Event 19 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-12-2008 13:03 UTC-8

Seat 9: Thom Schultz (Littleton, Colorado) -- 144,000

This is Thom Shulze's second WSOP final table. Thom made the final table of the 2007 $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. event where he placed seventh.

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06-12-2008 13:05 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 0

06-12-2008 13:08 UTC-8

We're Underway

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Craig Natte just took a small pot without a showdown from Jamie Pickering on the first hand of today's final table.

06-12-2008 13:12 UTC-8

Selbst Steals Blinds

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With a 22,000 raise preflop, Selbst takes the blinds in an early hand. Today she has brought a black toy duck, which sits atop her enormous stack of chips.

06-12-2008 13:18 UTC-8

We've almost completed one orbit. Not much action thus far. Selbst did take a modest pot off of Eugene Todd, and showed she'd flopped a straight after Todd folded on the turn.

The blinds are creeping around to Ken Lairson, who still sits with just a couple of big blinds left in his stack.

06-12-2008 13:24 UTC-8

Ken Lairson Eliminated in 9th ($20,720)

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The big blind finally reached Lairson. Too bad for him Vanessa Selbst had the button.

The table folded to Selbst, who raised to 22,000. Stanley Statkiewicz folded from the small blind. And Lairson called with his last chips.

Lairson {5-Spades}

Selbst

The board came {3-Diamonds}

, and Lairson has been eliminated. Selbst added about 60,000 to her starting stack during that first orbit.

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06-12-2008 13:29 UTC-8

Tight Play So Far

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Players have been playing very solid so far. Apart from the elimination there has only been one pot that made it to the river and that didn't go to showdown. Subequently chip stacks are fairly static.

Maybe the recent elimination will mean the shorter stacks will loosen up and try and accumulate chips to give them a chance to get back in this.

06-12-2008 13:32 UTC-8

Schultz Doubles through Pickering

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The table folded around to Thom Schultz in the small blind, who completed. Jamie Pickering then raised 16,000 from the big blind, and Schultz called.

The flop came {5-Clubs}

. Pickering fired 50,000 into the middle, and Schultz went into the tank. After counting out his chips, and shooting a quick look in Pickering's direction, Schultz made the call.

Pickering {A-Clubs}