2008 World Series of Poker

Event 50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kjjq
Prize
$859,549
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
381
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Day 2 Seat Assignments Announced

Josh Arieh took the opening-day lead
Josh Arieh took the opening-day lead
The WSOP has released the seating assignments for Day 2 action in Event 50, the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship. Josh Arieh leads the 86 surviving players into Day 2 play, stacked overnight at 343,700 in chips. Arieh and the others return to the felt at 2pm PDT, en route to tomorrow's final table.

The seat layout:

(Table 6)
Seat 1: Eddy Scharf – 162,900
Seat 2: Robert Williamson III – 47,200
Seat 3: Stephen Pierson – 74,000
Seat 4: Humberto Brenes – 14,800
Seat 5: Tony G – 42,000
Seat 6: Jonathan Stal – 31,700
Seat 7: David Singer – 128,200
Seat 8: Michel Leibgorin – 84,100
Seat 9: Jeffrey Lisandro – 57,100

(Table 7)
Seat 1: Kenneth Mattson – 55,200
Seat 2: Leif Force – 4,000
Seat 3: Rob Hollink – 90,800
Seat 4: Matthew Rashbrook – 79,300
Seat 5: Dan Shak – 77,800
Seat 6: Chau Giang – 68,700
Seat 7: Nenad Medic – 101,800
Seat 8: Karl Mahrenholz – 155,500
Seat 9: Greg Hurst – 50,500

(Table 8)
Seat 1: Steve Sung – 61,100
Seat 2: Jorge Arias – 23,400
Seat 3: Brant Hale – 197,200
Seat 4: Stephen Ladowsky – 67,300
Seat 5: Shawn Buchanan – 214,800
Seat 6: Eric Cloutier – 96,400
Seat 7: Dale Pinchot – 47,000
Seat 8: Rafi Amit – 37,200
Seat 9: Vitaly Lunkin – 80,800

(Table 9)
Seat 2: Kido Pham – 44,000
Seat 3: Clonie Gowen – 51,400
Seat 4: Jonas Klausen – 144,800
Seat 5: Jamie Pickering – 127,300
Seat 6: Dario Alioto – 95,200
Seat 7: Anthony Cousineau – 15,000
Seat 8: Julian Powell – 104,100
Seat 9: David Williams – 142,900

(Table 10)
Seat 1: Chris Pappas – 16,400
Seat 2: John D'Agostino – 58,800
Seat 3: Elie Marciano – 76,100
Seat 3: Sigi Stockinger – 74,400
Seat 4: Rino Mathis – 152,800
Seat 6: Bill Chen – 80,000
Seat 7: Josh Arieh – 343,700
Seat 8: Marty Smyth – 131,200
Seat 9: Peter Jetten – 205,400

(Table 11)
Seat 1: Danny Dang – 88,000
Seat 2: Michael Hogbom – 71,000
Seat 3: Mickey Mills – 39,000
Seat 4: George Mamacas – 37,900
Seat 5: Vegard Nygaard – 75,300
Seat 6: Nathan Hagens – 30,500
Seat 8: Billy Argyros – 195,100
Seat 9: Gary Benson – 44,600

(Table 12)
Seat 1: George Abdallah – 115,500
Seat 2: Thayer Rasmussen – 75,400
Seat 4: Brandon Moran – 121,900
Seat 5: Nikolay Evdakov – 82,700
Seat 6: William McMahan – 72,300
Seat 7: Alberto Romero – 27,600
Seat 8: David Lu – 61,100
Seat 9: Jason Newburger – 29,100

(Table 13)
Seat 1: Michael Mizrachi – 204,000
Seat 2: Daniel Bertelsen – 29,900
Seat 3: Nick Gibson – 102,300
Seat 4: Len Ashby – 199,800
Seat 5: Dan Morris – 49,500
Seat 6: Robin Larsson – 147,500
Seat 7: Jimmy Tran – 114,600
Seat 8: Ross Boatman – 84,000
Seat 9: Scott Clements – 88,600

