Event 43 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-24-2008 22:15 UTC-7

Lots of Chops

[user38971]

Play has slowed down a bit here as we reach the final 100. There's been more chopped pots than when we first started the event several hours ago. Play has tightened considerably, and as we get closer to the money players are willing to gamble less.

06-24-2008 22:01 UTC-7

Eric Lynch Takes His Fair Share

[user37786]

After Eric Lynch raised the pot on the button the player in the big blind made a pot-sized reraise and Lynch called for the last of his chips. He held {A-Clubs}

and had his opponent's {A-Diamonds}

in trouble. The board ran out {2-Diamonds}

and Lynch's aces were good for the high and they chopped the low. Lynch is now up to 11,000.

06-24-2008 21:57 UTC-7

50 Out

[user38971]

We're roughly 50 players shy of the money at this point, with two and a half more levels to play tonight. We reach the money at 72 players and last level we had a total of 50 eliminations. While things seem to be slowing from the 98 eliminations per hour, that's not to say things are dead here. Not by a long shot.

06-24-2008 21:46 UTC-7

Flack Bounces Back

[user38971]

After taking a severe hit earlier, Layne Flack has managed to triple up and reclaim his chip stack. On a flop of {Q-Hearts}

, Flack got his remaining 7,000 into the middle and was called by two players. Flack had flopped top pair while both his opponents were on draws. The board came running kings, with no player having a king, and Flack's two pair was good enough to take the whole pot.

After the hand, Layne walked over to a friend at another table and said, "I had a little trouble, but I got 'em back," in reference to his chips.

06-24-2008 21:41 UTC-7

Kat Falls, Trying to Land on Feet

[user38971]

Kathy Liebert just lost a chunk of her stack after getting all her opponent's chips in the middle preflop. Kathy held A-7-3-5 while her opponent had 4-2-5-J. Her opponent flopped trip fours and Kathy failed to find a low by the river, doubling up her opponent in the process.

After the hand, Liebert is down to 3,600.

06-24-2008 21:39 UTC-7

Joe Hachem Knocks Out Two

[user37786]

A short-stacked player moved in for his last 1,800 and Joe Hachem called. On the button Gary Beekman raised all in for his last 9,600 and Hachem called again, showing {A-Hearts}

to Beekman's {A-Spades}

and the short-stacked player's {A-Diamonds}

.

The

flop gave Hachem a gutshot straight draw (this is called foreshadowing) and after the {4-Hearts}

turned, Hachem spiked the {K-Diamonds}

on the river to make Broadway and scoop the pot, eliminating the other two players and building his stack up to a robust 51,000.

06-24-2008 21:32 UTC-7

The Weather Inside is Frightful

[user37786]

The players at Table #4 have been complaining that it's cold. Very cold. Very, very cold. And there's a steady current of air blowing down from a vent in the ceiling that's been flipping the cards over on the table. So the floor had decided to have the players rack up and move to the more temperate climes found in the middle of the room.

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0

06-24-2008 21:31 UTC-7

Kaas Flushes in the Best Way

[user38971]

Randy Kaas called his opponent's all-in on a flop of {J-Spades}

holding

for the nut low draw. His opponent had flopped a set of deuces and the board came {4-Clubs}

on the turn and {5-Clubs}

on the river for a running straight flush wheel. It doesn't get any better than that in PLO8.

06-24-2008 21:27 UTC-7

Permanently Silencing Meehan for Shorr

[user38971]

Although "Minneapolis" Jim Meehan had vowed to be silent for an hour, players at his table won't have to wait that long, as Shannon Shorr just eliminated him from the tournament.

On a flop of {K-Hearts}