Event 25 - $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-12-2009 19:00 UTC-12

Presby Flushed By Davis

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Colin Presby is the latest to head to the cashier after his last chips were taken from him in a hand of Stud. Presby found two pair, queens and sevens, but the flush of Raymond Davis was too much to overcome and he was eliminated from the tournament in 27th place for $5,197.

Tags: Colin Presby Raymond Davis

06-12-2009 18:59 UTC-12

Jan Sorensen-t Packing

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Sorensen, now a short stack, found a multiway hand to get it in with preflop in Omaha. After under-the-gun Stuart Spivack raised and picked up two callers by the time it got to Sorensen on the button, he couldn't resist getting it in. He reraised and everyone came along for the ride.

Flop: {9-Hearts}

Spivack bet out and Bo Toft called behind him into the side pot (third guy with option to call, Dutch Boyd, folded here).

Turn: {8-Diamonds}

Now Spivack checked, and Toft bet. Spivack called.

River: {8-Clubs}

Check-check.

Spivack opened his hand to expressions of consternation from the all-in Dane as well as Toft: {J-Clubs}

was his holding, and it scooped the whole 50k+ pot.

"That was supposed to by my pot!" said Carlos Mortensen, pretty much the only one not in it.
"I had ace-four-six of clubs..."

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Jan Sorensen Stuart Spivack

06-12-2009 18:49 UTC-12

Boyd Versus the Short Stacks

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Jan Sorensen has been left on the short stack after he raised preflop, and Dutch Boyd defended in the big blind. Boyd then fired bets on every street and Sorensen made two pair with aces up to call him down, but Boyd had made a king-high flush and the only low to scoop.

Next hand Boyd took a shot at knocking out the short-stacked Simon Zuo however they chopped the pot.

Boyd is remaining ultra-aggressive as he now moves up to 225,000 chips.

06-12-2009 18:41 UTC-12

Musical Chairs

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We are now on four tables and the players are getting a reasonable amount of leg-stretching time as a bonus for the reshuffles as players bust out.

Latest casualty: Dao Bac, eliminated by Raymond Davis.

One table over and Javid Javani has been making this level work for him, having increased his stack to around 135k (he's a few-and-tall stacker so it's harder to estimate the dangerously swaying towers). His latest addition was at the cost of Ming Lee, who paid off his river raise on a {5-Clubs}

board. "Wheel!" announced Javani, and that explained the sudden flurry of betting on the river when not too much had gone in on earlier streets.

Tags: Javid Javani Ming Lee

06-12-2009 18:30 UTC-12

All Wong for Mascio

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On a flop of {7-Hearts}

, Greg Mascio moved all in for his last chips and Steve Wong made the call.

Mascio tabled {A-?}

however, he was in some trouble as Wong showed {Q-Hearts}

for flush and nut low.

The turn was the {6-Spades}

and river the {9-Hearts}

and Mascio is eliminated in 30th place as Wong is back on top of the chip leaders with 320,000 chips.

Tags: Greg Mascio Steve Wong

06-12-2009 18:22 UTC-12

Ciao Chau

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Another WSOP event, and another cash for Chau Giang. However, he was recently eliminated in a hand of Omaha-8 when his short stack was in the middle holding {5-?}

. His opponent, Al Emerson, flopped a full house with {A-?}

when the board ran out {10-Spades}

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He exits in 32nd place, just in time for the pay jump to $5,197.

Tags: Al Emerson Chau Giang

06-12-2009 18:19 UTC-12

Rossario Caught In the Middle

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In a recent Stud-8 hand, Shirley Rosario led the betting on fourth street, before Mark Scott led on fifth. Raymond Davis raised, with both Rosario and Scott calling. On sixth, Scott led again, and again Davis raised. Rosario wanted to call but reluctantly let it go, as Scott reraised once again. Davis called and then called again on the river.

Rosario: {5-Spades}

Scott:

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Davis:

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Scott tabled a monster with a flush and seven-low, but only collected half as Davis took took the high with a better flush.

06-12-2009 18:12 UTC-12

Steve Wong New Chip Leader

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Never in trouble chipwise all day, Steve Wong is now a length ahead of his nearest big stack with over 280k. He just scooped a threeway pot from Dustin Sitar and Loi Tran, probably the biggest of the tournament so far.

Tags: Steve Wong

06-12-2009 18:06 UTC-12

Full Break Chip Counts

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Table 161

Frank Debus - 140k
Blair Rodman - 74k
Mark Scott - 145k
Gavin Smith - 47k
Peter Brownstein - 28k
Raymond Davis - 91k
Shirley Rosario - 64k

Table 162

Peter Gelencser - 95k
Colin Presby - 74k
Dao Bac - 30k
Tom Koral - 151k
Matt Kelly - 45k
Frank Kassela - 70k
Esther Taylor - OUT

Table 163

Ming Lee - 65k
Mark Tenner - 13k
Phil Ivey - 175k
Javid Javani - 30k
Doug Saab - 60k
Chad Brown - 58k

Table 157

Loi Tran - 130k
Greg Mascio - 46k
Dustin Sitar - 60k
Jon Turner - 255k
Big Al Emerson - 110k
Steve Wong - 180k
Chau Giang - 51k

Table 158

Jan Sorensen - 55k
Simon Zuo - 38k
Eric Buchman - 36k
Stuart Spivack - 52k
Bo Toft - 47k
Carlos Mortensen - 60k
Dutch Boyd - 192k

06-12-2009 18:01 UTC-12

Play Resumes

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The players are back and the cards are in the air once again. There are 33 players remaining.