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Martin Klaser

Hometown: Rheinbach

Country of Origin: Germany

Martin Klaser

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$216,249
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Martin Klaser - Live Updates

Date	Series	Event	Day

Jun 25, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	Event 48 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better	1	+
Event No. 48 Begins at Noon on Thursday Jun 25, '09 Event No. 48 ($1,500 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better) will begin at noon PDT on Thursday, June 25. Players will begin with 1,500 in tournament chips. Blinds will start at 25-50. Players may receive two additional add-ons for 1,500 in tournament chips at any time during the first three levels. If a player has not taken the add-ons by the end of the third level they will receive them automatically. Levels will be 60-minutes long and there will be a 20-minute break after every two levels. There will be a 90-minute dinner break after level 6 on day 1. Here is a look at the schedule for the event: Thursday, June 25, noon: Day 1 (play 8 levels) Friday, June 26, 2 p.m.: Day 2 (play down to final table) Saturday, June 27, 2 p.m.: Final Table In 2008 this event attracted 720 players and the champion was Martin Klaser, who took home $216,249 in prize money. CardPlayer.com will bring you a summary of the action at the dinner break and end of play from day 1 for this event. Player Tags: Martin Klaser View All Live Updates From This Event
Jun 26, '08	2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker	Event 43 - Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better	3	+
Martin Klaser Wins Event No. 43 ($216,249) Jun 26, '08 *Martin Klaser Dominates Early* Martin Klaser used his chip lead out of the gates to apply constant pressure to his opponent Casey Kastle. As a result, Klaser won nearly 80 percent of the hands without having to go to a showdown. Kastle was pushed down to just under 10 big blinds. *Martin Klaser Wins Event No. 43 ($216,249)* On a flop of J99 Casey Kastle put in his last 120,000 and Martin Klaser made the call. Klaser turned over an overpair of queens and all Kastle could muster was a pair of jacks. The Queen on the turn sealed the deal, and Klaser won his first WSOP bracelet. Casey Kastle finished in second place, earning $137,985. Player Tags: Casey Kastle, Martin Klaser $1,500 PLO 8/ob - Heads Up Time Jun 26, '08 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 Players Left: 2 of 720 Chip Leaders: Seat 6: Casey Kastle - 1,500,000 Seat 8: Martin Klaser - 700,000 Eliminations: Michael Fetter (3rd Place) Big Hands: *Michael Fetter Eliminated in Third Place ($83,538)* Michael Fetter was short stacked and all in against Martin Klaser. Fetter held AQ109 and Klaser turned over AQ27. The board came 77610Q and Klaser made trips to send Fetter home in third place. *NOTE: The players then took a 20-minute break before heads up play began.* Heads Up Play Begins Martin Klaser - 1,500,000 Casey Kastle - 700,000 Player Tags: Casey Kastle, Michael Fetter, Martin Klaser $1,500 PLO 8/ob - Not Much Action Jun 26, '08 Blinds: 8,000-16,000 Players Left: 5 of 720 Chip Leaders: Seat 5: Michael Fetter - 240,000 Seat 6: Casey Kastle - 730,000 Seat 7: Jon Maren - 215,000 Seat 8: Martin Klaser - 580,000 Seat 9: Erik Seidel - 400,000 Eliminations: Chad Burum (6th Place), Big Hands: *Chad Burum Eliminated in Sixth Place ($44,266)* Chad Burum got his last few thousand in with the second nut-low draw and a flush draw against Martin Klaser's two pair and nut-low draw. The gave Klaser the low and the river bricked to keep his two pair ahead. Burum was eliminated in sixth place. Player Tags: Chad Burum, Martin Klaser $1,500 PLO 8/ob - Two More Down Jun 26, '08 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 Players Left: 6 of 720 Chip Leaders: Seat 4: Chad Burum - 70,000 Seat 5: Michael Fetter - 230,000 Seat 6: Casey Kastle - 790,000 Seat 7: Jon Maren - 245,000 Seat 8: Martin Klaser - 500,000 Seat 9: Erik Seidel - 325,000 Eliminations: