Event 37 - $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-19-2008 18:18 UTC-7

The Mouth Quotes The Brat

Mike Matusow is still chatting away with John Cernuto and was heard to be quoting Phil Hellmuth.

Hellmuth was alleged to say "I guarantee if I play Ivey heads up, Doyle Brunson will take a piece of me!"

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06-19-2008 18:13 UTC-7

Late Registrations

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Registrations are still being taken for today's event with several late tables being opened. One new table features Sirous Jamshidi, Steve Zolotow, Billy "The Croc" Argyros and Andy Bloch.

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 0

06-19-2008 17:59 UTC-7

Quiet Please!!

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There are two tournaments going on at the same time in the orange section. One is this $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo World Championship and the other is the $1,500 NL Event. The difference between the two is like night and day. The Omaha event is relatively quiet as we are in the early levels. Other than some chatter, and Mike Matusow, all you really hear is the sounds of chips riffling.

The NL event is a different beast. Every few minutes you hear some random outburst or yell as someone takes a bad beat or catches their miracle outdraw on the river.

Also, we noticed that the cap and sunglasses ratio of the NL event vs the Omaha event is 3:1.

06-19-2008 17:59 UTC-7

The Mouth Talks Strategy

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Mike Matusow hasn't wasted any time in talking things up on his table. He was recently overheard talking to John Cernuto about tournament strategy.

"Not everyone is you or me when it comes to tournaments!" - words of wisdom from "The Mouth".

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06-19-2008 17:42 UTC-7

More Big Names; Table of Death!

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Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu and Gus Hansen have all recently taken their seats in today's field.

Hansen has drawn a particularly tough table featuring Amnon Filippi, Men "The Master" Nguyen (who busted out of Event #35, Seven-Card Stud, about 20 minutes ago--just in time to play a little Omaha), Carlos Mortensen, Richard Ashby, Max Pescatori and Gary Benson.

06-19-2008 17:34 UTC-7

What's That Noise I Hear?

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Mike "The Mouth" Matusow just arrived to today's event and took his seat at table 11. Things should get a little more interesting now.

06-19-2008 17:21 UTC-7

More Names

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Other names that have been spotted are Thor Hansen, Jeff Madsen, Robert Mizrachi, Chris Reslock, Frankie O'Dell, Jimmy Fricke, Chau Giang, Jennifer Tilly, and Justin Bonomo.

06-19-2008 17:10 UTC-7

Today's Field

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We've in the orange section of the Amazon Room today and on our first lap we've already spotted the likes of Alexander Kostritsyn, David Benyamine, David Sklansky, Jeff Lisandro, Lee Watkinson, Greg Raymer, Brad Booth, Barry Greenstein, Michael Mizrachi, Scott Clements, Mel Judah and Shannon Elizabeth.

This will be a very high quality field.

06-19-2008 17:07 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Cards are in the air!