Event 48 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-25-2009 12:01 UTC-12

Cantu Doubles

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Brandon Cantu repotted an early raise of 600 to a total of 2,100. His opponent made the call to see the flop {3-Hearts}

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"Pot!" says the original raiser to effectively put Cantu all in; and with only 2,900 behind, Cantu makes the call.

Cantu: {A-Hearts}

Opponent:

The turn of the {J-Diamonds}

saw Cantu take the lead before the {5-Spades}

fell on the river to give Cantu the scoop to over 10,000 in chips.

06-25-2009 11:51 UTC-12

Shulman Doubles

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Barry Shulman has managed to find a double when he was all in on the flop of {K-Diamonds}

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Shulman held {A-Clubs}

against his opponents {10-Diamonds}

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The turn and river fell the {K-Spades}

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to see Shulman double to just over 4,000 in chips.

06-25-2009 11:37 UTC-12

On The Rail

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Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, Justin Young and Matt Vengrin have all hit the rail, soon trailed by Robert Williamson III.

06-25-2009 11:26 UTC-12

Hellmuth Quartered

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Catching the action on the turn with the board reading {7-Hearts}

Phil Hellmuth had his opponent all in.

Hellmuth: {K-Hearts}

Opponent:

"I guess you could hit a three" Hellmuth states as the cards are turned over.

The dealer then burned and turned the {3-Clubs}

on the river to see Hellmuth get quartered and left with only 1,500 after his nut-low was chopped up.

06-25-2009 11:17 UTC-12

Mercier Exits

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On a flop of {A-Diamonds}

Jason Mercier got the last of his chips into the pot holding {A-Spades}

for top pair and the second nut-low draw.

His opponent that made the call however tabled {A-Clubs}

for a stronger top pair and nut-low draw.

The turn gave both players a low when it dropped the {8-Spades}

, and when the {5-Diamonds}

fell on the river, Mercier exited the tournament after being scooped by his opponent.

06-25-2009 11:03 UTC-12

Gank Gets Quartered

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There were three players to see the flop of {4-Hearts}

for 525 chips a piece.

After a check from the original raiser, the cutoff then bet 1,500. Brett Jungblut on the button decided to raise all in for around 3,000 and the cutoff made the call.

Jungblut showed {A-Hearts}

for the nut low as his opponent table {A-Diamonds}

for the nut low and a pair of fives.

The turn {A-Spades}

and river

were no help to Jungblut and he received just a quarter of the pot to go down to 2,450

06-25-2009 11:02 UTC-12

Chip Counts

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Layne Flack - 19,800
Kathy Liebert - 16,000
Perry Friedman - 13,700
Lee Watkinson - 9,500
Micheal Gracz - 8,200
Barry Shulman - 7,500
Marco Traniello - 7300
Jimmy Fricke - 7,100
Justin Young - 7,000
Michael Gracz - 5,800
Sable Landrum - 5,800
David Levi - 5,200
Jeff Lisandro - 5,100
Richard Ashby - 4,400
Chris Reslock - 4,100
Men Nguyen - 4,000
Mel Judah - 4,000
Terrance Chan - 3,900
Raymond Davis - 3700
Mel Judah - 3,600
Darus Suharto - 3,500
Katja Thater - 2,800
Phil Hellmuth - 2,500
Brett Jungblut - 2,450
Rayan Nathan - 2,400
Matthew Burgoine - 2,350
Robert Williamson III - 2,200
Jason Mercier - 2,100
Berry Johnston - 2,000

06-25-2009 11:01 UTC-12