Larry Wright (8th Place), Joseph Haddad (7th Place), Big Hands: *Chad Burum Doubles Through Joseph Haddad* On a flop of K64, Chad Burum got it all in against Joseph Haddad. Burum held A347 for the second nut-low draw, a pair of fours and a back door nut-flush draw and Haddad showed A2910 for the nut-low draw and not much else. The not much else cost him when the turn brought the 2, counterfeiting his low, and the 5 on the gave Burum the wheel and a much needed double up. *Joseph Haddad Triples, Then Doubles* After getting all of his dangerously low stack in preflop against two opponents, Haddad revealed his fours full of tens on the river to triple up. A few hands later, his hole cards made the nut low and nut straight against Larry Wright to double up yet again to about 160,000. Larry Wright Eliminated in Eighth Place ($27,027) Larry Wright was all in for his last 17,000 against Casey Kastle. Kastle flopped the nut flush in spades, and Wright was unable to make a low by the river to survive. Wright was eliminated in eighth place. *Joseph Haddad Eliminated in Seventh Place ($34,389)* Martin Klaser raised and Joseph Haddad moved all in over the top. Klaser reluctantly called showing A1035 and he was in relatively bad shape against Haddad's AA24. But the flop gave Klaser the wheel, and Haddad was unable to catch up or improve. Haddad was eliminated in seventh place. *NOTE: The players then took a 20-minute break.* Player Tags: Casey Kastle, Larry Wright, Chad Burum, Joseph Haddad, Martin Klaser Inching Closer Jun 25, '08 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break. Blinds: 4,000-8,000 Players Left: 10 of 720 Chip Leaders: Erik Seidel: 308,000 Martin Klaser: 300,000 Tom Chambers: 260,000 Jonathan Maren: 240,000 Chad Burum: 240,000 Joseph Haddad: 180,000 Daniel Klein: 150,000 Michael Fetter: 90,000 Larry Wright: 90,000 Casey Kastle: 67,000 Average Stack: 216,000 Eliminations: 11th: Derek Kadota: $12,205 12th: Gary Hutzler: $12,205 13th: Mark Gallo: $9,829 Big Hands: Klaser Sends Hutzler Home on Route 66... On a board of KJ5, Martin Klaser and Gary Hutzler checked and saw a 6 land on the turn. Apparently that set something off in both players as Hutzler fired 60,000 into the pot. Klaser, not to be outdone, moved all in. Both players were neck-and-neck in chips. Hutzler made the call and both players showed down. Hutzler: A287 Klaser: 10462 Klaser's pair of sixes were ahead, but needed to dodge Hutzler's open ended straight draw, as well as the nut-low draw. The river brought the Q. Klaser threw his head back, as if defeated. He then realized that his medium pair held up and won him a monster pot. It also sent Hutzler to the rail in 12th place. ...Then Seidel Lays Down the Spike Strip on Klaser Erik Seidel and Klaser didn't need to see a flop to put all their chips in the middle. Seidel moved in preflop and Klaser called. Both players turned up their hands. Seidel: AK32 Klaser: AQ62 Board: K8710K There was no qualifying low hand, not that it mattered since Seidel had the nut-low draw. Seidel dodged Klaser's gutshot straight draw on the river, making trip kings and vaulting into the chip lead with over 300,000. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Martin Klaser $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low - Day 2 - Level 14 Recap Jun 25, '08 Note: The players are now on a 60-minute dinner break Blinds: 2,000-4,000 Players Left: 19 of 720 Chip Leaders: Martin Klaser - 290,000 Tom Chambers - 230,000 Chad Burum - 212,000 Michael Fetter - 200,000 Derek Kadota - 172,000 Joseph Haddad - 170,000 Larry Wright - 145,000 Ian Graham - 115,000 Gary Hutzler - 87,000 Daniel Klein - 86,000 Average Stack: 113,700 Eliminations: Ed Smith Shannon Shorr Big Hands and Storylines: The Hunter Becomes The Hunted Not long after Dan “Stainley88” Adams amassed a stack of 130,000, he would see most of it disappear. Derek Kadota raised to 11,000 from under-the-gun. Action folded around to Adams in the blind who made it 44,000. Kadota, covered by Adams, called with 60,000 behind. Adams moved all-in on the Q92 flop and Kadota called. The