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

06-04-2008 02:44 UTC-7

Jimmy Fricke Quartered

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On a flop of {9-Hearts}

, Jimmy Fricke bets and receives two callers. One of the callers is all in. On a turn of {5-Hearts}

, Fricke bet 1,000 and received a call. On a river of {K-Spades}

, Fricke again bet 1,000 and received another call.

Fricke turned over {A-Clubs}

for the nut low. The all-in player mucked her hand and Fricke's other opponent showed {A-Hearts}

for the nut low and nut flush.

Fricke sits around 19,000 in chips.

Tags: Jimmy Fricke

06-04-2008 02:44 UTC-7

After losing a pot, Van Marcus was overheard to comment to Paul Wolfe "You're a world-class Omaha Hi-Lo player? Calling a raise with J-3-3-2! How to lose a million in a day!"

It looks like Wolfe will get the last laugh of the day as he'll bag up around 18,000 chips while Marcus will head into day 2 with only around 13,000.

Tags: Paul Wolfe Van Marcus

06-04-2008 02:50 UTC-7

Katja Thater Eliminated

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Katja Thater has been eliminated in the last hand of the day. After raising on the flop, all the chips were in on the turn on a board of {Q-Diamonds}

. Thater held {A-Spades}

for top two pair but trailed the {A-Diamonds}

of her opponent who had made a straight.

The river landed the {8-Diamonds}

to ensure that Thater would not return on day 2.

Tags: Katja Thater

06-04-2008 02:54 UTC-7

Play Concludes

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That's a wrap from the Amazon Room at the Rio in Las Vegas as Day 1 of Event #6: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo reaches a conclusion.

Around 200 players have made it through the day, with our chip leaders heading into Day 2 including James Van Alstyne, Richard Ashby and Scott Clements. We'll have the complete list of chip counts of the survivors for you here as soon as they come to hand.

Day 2 recommences at 3 p.m. tomorrow and we look forward to your company again then!

06-04-2008 09:31 UTC-7

Official Day 1 Chip Counts Released

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The chips are bagged and awaiting their owners' Day 2 return on Wednesday, and among those returning players, none will come back to a deeper stack than James van Alstyne. Van Alstyne topped the list of 205 Day 1 survivors at 39,200 in chips, narrowly ahead of Richard Ashby's 38,800.

Here's how the top ten shapes up entering Day 2 action:

James van Alstyne 39,200
Richard Ashby 38,800
Ben Tang 32,000
James Hinton 30,800
Bryan Devonshire 29,100
Carl Restifo 27,600
Rick Burke 26,200
Jimmy Fricke 25,700
Roland Isra 25,700
Yuebin Guo 25,100

Play resumes at 3 pm in the Amazon Room as the field will attempt to play down to a final table.

Event 6 - $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

Day 1 Completed