2010 World Series of Poker

Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aaq4
Prize
$245,871
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,143,450
Entries
847
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Three-Table Re-Draw

We lost a player and re-drew to three tables. Here are the assignments:

Table 366

Seat 1: Igor Gotz
Seat 2: John Gottlieb
Seat 3: Alan Cutler
Seat 4: Ben Lamb
Seat 5: Ben Grundy
Seat 6: Michael Jacobs
Seat 7: Joel Ettedgi
Seat 8: Ryan Karp
Seat 9: John Guth

Table 367

Seat 1: Amanda Thomas
Seat 2: Anders Taylor
Seat 3: Colin Young
Seat 4: Ronnie Hofman
Seat 5: Stephen Tanner
Seat 6: Jeffrey Baker
Seat 7: Darren Sprengers
Seat 8: Richard Austin
Seat 9: Steve Jelinek

Table 368

Seat 1: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 2: Bryan Andrews
Seat 3: Jerome Fish
Seat 4: Barry Greenstein
Seat 5: Mike Chappus
Seat 6: Aaron Sias
Seat 7: Tony Cousineau
Seat 8: Cody Culp
Seat 9: Alexander Dovzhenko

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 0

MacPhee About to Be MacPaid

Kevin MacPhee is on his way to the cashier to collect his tournament winnings after being booted from the tournament by Ben Lamb. MacPhee did everything right except fade the cards he needed to fade. He limped in pre-flop, then had the opportunity to re-raise after Lamb raised from the small blind. The re-raise left MacPhee with only a few thousand behind, which went into the middle after Lamb made the third raise.

MacPhee: {a-Hearts} {a-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {3-}
Lamb: {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{3-}

The board ran out {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{k-Hearts} to give Lamb a jack-high straight. He now has 258,000 in chips.

Tags: Kevin MacPheeBen Lamb

Places 37-45

The following places all earned $5,305 in prize money.

37. Scott Buller
38. Marcelo Costa
39. Barry Werthmann
40. Michael Sopko
41. Joseph Dunne
42. Kenneth Coppens
43. Sam Mudaro
44. Michael Colecchia
45. Michael Six

Vann Gets Unlucky

In the space of a few orbits, Alexander Dovzhenko has becoming the overwhelming chip leader. He recently raised a pot pre-flop from early position to 15,000. Donald Vann called in middle position and Michael Jacobs also came along from the big blind. Jacobs and Dovzhenko checked a flop of {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, inducing a bet of 45,000 from Vann. Jacobs folded to that bet, but Dovzhenko moved all in. Vann wasted no time in announcing a call.

Vann: {7-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{9-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Dovzhenko: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{2-Clubs}

Vann flopped two pair, nines and eights, and was up against Dovzhenko's nut low draw and straight draw. Neither of those draws filled, but Dovzhenko made a running two pair with the {j-Clubs} turn and {a-Hearts} river to make aces and jacks, better then Vann's jacks and nines. Vann rolled his wheelchair away from the table, collected his payout slip, and was off.

Dovzhenko now has 340,000 in chips.

Tags: Donald VannAlexander Dovzhenko

Bling, Blang, Blaow!

Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein

Barry Greenstein and Spencer Lawrence saw a flop of {K-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}. Greenstein bet the flop and Lawrence raised. This prompted an all-in reraise from Greenstein and Lawrence made the call for all of his chips. Here's what the hands told us.

Greenstein held the {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{7-Spades} for a flush and straight draw with a pair of sevens. Lawrence held the {J-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} for a pair of jacks and a weaker flush draw.

The turn brought the {Q-Clubs} and gave Greenstein a higher pair than Lawrence's jacks. Greenstein now held a pair of queens. The river completed the board with the {6-Spades} and Greenstein's queens held up, giving him the big pot and bumping him to 198,000 in chips.

Tags: Barry GreensteinSpencer Lawrence

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Karp
Ryan Karp
205,000 25,000
Stephen Tanner us
Stephen Tanner
195,000 -22,000
Michael Jacobs us
Michael Jacobs
193,000 11,500
Bryan Andrews us
Bryan Andrews
175,000 48,000
150,000 -20,000
Spencer Lawrence
Spencer Lawrence
135,000 -32,000
Alexander Dovzhenko ua
Alexander Dovzhenko
127,000 72,000
Donald Vann
Donald Vann
120,000 -27,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
WSOP 2X Winner
116,000 1,000
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
115,000 34,500
Aaron Sias
Aaron Sias
105,000 63,500
John Gottlieb
John Gottlieb
70,000 25,000
Peter Levine us
Peter Levine
50,000 -6,000
33,000 -3,000

A Hellmuth Trap Works

Phil Hellmuth is fond of trapping and managed to spring one of his traps against Kendrick Roberts. Hellmuth limped into the pot pre-flop and was called by Stephen Tanner in the small blind. Roberts, sitting in the big blind, then raised to 18,000. Hellmuth re-raised all in for a total of 36,000, chasing Tanner out of the pot. Roberts called with {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and found himself up against Hellmuth's {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}. The board double-paired, no help to anybody, {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}{8-Spades}{j-Hearts}{j-Spades}, to give Hellmuth the double-up. He's now at 78,000, while Roberts was crippled to just 6,000 and went out a few hands later.

Tags: Kendrick RobertsPhil Hellmuth