Event 50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-29-2008 22:15 UTC-7

Prize Pool Announced

It's a bit later in the tournament than usual, but the prize pool has finally been announced. 381 players ponied up $10,000 each to create a prize pool, after the vig and dealer toke, of $3,581,400. 36 players will make the money, with 36th place paying $25,069 and 1st place paying $859,549.

06-29-2008 22:12 UTC-7

"Who's Winning the HORSE?"

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Players have been coming over to our media table all throughout the day to ask us the same question: "Who's winning the 50K HORSE?" Many of the players in today's PLO field have made last longer prop bets with other players, each one getting to choose a "horse" of their own from the eight players who made the final table in the 50K HORSE event, which is being played simultaneous to this event in the Milwaukee's Best Light No-Limit Lounge in the far corner of the Amazon Room.

For the record, four players remain in the HORSE event: Michael DeMichele, Scotty Nguyen, Erick Lindgren and Matt Glantz. DeMichele is the chip leader with about 40% of the chips in play.

06-29-2008 22:07 UTC-7

Don't Force It

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Jonas Entin and Leif Force recently tangled in a heads-up battle. We pick up the action on the flop, with the board reading {2-Hearts}

. Entin checks, Force bets, and Entin calls.

The turn comes the {4-Diamonds}

. Entin bets out this time, putting in 4,500 chips. Force makes the call.

Fifth street: {J-Diamonds}

. Entin checks it over to his opponent, and Force makes a bet of 12,000. Endin comes back check-raising to 36,000, and Force calls. Jonas Entin turns over {4-Spades}

, and he takes down the pot with a full house. He and Force trade places, him up to 116,000 and Force down under 100,000.

06-29-2008 22:02 UTC-7

Girl Power

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The last female in the tournament, Clonie Gowen, is making her presence known. She raised to 4,500 preflop, then called after Ryan Daut reraised to 15,000. Gowen checked the {3-Clubs}

flop to Daut, who immediately moved all in for his last 13,000. Gowen made the call.

Gowen: {3-Diamonds}

Daut:

Gowen had bottom pair and a wrap straight draw against Daut's unimproved aces, making Gowen a huge favorite. She blanked the turn {Q-Clubs}

, but the river {6-Spades}

filled her straight to eliminate Daut.

Gowen eclipsed the six-figure mark after the hand, with 115,000 chips.

Tags: Clonie Gowen

06-29-2008 21:58 UTC-7

Kessler Busto

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Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler never really got it going today. He finally found himself allin preflop for his last 12,000 chips with naked queens. One player, George Abdallah, called him with {A-Hearts}

and improved to the best hand on the river. Kessler is eliminated.

06-29-2008 21:54 UTC-7

I'm Robert Williamson III, I Am

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Robert Williamson III and another player got it all in on the flop, with the board showing {3-Spades}

. Williamson bet the pot, and his opponent raised all in. Williamson made the call, turning over {K-Diamonds}

. His opponent held a very similar {K-Clubs}

.

The turn card made both men their straights, as the {6-Clubs}

peeled off. The river card made a better straight, but only for Williamson this time. It was the {Q-Diamonds}

, and it ran him up to queen-high with his straight, winning him a pot worth over 40,000 chips.

Tags: Robert Williamson III

06-29-2008 21:41 UTC-7

Amanda Leatherman Interviews David Singer

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During a recent break from this event, Amanda Leatherman interviewed David Singer about his skill level in PLO, what's in his bag, and Singer's latest charity - the Aku Project. Watch the interview below.

Tags: David Singer

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

06-29-2008 21:27 UTC-7

The Croc Bares His Teeth

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The Croc devours Dario's chips, Hungry Hungry Hippos-style

We pick up the action for this hand where a huge pot is brewing between Dario Minieri, Billy "The Croc" Argyros, and another player at the table who has a big stack. The board shows {J-Hearts}

. On the flop, Minieri is all in for 4,500, Argyros is all in for 70,400, and the third opponent is in there as well, having both men covered.

Minieri: {2-Hearts}

Argyros:

Opponent:

The turn and river come {8-Clubs}

and

respectively, giving The Croc a come-from-behind seven-card straight, and shipping him a huge pot. When the turn card hit, Argyros erupted with joy, and when the hand was over, he shouted, "T6 is back, baby!"

Tags: Billy Argyros The Croc

06-29-2008 21:23 UTC-7

Where Are the Womenfolk At?

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We just did a quick scan of the field and determined that, of the 144 players who remain, Clonie Gowen is the sole surviving female. We're reminded of a story from the $1,500 PLO tournament a few weeks ago. A female Asian player was broken to a new table. A male Asian player noticed that she was wearing a Syracuse sweatshirt and started interrogating her.

Man: Did you go to Syracuse?
Woman: Yes.
Man: Are you Korean?
Woman: Yes.
Man: Are you over 30?
Woman: Yes.
Man: PLO is a tough game for a girl.

He busted about ten minutes later.