Event 36 - $5,000 Omaha Hi Lo Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-21-2007 19:01 UTC-7

Grinder Makes a Wheel

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In a three-way pot with lots of betting, raising and reraising, Michael Mizrachi came out on top, revealing a wheel on the river holding A-A-3-3 on a board of {5-Clubs}

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Grinder scooped the pot and now has 9,500 chips.

Tags: Michael Mizrachi

06-21-2007 19:11 UTC-7

15-Minute Break

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Players are now on a 15-minute break.

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

06-21-2007 19:32 UTC-7

Game On

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Players have returned from break and the cards are in the air.

06-21-2007 19:35 UTC-7

Doyle Brunson and Daniel Negreanu both took their seats in the $5K Omaha event during the break.

Doyle is sitting with Amir Vahedi, Eli Elezra, and Men "The Master" Nguyen, while Daniel pulled up a chair to the left of Phil Ivey. Strangely enough, this is the second time at this WSOP that Daniel and Phil have been placed next to each other. They're both enjoying tableside massages as we speak.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Doyle Brunson Phil Ivey

06-21-2007 19:45 UTC-7

Lisandro Gets His Gold

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Minutes after accepting a room full of applause for capturing his first World Series bracelet, Jeff Lisandro went straight from his ESPN interview with Norman Chad right into the $5K Omaha Hi Lo event.

PokerNews is grabbing him on the next break of the $5K Omaha Hi Lo event for our interview with him -- stay tuned.

Congratulations, Jeff!

Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro

06-21-2007 19:49 UTC-7

280 Total Entries

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After the break, the tournament staff released the following information:

280 total entries
27 players will get paid
1st place will receive $361,000
27th will receive $12,500

The dinner break will begin after the 4th blind level, at approximately 9:20 p.m. local time.

06-21-2007 20:02 UTC-7

Nine-Handed from Here on Out

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The tournament staff just announced that all tables will be played nine-handed as players are eliminated from the field. When play began, all tables were ten-handed.

06-21-2007 20:12 UTC-7

Not Everybody Loves Raymond

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Gavin Smith and Mike Matusow were just overheard giving Raymond Davis a hard time about not having a backer for the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event this weekend.

All smiles, Gavin said, "Raymond, even if it was a $50 H.O.R.S.E. tournament, I probably still wouldn't back you."

Tags: Gavin Smith Mike Matusow Raymond Davis