2008 World Series of Poker
Event 16 - $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Total Entries
553
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 553
Filter
Level: 3
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Three players are in a limped pot preflop, and the first three community cards are
. Raymer leads from the small blind with a bet, and Hoyt Corkins is the only caller.The turn is the
. Raymer bets all in for his last 150, and Corkins makes the call. The river is the 
. Corkins shows a big flush with his 
, and Raymer mucks, saying "You sucked out."The former World Champion has been knocked out, while Corkins has chipped up to 6,300.
Speak of the devil, action has broken out on the Table of Death that Binger just joined.
Jordan Morgan and another player limp from early position. Binger raises it up from the button, and both the blinds and original limpers make the call.
Five men see the flop of
. The first three players check, but the player behind Jordan Morgan, fourth to act, opens the flop betting. Binger is next, and he raises. The small blind, George Danzer, folds. The big blind, however, three-bets it over the top. Morgan makes the overcall, as does the original bettor, and Michael Binger puts in the extra bet he owes.The four of them go to the turn:
. Again, it folds to the player behind Binger, and he bets out again. His three opponents all make the call.The river is the
. This time, all four men check.Jordan Morgan is the only one who needs to show his hand. His
gives him the winning two pair, nines and threes, and he scoops a big pot early, boosting him up to 6,800.
Binger may need them, he has drawn a tough table with Amnon Filippi, Jordan Morgan, and George Danzer.
In the most recent pot, he is once again tangling with Friedman. From the cutoff, Hellmuth opens the betting with a raise. Friedman is the lone caller. The flop comes down
. Friedman checks, Hellmuth bets, and Friedman calls.The turn is the
. Again it's checked to Hellmuth who bets, only to get check-raised by Friedman. Of course, Hellmuth feels insulted by the play. "Raise me?! Did he raise me? I call."The river comes down the
. Friedman bets out, Hellmuth raises, Friedman reraises, and Hellmuth calls. The hands are shown down:Friedman:
, giving him the nut flush for the highHellmuth:
, giving him the nut low and chopping the pot
Sporting his PH Racing jacket, Phil Hellmuth has sat down, just shy of 90 minutes late for today's event. He is all smiles, and seems anxious to get involved in both the conversation and the action.
We recently eavesdropped on a chat between Mike Matusow and Allen Kessler. They were discussing the changes to the Main Event final table this year.
Talking about last year's WSOP finale, Kessler reasoned, "Scotty Nguyen would have won the tournament if it was played the way it will be this year. Instead, he went crazy and lost all his chips."
Matusow agreed, "Yeah, he would have gone into a shell, figured out what he needed to do, and won the thing."
