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2008 World Series of Poker
Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Total Entries
152
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 152
Filter
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
, John Juanda bet 5,000, Jason Mercier raised to 16,000, and Juanda called. The turn brought the 
. Juanda checked, Mercier bet 36,000, and Juanda made the call.When the
appeared on the river, Juanda bet 37,500 and Mercier made the call.Juanda showed
. He'd been gunning for the nut flush, but backdoored a wheel. Mercier showed two nines for a set.Juanda now has 170,000, and Mercier 70,000.
On a flop of
, Dwan led out with a pot-sized bet, Minieri re-potted, Dwan responded in kind, and Minieri called with the rest of his chips. Minieri had
for the made straight. Dwan had 
for a lesser straight.However, the turn
and river 
gave Dwan the backdoor nut flush, and Minieri was out. Dwan is now up to 200,000.
. Phil Ivey checked from middle position, Tom "durrr" Dwan bet 4,700 behind, Ivey check-raised all in for 30,000, and Dwan made the call.Ivey:
Dwan:
Ivey had several outs to the straight and a small flush draw, while Dwan had the better club draw.
The turn and river brought more clubs --
-- and Ivey is out. Dwan has about 139,000.
An unknown player limped under the gun, and David Benyamine raised it up to 3,500. From the big blind, Andy Black made the call. The unknown player then reraised to 10,900. Benyamine made the call, but both players were shocked to see Black raise it to 43,000! The unknown player called all in for his remaining chips, and Benyamine called as well.
The flop came:
Andy Black pushed all in, and was quickly called by David Benyamine.
Black:
-Xc for the overpair of aces and the flush drawBenyamine:
for the flopped straightOpponent:
-X-XThe
turn and 
river did not help Black or the unknown player, who was eliminated.When all was said and done, Benyamine was up to 232,000 while Black fell to 77,000.
and Sebag, who held K-K-x-x, got his opponent, who held A-A-x-x, to commit the rest of his chips.Sebag's set of kings held up, and he is now right at 400,000.
