2008 World Series of Poker
Event 19 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Jamie Robbins Eliminated in Eighth ($28,490)
Robbins tables
Pickering tables
All the way to the river
Pickering knocks out Robbins and we are down to seven players.
One Needs Guts to Play Omaha
Pickering raised to 35,000 from middle position and it folded back around to Statkiewicz. He asked for a count of Pickering's chips. Pickering had 247,000 behind (a bit under what Statkiewicz had). "I need guts," said Statkiewicz as he continued to think. He finally made the call.
The flop came , and Pickering quickly bet 90,000. Statkiewicz called. Both checked the on the turn. They both checked the river as well.
Pickering showed A-A-10-2 for aces and fives. After studying his hand for a bit, Statkiewicz folded. Pickering is now up to 400,000, while Statkiewicz has fallen back to 160,000.
Mel Randolph Eliminated in Seventh ($36,261)
Randolph showed for two pair.
Todd showed for a set.
The turn and river changed nothing and Rudolph lost the pot and was left crippled with just 12,000 chips.
He called all in from the small blind in the very next hand after a Thom Schultz raise but was unable to win the hand. He shakes hands with everyone and leaves us in seventh place.
Craig Natte Eliminated in Sixth ($46,621)
Selbst
Natte
"You always have aces," exclaimed Natte. "I wanted to see kings!" said Selbst.
The board ran out , and Selbst's aces held up. She is up over 1.5 million now.
Give a Little Back
Selbst still on about 1,650,000.
A Temporary Loan
Schultz thought a bit and folded, as did Pickering. Selbst showed her Q-Q-x-x to the table, and dragged the pot.
We'll get an exact count for you at the next break, but it appears she has something close to two-thirds of the 2.27 million chips in play.
A Volatile Game
We've just reached the 20-minute break, so we'll get you that updated chip count momentarily.
Players Are On A 20-Minute Break
Updated Chip Counts
Thom Schultz -- 324,000
Stanley Statkiewicz -- 290,000
Jamie Pickering -- 284,000
Eugene Todd -- 165,000