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Event 5 - $1,500 Pot Limit OmahaDay 1 completed
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Sat May 30 2009 11:26 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Jason Mercier - 227,300Day One Comes to a Close
Pot limit Omaha is a game notorious for attracting action junkies and today was no exception. 809 players started the day and immediately got to work with large chip stacks being built in short amounts of time and a flurry of eliminations happening throughout the day. In fact, so many eliminations that with only two minutes left in the last level we were down to the final 81 players – all of which are in the money.
Jason Mercier was able to grab a monstrous chip lead over the last few levels of the day where he abused short stacks at his table. He climbed all the way up to 227,000 – over 88,000 more than his closest competitor.
Action will resume tomorrow at 2pm PST and continue until a final table is reached. Join us here at PokerNews.com for all the action live, as it happens. -
Sat May 30 2009 11:08 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Double Elimination
Thanks to a double elimination, the day has ended and all remaining players are in the money.
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Sat May 30 2009 10:46 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Tournament Announcement
In an effort prevent stalling, tournament officials announced that play will continue tonight until the money is reached.
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Sat May 30 2009 10:42 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
The Bubble
This tournament has showed no signs of slowing until right now.
Starting with 809 players, by the end of nine, one hour levels 88% of the field had dropped. However, now that the bubble looms just seven players away, everyone has gone into nit-mode. Only seven players have been eliminated in 40 minutes. -
Sat May 30 2009 10:27 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Mercier Picks Off Another - Extends Chip Lead
A player holding
is all in against Jason Mercier after a flop of 
. Mercier is behind with 
but can catch a heart, king, queen or ten to take the lead.
The
falls on the turn giving the all in player a set, but Mercier the heart flush.
A meaningless
comes on the river and Mercier knocks out yet another player.
He has a large chip lead over the rest of the field with 223,000. -
Sat May 30 2009 10:10 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Chip Leader - Jason MercierChip Leader
Jason Mercier is still the current chip leader with about 190,000
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Sat May 30 2009 10:09 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Level 10
The tournament has reached the last level of the night.
95 players remain, 14 until the money is reached. Action slowed last level, but there is still a chance to break the bubble before the night is through. -
Sat May 30 2009 10:07 GMT-70Round: 10 Blinds: 600/1200 Ante: 0
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Sat May 30 2009 10:07 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Level 9 Chip Counts
Clint Landman - 23,000
Shannon Shorr - 43,000
Matt Stout - 16,000
Amnon Filippi - 14,000
Matt Graham - 57,000
Jonathan Jaffe - 15,000
Tim West - 14,000
Matt Giannetti - 88,000
Josh Arieh - 62,000
Jessie Rios - 62,000
Started 1st Jun, 2009
