Event 24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-12-2012 19:52 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Crain	85,000 51,000	51,000
Pat Pezzin	58,000 15,000	15,000
MIke Sexton	58,000 44,000	44,000

Yuval Bronshtein	52,000 -18,000	-18,000

Matt Lefkowitz	45,000 14,000	14,000
Daniel Ospina	45,000 15,000	15,000

Dan Kelly	43,000 26,000	26,000
Vanessa Selbst	41,000 -33,000	-33,000

John Juanda	22,000 -1,500	-1,500

Raymond Davis	20,000 -32,000	-32,000
Tyson Marks	10,000 -29,000	-29,000
Andrey Pateychuk	6,000 -17,000	-17,000

Scotty Baby

Happy_Freaked

The action has been pretty slow so far after the break, but it's always nice to report something on 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Scotty Nguyen. Baby.

We just caught the action on a {A-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} flop when Nguyen was heads up, baby.

Nguyen check-called a bet on the flop and on the turn, the {K-Diamonds} , and river, the {2-Hearts} , the action went check-check, baby.

"Ace-jack baby," Nguyen announced before he flipped up his {A-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {6-Hearts} . His opponent mucked and with a small smile Nguyen raked in the pot. Scotty Nguyen is up to 29,000 chips and still in the running for his second Omaha hi/lo bracelet after he won this event during the 2001 World Series of Poker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scotty Nguyen	29,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

06-12-2012 20:05 UTC-6

Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Hastings	66,000 29,000	29,000

Steve Zolotow	45,000 13,000	13,000

Scotty Nguyen	40,000 11,000	11,000

Michael Chow	35,000 -32,000	-32,000

Alex Dovzhenko	33,000 17,500	17,500
Lee Goldman	30,000 21,000	21,000
John Monnette	26,000 12,000	12,000

Owais Ahmed	23,000 18,000	18,000

James Dempsey	21,000 -20,500	-20,500

Kathy Liebert	20,000 -16,000	-16,000

James Calderaro	19,000 -23,000	-23,000

Richard Ashby	15,000 -35,000	-35,000

Erik Seidel	15,000 -18,000	-18,000

Jim Collopy	5,000 -20,700	-20,700

06-12-2012 20:16 UTC-6

Short-Stacked Collopy Survives

Mickey Doft

In the big blind and facing a raise, Jim Collopy committed his last few chips with {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {8-Spades} {7-Clubs} . His opponent tabled {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {3-Hearts} , but found little help from the board that ran out {K-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {9-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {J-Spades} , giving Collopy the pot with kings and queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Collopy	10,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Jim Collopy

06-12-2012 20:20 UTC-6

Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Elie Doft	125,000 18,000	18,000
Eric Crain	82,000 -3,000	-3,000
Brendan Taylor	70,000 3,000	3,000

Pat Pezzin	52,000 -6,000	-6,000
Vanessa Selbst	51,000 10,000	10,000

Stephen Chidwick	48,000

Michael Wattel	46,000 18,000	18,000
Chad Brown	46,000 17,000	17,000

Scott Abrams	45,000 4,000	4,000

Daniel Ospina	40,500 -4,500	-4,500

John Hennigan	39,000 17,000	17,000

Ismael Bojang	35,000 -4,000	-4,000

Antony Lellouche	34,000 -16,000	-16,000
Dan Kelly	34,000 -9,000	-9,000
Vitaly Lunkin	32,000 -6,000	-6,000

Matt Waxman	30,000

Owais Ahmed	13,000 -10,000	-10,000

Melissa Burr	7,500 -7,500	-7,500
John Oshea	5,000 -41,000	-41,000
Todd Brunson	3,000 -30,000	-30,000

Justin Smith	Busted

06-12-2012 20:22 UTC-6

Another Pot For Ivey, and a Woody for Davis

Happy_Freaked

We stumbled upon some action over at Table 451 and it seemed as Vanessa Selbst had limped under the gun and Phil Ivey, who was to her direct left, put in a raise to 3,000. The player on the button called and Selbst also invested the extra chips.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {3-Spades} and Selbst checked to Ivey who bet and got called by only the button. The turn was the {8-Spades} and the button called another bet. On the river the {A-Spades} popped up and Ivey silently tossed in another 3,000. His opponent gave it some thought, but couldn't make the call giving Ivey another pot.