two turned over their hands: Adams: AA105 Kadota: AQ102 Kadota was in the lead with two-pair, and his hand held up when the turn and river came 5 and K. That pot lifted “The Ghost” – so nicknamed because his opponents’ chips always seem to vanish (what that has to do with being a ghost I’m not quite sure. Do ghosts have the power to make other objects disappear? I don’t know, I’m just reporting what I was told) up to 240,000. Adams is now down to 30,000. Table Draw? More Like Table Unfair! As the tournament played down to 27, the players were re-drawn to new tables on the other side of the Brasilia Room. The table draw, produced at random, made table 9 the center of the action. Not only were the 4 largest chip stacks assigned to the table, but Erik Seidiel and Shannon Shorr as well. By contrast, not a single player assigned to table 10 had more than 20 big blinds. No Shorr Thing Shannon Shorr met a similar fate to Dan Adams, his aces getting cracked in a most painful way. Shorr and Tom Chambers got all of their money in on a Q54 flop. The pot was worth 230,000 and the two turned over their cards: Shorr: AAK7 Chambers: A853 The turn was the 9, but the river was the crushing 2, giving Chambers a wheel and leaving Shorr with only 5,000. Shorr would be eliminated a short while later when he was rivered again by, what else, a wheel. Player Tags: Larry Wright, Gary Hutzler, Chad Burum, Michael Fetter, Joseph Haddad, Daniel Klein, Derek Kadota, Shannon Shorr, Tom Chambers, Daniel Adams, Martin Klaser $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low - Day 2 - Level 13 Recap Jun 25, '08 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 Players Left: 32 of 720 Chip Leaders: Martin Klaser - 270,000 Joseph Haddad - 131,000 Daniel “Stainley88” Adams - 130,000 Ed Smith - 113,000 Chad Burum - 105,000 Larry Wright - 98,000 Erik Seidel - 86,000 Doug Mandeville - 81,000 Sam Khouiss - 80,000 Shannon Shorr - 60,000 Average Stack: 67,500 Eliminations: Berry Johnston Chip Jett Joe Hachem Big Hands and Storylines: Sooner Or Later, All Chips Lead To Klaser Moments after scoring a big pot off of Erik Seidel, Shannon Shorr had the misfortune of tangling with Martin Klaser. Like all other comers today, Shorr did not fare very well. An 80,000 pot was shipped in Klaser’s direction when his AK83 was good for both the high and low on a board of 962Q5. Klaser is now fully in command of his table, with a staggering 270,000 in chips, while Shorr is left with 60,000. Dan Adams: Bounty Hunter While there are no actual bounties in this tournament, Dan “Stainley88” Adams has just succeeded in knocking out two of the more notable players in the field. First, Chip Jett got his last 11,000 all-in pre-flop with AAK2 but Adams’ AQJ4 wound up victorious when the board – 108893 – made him a straight. Then Adams continued his predatory ways against Joe Hachem, again getting his opponent all-in pre-flop. This time it was Hachem’s KK54 against Adams’ A742. The flop was a nightmare for Hachem: A74. Not only did it give Adams 3-pair, but Hachem’s low draw was counterfeited. To add insult to injury, the Q on the turn and 3 on the river gave Adams a runner-runner flush. Hachem’s elimination brought an end to the his first deep run of the World Series. But Wait, There’s More... Sandwiched between those two hands, Adams won a 100,000 chip pot when he and his opponent got it all-in on a K83 flop. Adams showed KK42 for top set and the second low draw while his opponent tabled A832 for the nut low draw and bottom two-pair. The turn and river were high cards – J and 10 – and Adams’ hand held up. He now has about 125,000. Player Tags: Larry Wright, Erik Seidel, Chip Jett, Berry Johnston, Chad Burum, Joseph Haddad, Joe Hachem, Shannon Shorr, Sam Khouiss, Doug Mandeville, Daniel Adams, Martin Klaser $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low - Day 2 - Level 12 Recap Jun 25, '08 Note: The players are now on a 20-minute break Blinds: 1,000-2,000 Players Left: 41 of 720 Chip Leaders: Martin Klaser - 170,000 Joseph Haddad - 134,000 Ed Smith - 105,000 Larry Wright - 100,000 