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

06-19-2008 02:45 UTC-7

5pm Start for Event 37 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

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Omaha Hi-Low is the game on Thursday evening at the Rio, as the $10,000 World Championship in the format gets underway. The 5pm start time begins the first day's eight levels of play, with a field similar to last year's turnout of 280 players expected.

John Guth is the defending champion in the event. In 2007, his victory was worth $363,216.

Tags: John Guth

06-19-2008 16:47 UTC-7

Players Taking Their Seats

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Players are beginning to take their seats for this $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo World Championship. Play will commence in approximately 10 minutes.

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-19-2008 17:07 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Cards are in the air!

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 17:21 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 17:34 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 17:42 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 17:59 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".

Tags: Mike Matusow

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.