Event 6 - $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-05-2008 07:33 UTC-7

4:00 PM Start Time in Omaha-8 Final

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"It's a miracle!" was the shout from the table when the final nine players who will return today were determined. After over 13 hours of play on Wednesday, the survivors will have a few hours of rest before returning for a 4:00 PM start to determine the title. Thang Luu opened up a sizable lead in the last couple of hours of Day 2 play, and here are the seat assignments, home towns, and starting chip counts for today's final.

Seat 1: Chris Falconer (Canton, Ohio) 331,000
Seat 2: James Pritchard (Duluth, Georgia) 155,000
Seat 3: Thang Luu (Las Vegas, Nevada) 560,000
Seat 4: Mark Wilds (Biloxi, Mississippi) 226,000
Seat 5: George Guzman (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) 196,000
Seat 6: Scott Clements (Mt. Vernon, Washington) 315,000
Seat 7: Craig Sabel (Grand Junction, Colorado) 160,000
Seat 8: Spencer Lawrence (London, United Kingdom) 226,000
Seat 9: Greg Jamison (Las Vegas, Nevada) 333,000

The latest updates, as always, will be available right here at PokerNews.

Tags: Thang Luu

06-05-2008 15:56 UTC-7

Players Unbagging Their Chips

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Players are beginning to take their seats and unbag their chips. We should be getting underway in about 5 minutes.

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 0

06-05-2008 16:08 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Play is underway on the final table of Event#6: $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo event. We'll be playing another 40 minutes on level 21 with the blinds at 6000/12000.

Thang Luu holds a sizeable chip advantage, but he'll have to watch out for multiple WSOP bracelet winner Scott Clements, who is not far behind.

The cards are now in the air!

06-05-2008 16:09 UTC-7

Final Table Location

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Today's final table is located in the green section on table 15, just in front of the Milwaukee's Best No Limit Lounge. The table doesn't have all the glitz and glamour of the main final table, but our players don't care. They are playing for a world title. That's what it's all about.

Tags: Final Table

06-05-2008 16:17 UTC-7

First Showdown

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The early action has been pretty tight with small pots going to James Pritchard, Mark Wilds and Thang Luu. It appears that Luu is continuing with his aggressive approach from late last night, when he was able to amass most of his chips, while many of the other players are yet to get involved.

Scott Clements also looks keen to start moving some chips and has just chopped a healthy pot with Luu in the first hand that reached a showdown. Clements took down the high and Luu collected the low.

06-05-2008 16:41 UTC-7

James Pritchard Gets Busy

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James Pritchard looked to be in trouble after he folded on the river against Greg Jamison on a board of {3-Hearts}

. He was left with only 120,000 in chips and the short stack at the table.

However, the next hand, in a battle of the blinds against Thang Luu, he was able to reclaim a lot of chips after check-calling Luu the whole way on a board of {J-Diamonds}

. Pritchard showed {A-Hearts}

to scoop the pot as Luu mucked his hand.

On the button in the very next hand, Pritchard raised it preflop to take down the blinds and recover to close to 200,000 chips.

Tags: James Pritchard

06-05-2008 16:46 UTC-7

A Huge Pot

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Scott Clements was on the button. George Guzman in the cutoff seat made it two bets to go and was called by Scott Clements, Thang Luu, Mark Wilds, Craig Sabel, and Spencer Lawrence.

The flop: {9-Diamonds}

Sabel bet out, Lawrence folded and then it was called around to Guzman who raised. Scott Clements then three-bet. Luu folded and Sabel called before Wilds made it four bets to go. Guzman proceeded to cap the betting at five bets, and Clements, Wilds, and Sabel all called.

The turn of the {6-Hearts}

was checked around.

River: {5-Hearts}

Sabel put the last of his chips in and was called by Wilds. Guzman then made it two bets and was called by Clements and Wilds.

Showdown:

Guzman: {A-Hearts}

Sabel:

Clements:

Wilds:

Wilds and Guzman split the low on the side. Guzman took the side pot high with a set of nines.

Sabel ended up winning the high on the main pot with a 9-high straight. The low was split three ways between Sabel, Wilds, and Guzman.

After the hand Sabel was up to 340,000 chips, Guzman had 180,000, Wilds 280,000, and Clements was down to 205,000.

Tags: Craig Sabel

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/15,000

Ante: 0

06-05-2008 16:50 UTC-7

Clements Takes Another Hit

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Scott Clements got to the showdown in another pot and once again missed out of his slice of the pie. He tangled with Mark Wilds, and again he was forced to simply muck his holding.

Clements looked over at his entourage and gave them a "slow down" motion as he currently seems to be leaking chips and looks to take a deep breath and recover his footing in this final table.

Tags: Scott Clements