2009 World Series of Poker

Event 5 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♣j♦8♦2♠
Prize
$237,415
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$11,042,850
Entries
809
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Day One Comes to a Close

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Jason Mercier - 227,300
Jason Mercier - 227,300
Pot limit Omaha is a game notorious for attracting action junkies and today was no exception. 809 players started the day and immediately got to work with large chip stacks being built in short amounts of time and a flurry of eliminations happening throughout the day. In fact, so many eliminations that with only two minutes left in the last level we were down to the final 81 players – all of which are in the money.

Jason Mercier was able to grab a monstrous chip lead over the last few levels of the day where he abused short stacks at his table. He climbed all the way up to 227,000 – over 88,000 more than his closest competitor.

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