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

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 19:52 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 19:55 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 19:56 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.

Level: 6

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

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.

06-12-2008 20:21 UTC-7

Sorel Mizzi Near the Top

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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.

Level: 7

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-12-2008 20:34 UTC-7

Not the Only Game Going

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Johnny Chan recently asked for a TV to be brought near his table, so that he could watch the NBA Finals game between the Celtics and the Lakers. The staff advised him that it wasn't possible and Johnny said, "Well then, can I put in a request for the future?"

A TV was turned on all the way across the room, and Chan keeps standing up between hands to walk over and check the score. Each time he returns, he broadcasts the latest updates to his table.

"They're up by four and they got the ball."

06-12-2008 20:47 UTC-7

Lawson All In... Or Was He?

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An interesting situation just developed involving Ted Lawson.

From middle position, he entered the pot with a raise, and got two callers. The flop came {8-Hearts}

. Lawson bet out 2,100 and only one of the other two opponents made the call.

At this point, Lawson mistakenly thought he was all in, and showed down his hand: {5-Clubs}

. His opponent followed his lead, and tabled the leading hand, {A-Hearts}

.

The mishap still hadn't been realized, and the dealer dealt out fourth street, the {Q-Spades}

. As the players looked at Lawson, one of them realized that he was absent-mindedly fondling a small stack of chips in one of his hands. The floor was called over, and they ruled that the betting for the hand would be closed since all the cards were face-up, and that Laswon would be given a one-round penalty for exposing his hole cards early.

To make matters worse, the {10-Diamonds}

on the river did nothing to help Lawson's hand, and he loses the pot plus one round worth of play. At the time of his exit, the chips he had remaining totaled just 1,000, and Lawson was none too thrilled to have to abandon his short stack to take his penalty.