Event 50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-01-2008 15:21 UTC-7

Final Table Bios: Seat 9 -- [Removed:14] (372,000)

[user75032]

[Removed:14] has been playing pretty well for the last two days for a person who claims that he never plays pot-limit omaha. Maybe he took some of his own advice as one of the co-authors of Poker for Dummies. Originally born in Casablanca (but don't call him "Rick"), Harroch currently makes his home in San Francisco, where he works as a venture capitalist and lawyer. He has played at the World Series of Poker for the last ten years, making one other final table but never capturing a gold bracelet.

07-01-2008 15:39 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

[user75032]

Cards are in the air. 36:22 remains in Level 22.

Level: 22

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 0

07-01-2008 15:41 UTC-7

Hand #1 - Tom Hanlon

[user66118]

Marty Smyth has the button in Seat 8. Action folds around to the cutoff, where Tom Hanlon raises the pot; 84,000 to go. Everyone folds, and he takes down the first pot of our final table.

07-01-2008 15:47 UTC-7

Hand #2 - Tom Hanlon

[user75032]

[Removed:14] has the button in Seat 9. Michael Mizrachi limps in before Tom Hanlon raises pot. Action folds back to Mizrachi, who reraises enough to put Hanlon all in. Hanlon makes the call, and just like that we have our first player all in.

Mizrachi: {10-Hearts}

Hanlon:

The flop comes down no help to either player: {K-Diamonds}

. The turn {K-Hearts}

improves Hanlon to three kings, but brings a flush draw in hearts for Mizrachi. The river is the prettiest card in the deck, the {A-Spades}

(because it's always the {A-Spades}

). That makes aces full of kings for Hanlon. He doubles up.

07-01-2008 15:49 UTC-7

Hand #3 - Kido Pham

[user66118]

Kido Pham has the button in Seat 1. Michael Mizrachi limps in, as do Greg Hurst and Pham. Brandon Moran folds from the small blind, and big blind Peter Jetten knocks the table.

The flop comes out {Q-Hearts}

. Action checks around to Kido Pham, and he puts out a bet of 80,000. Everyone ducks out, and Pham takes down the pot.

07-01-2008 15:51 UTC-7

Hand #4 - Kido Pham

[user75032]

Brandon Moran has the button in Seat 2. Greg Hurst opens the pot to 60,000. Action folds to Kido Pham, who reraises pot, a total of 216,000. That induces a fold from everyone else, including Greg Hurst. Pham wins the pot.

07-01-2008 15:53 UTC-7

Hand #5 - Marty Smyth

[user66118]

Peter Jetten has the button in Seat 3. Marty Smyth raises to 70,000. The table folds and yields the pot to Smyth.

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07-01-2008 15:55 UTC-7

Hand #6 - [Removed:14]

[user75032]

Michael Mizrachi has the button in Seat 4. [Removed:14] open-raises to 70,000. That's enough to take down the blinds after everyone else folds.

07-01-2008 15:56 UTC-7

Hand #7 - Billy Argyros

[user66118]

Billy Argyros has the button in Seat 5. Action folds around to him, and he raises it up to 65,000. Both blinds fold, and The Croc gobbles up an easy pot.

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