Event #25: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-11-2014 00:06 UTC-7

Prize Pool & Payouts

Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The numbers are in. This year's $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low tournament attracted 470 runners — up 96 players from last year — and created a prize pool of $1,069,250. That will be distributed to the top 48 players as follows:

Place	Prize
1st	$267,327
2nd	$165,177
3rd	$105,000
4th	$75,713
5th	$55,451
6th	$41,230
7th	$31,115
8th	$23,833
9th-10th	$18,519
11th-12th	$14,605
13th-14th	$11,676
15th-16th	$9,462
17th-24th	$7,784
25th-32nd	$6,490
33rd-40th	$5,517
41st-48th	$4,694

06-10-2014 23:59 UTC-7

Roller Coaster With Sets For Both

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Ismael Bojang had a short stack at risk when they got it in after fifth street, Bojang betting all the way showing . The opponent called with .

Bojang drew the on sixth with as down cards and the on seventh for a set of sevens, but the opponent made the on seventh with rolled up nines and a thus higher set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ismael Bojang	13,000 -2,000	-2,000

06-10-2014 23:56 UTC-7

Even More Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Tehan	30,000 22,500	22,500
Vanessa Selbst	28,000 17,500	17,500

John Racener	24,000 14,000	14,000

Adam Friedman	24,000 5,000	5,000

Greg Pappas	20,000 12,500	12,500
Phil Galfond	18,000 18,000	18,000

Chris Reslock	18,000 10,000	10,000

Nacho Barbero	18,000 6,500	6,500

Scott Abrams	17,000 2,000	2,000

Cyndy Violette	12,000 4,300	4,300

Robert Mizrachi	10,500 -500	-500

Gavin Smith	10,000 4,000	4,000
Julie Schneider	10,000 2,500	2,500
Alexander Dovzhenko	9,500 -1,500	-1,500
Jesse Martin	8,500 8,500	8,500

Stephen Chidwick	8,000 8,000	8,000

Al Barbieri	8,000 500	500
Mel Judah	7,000 -500	-500

Allen Cunningham	5,000 -3,200	-3,200

Allen Kessler	3,000 -2,200	-2,200
Marcel Luske	Busted
Paul Volpe	Busted

Eric Rodawig	Busted

Eric Crain	Busted
Jeff Madsen	Busted

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Level: 8

Limits: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

06-10-2014 23:42 UTC-7

Another Round of Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Owais Ahmed	29,000 1,300	1,300

Marsha Waggoner	23,000 15,500	15,500
Jon Turner	22,000 10,500	10,500
Chau Giang	22,000 12,500	12,500

Humberto Brenes	20,000 10,000	10,000

Andrew Brown	17,000 9,600	9,600
Gary Benson	16,000

Ismael Bojang	15,000 1,000	1,000

Brett Richey	13,000 8,500	8,500
Phil Ivey	13,000 9,800	9,800

Tony Cousineau	11,000 3,500	3,500
Erik Seidel	9,000

David Bach	9,000 -6,225	-6,225

Jeremy Ausmus	9,000

Dutch Boyd	8,500 1,000	1,000

Ted Forrest	8,000

Aaron Stuery	6,500 500	500
David Levi	6,000 -1,500	-1,500
David "ODB" Baker	6,000

Norman Chad	5,000 -2,500	-2,500
Eli Elezra	5,000

Joe Serock	4,000

Jason Mercier	4,000

Jeff Lisandro	1,300

Sergey Rybachenko	1,200 -6,300	-6,300

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06-10-2014 23:25 UTC-7

Lose Some, Chop The Rest

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Stud Hi-Low
We arrived at the table of Thomas Butzhammer and Adam Friedman with the German losing some ground on the first hand. He had the showing on third and made it three bets before calling down each street. The opponent started with the .

Opponent: / /
Butzhammer: / mucked

Only one hand later a short stack got his stack in until fourth and Butzhammer had three bet the third once again. Friedman didn't go anywhere and called all bets down to seventh.

Short stack: / mucked
Butzhammer: /
Friedman: / /

The shortie could not beat hi nor low and was sent to the rail, Butzhammer recovered some losses from the previous hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Butzhammer	13,500 -3,500	-3,500

06-10-2014 23:24 UTC-7

Schwartz Sends Williams to the Rail

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Stud Hi-Low

A short-stacked David Williams got his last chips in on third street and was up against former November Niner Ylon Schwartz.

Williams: / /
Schwartz: / /

Williams failed to improve upon his kings, while Schwartz ended up with two pair. Williams rapped the table after the hand and then headed toward the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ylon Schwartz	14,500 14,500	14,500

David Williams	Busted

Tags: David Williams Ylon Schwartz

06-10-2014 23:19 UTC-7

Bonomo Stays Alive

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Omaha Hi-Low

Justin Bonomo got the last of his chips in on the turn with a board reading . There was about a 16,000 side pot and a 1,000 or so in the side between the two active players. When the completed the board on the river, Sammy Farha bet 800 and the other player in the hand called.

Farha tabled the for a straight, and his opponent held the nut low with . The two chopped the side pot, and then Bonomo tabled the for a better straight and half the main pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	8,000 1,500	1,500

Sammy Farha	7,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Sammy Farha Justin Bonomo

06-10-2014 23:13 UTC-7

Various Chips Counts from Around the Room

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Shak	35,000 15,000	15,000
Mike Matusow	23,000 13,500	13,500

John Monnette	22,000 15,900	15,900

David Chiu	20,000 12,500	12,500

Mike Leah	15,000 -500	-500

Brian Hastings	15,000

George Danzer	13,000 -4,000	-4,000

Timothy Finne	12,000 4,700	4,700
Cory Zeidman	10,000

Ralph Perry	10,000 2,500	2,500

Brandon Shack-Harris	8,000 -1,500	-1,500

John Hennigan	8,000

Matt Glantz	7,500
Konstantin Puchkov	7,000 -2,400	-2,400

Mike Gorodinsky	6,500 2,000	2,000

Marcel Luske	5,000 -4,500	-4,500
Yuval Bronshtein	Busted

Bill Chen	Busted

Chris Tryba	Busted

Naoya Kihara	Busted

06-10-2014 22:58 UTC-7

(Almost) Gone

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

The seats of Ami Barer and Simon Trumper are both empty, they had been short stacked and have been eliminated. Phil Ivey doesn't have many more big bets either, and Lupe Soto as well as Michel Abecassis have even less. The Frenchman is down to 200 chips and all in on third street, showing the . He got called by an opponent with .

Opponent: / /
Abecassis: / /

The table cheered when Abecassis chopped the pot, with his opponent saying that it would have been sad to lose him. "You are the friendliest Frenchman I have ever met."

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	3,200 -5,600	-5,600

Lupe Soto	1,700 -2,400	-2,400
Michel Abecassis	1,600 -2,900	-2,900
Ami Barer	Busted

Simon Trumper	Busted