Erik Seidel - 92,000 Bryan Jolly - 86,000 Jack Rosenfeldt - 79,000 Doug Mandeville - 77,000 Sam Khoueis - 73,000 Casey Kastle - 72,000 Average Stack: 52,675 Eliminations: Chris Ferguson Damon Singer Big Hands and Storylines: Joseph Haddad Makes Short Work of Damon Singer Two hands over the course of a single orbit is all it took to swap the fortunes of two players in this event. Just an hour ago Damon Singer was in the top 10 of chip leaders with 80,000 and Joseph Haddad was trying to build his stack from his starting 36,000. The first hand was the big one. On a flop of KJ8 Haddad and Singer got their chips all-in and showed their hands: Haddad: AAQ5 Singer: AK73 Singer had top pair and a flush draw, but Haddad had a better pair and a better flush draw. The turn was the 2c and when the river blanked with a 2s, Haddad doubled up to about 85,000. Then, a few hands later, Haddad finished the job. This time Singer got all of his chips – about 45,000 of them – in pre-flop with A832 against Haddad’s AA86. The flop – JJ4 – was a bad one for Singer, causing him to stand up and congratulate Haddad. The turn 4 lessened his pessimism, if only for a moment. And only a moment it was, as seconds later the dealer peeled off the 3, sealing Singer’s fate. Haddad now sits at second in chips with 134,000. It Doesn’t Get Much Better Than That Chip leader Martin Kläser forced an opponent all-in for 15,000 total and the opponent called. “Yes!” Klasner shouted when he saw his opponent’s holding: AQ72. Kläser’s exclamation was justified, as his opponent was drawing slim in a way rarely seen in Omaha. With Klasner holding AK72 he was a big favorite. The board cemented Kläser’s lead further and the German boosted his chip stack to 170,000. This is no small feat considering his table also includes Erik Seidel, Shannon Shorr, and Berry Johnston. Thus far today the young German has yet to make a single misstep. Player Tags: Casey Kastle, Larry Wright, Erik Seidel, Chris Ferguson, Joseph Haddad, Sam Khouiss, Doug Mandeville, Bryan Jolly, Damon Singer, Martin Klaser $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low - Day 2 - Level 11 Recap Jun 25, '08 Blinds: 800-1,600 Players Left: 68 of 720 Chip Leaders: Martin Klaser - 132,000 Ed Smith - 119,500 Shannon Shorr - 86,900 Damon Singer - 80,400 Larry Wright - 75,300 Sam Khoueis - 73,000 Bryan Jolly - 63,300 Erik Seidel - 58,900 Jack Rosenfeldt - 57,700 Joe Hachem - 50,000 Average Stack: 31,750 Eliminations: Greg Hurst Lou Piccioni Big Hands and Storylines: Kläser Accosts Costner Martin Kläser just raked in the biggest hand of the tournament, doubling through Gabe Costner. Action was raised pre-flop and the two saw a flop of K95. Costner led out for a bet of 6,400 which Kläser raised to 21,000. Kläser sat still, confidently, hands clasped, while Costner studied the board and weighed his options. The Alabamian re-potted, effectively putting the German all-in for... a good deal of chips. Kläser, having lost a bit of the confidence he was sporting just moments earlier, made the call and tentatively turned over Q994. His middle set was in fantastic shape against Costner’s K1095. The turn and river rolled out A and 3 and, neither player qualifying for a low, Kläser scooped the entire pot with his set of nines. Then came the difficult part: counting out exactly how much Costner owed Kläser. The dealer counted the two stacks of chips over and over, making sure he had the right amounts, and convincing Costner that the amounts were indeed accurate. When the chips were tallied, it was determined that Costner needed to ship 65,300 to the young German. Kläser now has a stack of over 130,000 while Costner is on life-support with 5,000. Pass The Sugar Joe Hachem just eliminated two short-stacked (micro-stacked might be more appropriate, as both had less than one small blind remaining) opponents. The three got all-in pre-flop with the following holdings: Joe Hachem: AA63 Greg Hurst: A1062 Lou Piccioni: 9522 The board rolled out just the way Hachem needed – Q104J5 – and the former main event champ knocked out two adversaries. Hachem celebrated with a quite understated, barely audible, “Pass the sugar,” appropriate for winning a pot of approximately 3 big blinds. Hachem is now up to 50,000. Practice Makes Perfect Hachem may be the most recognizable player at his table, but he still isn’t above the rules. A floorperson just came over to him and informed him that he wasn’t allowed to listen to music (as is standard once players make the money). Hachem politely removed his earbuds, smiled, and quipped, “I haven’t made the money yet. I’m a bit out of practice.” Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Lou Piccioni, Joe Hachem, Shannon Shorr, Greg Hurst, Sam Khouiss, Gabe Costner, Bryan Jolly, Damon Singer, Martin Klaser View All Live Updates From This Event
Jun 25, '08	2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker	Event 43 - Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better	2	+
Martin Klaser Wins Event No. 43 ($216,249) Jun 26, '08 *Martin Klaser Dominates Early* Martin Klaser used his chip lead out of the gates to apply constant pressure to his opponent Casey Kastle. As a result, Klaser won nearly 80 percent of the hands without having to go to a showdown. Kastle was pushed down to just under 10 big blinds. *Martin Klaser Wins Event No. 43 ($216,249)* On a flop of J99 Casey Kastle put in his last 120,000 and Martin Klaser made the call. Klaser turned over an overpair of queens and all Kastle could muster was a pair of jacks. The Queen on the turn sealed the deal, and Klaser won his first WSOP bracelet. Casey Kastle finished in second place, earning $137,985. Player Tags: Casey Kastle, Martin Klaser $1,500 PLO 8/ob - Heads Up Time Jun 26, '08 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 Players Left: 2 of 720 Chip Leaders: Seat 6: Casey Kastle - 1,500,000 Seat 8: Martin Klaser - 700,000 Eliminations: Michael Fetter (3rd Place) Big Hands: *Michael Fetter Eliminated in Third Place ($83,538)* Michael Fetter was short stacked and all in against Martin Klaser. Fetter held AQ109 and Klaser turned over AQ27. The board came 77610Q and Klaser made trips to send Fetter home in third place. *NOTE: The players then took a 20-minute break before heads up play began.* Heads Up Play Begins Martin Klaser - 1,500,000 Casey Kastle - 700,000 Player Tags: Casey Kastle, Michael Fetter, Martin Klaser $1,500 PLO 8/ob - Not Much Action Jun 26, '08 Blinds: 8,000-16,000 Players Left: 5 of 720 Chip Leaders: Seat 5: Michael Fetter - 240,000 Seat 6: Casey Kastle - 730,000 Seat 7: Jon Maren - 215,000 Seat 8: Martin Klaser - 580,000 Seat 9: Erik Seidel - 400,000 Eliminations: Chad Burum (6th Place), Big Hands: *Chad Burum Eliminated in Sixth Place ($44,266)* Chad Burum got his last few thousand in with the second nut-low draw and a flush draw against Martin Klaser's two pair and nut-low draw. The gave Klaser the low and the river bricked to keep his two pair ahead. Burum was eliminated in sixth place. Player Tags: Chad Burum, Martin Klaser $1,500 PLO 8/ob - Two More Down Jun 26, '08 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 Players Left: 6 of 720 Chip Leaders: Seat 4: Chad Burum - 70,000 Seat 5: Michael Fetter - 230,000 Seat 6: Casey Kastle - 790,000 Seat 7: Jon Maren - 245,000 Seat 8: Martin Klaser - 500,000 Seat 9: Erik Seidel - 325,000 Eliminations: Larry Wright (8th Place), Joseph Haddad (7th Place), Big Hands: *Chad Burum Doubles Through Joseph Haddad* On a flop of K64, Chad Burum got it all in against Joseph Haddad. Burum held A347 for the second nut-low draw, a pair of fours and a back door nut-flush draw and Haddad showed A2910 for the nut-low draw and not much else. The not much else cost him when the turn brought the 2, counterfeiting his low, and the 5 on the gave Burum the wheel and a much needed double up. *Joseph Haddad Triples, Then Doubles* After getting all of his dangerously low stack in preflop against two opponents, Haddad revealed his fours full of tens on the river to triple up. A few hands later, his hole cards made the nut low and nut straight against Larry Wright to double up yet again to about 160,000. Larry Wright