn was the and Brito checked again. Shorr bet the pot, which was 162,000 and Brito asked, "Do you have two pair?" He eventually folded.