Event 25 - $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 4

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-11-2009 15:51 UTC-12

Annie Dukes It Out with Krause

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One for the Germans now, as Andreas Krause gets paid by Annie Duke on the river in Stud-8. I only know the very last action in the pot, a check-call from Duke holding [XXX] {5-Clubs}

vs. Krause's [XXX] {4-Diamonds}

. He showed his {K-Spades}

, and the kings up were enough to win him the pot. His stack up to 10,500.

Tags: Andreas Krause Annie Duke

06-11-2009 15:59 UTC-12

Slight Al-levy-ation of Short Stack

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David Levy's lustrous perm was looking like it may not make the second break just now as he had only 1k left to chip-riffle as a Stud hand drew to its conclusion. There was one bet on fourth and fifth streets (Levy check-called the latest), leaving the two players showing:

David Levy: {4-Diamonds}

Opponent:

Now the betting slowed, and Levy was left to show his two pair ( {4-?}

in the hole) which picked up a much needed pot and boosted him back to 2,425.

Tags: David Levy

06-11-2009 16:06 UTC-12

Steve Wong Flushed With Success

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I'm sure you can now guess the hand which won him a 5k+ pot just now in hi-low Stud. Wong bet the river showing [XXX] {9-Clubs}

and was called by Davidson Matthew who held [XXX] {3-Diamonds}

. Matthew, who sounds like he's made of surnames, mucked when shown the {5-Clubs}

to finish off Wong's hand.

Tags: Davidson Matthews Steve Wong

06-11-2009 16:13 UTC-12

Show Me the Money (Even If It's Very Far Off)

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I suppose it's good to know what you're aiming for, and with the final number of players set at 376, we can tell you what prizes wait at the end of three days of hi-low Omaha and Stud...

1 $220,538
2 $136,292
3 $89,342
4 $61,919
5 $45,237
6 $34,747
7 $27,993
8 $23,600
9-10 $16,517
11-12 $13,274
13-14 $10,481
15-16 $8,198
17-24 $6,434
25-32 $5,197
33-40 $4,393

06-11-2009 16:24 UTC-12

Hollink Nowhere to Be Seen; Dutch Contingent Down 1/3

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Luske - started poker's first ever reversed-accessory trend with his sunglasses

It looks like there were just three entrants from Holland in this event (thanks to some inside information from Dutch Pokernews) and one of the best known of them, Rob Hollink, is no longer in the seat he occupied earlier. Therefore I am going to suggest he's in fact busto. That leaves Marcel Luske and one other flying the Dutch hi-low flag. Poker is booming in Holland right now, and the European circuit doesn't seem to be able to host an event without a young Dutch player winning it. But how will they fare in the WSOP? Something tells me the $2,500 Omaha/Stud event might not be the best barometer, actually.

Tags: Marcel Luske Rob Hollink

06-11-2009 16:28 UTC-12

Reaching New Hoyt

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Hoyt Corkins just scooped a pot with queens up from an unknown opponent. He bet fourth and fifth street with his opponent calling until the boards looked like:

Corkins: [XX] {Q-Diamonds}

Opponent: [XX] {K-Spades}

At this point the betting sort of dried up, and it was checked along with the river. Corkins then showed {Q-Clubs}

and took the pot.

Tags: Hoyt Corkins

06-11-2009 16:34 UTC-12

One Hour Dinner Break

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That's what it is right now. Back at 10:30pm local time to continue coverage of this most eclectic field, which will continue playing Omaha and Seven-card Stud eight-or-better all the way through until 3am.

Level: 5

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-11-2009 17:48 UTC-12

Chips and Who Has Them

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Hopefully including all requests, please find below a chip count selected from the remaining 335 participants in the Omaha/Stud hi low event:

David Singer - 10,000
Chip Jett - 6,500
Jennifer Harman - 13,000
Todd Brunson - 1,500
Brett Richey - 7,200
Esther Taylor - 10,500
Shawn Sheikhan - 15,000
Brett Jungblut - 2,000
Shannon Shorr - 7,000
Shannon Elizabeth - 2,700
Layne Flack - 7,500
Mike Matusow - 4,000
Justin Young - 7,300
Barry Greenstein - 3,000
Erick Lindgren - 4,000
Cyndy Violette - 7,500
Phil Ivey - 7,000
Bill Chen - 7,000
Sam Khouiss - 4,500
Linda Johnson - 2,200
Carol Kline - 11,625
Aurangzeb Sheikh - OUT
Jan Fisher - 5,800
Vitaly Lunkin - 8,800
Dario Minieri - 14,100
Sebastian Ruthenberg - 11,200
Allen Kessler - 5,975
Dario Alioto - 11,400
Jeff Madsen - 900
Michael Keiner - 11,300
Thor Hansen - 7,800
Katja Thater - 8,150
Joe Serock - 12,900
Jeff Lisandro - 7,900
Daniel Nicewander - 8,000
Michael Mizrachi - 24,000
Annie Duke - 12,000
Marcel Luske - 10,500
Amnon Filippi - OUT

Perry Friedman and Chris Ferguson were sharing table 245, but neither of them are at it now. I am assuming both are busto.