Players are now playing short-handed 5-card PLO. Can any 5 cards be played by now? Most will say yes. At this point, it’s much more about how you bet than how you select. Ariel Hassan and Simon Pin-Disle went to the flop together, and got it in there.
Ariel Hassan: 
Simon Pin-Disle: 
Board: 
Pin-Disle was looking for a 3rd club, while Hassan had flopped 2 pairs. The turn completed the flush, and when the river came out clean, Hassan was out in 4th.
Two hands later, it was Ryan Smith’s turn to have a taste of Pin-Disle’s chops.
Simon Pin-Disle: 
Ryan Smith: 
Board: 
In this hand, Pin-Disle had Smith in as bad a shape as one can be with 5 cards in their hand. In other words, Smith had a quite a few outs. The set of nines held, however, and sent Simon Pin-Disle and Simon Assouline in a heads-up match, favoring Pin-Disle by a huge margin.
4th place: Ariel Hassan – $1,800.00 3rd place: Ryan Smith – $2,000.00
