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

06-05-2008 17:08 UTC-7

Clements Crippled

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Scott Clements made it two bets to go and received a call from Mark Wilds. On both the flop of {4-Hearts}

and the turn of {J-Spades}

, Wilds checked called a bet from Clements. On the river of the {10-Spades}

, Wilds bet out. Clements looked sick, but finally made the call after thinking for about a minute. Wilds showed {A-Clubs}

for the nut straight. Clements tapped his cards and mucked his hand.

After the hand Clements is down to about 30,000 in chips.

Tags: Scott Clements

06-05-2008 17:14 UTC-7

On one side of our table there is the televised final-table area that is currently housing the final table of the $1,000 No Limit with Rebuys event, while on the other side we have the cash game area. Unless you were sweating this event, you wouldn't know that we are playing for a world title. A lot of people walk by and give a puzzled look at this strange game where players get four cards. One thing is for certain: there is no place that these players would rather be right now.

06-05-2008 17:21 UTC-7

Josh Arieh is a Junkie

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Josh Arieh is currently standing here sweating the Omaha Hi-Lo final table. Arieh has two bracelets, with one in Pot-Limit Omaha. Apparantly, he is in another event but wanted to stop by and check out the action. Why not? This is a great game!

Tags: Josh Arieh

06-05-2008 17:26 UTC-7

A Little Slow Going

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Other than a couple of large pots, so far in this Omaha Hi-Lo table the action has been somewhat slow. As is the norm for this game, there have been a lot of split pots. In most cases, the pots have been heads up. With the current pace that the blinds are rising, there should be some big action coming up soon.

06-05-2008 17:32 UTC-7

Scott Clements Eliminated in Ninth Place ($22,172)

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Scott Clements waited patiently with his short stack and was able to chop a couple of pots before the blinds got to him again and took another chunk out of his stack.

He then finally found a spot to push the last of his 12,000 chips into the middle from middle position and the blinds called.

James Pritchard and Thang Luu checked down the action from the blinds on a board of {J-Clubs}

.

Pritchard showed {J-Spades}

for a full house, Luu mucked, and Clements commented "Man, I had aces, too," as he flashed the rockets before shaking the hands of his opponents and exiting the tournament floor.

Clements misses out on a third bracelet but adds $22,172 to his career winnings for his ninth-place finish.

Tags: Scott Clements

06-05-2008 17:39 UTC-7

Lawrence a Nutty Guy

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Spencer Lawrence made it two bets to go preflop and James Pritchard called. Lawrence bet all streets and Pritchard called all the way to the river. With the board showing {2-Spades}

, Lawrence showed {A-Spades}

for both the nut flush and the wheel. Pritchard mucked his hand.

Tags: Spencer Lawrence

06-05-2008 17:45 UTC-7

Break it Down!

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The 1,000-denomination yellow chips are now being colored up. After this players will be on a 20-minute break.

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 0

06-05-2008 18:13 UTC-7

Game On!

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Players have returned from break.

06-05-2008 18:15 UTC-7

Chip Count Update

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At the first break of the day Thang Luu still held a commanding chip lead with around 635,000 chips. Craig Sabel had moved into second position after the monster pot that we reported earlier in the day.

James Pritchard is our short stack and will need to make a move sometime soon.

For full details please visit our Chip Counts page.