Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 18 - $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
Day: 1
Breaking Things
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I Don't Care If You've Got 6 Bracelets, You Can Only Have Half the Pot, Baby!
before Nguyen continued betting and Ivey called. They both checked the 
turn and Nguyen bet the 
river. Call.It was chopped as Nguyen had
to Ivey's 
.
Luu Can Do It
. When the blinds checked, Bruno Fitoussi put out a bet. Thang Luu called, Greg Raymer folded from the small blind, and Ted Lawson called from the big.The fourth card was the
. Lawson and Fitoussi checked, and Luu took the opportunity to make a bet. Lawson called, while Fitoussi ducked out of the way.Heads up then, the river card brought the
, and both players checked. "Just an ace," lamented Lawson, waiting for his opponent to turn over his cards. Luu obliged, tabling 
for the winning two pair.Thang Luu has already won one Omaha Hi/Lo bracelet this year, but he has a lot of work to do if he's to collect a second. He desperately needed that last pot, moving up to 10,000 as he added those chips to his stack.
A Hearty Hand
flop. Phil Hellmuth bet out and was called by Chau Giang as he was on the 
turn and river. Giang was forced to muck though when Hellmuth flipped over
.
Assorted Chip Counts
Annie Duke - 41,000
Brandon Cantu - 38,000
Allen Kessler - 35,000
Linda Johnson - 51,000
Bruno Fitoussi - 20,000
Keeping it in the Family
The board finished as
. Ivey tabled 
to Lederer's 
meaning it was a chop. At least the chips stay in the family.
Kostritsyn Scoops Another
. Action was on Alex Kostritsyn, and he put out a bet. His opponent raised, then called when Kostritsyn three-bet it.The turn and river were the
and 
respectively, with Kostritsyn being check-called on both streets. In the end, the Russian showed down 
. His opponent mucked his cards, and Kostritsyn scooped the pot, moving on up to 59,000.
Adams Turns Into a Pumpkin
. Raymer fired a bet, and Lawson called him down.Raymer tabled
for the nut low, and Lawson had 
to take the high with aces up. Brandon Adams couldn't table anything good enough for either half of the pot, and he has been sent to the rail here just as the clock strikes twelve midnight.
Future of the H.O.R.S.E
Negreanu said they should've left the final table as NLH, as that's the way the tournament was designed at first. The mixed games are too hard to follow, therefore not as good as a TV spectacle. They all expect changes for next year and Negreanu wants it to be renamed the Chip Reese Memorial Tournament or something similar.
Good points all round, let's see what will happen.