Event 50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-01-2007 16:18 UTC-7

Chan Ping Enters the Fray

[user22113]

Chan has moved his chip stack up amongst the leaders when he flopped a set of aces against a set of nines. He now has over 75,000 in chips.

07-01-2007 16:12 UTC-7

Mike just open-folded a flopped set of jacks after Patrick Bruel bet enough to put him all in on the river. The board showed Q-J-4-5-10 and with all the straights out there Mike released his hand. He now has 6,000 and Patrick moves up to 26,000.

07-01-2007 16:10 UTC-7

William Thorsson Eliminated

[user24788]

William Thorsson has been busted out of this tournament.

Since Thorsson took 13th place in last year's Main Event, he's been on a rush. He made two final tables in Europe last October. Thorsson made a final table at this year's WSOP, where he took 3rd in the $5K Limit Hold'em Championship.

Tags: William Thorsson

07-01-2007 15:53 UTC-7

Cards Are Back in the Air

[user24788]

The "rebuy" period is officially over. Any player felted from this point on is eliminated from the tournament.

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

07-01-2007 15:34 UTC-7

The Players Are On a Break

[user22113]

The tournament is on an unscheduled 15 minute break so that any remaining "rebuys" can be taken care of.

07-01-2007 15:23 UTC-7

Hellmuth Arrives

[user628]

Phil Hellmuth arrived today, and did his custom of shaking hands with all the players seated at his table. Phil Ivey, who is two to Hellmuth's right, cracked a smile, as did Dewey Tomko, and several other players at the table.

"Hey, I try to shake everyone's hand before I start acting like a jerk" said Hellmuth, as he took a seat.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

07-01-2007 15:21 UTC-7

Sherkhan Farnood Has Been Eliminated

[user14554]

Mark Vos and Sherkhan Farnood were all-in with Dario Minieri pre-flop.

Dario Minieri had {A-Spades}

Mark Vos had {10-Hearts}

Sherkhan Farnood had {K-Hearts}

The board came {J-Spades}

, giving Vos the straight. Farnood was eliminated on the hand.

07-01-2007 15:16 UTC-7

Annie's Aces Cracked and the Table Cracks Up

[user22113]

Annie Duke just lost a pot when her flop bet was raised all-in by her opponent. The flop was A-K-5 and Annie held A-A-8-2. Her opponent had pushed with 2-3-4-4 and rivered a wheel straight. The play was so strange that the entire table, including Annie, started laughing. Despite the hit, Annie is still in good shape with 55,000.

Tags: Annie Duke

07-01-2007 15:15 UTC-7

Scott Clements Doubles Through John D'Agostino

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Scott Clements was all in preflop against John D'Agostino. Clements held A-A-3-3 and D'Agostino showed 9-T-J-Q. Clements flopped a set of Aces and "Dags" never improved. Clements is now sitting on 20,000 chips.

Tags: John D'Agostino Scott Clement