Event 10 - $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-03-2009 12:42 UTC-12

A Little Flush

Shamus

Jonathan "Fiery Justice" Little just knocked out an opponent with a flush in a PLO hand. Little is up to 15,300.

06-03-2009 12:39 UTC-12

We're scanning the room for familiar faces. The total number of entrants has cruised past the 400-player mark. Among those playing today include Scott Fischman, Daniel Negreanu, Jeff Shulman, Clonie Gowen, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, Jordan Morgan, Lex Veldhuis, and Neil Channing.

06-03-2009 12:29 UTC-12

Fricke Quickie

Shamus

In a PLO hand here in the first orbit, WSOP Champions Invitational winner Tom McEvoy limped in for 50 from middle position, the player in the cutoff called, and Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke raised to 250 from the button. The blinds and McEvoy folded, and the cutoff called.

The flop came {A-Hearts}

. The cutoff checked, Fricke tossed out a bet of 500, and his opponent folded. Fricke chips up to about 8,100. (Players began with 7,500.)

Tags: Jimmy Fricke Tom McEvoy

06-03-2009 12:20 UTC-12

Two Games for the Price of One

Shamus

As is the case with most of the other WSOP tournaments, each level of Event No. 10 will last 60 minutes. Players will switch back and forth between pot-limit hold'em and pot-limit Omaha, playing nine hands of each game (e.g., one orbit) at a time. Levels will begin with PLO.

Within each level, the blinds for PLH will always be a bit larger than those for PLO. Thus here in Level 1, the blinds for PLO will be 25/50, while for PLH will be 50/75. In Level 2, PLO will be 50/75, and PLH will be 50/100, and so forth. In other words, the blinds for PLO will be exactly one level behind those of PLH throughout the tourney.

Within a given level, we won't be noting when the games are switching back and forth, since the time for the change will be unique for each table. In other words, we'll have PLO hands being played at one table while PLH hands are being played at another.

We will, however, be sure to clarify at the start of each hand we report whether it is PLO or PLH. (Even though the cards should tell you.)

06-03-2009 12:19 UTC-12

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Shamus

Cards are in the air.

Level: 1

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-03-2009 12:06 UTC-12

A Few Minutes Away

Shamus

Looks like we're still a few minutes away from getting started here. At the moment the big board says we have 345 entrants so far for this one, but that number will surely increase.

06-03-2009 11:41 UTC-12

Pot-Limit Action Coming Up

Shamus

We're about 20 minutes away from the start of Event No. 10, the #2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha event. Dealers are stacking chips and the first few players are starting to trickle in. Stay tuned.