2010 World Series of Poker

Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aaq4
Prize
$245,871
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,143,450
Entries
847
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better

Day 1 Completed

Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Michael Chappus
Michael Chappus
133,400
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
119,800
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
83,000
Spencer Lawrence
Spencer Lawrence
79,500
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
WSOP 2X Winner
77,100
Michael Sopko us
Michael Sopko
75,400
Alan Cutler us
Alan Cutler
66,500
Stephen Tanner us
Stephen Tanner
64,200
Ross Ruby
Ross Ruby
58,100
Flaminio Malaguti
Flaminio Malaguti
58,000
Miguel Rodriguez
Miguel Rodriguez
55,000
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
WSOP 4X Winner
54,700
Young Ji us
Young Ji
WSOP 1X Winner
53,200
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
WSOP 2X Winner
52,900
Scott Buller us
Scott Buller
52,300
Richard Austin us
Richard Austin
50,700
Kia Hooshmand us
Kia Hooshmand
49,600
Scott Epstein us
Scott Epstein
48,000
David Sands us
David Sands
47,700
Joel Ettedgi gb
Joel Ettedgi
47,400
Aaron Sias
Aaron Sias
46,300
Jeffrey Baker
Jeffrey Baker
46,300
Benjamin Grundy gb
Benjamin Grundy
46,000
Ryan Karp
Ryan Karp
45,000
Alexander Dovzhenko ua
Alexander Dovzhenko
44,900

Day 1 Concludes

Barry Greenstein one of the big stacks to finish the day
Barry Greenstein one of the big stacks to finish the day

That's a wrap for Day 1 of Event No. 41. When registration closed for the day, the final number of entrants was set at 847, a good amount larger than last year's field. As it stands, it looks to be Mike Chappus as the overnight chip leader barring any crazy action that we missed on the last few hands of the night. He amassed himself a stack of 133,400 by the end of the night.

Plenty of big names showed up for this one, but not all of them made it through the day. Eric Baldwin, Jon Friedberg, Jason Mercier, Scott Seiver, Jeff Madsen and Erica Schoenberg all vanished from play before day's end. Tom Dwan also busted rather early on as did Phil Ivey, fresh off his bracelet victory last night.

Out of those names still hanging around, we've got Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Binh Nguyen, Ben Lamb, David Sands and Tony Cousineau. Even the defending champion Brandon Cantu is still alive. Cantu held the chip lead for a good portion of today, but had a few hiccups towards the end of the day that caused him to finish out with 27,300 in chips.

Barry Greenstein (83,000), Spencer Lawrence (79,500), Kevin MacPhee (77,100), Michael Sapko (76,500) are the few that look to be the closest to Chappus on the overnight leaderboard.

Play resumes tomorrow across the hall in the Amazon Room at 2:30 p.m. local time. We'll see you back here then, but for now you can point your browser towards our other WSOP coverage to fill up your time. Enjoy!

Madsen Quartered

Jeff Madsen moved his whole stack of 7,200 into the middle after an opponent opened for 2,800. That opponent was the only player to call the re-raise, taking the two men to a pre-flop showdown. Madsen's {a-Hearts}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs}{10-Clubs} wound up quartered by his opponent's {a-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{4-Spades} when the board came {8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{7-Spades}{q-Hearts} to give each player the nut low but to also make two pair for Madsen's opponent. Once the stacks were split, Madsen was left with about 4,000.

Tags: Jeff Madsen

Mikey Tosses Opponent Overboard

On the turn, the board read {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}{4-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Mike Matusow fired 3,000. His opponent went all in for 9,000 an Matusow made the call. Matusow held the {A-Spades}{8-Spades}{6-Spades}{6-Hearts} and his opponent the {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Hearts}.

Going to the fifth and final community card, Matusow had the lead with a full house. The river completed the board with the {10-Hearts} and kept Matusow's full boat in front, eliminating the other player and moving Matusow up to 44,000 in chips.

Tags: Mike Matusow

More Chips for Greenstein

Barry Greenstein suffered a small setback after knocking out Jeff Lisandro but he recovered by eliminating another player. Greenstein opened pre-flop for 2,400 and was re-raised by a player to 8,400. That re-raise cleared the field for Greenstein, who then raised pot. Greenstein and his opponent were quickly all in.

Greenstein: {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The two men had virtually identical hands, but everything changed after the flop came all diamonds, {3-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. It gave Greenstein the nut flush and the best low. The turn and river blanked {5-Clubs} and {k-Spades} to give Greenstein the pot. He's up to 81,000.

Tags: Barry Greenstein

Hellmuth Wins a Pot and Gets Needled by Matusow

Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth just got moved to Mike Matusow's table a few moments ago and limped in during this hand from middle position. Another player limped behind him and both blinds were in as well. The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and the big blind fired 1,500 after the small blind checked. Hellmuth made the call and the the player after him folded along with the small blind.

The turn was the {6-Clubs} and both players checked. The river completed the board with the {Q-Spades} and the big blind checked. Hellmuth fired out 2,000 and he was called.

Hellmuth tabled the {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and his opponent mucked.

Matusow grabbed Hellmuth's card and held them while yelling out, "First f***ing hand your dealt you get the best starting hand, ace, ace, king, deuce doubled suited and you play it like a world class champ, you limp in!"

Tags: Mike MatusowPhil Hellmuth

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0