2010 World Series of Poker

Event #55: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7655
Prize
$780,599
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,252,400
Entries
346
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0

The Ol' Limp-Raise

Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth limped under the gun before Trevor Uyesugi raised to 40,000 from the small blind. Hellmuth responded by instantly re-potting to 96,000, leaving himself 69,000 behind.

Uyesugi went into the tank and eventually folded.

"Limp-raise Mikey!" Hellmuth shouted to the nearby Mike Matusow.

"I wonder what you had Phil..." came the sarcastic reply from Matusow.

Hellmuth then flashed what everyone already knew - {a-Clubs}{A-Spades}. Hellmuth is up to 236,000.

Tags: Phil HellmuthTrevor Uyesugi

PokerStars In The House

Team PokerStars Pros Tony Hachem, Barry Greenstein and Bertrand Grospellier have just stopped by the tournament area to wish the best to the remaining PokerStars representatives.

Alex Kravchenko is still flying the flag for the Russians after recovering beautifully after being on the short stack at the start of play yesterday. Meanwhile American Jason Mercier has been in cruise control for most of the tournament and is currently firmly entrenched in our top ten chip counts.

Tags: PokerStars

David Ulliott Eliminated in 20th Place ($24,815)

David Ulliott - 20th Place
David Ulliott - 20th Place

Tom Dwan raised to 42,000 in the hijack and Daniel Alaei called from the cutoff. David Ulliott called from the small blind and the three of them saw a {5-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{10-Spades} flop.

Ulliott sang as he went all in for 103,000 and Dwan raised the pot. Alaei folded and the hands were turned over.

Ulliott: {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}
Dwan: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}

The turn was the {4-Diamonds} and kept Ulliott ahead, but the river was the {Q-Clubs} and gave Dwan a winning set. Ulliott is out while Dwan is up to about 1,200,000.

Tags: David UlliottTom Dwan

The Rail Is There For A Reason

It seems that the rail is merely a suggestion at the moment as the tournament floor is currently terribly overcrowded and littered with the following interested onlookers:

Phil Hellmuth's parents
Barry Greenstein
Mike Matusow
Bertrand Grospellier
TJ Cloutier
Huck Seed
Johnny Chan
Tony Hachem

Not to mention the three-deep rail of fans watching the action, it's making life pretty difficult for media and tournament directors to get around these tables at the moment.

Lester Doubles

Jason Lester limped in from middle position before Ludovic Lacay made it 56,000 to go from the cutoff. Lester called and they took a flop of {Q-Hearts}{10-Spades}{8-Spades}. Lester moved all in at the pot for his last chips with Lacay making the call.

Lester: {A-Spades}{10-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs}
Lacay: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

Lester would need some help but it didn't come on the {9-Clubs} turn. However the river was the {Q-Spades} to complete Lester's flush for the double up. He's up to 270,000 with Lacay back to 817,000.

Tags: Jason LesterLudovic Lacay

Seamus Cahill Eliminated in 19th Place ($24,815)

Seamus Cahill - 19th Place
Seamus Cahill - 19th Place

We didn't catch details of the action, but Seamus Cahill's last chips were all in on the turn against Miguel Proulx on a board of {10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}.

Cahill: {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{J-Clubs}{2-Hearts}
Proulx: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}{K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

The river was the {6-Diamonds} and Cahill can't get past the sent of tens for Proulx and is eliminated in 19th place for $24,815.

There will now be a brief pause as the players are now redrawing for the final two tables of play.

Tags: Miguel ProulxSeamus Cahill

Final Two Tables Redraw

Secondary Feature Table
Seat 1: Stephen Pierson - 420,000
Seat 2: Jason Mercier - 810,000
Seat 3: Daniel Alaei - 590,000
Seat 4: Tony Cousineau - 85,000
Seat 5: Tom Dwan - 1,120,000
Seat 6: Miguel Proulx - 1,930,000
Seat 7: Danny Wong - 645,000
Seat 8: Matthew Wheat - 560,000
Seat 9: Dmitry Stelmak - 470,000

Table 375
Seat 1: Ville Mattila - 571,000
Seat 2: Trevor Uyesugi - 335,000
Seat 3: Blair Rodman - 190,000
Seat 4: Ben Blackmore - 460,000
Seat 5: Alex Kravchenko - 365,000
Seat 6: Alessio Isaia - 425,000
Seat 7: Phil Hellmuth - 275,000
Seat 8: Jason Lester - 235,000
Seat 9: Ludovic Lacay - 805,000

Dmitry Stelmak Doubles Through Tom Dwan

From early position, Tom Dwan raised to 42,000. Dmitry Stelmak called from the cutoff, the button and blinds folded, and the flop came down {2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}. Dwan bet 53,000 and Stelmak raised it, only making it 110,000 total. Dwan called and the {2-Spades} hit the turn. Dwan checked and Stelmak bet 61,000. Dwan took his time, before making the call.

The river was the {8-Diamonds} and Dwan checked it over to his opponent. Stelmak calmly went all in for for 260,000 and sent Dwan deep into the tank. After a good three minutes, Dwan called, only to muck when Stelmak table {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{2-Clubs} for quads.

Dwan: Down to about 640,000
Stelmak: Up to about 970,000

Tags: Dmitry StelmakTom Dwan

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