Event 37 - $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-19-2008 19:26 UTC-7

Game On!

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Players have just came back from break.

06-19-2008 19:27 UTC-7

Gus Hansen has arrived back from the break and assumed his position in seat four on table 18. After a moment or two and a few strange looks from the table, Hansen suddenly realized he had sat down at the wrong table, and was meant to be in seat four on the adjacent table 24! Oops! He quickly apologized and ran over to his correct seat!

06-19-2008 19:37 UTC-7

Richard Ashby Takes a Huge Hit

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A pot between Johnny Chan and Richard Ashby was capped on the flop. On the turn, with a board of {Q-Spades}

Ashby bet out and Chan raised. Ashby made the call. The river was the {9-Diamonds}

. Ashby checked and Chan bet out. Ashby made the call. Chan showed {J-Diamonds}

for jacks full and Ashby mucked.

After the hand, Chan has 26,000 and Ashby is down to 2,300.

Tags: Johnny Chan Richard Ashby

06-19-2008 19:38 UTC-7

Duke Registers

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Annie Duke has registered for today's event eventhough she is currently still involved in the final table of the $5,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo World Championship.

Her stack is currently being blinded off as it sits directly next to her brother Howard Lederer.

Tags: Annie Duke

06-19-2008 19:54 UTC-7

Hellmuth Gets a Massage

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Phil Hellmuth is at present receiving a massage. He isn't receiving a normal massage however. He is in fact, having his butt massaged. Hellmuth must be settling down for a long night of playing.

I'm sure Hellmuth will be the "butt" of many jokes to come.

06-19-2008 20:03 UTC-7

Croc Caught in the Middle

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On a flop of {K-Clubs}

Billy "The Croc" Argyros bet out and both Sirous Jamshidi and Todd Brunson made the call.

The turn brought the {7-Spades}

and all players checked.

The river handed the {9-Hearts}

and Jamshidi checked to Brunson who bet out, Argyros raised. Jamshidi made the call as did Brunson.

Argyros showed a set of fours for the high, however Jamshidi flipped over a set of nines for the best high hand, as Brunson took the low with his A-2.

Tags: Billy Argyros Sirous Jamshidi The Croc Todd Brunson

06-19-2008 20:09 UTC-7

Tony G Catches Up With Old Friends

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Tony G has just been relocated to a vacant seat out on table 28 and finds himself sitting with fellow Australians and T6 Poker pros Billy "The Croc" Argyros and Jason Gray. This is another tough table as it also contains Michael Mizrachi and Steve Zolotow.

06-19-2008 20:25 UTC-7

Slow Going

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As is the case in many limit tournaments, the action has been pretty slow going to this point. The stacks are still deep and the blinds are relatively small, so there have been few big clashes to report. Of course, this being a hi-lo game, there are also many split pots which result in the players simply getting a refund of their bets!

The field is very pro-heavy so we expect some interesting clashes as the evening progresses.

06-19-2008 20:32 UTC-7

Barry Shulman Eliminated

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Barry Shulman becomes the first person eliminated from today's event. Our 234 remaining players can now rest easy that they are not the first one out.

Tags: Barry Shulman

06-19-2008 20:33 UTC-7

Richard Ashby Eliminated

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Richard Ashby was never able to recover from his earlier hit suffered at the hands of Johnny Chan. He has been eliminated from todays event. From our counts, he is the second person eliminated from today's event.

Tags: Richard Ashby