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

06-12-2008 13:36 UTC-8

New Level

The price of poker just went up. Blinds are now 5,000/10,000, meaning an opening preflop raise can range from 20,000 to 35,000.

06-12-2008 13:45 UTC-8

Jamie Robbins Eliminated in Eighth ($28,490)

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Thom Schultz limps in from early position as does Jamie Pickering in the very next seat before Jamie Robbins moves all in from the small blind for 48,000. Schultz folds before Pickering tanks for a while, fiddling with his chips. He makes the call, though, so the cards are on their backs.

Robbins tables {k-Spades}

Pickering tables {7-Clubs}

All the way to the river {8-Spades}

Pickering knocks out Robbins and we are down to seven players.

Tags: Jamie Robbins

06-12-2008 13:52 UTC-8

One Needs Guts to Play Omaha

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Just after Jamie Pickering knocked out Jamie Robbins, he won another big pot in a hand with Stanley Statkiewicz.

Pickering raised to 35,000 from middle position and it folded back around to Statkiewicz. He asked for a count of Pickering's chips. Pickering had 247,000 behind (a bit under what Statkiewicz had). "I need guts," said Statkiewicz as he continued to think. He finally made the call.

The flop came {5-Hearts}

, and Pickering quickly bet 90,000. Statkiewicz called. Both checked the {5-Clubs}

on the turn. They both checked the river {8-Diamonds}

as well.

Pickering showed A-A-10-2 for aces and fives. After studying his hand for a bit, Statkiewicz folded. Pickering is now up to 400,000, while Statkiewicz has fallen back to 160,000.

06-12-2008 14:03 UTC-8

Mel Randolph Eliminated in Seventh ($36,261)

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The hand that caused the damage for Mel Randolph was a blind battle with Eugene Todd. They both saw a limped flop {2-Spades}

before all the chips went in.

Randolph showed {a-Spades}

for two pair.
Todd showed {q-Diamonds}

for a set.

The turn and river changed nothing and Rudolph lost the pot and was left crippled with just 12,000 chips.

He called all in from the small blind in the very next hand after a Thom Schultz raise but was unable to win the hand. He shakes hands with everyone and leaves us in seventh place.

Tags: Mel Randolph

06-12-2008 14:07 UTC-8

Craig Natte Eliminated in Sixth ($46,621)

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Vanessa Selbst raised to 29,000 from middle position, Craig Natte reraised from the cutoff, putting himself all in, and Selbst made the call.

Selbst {A-Clubs}

Natte

"You always have aces," exclaimed Natte. "I wanted to see kings!" said Selbst.

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}

, and Selbst's aces held up. She is up over 1.5 million now.

Tags: Craig Natte

06-12-2008 14:17 UTC-8

Give a Little Back

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Vanessa Selbst has just lost three small pots in a row. Firstly she got check-raised off of a flop by Eugene Todd. Next up, she folded after getting reraised out of the big blind by Thom Schultz. In the third hand she folded to Jamie Pickering's river bet after they had checked it down to that point .

Selbst still on about 1,650,000.

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

06-12-2008 14:26 UTC-8

A Temporary Loan

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Vanessa Selbst raised to 29,000 in the cutoff, Thom Schultz called from the small blind, and Jamie Pickering also called from the big blind. The flop came {2-Diamonds}

. Pickering grabbed some orange 5,000 chips, riffled them a bit, then checked. Selbst fired 75,000 into the middle.

Schultz thought a bit and folded, as did Pickering. Selbst showed her Q-Q-x-x to the table, and dragged the pot.

We'll get an exact count for you at the next break, but it appears she has something close to two-thirds of the 2.27 million chips in play.

06-12-2008 14:30 UTC-8

A Volatile Game

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There's been some more chip movement here in the last few hands. Selbst's stack has lessened somewhat.

We've just reached the 20-minute break, so we'll get you that updated chip count momentarily.

06-12-2008 14:36 UTC-8