Event 24 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Level: 7

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-12-2008 20:21 UTC-7

Sorel Mizzi Near the Top

Sorel Mizzi has just elminated Sam Khouiss when his set of tens held up against the flush and straight draws of the Aussie.

We just caught the tail end, so the betting is unclear. The board, however, showed {10-?}

.

Mizzi tabled {10-?}

and had manged to hold against the {3-?}

that Khouiss was drawing with. With that win, Mizzi moves up to 17,900, and is one of the top stacks in the room here in the early going.

06-12-2008 20:08 UTC-7

It Must Be Nice

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Both Chris Ferguson and Andy Black are reading magazines. That's not entirely unusual, but when we got closer, we realized that both men are reading articles about themselves.

Level: 6

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

06-12-2008 19:56 UTC-7

Rousso Moving Chips

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Vanessa Rousso was just involved in a three-way pot with each player all in before the flop. Rousso held {J-Diamonds}

, while her opponents held {K-Hearts}

, and

.

The flop came lucky for Rousso. The dealer spread out {J-Spades}

. Rousso grabbed a big lead, but still had a few outs to dodge. The turn was safe, {6-Clubs}

, but the river brought the case king, the {K-Spades}

. That gave her opponent the bigger set, and stole a big pot out of her grasp.

The very next hand, she and another player got all in on the flop. This time, the board showed {5-Diamonds}

. Rousso held {K-Spades}

, and needed to catch up to the other player's {A-Hearts}

. She did just that when the board ran {J-Diamonds}

,

, giving her the flush that she was looking for to double back into contention.

Those last three minutes contained more action than the first two and a half hours combined at that table.

06-12-2008 19:55 UTC-7

Beat By a Lady

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Maya Antonius and Scott Clements got it all in preflop, Clements with {K-?}

and Antonius with the only thing bigger, {A-?}

.

The board provided no help for Clements, and he is eliminated from the tournament in the third hour.

06-12-2008 19:52 UTC-7

Sexton and Griffin Race

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Mike Sexton and Gavin Griffin got engaged in a raising war before the flop, resulting in Sexton being all in holding {A-Clubs}

. Griffin was slightly ahead, but racing with {9-Spades}

.

The board ran out {3-Clubs}

, giving Sexton the nut flush, and doubling him up to 5,100. Griffin, meanwhile, has lost half of his stack and is down to 2,525.

06-12-2008 19:30 UTC-7

A Quick Note

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With regards to the Round numbers:

Due to software limitations, we are unable to split the levels into separate Hold'em and Omaha sections. As a result, the rounds we have listed as 1 and 2 are actually 1a and 1b, combined to make up a single one-hour level.

So, what we have named Round 5 on our count is officially Round 3 on the tournament clock. And our Round 6 will be 3b, the Omaha half. Two of our Rounds make up one full Level. We hope that's not too confusing.

06-12-2008 19:25 UTC-7

Play Resumes

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Players are back in their seats, and the cards are in the air once again.

Level: 5

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0