Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-14-2008 20:43 UTC-7

Jamshidi Not to Be Outdone

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At table 15, Sirous Jamshidi is making sure he does not get lost among all of poker's finest.

At the end of level 3, Jamshidi won two big hands, increasing his stack to 54,000.

Tags: Sirous Jamshidi

06-14-2008 20:38 UTC-7

Chris Ferguson just busted Barny Boatman with queens full of tens, and Boatman chose not to rebuy. (There are about five minutes left in Level 3, at which time the rebuy period ends.)

Ferguson is up to 65,000.

06-14-2008 20:36 UTC-7

Where Did They Go?

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Among the 15 tables currently being used, two seats are noticeably empty.

They belong to David Williams and Michael Mizrachi, both currently playing in their event 25 Heads Up Championship matches.

Tags: David Williams Michael Mizrachi

06-14-2008 20:35 UTC-7

Kravchenko Finds a Spot

Shamus

After playing it tight for a good while, Alex Kravchenko finally got all of his chips in on a flop of {K-Hearts}

. Robert Williamson III made the call.

Kravchenko showed {A-Clubs}

for top two, and Williamson {A-Spades}

for the Broadway wrap draw. The turn was the {J-Clubs}

, giving Kravchenko a boat. The river was the {10-Clubs}

, and his hand held up.

Kravchenko now has 18,000. Meanwhile, Williamson is sitting comfortably with 95,000.

As comfortably as one can sit at that table, that is.

06-14-2008 20:32 UTC-7

Cajelais Climbing

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Erik Cajelais, runner-up in this same event last year, has increased his stack to 110,000.

06-14-2008 20:30 UTC-7

A Lotta Bling

Shamus

The players at Table No. 15 were just calculating aloud how many bracelets they had between them. They are currently trying decide between 31 or 32.

The line-up (as they are seated): Robert Williamson III, Phil Hellmuth, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Phil Ivey, Sirous Jamshidi, Daniel Negreanu, Daniel Alaei, and Alex Kravchenko.

06-14-2008 20:24 UTC-7

The End of the World as We Know It

Shamus

Phil Ivey has just been moved to Table No. 15.

With his 100,000 in chips.

06-14-2008 20:21 UTC-7

Hachem Collecting Chips

Shamus

Minh Ly moved all in on a flop of {K-Spades}

, and Joe Hachem made the call. Hachem showed {10-Diamonds}

, while Ly had {A-Hearts}

.

The turn was the {Q-Diamonds}

, giving Hachem his straight. The {6-Spades}

on the river was just rubbing it in. Ly has rebought again. Hachem is up around 50,000.

Tags: Joe Hachem Minh Ly

06-14-2008 20:21 UTC-7

Scotty's Pain is Arieh's Gain

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Scotty Nguyen and Josh Arieh just got their chips in on a flop of {Q-Spades}

.

Nguyen showed: {Q-Clubs}

for top set.
Arieh showed: {2-Clubs}

for bottom set.

The turn was the {6-Spades}

, giving a flush draw to Arieh.

The {A-Spades}

river gave Arieh the nut flush, increasing his stack to 85,000, while Scotty Nguyen rebought.

Tags: Josh Arieh Scotty Nguyen

06-14-2008 20:18 UTC-7

Been Dwan So Long it Looks Like Up to Me

Shamus

Tom Dwan has been raising and reraising every pot, but hasn't been able to make any hands. He's rebought around ten times. Meanwhile, everyone else at his table has been chipping up.