Day one of event #36, $5,000 World Championship Omaha High Low has come to an end. There are 152 players remaining from the original 280. Chris Reslock heads into day two as the chip leader with so many notables left in the field there are too many to name. Play will resume tomorrow at 3 p.m. and will continue until the final table is decided. Check back with CardPlayer.com to sweat the incredibly stacked field and hear directly from the players in our Pro Blogs.
Fri Jun 22 01:46:00 -0700 2007
End Of Night Approaching
Play will continue until 3 a.m. in the $5,000 World Championship of Omaha Eight or Better. As more players bust, tables that were already sick have gotten even sicker. For example:
Table 117 2. Kirk Morrison
3. Brett Jungblut
4. Howard Lederer
5. Patrick Antonius
6. Jason Bonomo
7. Barry Greenstein
8. Daniel Alaei
Eliminations
The player in the six seat bet out $1,000 and Freddy Deeb put his last $600 into the middle. Deeb showed A J 4 2 and his opponent in the six seat turned over A 7 6 6. The board came A 10 3 2 K and Deeb caught two pair for the high and his opponent took the low. Deeb split the pot but with the blinds and antes still almost doubled up to $1,100. Just a few hands later Deeb was all in again, this time with A J 6 5. His opponent called with A A K 10 and Deeb was in trouble. The board came Q J 3 8 K and Deeb was eliminated by his opponent's aces. Andy Black was also eliminated this round.
Smith x4
Gavin Smith had the pleasure of quadrupling up in the last level, after being down to only $1,500 in chips. Smith pushed all in for his last $1,500 and got three callers. The flop came A K 9 and all three of Smith's opponents checked. "That's good for me," said Smith. The turn brings the 9 and the action checks again. The river is the Q and all three players still in the hand check again. Smith turns up A K for top two and took down the pot with no qualifying low. Smith quadrupled up to $6,000.
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Eli Elezra and Daniel Negreanu busted this past level. Jeff Madsen, who had been short on chips for almost an hour, went all-in on a board of J 10 9. Madsen had A J 10 3 for top two pair. His opponent held K Q 10 8. Madsen needed to catch a jack or ten to make a boat, but neither came and he was sent to the rail.
Sick Side Bets
With the collection of high-stakes gamblers gathered in the tent a lot of side action is guaranteed. David Benyamine noticed that Doyle Brunson was about even with him in chips and offered to make a $20,000 last longer bet. "I don't want to last long," Doyle replied. Benyamine had a counter offer. "Let's see who can bust first then, $5,000?" Doyle only smiled in reply.
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280 players put up the $5,000 buy-in for the event, garnering a $1,316,000 prize pool. Whoever takes down the tournament will earn $363,216 in addition to the WSOP gold bracelet. So far, only eight players have been eliminated.
Story Time With Mike Sexton
Upon returning from the dinner break, Mike Sexton treated his table to the sickest omaha eight or better bad beat story he had ever heard. A player holding A-A-2-4 saw a flop of A A 3, giving him quad aces and the nut low draw, an almost guaranteed scoop. The 4 on the turn happened to be the one card that could turn his luck around, however, seeing as it completed the straight-flush wheel of an opponent holding 52 of diamonds and counterfeited the first players low draw. Sexton's enthusiasm made for a great story, which really cracked up Thor Hansen and Hasan Habib. Phil Ivey smirked from the neighboring table as the three men laughed at Sexton's sick story.
Madsen Takes A Hit
With a board of 9 4 2 10, Jeff Madsen was involved in an already large multi-way pot. He checked from the small blind and called a bet. The river brought the J, and Madsen once again wearily checked and called. He revealed his Q 3 from his hand, but his opponent showed the A 6 from his, for the nut flush. Madsen realized that he might be beat early in the hand, and by check-calling is still alive in the tournament, but he was left with only $1,200.
Quad Nines and Trip Tens
A player showed Erik Seidel that he had been dealt quad nines after Seidel folded. The player folded, and the flop was seen with no raises. Michael Mizrachi happened to be holding (K1010x10x) in the big blind. The board brought the fourth ten on the flop, giving Mizrachi trips. He backed into the second nut flush on the river when a third club came out, and everyone was amused to see a hand with trips in it take down the pot the same hand that somebody had been dealt quads.
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Players are on dinner break from 9:30 until 10:30 p.m. A number of players are going to come back to some very short stacks, including Eli Elzra and Annie Duke. Elezra was healthy only an hour ago, but found himself down to around $2,000 until winning a pot just before the break holding the Q Q K 3 with a board of K J 3 2 Q to get back to around $4,000, but he is still short. Duke is left with one $1,000 chip and a few $25 chips. Doyle Brunson scooped a large pot with A 8 5 2 on a board of K 8 2 7 7. His opponent was betting the whole way with an A-6 low and an open-ended straight draw.
