2008 World Series of Poker

Event 34 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kkj2
Prize
$577,725
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
320
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Five Way to the Flop

Five players saw a {9-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} flop.

When Jamie Gold led out all but one player folded. This player raised before Gold reraised, putting his opponent all in if he called--and he did.

Gold had {A-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {Q-Spades}.
His opponent had {K-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {3-Spades} {7-Hearts}.

The turn and river changed nothing and Gold is down to 16,000.

Tags: Jamie Gold

Roland Rolling

Roland de Wolfe just stacked Ryan Daut when his K-K-x-x held up against Daut's unrealized straight draw. Daut rebought. Meanwhile, de Wolfe is up to 25,400.

The Dealer Needs Help with this One

In a four-way pot with lots of action and four players all in at various stages, Layne Flack, himself a former poker dealer, had to take over from the dealer and sort out who was due what at the end of the hand.

Chad Brown took the main pot holding {Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {A-Spades} after being all in on the flop.

A player in mid position was also all in on the flop but lost the lot holding {J-Hearts} {J-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {K-Hearts}.

An early-position player took the side pot off Flack holding {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {9-Spades}.

Flack will be looking to rebuy soon after his {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {9-Hearts} failed to win either pot.

The board was {J-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {4-Clubs}

Flack on 4,000 now. Chad Brown up to 20,000.

Tags: Chad BrownLayne Flack

Pickering's Puny Pair Prevails

Jamie Pickering
Jamie Pickering
Jamie Pickering just pushed all in on a flop of {J-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades} and was called. Pickering showed {Q-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{4-Clubs} -- just a pair of fours. His opponent had {A-Spades}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Spades} for a big wrap draw.

The turn was the {3-Hearts} and the river the {8-Spades}, and Pickering took the pot. He's up to 15,000.

More Blind Crazy Play

J.C. Tran's table is up there with the craziest in the room at the moment. I feel sorry for any players who sat there with a limited budget to spend.

A player in mid position raises before Tran reraises and Marco Johnson raises again. This pattern continues until they have all the chips in the middle, blind!

Mid position player shows {6-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {9-Hearts}
J.C. Tran shows {A-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {J-Hearts} {5-Diamonds}
Marco Johnson shows {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {J-Diamonds}

The board runs {K-Clubs} {6-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {8-Diamonds}

Amazingly the jacks hold up for Johnson and he's up to 20,000.

Tran drops back to 20,000.

Tags: J C TranMarco Johnson

Cards Finding Forrest

Ted Forrest has been involved in a couple of multi-way all-ins here recently. He won one when his set of tens held up against Noah Boeken's K-K-x-x and another opponent's A-A-x-x.

He picked up another after rivering a straight against Max Pescatori and Brian Rast. Forrest is up to 22,000.

That's Gonna Leave a Mark

On a flop of {10-Spades}{8-Hearts}{8-Spades}, a player holding 10-10-x-x got into a raising war with Sorel Mizzi who held Q-Q-10-8.

The turn was the {6-Spades}, but the river brought the {Q-Hearts}, giving Mizzi the better boat. Mizzi is now up to 30,000.

On the Up

Eric Froehlich and an unknown player got it all in on a {8-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} flop.

Froehlich tabled {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} to his opponent's {Q-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {2-Hearts}.

Both flopped two pair but Froehlich's was the higher and was still good by the river to claim the pot.

Froehlich up to 24,100 now.

Tags: Eric Froehlich