2009 World Series of Poker
Event 25 - $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
376
Level
27
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 376
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to Smith's [XXX] 
. Smith hesitated before calling the (now 3,000) final bet, but did it nonetheless. Brown showed him 
for trip Jacks."That's it?" said Smith, mucking (stack now 60k).
"That's it," confirmed Brown.
The game this time was Omaha-8, with Ivey's
taking it down on a board of 
as his opponent couldn't improve with 
.Can Ivey smell bracelet number seven already?
which was soon hammered by a board of 
on which one guy had made aces full of queens, while another had the fourth and final ace in his hand for no less than quads.
Other counts:
Alexandra Vuong - 26k
Joe Serock - 27k
Blair Rodman - 23k
Jon Turner - 67k
Ron Winkelvoss - 28k
Frank Debus - 34k
Barry Gassen - 12k
Mel Judah - 36k
Mark Scott - 60k
Chip Jett - 15k
Can Hua - 25k
Toto Leonidas - 24k
David Bach - 21k
Carol Kline - 24k
Shirley Rosario - 27k
Chad Brown - 108k
Phil Ivey - 128k (took down last hand before the break showing [XXX]
and his opponent laid his [XXX] 
down)Gavin Smith - 56k
Chau Giang - 63k
Carlos Mortensen - 29k
Steve Wong - 87k
William Buckley - 31k
Tad Jurgens - 45k
Esther Taylor was all in, with Hoyt Corkins and a third unknown player involved with the pot. The controversy started on sixth street when Taylor was not dealt a sixth-street card before her opponent was dealt his river card.
The floor was called and play had to be backtracked. The burn card should actually have been Taylor's sixth street card, and the river card that was dealt, should've been the burn.
The only problem was the player had allegedly already mixed his cards, which meant that no one could be sure which card was the river, other than the player himself who denied mixing and was happy to return the face-down card. The players at the table disagreed, and said that he had mixed the cards, and therefore the floor staff had to go to security tapes to check if he had indeed mixed his cards.
This took several minutes, but was the correct and fairest decision for all involved, especially since a rather perplexed Taylor had her tournament life on the line.
Fifteen minutes after the hand commenced and into the dinner break, and the word from security was that the cards had been mixed, so the player was forced to keep that card and the hand played out.
The unknown player fired a river bet and Corkins folded (
) 
face-up. Taylor showed (
) 
for the high to split with her opponent who flipped (
) for the low.A bizarre, and in the end, rather anti-climactic ending to the level, but one that was very well handled by the staff and players involved.
Level: 13
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
When the boards were run out Hua sweated his river card and had plenty of outs to make a low or a better high, but he bricked and was eliminated.
Hua:
Leonidas:
Leonidas is now up to a healthy 60,000 chips.