Andy Black looks a little exasperated but managed to smile on his way to dinner. When asked what he was listening to on his MP3 player he said. ‘Michael Jackson. Bad. I’m playing bad and can’t stop playing bad.’ He has $7,600 in chips.
Marcel Luske took down a pot somewhat unexpectedly right before dinner to cries of ‘the lucky Dutchman’ from his opponent. He is now on $13,500 in chips.
Paul Testud from France lost a pot and looked confused by the amount of money he donated to his opponent. He got involved in a three-way conversation with some US players at his table. He seemed at a loss when the player who won the pot tried to explain that he liked to see flops. Testud was either not impressed or didn’t understand. He huffed and puffed a little, rolled his eyes to heaven, and generally looked a little grumpy. He has $9,000 in chips.
Other Euro chips counts include:
Paul Testud $9,900
Alex Kravchenko $6,900
Marcus Gloser $11,000
John Shipley $9,400
Tony Cascarino $1,800
Barny Boatman $4,750
Thor Hansen $16,500
Michael Keiner $4,375
Jani Sointula $7,600
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The field in the $5,000 World Championship of Omaha Eight or Better is incredibly tough. In addition to the stacked tables mentioned previously, nearly every table has a few recognizable pros. At many tables recognizable faces outnumber the lesser known, which is not common in most of the events at the WSOP. Take table 114 for example:
Seat 1- Chris Ferguson
Seat 2- Hasan Habib
Seat 3- Nick Schulman
Seat 5- Mike Sexton
Seat 6- David Levi
Seat 8- Thor Hansen
Seat 9- Joe Cassidy
Seat 10- Marco Traniello
With this incredible field, the atmosphere in the Player's Pavilion is very different than the average tournament. When not in a hand, all the high-stakes pros keep busy by joking with each other, needling from across the room and making side bets. Doyle Brunson and Eli Elezra are sitting next to each other, each with a list of thirteen flops, such as A-8-3. If a flop comes that matches one on either's list, then the other has to pay them $1,000 dollars. A few tables away Gavin Smith was needling Raymond Davis, saying that, "if the H.O.R.S.E. event was fifty dollars, I still wouldn't back you. If I was passed out drunk with $50,000 in my hands and you asked me to back him in the event, I'd go AHHHHHH and wake up sober."
Needless to say, with a tough field and a lively atmosphere, this event will be one to watch. Make sure to check back for more updates here at Cardplayer.com.
Fashionably late seems to be the modus operandi for many of the top pros. $10,000 in starting chips will do that. Todd Brunson and Eli Elezra each arrived almost two hours late for the event tonight. Gus Hansen was refused entrance, after he tried to get in after the first level. Mike Matusow found this extremely funny, asking the entire Pavillion, if they wouldn't mind if Gus would buy in late. It received mixed reviews, but ultimately Matusow's wish wasn't granted. The large hands have yet to come down, but that will come in a few levels.
The most stacked tables are side by side and include:
Annie Duke, Randy Holland, Erik Seidel, Marcel Luske, David Benyamine, and Michael Mizrachi
and
Daniel Alaei, Barry Greenstein, Patrik Antonius, Howard Lederer, Brett Jungblut, Kirk Morrison
Some notable Euro chip counts include:
Barny Boatman $7,700
John Duthie $3,125
Michael Greco $9,100 - read Michael's Pro Blog at CardPlayer.com
Paul Testud $10,300 (seated with Jennifer Harman, Robert Williamson and Humberto Brenes)
Andy Black $10,700
Roland De Wolfe $13,500
John Shipley $9,300
Patrik Antonius $13,550
Michael Keiner $10,000 (seated with Gavin Smith)
Thor Hansen $8,800 (seated with Mike Sexton and Chris Ferguson)
Thu Jun 21 17:42:00 -0700 2007
Hour One
The $5,000 pot-limit omaha high-low eight-or-better has a field of around 300, among which there are some notable Europeans.
Barny Boatman, John Duthie, Paul Testud, Bruno Fitoussi, Michael Greco, Andy Black, Alex Kravchenko, David Benyamine, Patric Bueno, Roland De Wolfe, John Shipley, Patrik Antonius, Jani Sointula and Michael Keiner are all competing.
Check back at CardPlayer.com for updates and Pro Blogs from this event as the evening wears on.
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