Event 16 - $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-08-2008 20:45 UTC-7

Ramdin Scoops One

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Victor Ramdin raises it up first in. The cutoff and big blind both make the call.

The flop brings {K-Clubs}

. Ramdin announces, "That's my king... and that's my five!" He bets, and both opponents make the call.

The turn is the {9-Hearts}

, and it checks all the way around.

The river card is the {7-Diamonds}

. It checks to Ramdin again, and he bets. The cutoff folds and the big blind calls. Ramdin tables {8-Clubs}

, and it's good enough to scoop him the pot. He had moved up in the world, now sitting with 6,300 chips.

06-08-2008 20:41 UTC-7

The field has been finalized at 553 players, meaning that the top 54 spots will pay out. First place will earn a nice little payday of $226,448 to go with the gold bracelet.

Comment from Perry Friedman: "So, what does 94th place pay?"

06-08-2008 20:40 UTC-7

Matusow Eliminates Player

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Mike Matusow has just eliminated a player when he hit a runner-runner flush with his {Q-Spades}

on a

.

After Matusow scooped the pot, and racked his chips up to a 6,200 stack he announced, "Now thats how you play quality poker!"

06-08-2008 20:24 UTC-7

Chip Leaders

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The leaderboard for this tournament is dominated by pros at the moment. Hoyt Corkins leads the way with 11,000, followed by T6 pro Woody Deck with 8,000, and Jordan "iMsoLucky0" Morgan with 7,800.

Level: 4

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

06-08-2008 20:13 UTC-7

Rouhani Knocked Down

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With a raise in front, Event #10 Champion Farzad Rouhani is the lone caller, and he and his opponent go at it heads up.

The flop brings {K-Hearts}

. The other player bets, Rouhani raises, and gets the call.

The turn is the {5-Diamonds}

. It is checked to Rouhani. He bets, and his opponent calls.

Fifth street shows the {3-Clubs}

. This time, the other player bets out into the pot, and Rouhani flat-calls. The unknown player tables {A-Spades}

, giving him the scoop, and knocking Rouhani down to 1,300.

06-08-2008 20:06 UTC-7

Schneider Takes Hit

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After being close to tipping the 10,000 chip mark earlier in the tournament 2007 WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider has recently taken a hit and is back down to 5,600 in chips.

On a board reading {7-Hearts}

, Schneider led the action up until the river against two opponents and tabled {A-Spades}

for two pair, one opponent showed {K-Clubs}

and mucked. However Schneider's remaining opponent tabled {8-Clubs}

for a straight and scooped the pot.

06-08-2008 19:50 UTC-7

She Found Jesus

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Elizabeth In Seven-Card Stud World Championships

Fresh off getting eliminated from Event 14: $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championships, Shannon Elizabeth is sitting with Full Tilt pro Chris "Jesus" Ferguson.

Both players are under starting stack with Elizabeth on 3,600 and Ferguson on 2,300.

06-08-2008 19:38 UTC-7

Hellmuth's Fashion Sense

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We told you Phil Hellmuth arrived late, sporting his racing jacket. Just moments ago, we overheard him lamenting his past record in that outift.

The first time he wore it, he was involved in the infamous expensive-race-car-meets-concrete-pole incident outside of the casino.

The second time, he was busted out of last year's Main Event wearing it.

The third time, earlier in this WSOP, he was eliminated from his event during the first hour.

Today is the fourth appearance of that get-up, and he says, "I'm looking for a little luck today!"

06-08-2008 19:29 UTC-7

More Late Starters

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Following the late arrival of Michael Binger and Victor Ramdin, Full Tilt pros John Juanda and Max Pescatori have recently joined the action at the start of the third level.

Along with those two, Josh Arieh has also joined the field and is seated on Mike "the Mouth" Matusow's table. This should definitely provide some loud and interesting action.