2009 World Series of Poker

Event 18 - $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Daniel Alaei
Winning Hand
akk4
Prize
$445,898
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
179
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Scott Scooping

Yueqi Zhu, Scott Clements and Ben Boyd are all still in the hand when the turn was dealt giving us a {4-Clubs} {7-Spades} {Q-Spades} {J-Hearts} board. Clements bet out from the BB, Boyd called from UTG and Zhu folded from the SB. The river {Q-Clubs} saw Clements check-call Boyd's bet.

Clements scooped with {A-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {2-Spades} {10-Spades} and a frustrated Boyd opened {A-?} {A-?} {8-?} {9-?}. Clements up to 665,000.

Level: 22

Blinds: 13,000/25,000

Ante: 0

Duke Down, Still Not Out

We pick up the action on the flop, heads up between Annie Duke and Daniel Alaei. The board showed {J-Clubs} {2-Spades} {A-Spades}, and each player put in three bets.

Fourth street came the {J-Spades}, and fifth street the {10-Spades}. Alaei bet both streets, with Duke quickly calling fourth and not so quickly calling fifth.

In the end, Alaei tabled {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {K-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} for jacks full. Annie tapped the table and flipped her cards into the muck. She's been crippled once again, back down to about 60,000.

Tags: Annie DukeDaniel Alaei

Not Fired Yet

Between the last two hands, a woman called out from the rail, about 50 feet from the tables.

"Annie! Annie! You're better than Joan Rivers!"

Annie shot a smile over to the rail, offering a quiet, "Thank you." After a little pause, she turned back and added, "At this game, yeah."

Tags: Annie Duke

Swapping at the Top

Chip leader John Monnette raised from the button and Scott Clements called from the BB before a {10-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {K-Spades} flop came down. Clements check-raised Monnette's bet, which he called to see a {K-Clubs} turn. Clements led out this time, Monnette three-bet, Clements four-bet him back. Call. The river {7-Spades} saw Clements lead out again and Monnette called to cap this huge pot.

Clements proudly turned over {10-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} for quads, the pot and the chip lead.

Clements -- 1,410,000
Monnette -- 900,000

Annie, Get Your Double Ups

Annie Duke opened with an under-the-gun raise, and Jacobo Fernandez made the call in the next seat over. Cameron McKinley came along from the big blind as well, and it was three-handed to the flop.

It showed up {9-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} {3-Spades}. When McKinley checked, Duke fired out. Fernandez called, and the big blind ducked out.

Fourth street came the {4-Hearts}. Duke put out another bullet, and Fernandez came along once more.

In the dark, Annie Duke bet her last 16,000, and Fernandez cut the chips out of his stack near the betting line. The last card was the {3-Clubs}. Duke opened up her hand, revealing that her {A-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {8-Hearts} had made the wheel. The table looked a bit confused, as Fernandez's calling action was unclear. Still, he tabled {A-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {6-Hearts}, which was not good enough to take any of the pot. The floor was called over, and (with some translating help from the rail) Fernandez was told to put in the extra 16,000. He did so willingly, being knocked down to about 80,000. Annie Duke is back in the game after that big double up, her second in just a few hands. She's up to 340,000 now.

Tags: Annie DukeJacobo Fernandez

Tom Koral Quartered on the River

Daniel Alaei raised from the button and Greg Jamison and Tom Koral called from the binds to see a {Q-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {8-Spades} flop. Jamison led out before Koral raised and Alaei folded. Jamison then tree-bet it and Koral called. The turn saw {2-Clubs} betting and raising until both players were all in.

Jamison {A-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {5-Diamonds}
Koral {8-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {A-Hearts}

The river came {6-Diamonds} to snatch the high away from Koral and he's quartered.

"Final" Table

With the elimination of Jacobo Fernandez, the remaining ten players have re-combined into one last table of ten. We'll play for one more knockout before moving over to the featured table arena. Here's how the last ten standing are sitting:

Seat 1: Scott Clements - 1,550,000
Seat 2: Annie Duke - 290,000
Seat 3: Daniel Alaei - 580,000
Seat 4: Greg Jamison - 440,000
Seat 5: John Monnette - 970,000
Seat 6: Yueqi Zhu - 235,000
Seat 7: Tom Koral - 180,000
Seat 8: Ben Boyd - 495,000
Seat 9: Cameron McKinley
Seat 10: Daniel Negreanu - 505,000

Daniel Chipping Away

Daniel Negreanu raised from mid position and was called by John Monnette in the BB before a flop came {A-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {9-Spades}. Negreanu bet here, on the {2-Hearts} turn, and the {Q-Hearts} river and was called all the way.

He opened {6-Spades} {A-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} and took the pot.