Event 34 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-19-2008 00:36 UTC-7

Vizza Still Atop Leaderboard

Shamus

Frank Vizza has maintained his chip lead since winning those two huge pots back in Level 8. He currently sits with 351,000.

Tags: Frank Vizza

06-19-2008 00:41 UTC-7

Moving Up, Holding Steady, Hitting the Rail

Shamus

Kyle Kloeckner has cracked the 300,000 mark.

Steven "Cornell Fiji" Ware is hanging on, having chipped up to 53,000.

Peter Gould has been eliminated.

Tags: Kyle Kloeckner Peter Gould Steven Ware

06-19-2008 00:46 UTC-7

Gavin Griffin Eliminated

Shamus

Tags: Gavin Griffin

06-19-2008 00:48 UTC-7

Vizza Victorious

Shamus

On a flop of {5-Spades}

, the table checked to chip leader Frank Vizza who bet 8,000 from the button. The player under the gun called. The turn was the {7-Hearts}

. UTG checked, Vizza bet pot -- 20,000 -- and UTG called.

The turn was the {7-Clubs}

and both players checked. Vizza showed {K-Hearts}

for the underfull, and the other player mucked.

Vizza is up to 394,500.

Tags: Frank Vizza

06-19-2008 00:56 UTC-7

After losing a set-over-set hand previously, a player from early postion threw his last few chips in. Sorel Mizzi called from the button as did Nikolay Evdakov fom the big blind. There was some small betting on the flop before we picked it up at the turn stage.

The board read {10-Spades}

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Evdakov checked and called a 15,000 bet from Mizzi, creating an even bigger side pot.

The river came {K-Clubs}

and Evdakov checked once more. "Pot" came from the mouth of Mizzi. It was enough to put Evdakov all in as he only had 28,000 back.

Evdakov went into the tanks of all tanks, sporadically glancing up at the clock. The short-stacked all-in player thought he had no chance of winning the small main pot with all the action and he left.

Ten minutes went by and still no decision had been made. By this stage, half the table was up out of their seats walking around and it seemed Mizzi had waitied long enough too as he called the clock. Every second was taken by Evdakov before he was timed out and his hand was dead.

Mizzi stood up and said, "Call him back, I'm sure he's still got chips," and he flipped over {9-Spades}

for a pair of nines and a missed straight draw!

It took a few minutes to find the short-stacked player who had paired a king on the river to win the main pot.

A different level of poker thinking shown by Sorel Mizzi there.

He's back up to 95,000 now.

Tags: Nikolay Endikov Sorel Mizzi

06-19-2008 01:04 UTC-7

Flack Worse for the Ware

Shamus

Steven Ware recently doubled up after flopping bottom set to Layne Flack's top two pair. Ware is up to 125,000, while Flack has slipped to 93,000.

Tags: Layne Flack Steven Ware

06-19-2008 01:11 UTC-7

Planning Ahead

Shamus

Players at Table No. 1, including Ted Forrest, Tim West, Kevin O'Donnell, and Tino Lechich, are debating how long play will last tomorrow. Their table is situated closest to the plasma screen reporting that we have about 15 minutes to go tonight, and 49 players remain.

The plan tomorrow is to play down to the final nine. It sounds like most are speculating that play may last 7-8 hours tomorrow.

06-19-2008 01:22 UTC-7

Flack Strikes Back

Shamus

On a board of {Q-Diamonds}

, Steven Ware bet 35,000 and Layne Flack called. Ware said "ace-queen" for queens and fours. Flack showed K-K-A-J, for kings and fours and took the pot.

Flack is back up to 160,000, and Ware is down to 11,000.

Tags: Layne Flack Steven Ware

06-19-2008 01:23 UTC-7

Stalling Tactics

MarcC

We're hardly seeing any hands as play comes to an end for today. Players are taking a long time over decisions and some a little too long.

A player on Sorel Mizzi's table is continously doing it and Mizzi had to call the clock on him after he raised and took an age to fold from the small blind. Some of the table wanted the floorman to look at his cards to see if he really had a decision, but the floorman said the hand was over and they should move on.

Tags: Sorel Mizzi

06-19-2008 01:46 UTC-7

Time Runs Out for Mizzi

Shamus

Some drama on the very last hand of the night, folks.

Daniel Makowsky limped from under the gun, Nikolay Evdakov raised pot to 7,200, Sorel Mizzi called from the big blind, and Makowsky called as well.

The flop came {Q-Diamonds}

. Mizzi bet pot, Makowsky raised all in, and Evdakov folded. Immediately, Evdakov called the clock on Mizzi, a response of sorts to some of the earlier bickering about stalling. Mizzi complained that he had a legitimate decision to make, but the clock was enforced nonetheless.

Mizzi made the call, showing {J-Spades}