Event #25: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-14-2013 01:17 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Pat Pezzin	52,000 27,000	27,000
Brendan Taylor	48,000 3,000	3,000

Christopher George	44,000 27,500	27,500
Shawn Buchanan	43,000 4,500	4,500

Robert Mizrachi	31,000 15,000	15,000

Nikolai Yakovenko	24,000 9,500	9,500
George Danzer	23,000 4,100	4,100

David "ODB" Baker	23,000 -9,000	-9,000

Jennifer Harman	18,000 4,000	4,000

David "Bakes" Baker	10,000 -6,000	-6,000

James Van Alstyne	8,000 -2,500	-2,500

Daniel Negreanu	Busted

David Bach on Omaha 8OB Strategy... and Massages

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06-14-2013 01:27 UTC-7

Roman Verenko raised from under the gun and Alexander Kostritsyn three-bet from the next seat over. Elie Doft (who took sixth place last year in this event) called from the big blind, Verenko called, and the flop came down .

Action was checked to Kostritsyn who bet. Doft raised, Verenko folded, and Kostritsyn reraised. A call from Doft landed the turn, which he checked. Kostritsyn bet, but again was check-raised by Doft. Kostritsyn called and then called Doft's bet after the river.

Doft tabled for a seven-high straight with the nut low, Kostritsyn mucked, and Doft scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elie Doft	46,000 3,000	3,000
Alexander Kostritsyn	20,000 -6,000	-6,000

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06-14-2013 01:41 UTC-7

Chip Count Update

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Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Abrams	33,000 21,000	21,000

Phil Ivey	24,000 -1,000	-1,000

Layne Flack	24,000 -9,300	-9,300

Hasan Habib	22,000 13,000	13,000

Shirley Rosario	21,000 6,000	6,000
Maria Ho	19,000 -7,000	-7,000

Erik Seidel	18,000 7,000	7,000

Mike Wattel	17,000 -1,000	-1,000

Allen Kessler	16,000 -8,500	-8,500

Phil Hellmuth	15,500

Barry Greenstein	9,000 2,500	2,500

David Bach	Busted

06-14-2013 01:43 UTC-7

A Few Recent Eliminations

Mickey Doft

Level 8

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	Busted

John Hennigan	Busted

Tony Cousineau	Busted
Ben Yu	Busted

Yueqi Zhu	Busted

06-14-2013 01:52 UTC-7

Seven More Hands

Mickey Doft

Level 8

Each table will play seven more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.

06-14-2013 02:16 UTC-7

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Mickey Doft

Level 8

Player	Chips	Progress
Harold Klein	77,100 77,100	77,100
Luis Velador	59,100 100	100

Pat Pezzin	58,400 6,400	6,400
Francesco Barbaro	52,000 52,000	52,000

Brian Hastings	50,600

Paul Sokoloff	47,900 47,900	47,900

Matthew Nowicki	47,700 47,700	47,700
Shawn Buchanan	46,700 3,700	3,700

Alan Emerson	46,300 46,300	46,300
Dario Alioto	45,800

Anthony Zinno	45,700 45,700	45,700

Ken Aldridge	44,700 8,700	8,700

Matt Glantz	44,000

Barry Hartheimer	43,900 43,900	43,900
Tim Burt	43,500
Christopher George	42,100 -1,900	-1,900
Brendan Taylor	42,000 -6,000	-6,000

Ilya Gorodetsky	41,500 5,500	5,500
Scott Clements	41,300 -1,700	-1,700

Constantine Moustakis	41,200 41,200	41,200
Elie Doft	40,800 1,800	1,800
Owais Ahmed	40,700 -2,300	-2,300

Joe Cassidy	38,000 13,000	13,000

Henry Hull	37,800 37,800	37,800
Derek Raymond	37,400 37,400	37,400

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06-14-2013 02:19 UTC-7

Day One of Event #25: $5,000 Omaha Eight-or-Better is Complete

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Day 1 of Event #25: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better is in the books. Hal Klein leads the way with 77,100 in chips. He is followed by Luis Velador (59,100) and Pat Pezzin (58,400). The starting field of 241 has been winnowed down to 152, all of whom are looking to the first-place prize of $277,519 and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.

A star-studded field turned out to play this event. Phil Ivey (23,800 in chips), Erik Seidel (12,200), Andy Bloch (30,100), Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier (25,400), Tom Schneider (23,400), and 13-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (16,700) all survived the day will return for day 2 on Friday. Calen McNeil, the WSOP’s most recent Omaha Eight-or-Better bracelet winner, also entered this event, and finished the day with 14,400.

They were joined at the start of the day by several other big names. Jason Mercier, Brian Rast, Nick Schulman, David Bach, “Johnny World” Hennigan, and current player of the year leader Daniel Negreanu all started the tournament but busted out on day one.

Play resumes at 2 p.m. Friday in the Rio. PokerNews.com will be here all day to bring you live updates as Event #25 continues. For now, we'll leave you with Lynn Gilmartin who has all the highlights from around the Rio.