Event 34 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-20-2008 20:02 UTC-7

Jacobo Surviving

Shamus

Dario Alioto raised to 110,000 from the button, Daniel Makowsky folded from the small blind, and Jacobo Fernandez called from the big blind, leaving himself just 210,000 behind.

The flop came {4-Spades}

. Fernandez pushed his remaining chips in the middle. Alioto didn't like those nines, and let it go.

06-20-2008 19:59 UTC-7

And Then There Were Four

Shamus

The first three hands of four-handed play:

1. Daniel Makowsky won a small pot from the button after betting out on the flop.

2. Dario Alioto got a walk in his big blind.

3. A three-way limped pot. Layne Flack bet 110,000 into a flop of {4-Hearts}

, taking the pot.

06-20-2008 19:55 UTC-7

Ted Forrest Eliminated in 5th Place ($144,427)

Shamus

Ted Forrest raised to 130,000 from the cutoff. It folded to Daniel Makowsky in the small blind. Makowsky asked how much Forrest had left -- not much -- then made the call. Jacobo Fernandez made the call as well from the big blind.

The flop came {4-Diamonds}

. Makowsky immediately bet pot -- 390,000. Fernandez folded, and Forrest put his last 70,000 in the middle.

Makowsky: {J-Spades}

Forrest:

Forrest was in rough shape.

The turn was the {5-Hearts}

, and the river the {8-Clubs}

. Forrest is out in fifth.

Tags: Ted Forrest

06-20-2008 19:48 UTC-7

Makowsky Again

Shamus

Daniel Makowsky raised to 130,000 from under the gun, and Dario Alioto called from the big blind. The flop came {10-Hearts}

, and both checked. The turn was the {3-Spades}

. Alioto bet 150,000, and Makowsky made the call.

The river was the {8-Hearts}

. Both checked. Makowsky showed A-A-x-x for trip aces, and took the pot.

06-20-2008 19:45 UTC-7

One for Makowsky

Shamus

Daniel Makowsky limped, Layne Flack completed from the small blind, and Ted Forrest checked his option.

The flop was the {A-Clubs}

. It checked to Makowsky who bet the pot, and Flack and Forrest folded.

06-20-2008 19:44 UTC-7

The Last Three Hands

Shamus

1. Dario Alioto picked up a small one from Daniel Makowsky in a blind-vs.-blind hand.

2. Layne Flack raised to 140,000 from under the gun, taking the blinds.

3. Jacobo Fernandez completed from the small blind, Flack raised to 80,000 from the big blind, and after hemming and hawing for a while, Fernandez gave it up.

06-20-2008 19:39 UTC-7

Forrest Doubles Through Flack

Shamus

Layne Flack limped from the button, Ted Forrest pushed his remaining 130,000 forward from the small blind, and Dario Alioto folded the big blind. Flack made the call.

Forrest: {A-Hearts}