Eliminated in Eighth Place ($27,027) Larry Wright was all in for his last 17,000 against Casey Kastle. Kastle flopped the nut flush in spades, and Wright was unable to make a low by the river to survive. Wright was eliminated in eighth place. *Joseph Haddad Eliminated in Seventh Place ($34,389)* Martin Klaser raised and Joseph Haddad moved all in over the top. Klaser reluctantly called showing A1035 and he was in relatively bad shape against Haddad's AA24. But the flop gave Klaser the wheel, and Haddad was unable to catch up or improve. Haddad was eliminated in seventh place. *NOTE: The players then took a 20-minute break.* Player Tags: Casey Kastle, Larry Wright, Chad Burum, Joseph Haddad, Martin Klaser Inching Closer Jun 25, '08 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break. Blinds: 4,000-8,000 Players Left: 10 of 720 Chip Leaders: Erik Seidel: 308,000 Martin Klaser: 300,000 Tom Chambers: 260,000 Jonathan Maren: 240,000 Chad Burum: 240,000 Joseph Haddad: 180,000 Daniel Klein: 150,000 Michael Fetter: 90,000 Larry Wright: 90,000 Casey Kastle: 67,000 Average Stack: 216,000 Eliminations: 11th: Derek Kadota: $12,205 12th: Gary Hutzler: $12,205 13th: Mark Gallo: $9,829 Big Hands: Klaser Sends Hutzler Home on Route 66... On a board of KJ5, Martin Klaser and Gary Hutzler checked and saw a 6 land on the turn. Apparently that set something off in both players as Hutzler fired 60,000 into the pot. Klaser, not to be outdone, moved all in. Both players were neck-and-neck in chips. Hutzler made the call and both players showed down. Hutzler: A287 Klaser: 10462 Klaser's pair of sixes were ahead, but needed to dodge Hutzler's open ended straight draw, as well as the nut-low draw. The river brought the Q. Klaser threw his head back, as if defeated. He then realized that his medium pair held up and won him a monster pot. It also sent Hutzler to the rail in 12th place. ...Then Seidel Lays Down the Spike Strip on Klaser Erik Seidel and Klaser didn't need to see a flop to put all their chips in the middle. Seidel moved in preflop and Klaser called. Both players turned up their hands. Seidel: AK32 Klaser: AQ62 Board: K8710K There was no qualifying low hand, not that it mattered since Seidel had the nut-low draw. Seidel dodged Klaser's gutshot straight draw on the river, making trip kings and vaulting into the chip lead with over 300,000. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Martin Klaser $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low - Day 2 - Level 14 Recap Jun 25, '08 Note: The players are now on a 60-minute dinner break Blinds: 2,000-4,000 Players Left: 19 of 720 Chip Leaders: Martin Klaser - 290,000 Tom Chambers - 230,000 Chad Burum - 212,000 Michael Fetter - 200,000 Derek Kadota - 172,000 Joseph Haddad - 170,000 Larry Wright - 145,000 Ian Graham - 115,000 Gary Hutzler - 87,000 Daniel Klein - 86,000 Average Stack: 113,700 Eliminations: Ed Smith Shannon Shorr Big Hands and Storylines: The Hunter Becomes The Hunted Not long after Dan “Stainley88” Adams amassed a stack of 130,000, he would see most of it disappear. Derek Kadota raised to 11,000 from under-the-gun. Action folded around to Adams in the blind who made it 44,000. Kadota, covered by Adams, called with 60,000 behind. Adams moved all-in on the Q92 flop and Kadota called. The two turned over their hands: Adams: AA105 Kadota: AQ102 Kadota was in the lead with two-pair, and his hand held up when the turn and river came 5 and K. That pot lifted “The Ghost” – so nicknamed because his opponents’ chips always seem to vanish (what that has to do with being a ghost I’m not quite sure. Do ghosts have the power to make other objects disappear? I don’t know, I’m just reporting what I was told) up to 240,000. Adams is now down to 30,000. Table Draw? More Like Table Unfair! As the tournament played down to 27, the players were re-drawn to new tables on the other side of the Brasilia Room. The table draw, produced at random, made table 9 the center of the action. Not only were the 4 largest chip stacks assigned to the table, but Erik Seidiel and Shannon Shorr as well. By