We walked back to our desk to write up this hand but forgot to get a count of Vanessa Selbst's stack. We jumped back onto the floor and just missed the end of a chopped pot between the North American Poker Tour, World Series of Poker and Partouch Poker Tour winner and Raymond Davis. Davis already has a final table at this years WSOP finishing eight in the $1,500 Omaha hi/lo tournament cashing $24,111.

"I got excited when I saw that club," Selbst said to Davis after they both got their money back.

"I got excited when you raised, I got a woody," Davis replied instantly.

Phil Ivey started laughing and said, "What's wrong with you," after which the whole table failed to keep a straight face.

We almost forgot to count Selbst's stack with all this fun going on, but she and Ivey are right around the same stack. For all you poker fans out there, this table is right on the rail in the blue section of the Amazon Room. Make sure to come check it out!

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	41,000 4,000	4,000

Vanessa Selbst	41,000 -10,000	-10,000

Raymond Davis	18,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Phil Ivey Raymond Davis Vanessa Selbst

06-12-2012 20:28 UTC-6

Chip Counts

Happy_Freaked

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Bloch	103,500 -5,500	-5,500

Jean-Robert Bellande	62,000 23,000	23,000

Andreas Krause	62,000 25,000	25,000
Brian Hastings	61,000 -5,000	-5,000

Yuval Bronshtein	58,000 6,000	6,000

Scott Bohlman	53,500 -6,500	-6,500

Michel Abecassis	53,000 31,000	31,000
Michael "Boonie" Kleist	53,000 19,000	19,000
Mike Matusow	50,000 12,000	12,000

Marco Johnson	48,000 32,000	32,000

Chance Kornuth	46,000 7,000	7,000

Joe Cassidy	45,000 7,000	7,000

Tony Cousineau	36,000 5,000	5,000
Robert Ferdinand	30,000 23,000	23,000
David Bach	20,000 -27,000	-27,000

Yueqi Zhu	12,000 -30,300	-30,300

06-12-2012 20:34 UTC-6

Hastings Busts Bach

Mickey Doft

We arrived at the table as the dealer was collecting the cards, but we can tell you that David Bach (with {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {X}) fell to the {A-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} of Brian Hastings. The final board read {K-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {10-Spades} as Hastings had the nut straight and a wheel to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Hastings	90,000 29,000	29,000

David Bach	Busted

Tags: Brian Hastings David Bach

Level: 14

Limits: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

06-12-2012 20:48 UTC-6

Big One For Bellande

Happy_Freaked

Jean-Robert Bellande announced last week that he will be playing in the One Million Drop event and he's doing pretty well in this event so far.

We just saw Scott Bohlman limp after which Bellande made it 3,000 to go from the cutoff. Elie Doft called from the button and Bohlman also proceeded to make the call.

The flop came down {10-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} and Bohlman checked to Bellande who bet, Doft folded and Bohlman check-raised. Bellande called and the turn was the {9-Hearts} . Bohlman bet 3,000 and Bellande put out 6,000 after which we saw heads up river action.

The river was the {2-Spades} and Bellande saw another one of his bets getting called. "That was just an unreal board for my hand," Bellande said as he turned over his {A-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {4-Spades} for a full house. On the turn Bellande also had the nut flush and nut low draw but he didn't need those in order to win this pot. Bellande is up to 84,000 chips and doing very well.

Bohlman, on the other hand, has taken a hit down to about 15,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande	84,000 22,000	22,000

Scott Bohlman	15,000 -38,500	-38,500

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande Scott Bohlman