2008 World Series of Poker

Event 6 - $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
Day: 1
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Thang Luu
Winning Hand
4♦k♦3♠7♥
Prize
$243,356
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,249,500
Total Entries
833
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 833
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Kaplan Scoops

With {J-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {4-Clubs}, Gabe Kaplan scoops a nice pot on Tropical #6 when the board comes {J-Clubs} {J-Spades} {K-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {2-Spades}. His tablemates say Kaplan is playing 95% of his hands, but upon hearing the announcement that Level 2 has started, Kaplan remarked, "OK, the blinds are going up. I gotta play tighter."

Tags: Gabe Kaplan

Duthie Damaged

Three players including John Duthie called a raise and took a flop of {10-Spades}{8-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}. Duthie led out with a bet from the big blind and received one caller.

The turn brought the {8-Hearts} and Duthie fired again. Once again his opponent called.

The river landed the {3-Spades} and both players checked it down. Duthie's opponent flipped over {2-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts} which was good for the high and the low as Duthie simply tossed his cards into the muck to be down to around 1,800 in chips.

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/75

Ante: 0

The Pain of Omaha

Omaha is a post-flop game of big draws. It's also a painful game when those draws don't come in. "Any ten, any king, any ace, any diamond -- how did I miss?" one player in the Tropical Room lamented. "Even a deuce would have given me half the pot!"

Table Chatter

Gabe Kaplan, ever the entertainer, is keeping Table #6 in the Tropical Room in high spirits.

"Are you having fun?" he asked the table. "I'm having fun. I'm playing lots of hands. Hope I get lucky. It's hard to have any luck if you don't play any hands."

He turned to Chad Brown and added, "See, you don't know what you're doing, and you don't act like it. I at least like act like I know what I'm doing."

More Notables

Also spotted in today's field are Scotty Nguyen, Men 'The Master' Nguyen, Sabyl Cohen, Noah Boeken, Shannon Elizabeth, Jean-Robert Bellande and Linda Johnson.

Faces in the Tropical Room

Once again, the Tropical Room is in use for an over-sized field. Table #6 is clearly the feature table, including notables Berry Johnston, Chad Brown and everyone's favorite High Stakes Poker commentator, Gabe Kaplan. Other familiar faces in the Tropical Room include Marcel Luske, Leif Force, Amir Vahedi, Kristy Gazes, Robert Mizrachi, Chip Jett, David Rabbi and Brett Jungblut.

As is to be expected for a limit omaha split event, the field is older than a typical no-limit hold'em event.

Tags: Amir VahediBerry JohnstonChad BrownChip JettGabe KaplanKristy GazesLeif ForceMarcel LuskeRobert Mizrachi

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