Event 40 - $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-22-2009 11:54 UTC-12

Sirens Stays Alive

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Van Marcus has just doubled up twice to get himself back in contention.

In the first hand he held {Q-Diamonds}

against the {K-Spades}

of Robin Keston with the board running out {A-Clubs}

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A few moments later his chips were in the middle again with {A-Hearts}

against the {A-Clubs}

of Ferit Gabriellson. The board bricked {3-Diamonds}

and Marcus ends up with a straight to double up once again.

"Sirens" stays alive with 360,000 chips.

Tags: Van Marcus

06-22-2009 11:59 UTC-12

Break

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The players will now be taking a 20-minute break.

Level: 22

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 0

06-22-2009 12:20 UTC-12

We're Back

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The 11 remaining players have returned to their seats and the PLO action has recommenced.

06-22-2009 12:20 UTC-12

Top Five Chip Counts

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Matt Graham - 1,350,000
Ferit Gabriellson - 1,100,000
Robin Keston - 1,080,000
Barry Greenstein - 1,020,000
Stefan Mattsson - 940,000

06-22-2009 12:33 UTC-12

Chau Giang Eliminated in 11th Place ($61,838)

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Josh Arieh limped from the button, Chau Giang completed from the small blind and Stefan Mattsson knocked the table to check his option.

The flop landed {K-Clubs}

and Giang announced a bet of the pot, leaving himself around 50,000 behind. Mattsson folded before Arieh gave the decision some thought and re-potted to put his opponent all in. Giang quickly called.

Arieh: {K-Hearts}

Giang:

Giang held the lead with two pair but the turn card was the {J-Spades}

to give Arieh the Broadway straight. Giang would need to hit a repeat on the river but instead the {2-Spades}

bricked to leave him headed to the rail in 11th place for $61,838 in prize money.

The players are now redrawing for the final table of ten. We'll need to lose one more player before we relocate to the ESPN feature table. We'll have the redraw and updated chip counts shortly.

Tags: Chau Giang Josh Arieh

06-22-2009 12:44 UTC-12

One Table

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The players have redrawn to one table as follows:

Seat 1: Ferit Gabriellson -- 1,200,000
Seat 2: Matt Graham -- 1,400,000
Seat 3: Barry Greenstein -- 780,000
Seat 4: Nathan Doudney -- 340,000
Seat 5: Josh Arieh -- 884,000
Seat 6: Stefan Mattsson -- 850,000
Seat 7: Richard Austin -- 1,030,000
Seat 8: Van Marcus -- 440,000
Seat 9: Vitaly Lunkin -- 850,000
Seat 10: Robin Keston -- 1,000,000

06-22-2009 12:47 UTC-12

Nathan Doudney Eliminated in 10th Place ($61,838)

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Josh Arieh raised to 80,000 from under the gun and the table folded around to Nathan Doudney in the big blind who announced "pot" and added 172,000 to the middle, leaving himself just 75,000 behind.

Arieh thought for a moment before making the call.

The flop came down {J-Hearts}

and Doudney quickly moved all in. Arieh made the call.

Doudney: {K-Diamonds}

Arieh:

Doudney held kings, but Arieh had some draws and it was all over on the turn when the {A-Hearts}

fell to complete Arieh's flush.

The meaningless river was the {7-Spades}

and Doudney becomes the bubble of our official final table as he exits in 10th place for a collect of $61,838.

Tags: Josh Arieh Nathan Doudney

06-22-2009 12:50 UTC-12

Dinner Break

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The players are now relocating to the ESPN feature table before taking a one-hour dinner break. Play will recommence at 6:45pm, give or take half an hour due to TV production antics.

Join us in an hour for what should be an exciting conclusion to this Championship event.

06-22-2009 14:00 UTC-12

Short Delay

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We're just waiting for the final table to start now.