2009 World Series of Poker

Event 46 - $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
34510
Prize
$229,192
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$975,200
Entries
424
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Action!

We have a scooped pot!

We only caught it from the river (we were briefly distracted by the thought of five-card pot limit omaha hi/lo), but the board read thus:

{Q-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {2-Diamonds}

Derek Raymond check-called a bet from Mark Tenner, and then mucked when Tenner turned over {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {3-Spades}.

Tenner: 2,250,000
Raymond: 930,000

Crazy Cash Game Action

Are you railing this tournament? Are you finding the action, well, a little slow? Well, the cash game here in the Rio is where you ought to be! They've just called five-card pot limit omaha hi/lo over in the cash section. Guess it's just that time of the night. Whoop!

What's the Next Blind Level?

Oh dear, this has gone on so long we're now off the structure sheet. The TD informs us though that should we make it through the next half an hour to the end of this level, the blinds will be 50,000 and 100,000. With 3,180,000 chips in play. Surely it can't take much longer...

...But We're Still Here

Raymond raised and Tenner called him; Tenner then check-called the {10-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} flop. He bet out on the {Q-Clubs} turn and Raymond called, and they saw a {9-Clubs} river. This river was interesting as it represented a little miracle for Raymond. Tenner check-called -- and then mucked what seemed to be {A-?} {3-?} {8-?} {Q-?} when Raymond showed him {A-Spades} {K-Spades} {J-Spades} {3-Hearts} for a rivered straight.

...And Back Again

Vast though the limits are, it's beginning to look as though this will never end.

The chips went back across the table to Mark Tenner when he made the wheel and Derek Raymond just mucked.

Board: {5-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {5-Spades} {6-Hearts} {4-Diamonds}

Tenner: {2-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {10-Clubs}

How marvellous, everyone gets to stay here a good while longer by the looks of it.

Straight Flushed Away

Limp-checked preflop, our heads-up players also checked the {4-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} flop. Derek Raymond bet out on the {K-Diamonds} turn and Tenner called him. Another bet from Raymond on the {A-Diamonds} river was similarly called. The cards were flipped and Raymond's flush beat Tenner's broadway straight -- Raymond scooped the pot and is now in the lead.

Raymond: {A-Hearts} {4-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}
Tenner: {Q-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {7-Spades} {2-Clubs}

Level: 29

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 0

Scoop & Scooper

Mark Tenner scooped himself a nice pot with {A-Spades} {8-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {5-Hearts} on a {6-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {3-Spades} {6-Hearts} {K-Spades} board to put himself up to 2.2 million and Derek Raymond down to 900,000.

But very next hand the stacks were even again.

They limp-checked their merry way to a {4-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} flop which Tenner checked. Raymond bet, Tenner called, and they moved to the action-packed {4-Diamonds} turn. This time Tenner check-raised, only for Raymond to three-bet. Call.

Tenner check-called the {5-Spades} river, but Raymond's {4-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} must have been good, as Tenner mucked with a quiet, "Nice hand."