contrast, not a single player assigned to table 10 had more than 20 big blinds. No Shorr Thing Shannon Shorr met a similar fate to Dan Adams, his aces getting cracked in a most painful way. Shorr and Tom Chambers got all of their money in on a Q54 flop. The pot was worth 230,000 and the two turned over their cards: Shorr: AAK7 Chambers: A853 The turn was the 9, but the river was the crushing 2, giving Chambers a wheel and leaving Shorr with only 5,000. Shorr would be eliminated a short while later when he was rivered again by, what else, a wheel. Player Tags: Larry Wright, Gary Hutzler, Chad Burum, Michael Fetter, Joseph Haddad, Daniel Klein, Derek Kadota, Shannon Shorr, Tom Chambers, Daniel Adams, Martin Klaser $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low - Day 2 - Level 13 Recap Jun 25, '08 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 Players Left: 32 of 720 Chip Leaders: Martin Klaser - 270,000 Joseph Haddad - 131,000 Daniel “Stainley88” Adams - 130,000 Ed Smith - 113,000 Chad Burum - 105,000 Larry Wright - 98,000 Erik Seidel - 86,000 Doug Mandeville - 81,000 Sam Khouiss - 80,000 Shannon Shorr - 60,000 Average Stack: 67,500 Eliminations: Berry Johnston Chip Jett Joe Hachem Big Hands and Storylines: Sooner Or Later, All Chips Lead To Klaser Moments after scoring a big pot off of Erik Seidel, Shannon Shorr had the misfortune of tangling with Martin Klaser. Like all other comers today, Shorr did not fare very well. An 80,000 pot was shipped in Klaser’s direction when his AK83 was good for both the high and low on a board of 962Q5. Klaser is now fully in command of his table, with a staggering 270,000 in chips, while Shorr is left with 60,000. Dan Adams: Bounty Hunter While there are no actual bounties in this tournament, Dan “Stainley88” Adams has just succeeded in knocking out two of the more notable players in the field. First, Chip Jett got his last 11,000 all-in pre-flop with AAK2 but Adams’ AQJ4 wound up victorious when the board – 108893 – made him a straight. Then Adams continued his predatory ways against Joe Hachem, again getting his opponent all-in pre-flop. This time it was Hachem’s KK54 against Adams’ A742. The flop was a nightmare for Hachem: A74. Not only did it give Adams 3-pair, but Hachem’s low draw was counterfeited. To add insult to injury, the Q on the turn and 3 on the river gave Adams a runner-runner flush. Hachem’s elimination brought an end to the his first deep run of the World Series. But Wait, There’s More... Sandwiched between those two hands, Adams won a 100,000 chip pot when he and his opponent got it all-in on a K83 flop. Adams showed KK42 for top set and the second low draw while his opponent tabled A832 for the nut low draw and bottom two-pair. The turn and river were high cards – J and 10 – and Adams’ hand held up. He now has about 125,000. Player Tags: Larry Wright, Erik Seidel, Chip Jett, Berry Johnston, Chad Burum, Joseph Haddad, Joe Hachem, Shannon Shorr, Sam Khouiss, Doug Mandeville, Daniel Adams, Martin Klaser $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low - Day 2 - Level 12 Recap Jun 25, '08 Note: The players are now on a 20-minute break Blinds: 1,000-2,000 Players Left: 41 of 720 Chip Leaders: Martin Klaser - 170,000 Joseph Haddad - 134,000 Ed Smith - 105,000 Larry Wright - 100,000 Erik Seidel - 92,000 Bryan Jolly - 86,000 Jack Rosenfeldt - 79,000 Doug Mandeville - 77,000 Sam Khoueis - 73,000 Casey Kastle - 72,000 Average Stack: 52,675 Eliminations: Chris Ferguson Damon Singer Big Hands and Storylines: Joseph Haddad Makes Short Work of Damon Singer Two hands over the course of a single orbit is all it took to swap the fortunes of two players in this event. Just an hour ago Damon Singer was in the top 10 of chip leaders with 80,000 and Joseph Haddad was trying to build his stack from his starting 36,000. The first hand was the big one. On a flop of KJ8 Haddad and Singer got their chips all-in and showed their hands: Haddad: AAQ5 Singer: AK73 Singer had top pair and a flush draw, but Haddad had a better pair and a better flush draw. The turn was the 2c and when the river