(Table 14)
Seat 1: Lee Thomas – 82,000
Seat 2: Brad Berman – 57,600
Seat 3: Tommy Grimes – 68,600
Seat 4: Johnny Chan – 62,900
Seat 5: Mikhail Ustinov – 49,700
Seat 6: Matt Giannetti – 42,400
Seat 7: David Benefield – 82,600
Seat 8: Guillaume Patry – 226,400
Seat 9: Ben Blackmore – 37,600

(Table 15)
Seat 1: Rolf Slotboom – 65,600
Seat 3: Tom Hanlon – 61,400
Seat 4: [Removed:14] – 74,300
Seat 5: Richard St Peter – 148,600
Seat 6: Charlie Wang – 138,300
Seat 7: Noah Boeken – 91,800
Seat 8: Mark Roland – 80,400
Seat 9: Magnus Petersson – 79,900

Tags: Josh Arieh

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Leif Forced Out By Giang

Leif Force was riding the big stack for most of Day 1, but he was crippled late in the day, and now he's out.

On the very first hand of action, Force moved all in for his last 4,000 chips with {A-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {6-Hearts}. Chau Giang was on the button, and he looked Force up holding {J-Spades} {J-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {3-Spades}.

The board ran out {9-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} {4-Hearts}. It was useless for Force, and he heads to the exit, all smiles nonetheless.

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David and Clonie

Clonie Gowen
Clonie Gowen
While Leif Force was busy losing his chips on the first hand, at the adjacent table, Clonie Gowen was looking for a big double-up.

David Williams opened the action with an in-the-dark raise to 6,000 from the button. Kido Pham and Clonie called from the blinds, and the three players went to the flop.

It came out {Q-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {J-Diamonds}. Clonie bet out 18,000, and David Williams raised her all in. She called, tabling {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {3-Clubs}. Williams showed down {Q-Spades} {10-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {8-Spades}.

The turn and river blanked off for Williams, and he shipped a double-up over to Gowen, who now sits with 108,000. Williams has dropped down to 85,000.

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Scharf Scarfs Down a Pot

Eddy Scharf limped in under the gun, and action passed around to Jonathan Stal in the cutoff. He raised to 7,000, Scharf reraised the pot, and Stal called all in for his remaining 22,000.

Scharf: {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {6-Hearts}
Stal: {A-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {6-Clubs}

With the betting action complete, the dealer ran the board {10-Spades} {5-Clubs} {5-Spades} {4-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}. It proved no help for the at-risk player, and Scharf took down the pot with his aces up, eliminating Stal.

Doubling Dags

John D'Agostino has just doubled up against Elie Marciano, heads up and all in on the flop.

D'Agostino: {A-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {2-Hearts}
Marciano: {K-Hearts} {K-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}

At the end, the board read {K-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {5-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {3-Hearts}. D'Agostino was behind when the money went in on the flop, but he rallied on the river, making his wheel and doubling up to 144,000.

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Tony Cousineau in Trouble

Tony Cousineau was all in with his short stack -- 4,900 chips -- before the flop, heads up against Dario Alioto.

Cousineau: {A-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {10-Spades} {8-Diamonds}
Alioto: {A-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {4-Clubs} {3-Clubs}

Cousineau was well behind and needed some help to stay alive. The board ran {J-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {9-Spades} {Q-Spades} {6-Spades}. Cousineau turned a straight then rivered a flush, taking down the much-needed pot and doubling himself up to 10,800 at Alioto's expense.

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Robert Williamson Eliminated

Jeff Lisandro raised preflop to 11,000 and got four callers, including Eddy Scharf and Robert Williamson III. The flop came down {9-Hearts} {4-Spades} {8-Diamonds} and action checked to Scharf in the cutoff, who bet pot. Williamson was the only player who called, calling all in for 20,000. He tabled {8-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} for two pair, eights and fours and a straight draw. Scharf showed {J-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} for an overpair and a bigger straight draw. The turn and river came {2-Hearts} {5-Hearts}, giving Scharf a backdoor flush (bigger than Williamson's) to take down Williamson.

Scharf now has about 212,000 in chips.