One of the wildest final tables in the 2007 WSOP was in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (w/ Rebuys) event, which gets underway on Saturday from the Amazon Room with a 5pm PDT start. Defending champion Burt Boutin is expected to be among those on hand, looking to repeat in an event where he collected $825,956 and his second career gold bracelet a year ago. Boutin topped a field of 145 for the title; those 145 players also chipped in 450 rebuys during the early rounds.
Join us at 5pm as action begins. WIth the early rebuys, the action will be wild early in this entertaining PLO event
We're just a few moments away from the start of Event No. 28, the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys event. It looks as though staff has 20 or so tables readied for today's event.
Some notables registered for today's event: Michael Binger, Andy Black, Brandon Cantu, Johnny Chan, David Chiu, Alexander Kostritsyn, Erik Seidel, Michael Sexton, Gavin Smith, Lee Watkinson, Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Phil Laak, Chad Brown, Alexander Kravchenko, and Michael Mizrachi.
Players are still filing in. The announcer just stated we will be starting in seven minutes.
Barny Boatman, Ralph Perry, Jeff Williams, Daniel Alaei, J.C. Tran, Minh Ly, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, John Juanda, Jordan Morgan, David Benyamine, Erick Lindgren, Phil Galfond, Chau Giang, and Amir Vahedi.
Still not quite ready to go. Should just be a couple of minutes, though, until we hear that first cry of "Rebuy!"
Joe Beevers, Roland de Wolfe, Tony G, and Josh Arieh are here, as are Johnny Chan, Eric Froehlich, Theo Tran, David Williams, Hasan Habib, Mickey Appleman, and defending champ Burt Boutin.
Phil Hellmuth just arrived, sitting at Table #15, joining Robert Williamson III, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Sirous Jamshidi, Daniel Negreanu, and Daniel Alaei.