blanked with a 2s, Haddad doubled up to about 85,000. Then, a few hands later, Haddad finished the job. This time Singer got all of his chips – about 45,000 of them – in pre-flop with A832 against Haddad’s AA86. The flop – JJ4 – was a bad one for Singer, causing him to stand up and congratulate Haddad. The turn 4 lessened his pessimism, if only for a moment. And only a moment it was, as seconds later the dealer peeled off the 3, sealing Singer’s fate. Haddad now sits at second in chips with 134,000. It Doesn’t Get Much Better Than That Chip leader Martin Kläser forced an opponent all-in for 15,000 total and the opponent called. “Yes!” Klasner shouted when he saw his opponent’s holding: AQ72. Kläser’s exclamation was justified, as his opponent was drawing slim in a way rarely seen in Omaha. With Klasner holding AK72 he was a big favorite. The board cemented Kläser’s lead further and the German boosted his chip stack to 170,000. This is no small feat considering his table also includes Erik Seidel, Shannon Shorr, and Berry Johnston. Thus far today the young German has yet to make a single misstep. Player Tags: Casey Kastle, Larry Wright, Erik Seidel, Chris Ferguson, Joseph Haddad, Sam Khouiss, Doug Mandeville, Bryan Jolly, Damon Singer, Martin Klaser $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low - Day 2 - Level 11 Recap Jun 25, '08 Blinds: 800-1,600 Players Left: 68 of 720 Chip Leaders: Martin Klaser - 132,000 Ed Smith - 119,500 Shannon Shorr - 86,900 Damon Singer - 80,400 Larry Wright - 75,300 Sam Khoueis - 73,000 Bryan Jolly - 63,300 Erik Seidel - 58,900 Jack Rosenfeldt - 57,700 Joe Hachem - 50,000 Average Stack: 31,750 Eliminations: Greg Hurst Lou Piccioni Big Hands and Storylines: Kläser Accosts Costner Martin Kläser just raked in the biggest hand of the tournament, doubling through Gabe Costner. Action was raised pre-flop and the two saw a flop of K95. Costner led out for a bet of 6,400 which Kläser raised to 21,000. Kläser sat still, confidently, hands clasped, while Costner studied the board and weighed his options. The Alabamian re-potted, effectively putting the German all-in for... a good deal of chips. Kläser, having lost a bit of the confidence he was sporting just moments earlier, made the call and tentatively turned over Q994. His middle set was in fantastic shape against Costner’s K1095. The turn and river rolled out A and 3 and, neither player qualifying for a low, Kläser scooped the entire pot with his set of nines. Then came the difficult part: counting out exactly how much Costner owed Kläser. The dealer counted the two stacks of chips over and over, making sure he had the right amounts, and convincing Costner that the amounts were indeed accurate. When the chips were tallied, it was determined that Costner needed to ship 65,300 to the young German. Kläser now has a stack of over 130,000 while Costner is on life-support with 5,000. Pass The Sugar Joe Hachem just eliminated two short-stacked (micro-stacked might be more appropriate, as both had less than one small blind remaining) opponents. The three got all-in pre-flop with the following holdings: Joe Hachem: AA63 Greg Hurst: A1062 Lou Piccioni: 9522 The board rolled out just the way Hachem needed – Q104J5 – and the former main event champ knocked out two adversaries. Hachem celebrated with a quite understated, barely audible, “Pass the sugar,” appropriate for winning a pot of approximately 3 big blinds. Hachem is now up to 50,000. Practice Makes Perfect Hachem may be the most recognizable player at his table, but he still isn’t above the rules. A floorperson just came over to him and informed him that he wasn’t allowed to listen to music (as is standard once players make the money). Hachem politely removed his earbuds, smiled, and quipped, “I haven’t made the money yet. I’m a bit out of practice.” Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Lou Piccioni, Joe Hachem, Shannon Shorr, Greg Hurst, Sam Khouiss, Gabe Costner, Bryan Jolly, Damon Singer, Martin Klaser View All Live Updates From This Event

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