2009 World Series of Poker

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

The Mutterings of the Mouth

Play has ground down quite a bit now -- and since so many pots are chopped the going feels even slower. We watched Mike Matusow bet the turn of a board that read {A-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {10-Spades} {9-Hearts}. His lone opponent check-called to see the river fall {6-Spades}. Again Matusow's opponent checked and then called a bet.

"Ace-ten," said Matusow, showing down {A-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {4-Hearts}. His opponent turned up {2-?} {3-?} {3-?} {5-?} to chop the pot.

"Put all your money in just to get it back chasing a four?" Matusow asked incredulously. He then added in a much softer voice, "No wonder you have no shot in this tournament."

Tags: Mike Matusow

There Was to be No Math

A three-way pot with two short stacks produced zero eliminations. Bill Coren was all in preflop and David Rabbi was all in after the {5-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {3-Spades} flop against Max Pescatori. Pescatori and Rabbi each flopped wheels: {A-Spades} {2-Spades} {4-Hearts} {7-Hearts} for Pescatori, {A-Hearts} {2-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {10-Spades} for Rabbi.

Coren, the shortest of the stacks in the hand, flopped two pair with {A-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {J-Spades}. He called for a four and got one with the {4-Spades} turn. The river {8-Clubs} completed the board, leaving the dealer the unenviable task of separating the pots.

Rabbi got three-quarters of the side pot with his wheel low and straight six. That left Pescatori with one-quarter of the side pot. The high half of the main pot was awarded to Coren; Rabbi and Pescatori each got one-quarter of the main pot for their wheel lows.

Counts after the hand:

Coren - 23,000
Rabbi - 48,000
Pescatori - 85,000

Tags: Bill CorenDavid RabbiMax Pescatori

Play Resumes

Cards are back in the air. 38 players remain. Given that the next 20-minute break will fall at 2:33am local time, these should be the last two levels of the night.

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 0

Count the Outs

Before the break, Mike Matusow was practically beside himself.

"Look at this flop," he said to the table at showdown. Matusow tabled {A-Spades} {2-Hearts} {4-Spades} {7-Diamonds} in a pot played four-ways to the river. The board showed {K-Spades} {6-Spades} {5-Hearts}. After the flop, Matusow had outs to the nut flush, the nut straight and the nut low. He wound up with just the nut low after the {7-Clubs} turn and {10-Hearts} river. Sirous Jamshidi got the high half with a seven straight, {4-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {2-Clubs}.

Matusow is up to 130,000.

Tags: Mike Matusow

Pescatori Checks the Nuts

Wow! There were five bets back and forth between Max Pescatori and CK Hua on the {K-Hearts} {8-Spades} {J-Diamonds} flop. Pescatori just check-called a bet from Hua on the {Q-Spades} turn, and both players checked the {10-Diamonds} river.

Pescatori turned over {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} and Hua mucked.

"You check with that hand?" said Hua incredulously. Well, it's late.

Hua: 140,000
Pescatori: 131,000