River Chops Forrest
One of the pain unique to Omaha hi/lo is getting chopped on the river. Usually it's by a low coming in, and someone's second-best high making an emergency low. In Ted Forrest's recent hand, it was a second-best hand rivering the best high. Forrest was one of three players to take a raised flop of
. Forrest check-raised, driving one player out of the hand and getting the pot heads-up to the
turn. His opponent called one bet there, then called another on the
river. Forrest showed down
for the nut low and two pair. His opponent showed
, having rivered a Broadway straight. Chop it up.