$10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better - Day 2 - Level 13 Recap
Jun 20, '08
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Players Left: 50 of 235
Chip Leaders:
David Benyamine - 216,000
Ram Vaswani - 180,000
Bruno Fitoussi - 155,000
Soheil Shamseddin - 155,000
Doyle Brunson - 150,000
Toto Leonidas - 150,000
Erick Lindgren - 150,000
Greg Jamison - 145,000
Danny Dang - 133,000
Chau Giang - 130,000
Average Stack: 94,000
Eliminations:
Annie Duke
Huck Seed
Big Hands and Storylines:
Huck Seed Eliminated
Huck Seed, on a precariously short stack, raised from the button and the big blind called. Seed bet the A
6
4
flop and his opponent called. Seed got the last of his money in on the Q turn and the two showed their cards:
Seed: A
AK4
Opponent: K752
Seed had a set of aces but his opponent was freerolling for a scoop with a made low and an open-ended straight draw. The river was the 3, giving Seed’s opponent the nut low and a 7-high straight. Seed slowly slid out of his chair and exited the room, but not before tossing in a thought, “That was a good flop for you.”
“Don’t Let Matusow Win Another Pot”
That quote comes from none other than 2008 World Series bracelet winner... Mike Matusow? Clearly concerned about the tournament chances of his tablemates, Matusow was kind enough to give his peers a word of advice, but could they successfully follow it? We found out only seconds after Matusow’s word of caution:
Danny Smith raised from early position and Mr. Matusow himself 3-bet from the button. Smith called and the two of them saw a flop. A97 rolled out and Smith check-called Matusow’s bet. The action was the same on the Q turn, then both players checked the 4 on the river. “Three aces,” said Matusow. His opponent mucked his hand and Matusow’s AA92 scooped the pot.
After the pot Matusow had another tip, this one perhaps more relevant to the dealer: “Don’t let Matusow pick up the ace-ace-deuce every hand.”
“The Mouth”, once down to only 20,000, is now up to 110,000.
Evdakov Eliminates Annie Duke
Ram Vaswani raised under-the-gun to 8,000, Nikolay Evdakov called from middle position, and Annie Duke called from the button. Both blinds folded, and the flop came down J109. Vaswani checked, Evdakov bet, Duke raised, leaving herself only 1,000 behind, and both Vaswani and Evdakov called. On the A turn, Vaswani checked again, Evdakov bet, Duke called all-in for her final thousand, and Vaswani called. The river was the J and Vaswani folded to a bet from Evdakov. The Russian showed AQQJ for a full house, enough to win the pot and dismiss Duke. Evdakov is now up to 110,000, though still far short of Vaswani’s 180,000.
Player Tags: Trai "Danny" Dang, Toto Leonidas, Annie Duke, Erick Lindgren, Huck Seed, David Benyamine, Mike Matusow, Doyle Brunson, Greg Jamison, Ram Vaswani, Chau Giang, Bruno Fitoussi, Danny Smith, Soheil Shamseddin, Nikolay Evdakov, European Report
