The 30th event of the 2016 World Series of Poker saw 580 players buy-in for $3,000 in the six-handed Pot-Limit Omaha event, of whom 14 could return on day 3, all chasing that coveted bracelet. In the end, it was Russian Viatcheslav Ortynskiy who drew the longest straw.
After 2 hours of play, the tables were fused. The unofficial final table of seven started with the following chipcounts.
|
Seat |
Player |
Chips |
|---|---|---|
|
Seat 1 |
Joshua Gibson |
1.050.000 |
|
Seat 2 |
Matthew Humphrey |
700.000 |
|
Seat 3 |
Rafael Lebron |
1.500.000 |
|
Seat 4 |
Antti Nieminen |
365.000 |
|
Seat 5 |
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy |
2.200.000 |
|
Seat 6 |
George Wolff |
1.040.000 |
|
Seat 7 |
Randy Ohel |
1.500.000 |
Holding a nice chiplead, things looked good for Ortynskiy. After Nieminen couldn't win a flip and finished in seventh place, things started to go pretty fast. Within a couple of hands, Joshua Gibson (sixth for $46,727) and George Wolff (fifth for $66,134) were eliminated.
With four players left, Ortynskiy took control, winning a lot of hands. Matthew Humphrey was eliminated by Randy Ohel with 
against 
, taking home $95,623. Ohel couldn't make it to the heads-up though, all his chips went in the middle with 
against Ortynskiy's 
, the board ran out 
and Ohel could collect his $141,187. Not bad for a tournament with just a $3,000 buy-in.
Ortynskiy started the heads-up play with a 5:1 chipadvantage over Rafael Lebron, and never gave that away. In the final hand, Ortynskiy limped the button with 
and called Lebron's raise, who held 
. Lebron got his remaining chips in the middle on a 
flop, and after the 
on the turn and 
on the river, Lebron's straight wasn't good enough as Ortynskiy rivered a full house.
The results of the final table:
|
Place |
Player |
Price |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy |
$344.327 |
|
2 |
Rafael Lebron |
$212.779 |
|
3 |
Randy Ohel |
$141.187 |
|
4 |
Matthew Humphrey |
$95.623 |
|
5 |
George Wolff |
$66.134 |
|
6 |
Joshua Gibson |
$46.727 |
