Event 18 - $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-08-2009 11:10 UTC-12

Tom Tumbles

MarcC

Phil Tom raised from early position before Simon Kearney three bet and both he and Steve Zolotow called. On the {K-Hearts}

Tom lead out, Kearney raised it up, and Zolotow folded before Tom called all in.

Tom opened {A-Spades}

to Kearney's {A-Hearts}

. The turn came {J-Spades}

and river

and Tom is out of here.

Tags: Phil Tom

06-08-2009 11:08 UTC-12

As we tick down toward the first break, there is a veritable plethora of notables who've met their demise already today. They include:

Michael Binger
Thang Luu
Scotty Nguyen
Mike Sexton
Farzad Bonyadi
Erick Lindgren
Dan Shak
Lee Markholt
Doyle Brunson
Nick Schulman
Brandon Cantu
Max Pescatori
John Juanda
Perry Friedman
David Steicke
Bill Edler
Freddy Deeb

06-08-2009 11:03 UTC-12

The Fours are Strong in This One

MarcC

The turn was out giving us a {J-Hearts}

board and we're heads-up between Mike Wattel and Bryan Devonshire. The former bets and then calls the latter's raise before the river came {5-Spades}

.

Wattel checked and then called a bet from Devonshire, but mucked upon seeing the {4-Diamonds}

for a set.

Wattel on 35,000 to Devonshire's 36,000.

06-08-2009 10:59 UTC-12

Henrich Moves Out

[user66118]

Mike Henrich got the rest of his short stack into the pot before the flop, and he was called by Anthony Rivera and one other player.

The board would come out {10-Diamonds}

. Rivera bet out on the flop, folding the other player and isolating himself against the all-in Henrich. In the end, Rivera tabled {A-Spades}

. His tens full were plenty good enough to beat Henrich's {A-Diamonds}

, sending him out the door.

Tags: Anthony Rivera Mike Henrich

06-08-2009 10:53 UTC-12

Luu Stuck at Two

[user66118]

Thang Luu -- who has won a bracelet in O8 two years in a row -- will not be winning his third today. He was all in on the turn in a pot against Brian Haack, and he came out on the wrong side.

Luu held {A-Spades}

versus Haack's {Q-Diamonds}

. The board came out {K-Spades}

. When Luu got all in on fourth street, he was already drawing dead to his opponent's wheel.

Luu's results in O8 tournaments are phenomenal, but he has bowed out here on Day 2 of the big one.

Tags: Brian Haaxk Thang Luu

06-08-2009 10:49 UTC-12

Chino Dig at Hellmuth

MarcC

Chino Rheem and Phil Hellmuth just tangled in a hand. I reached the table with the board reading {9-Spades}

. Chino bet in to Hellmuth, who laid his hand down after flashing what he had to the table. I didn't catch a sight of it, but he said to Chino something like, "You had to fire every street to get me off it."

Chino tabled a deuce and needled Hellmuth by saying that was good.

06-08-2009 10:45 UTC-12

Moving Right Along

[user66118]

The clock now shows 99 players remaining in Event #18, meaning that we have lost 30 runners since play began about 90 minutes ago. We only lost 50 over the entire course of Day 1, and the eliminations have naturally picked up significantly as the limits have crept upward.

06-08-2009 10:38 UTC-12

Sexton Abstains From Poker

[user66118]

Just a few hands after his quadruple up, Mike Sexton has been eliminated.

Tags: Mike Sexton

06-08-2009 10:35 UTC-12

Far-zad Out, Dude

[user66118]

Farzad Bonyadi raised under the gun, and Jay Heimowitz three-bet in position. When it folded back around to Bonyadi, he made the call, putting himself all in.

Showdown
Bonyadi: {2-Diamonds}

Heimowitz: {A-Diamonds}

Bonyadi was in pretty bad shape, having both of his suits dominated by his opponent. The board ran out {A-Hearts}

, and Heimowitz's aces up were the winner. He snagged that small pot, eliminating Farzad Bonyadi with just about 100 players left.

Tags: Farzad Bonyadi Jay Heimowitz

06-08-2009 10:21 UTC-12

What's a Wheel Werthmann?

[user66118]

Barry Werthmann opened the pot with a raise from middle position, and both Jim Geary and Sam Farha called from the blinds.

The flop came out {A-Spades}

. The blinds checked, then both called when Werthmann made a bet. The turn card was the {4-Spades}

, and the action repeated with each player putting in a single big bet. The {3-Clubs}

fell on the river, and Geary took control of the pot with a leading bet. Farha called, and Werthmann put his last 500 chips into the pot, calling all in.

Geary tabled {2-Spades}

, with Farha showing {2-Hearts}