Event 46 - $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

Event 46 - $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better

Day 1 Completed

06-23-2009 22:12 UTC-12

Day 1 Is Officially Over

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Well, that's Day 1 done and indeed dusted.

The facts: an impressive field started, with familiar faces Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Marcel Luske, Gavin Smith and Maridu Mayrinck all gracing the felt at various times of the evening and for various lengths of stint at the felt.

The figures: 424 runners started and the board claims there are 216 runners left, although we know the actual number making it through to Day 2 to be rather lower. A standard 45 places pay out, and with first place paying $229,192, it's one worth winning.

The fun continues: we'll be back at 2pm when our remaining runners will be attempting to play down to a final table or 3am, whichever comes first. Folks you might recognize who are still in the running include Todd Brunson, Annie Duke, Mike Matusow, Kelly Kim and John Juanda, although none of them have particularly hefty stacks.

Chip counts will appear as if by magic overnight; see you at 2pm!

06-23-2009 22:06 UTC-12

Kravchenko Can't Last the Night

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Alex Kravchenko got 1,800 of his chips in preflop, and the last 200 on the flop. His two opponents continued the betting all the way down the {A-Clubs}

board before flipping their cards. Kravchenko couldn't beat any of them and mucked with an uncharacteristic laugh, and made his late night exit.

Tags: Alex Kravchenko

06-23-2009 22:01 UTC-12

Last Few Hands

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The clock has been stopped and it will soon be bedtime.

One lady who's not getting any more hands at all, though, is Cyndy Violette -- she's just now busted out.

06-23-2009 21:55 UTC-12

Big Stack Watch

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These folks are doing rather well for themselves as we approach the end of the night:

CK Hua: 30,000
Max Pescatori: 30,000
Will Motlow: 34,000
Thang Luu: 40,000
Mickey Appleman: 31,800
"Tiny" Armando Ruiz: 41,000

06-23-2009 21:41 UTC-12

How Many Runners Are Left?

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Although the board still claims 252, the last five or six tables in the pink area of the Brasilia Room have been broken, and there's no-one left here except one rather lonely blogger -- everyone else has moved into the yellow area across the way. Hopefully the number on the board will catch up to the actual number of runners soon.

06-23-2009 21:38 UTC-12

Selbst Splits

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With four players to the {Q-Spades}

flop, the gent in the small blind bet out and Vanessa Selbst in the blind raised to isolate. Everyone else passed and the small blind duly called all in -- but a chopped pot later and Selbst was slightly up to 21,000, while the short-stacked small blind stayed in.

Selbst: {A-Spades}

Mr Short Stack: {8-Spades}

Turn:

River:

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

06-23-2009 21:22 UTC-12

We're In the Monnette

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John Monnette has had a rather good day -- he's up to 20,000 currently. Most recently he chopped this one up to add a couple chips to his stack.

He bet to a check from his opponent on the {2-Diamonds}

flop and his opponent called; again, check-bet-call on the {A-Hearts}

turn. His opponent bet out on the {5-Clubs}

river and this time Monnette raised: a call later and they chopped it up.

Monnette: {A-Spades}

to take the low
Mr. Opponent: {K-Clubs}

for a flush to take the high

Tags: John Monnette

06-23-2009 21:17 UTC-12

Grey Day

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David Grey played a most interesting hand where he called all the action all the way down a {4-Spades}

board in a three-way pot, but then mucked when his opponents turned over {10-Spades}

and

respectively.

This hand left him down to, er, 200.

So all in very shortly afterwards, and he was all in preflop. A lady at the table asked him to sign a card for her as a souvenir, "Before you go." He obliged. Nevertheless, his {A-Diamonds}