Event 27 - $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-12-2009 19:11 UTC-12

Negreanu Sliding Down...

Daniel Negreanu is down to about 10,000 after losing consecutive pots.

He had min-raised preflop with Michael Binger and the big blind coming along.

The flop was {K-Clubs}

and the big blind led for 3,600 (pot) after Binger checked, Negreanu called and Binger folded.

On the {J-Diamonds}

turn it was checked to Negreanu who now bet the pot, instantly getting called before the river {2-Spades}

went check, check. The big blind showed {A-Clubs}

for a huge flop hand and his aces up were now good on the river.

In the second hand Negreanu called 3,000 from the same player on the turn of a {8-Spades}

board before both checked the river. Negreanu was shown {Q-Clubs}

this time and mucked again.

06-12-2009 18:57 UTC-12

Seidel Busto

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Erik Seidel is out after getting all-in with {A-Spades}

against

on a

, Seidel's trips with top kicker no good against a boat.

06-12-2009 18:54 UTC-12

Bevand, Danzer Chop

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George Danzer was faced with an all-in of about 33,000 on a {K-Diamonds}

board from Manuel Bevand. Danzer was out of his chair clearly counting out his percentages in his head. After a couple of minutes he called with {A-Hearts}

for aces and the nut low draw.

Bevand turned over {K-Hearts}

for top set no low draw.

When the {8-Hearts}

appeared on the turn, Danzer allowed himself a little fistpump as he made the low and was now freerolling the other two aces in the deck for the high. The river was the {9-Diamonds}

though and like most pots today, or Homer Simpson's regular dinner choice, it's time for a chop.

06-12-2009 18:50 UTC-12

Jeff Lisandro is the new chip leader after winning a huge all-in preflop pot. We arrived at the table where Lisandro had already committed 11,100 to the pot. He was reraised to 44,400 and moved in for about 50,050 total with {A-Hearts}

and was called by his opponent's {A-Clubs}

.

The board came out {9-Diamonds}

, and with no low, Lisandro scooped with aces up over kings up.

He's now on 110,000.

06-12-2009 18:34 UTC-12

Chainsaw and Lisandro Chop

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With a board reading {10-Hearts}

all the chips go in between Allen Kessler and Jeff Lisandro holding {A-Clubs}

and

respectively. The turn was the {8-Spades}

giving Kessler the nut-low draw and the river {6-Diamonds}

completed it.

But it also made Lisandro the boat. Once more chop up that pot Mr/Miss Dealer.

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

06-12-2009 18:20 UTC-12

Roland's Hat of Victory

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Roland de Wolfe, wearing an odd-looking hat, just came over to tell us this interesting tidbit of news.

"I've just won a huge pot wearing Eli Elezra's hat. I defeated Jeff Lisandro's hat..."

Clearly Jeff Lisandro's hat is not as good as Jeff Lisandro at poker. I've heard the hat is a pretty inactive player, frankly.

06-12-2009 18:14 UTC-12

Chufty's Huge Stack

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Richard Ashby is up to about 90,000 after getting his entire stack in with {A-Clubs}

on a

board against {A-Diamonds}

. It was pretty tight at this point, Ashby could win with a king or a ten (that wasn't a diamond) while his opponent scooped with an eight or a diamond (that wasn't a king!)

These things do get complicated but Ashby's life became much easier when the {K-Hearts}

came on the turn leaving the other player drawing to one of two aces for a split.

The river was the {Q-Hearts}

and Richard Ashby looks to be our chip leader now.

06-12-2009 18:09 UTC-12

Danzer Continues to Accumulate

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George Danzer raises preflop to 1,500 and the big blind defends.

The flop is {9-Spades}

, and it's checked to the German who bets 2,000. The big blind thinks for a moment before throwing in 3,000 as that's what he thought the bet was.

Since it's 50% more than the bet, it's deemed a min-raise and made to 4,000. Danzer called, but said he wasn't entirely convinced the guy had made a mistake, thinking the other player might be making a move to look weak.

On the {A-Clubs}

turn, the big blind checked again and Danzer bet 3,500 before being check-raised to 7,000.

"At this point I was sure he had jacks full!" said Danzer, but he elected to make the call. The river was the {8-Hearts}

and the big blind led out for 3,000 and Danzer called, getting shown a flush, but the German flipped {A-Diamonds}

for the boat.

Jan Heitmann watching from the rail said, "I think if he [the big blind] pushes on the river then George would fold..."

06-12-2009 17:59 UTC-12

Ivey Turns Up...

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Phil Ivey is the chip leader in the $2,500 Stud-8/Omaha-8 event and he's just turned up to play a few hands in the $5,000 PLO8 now as well...

Will his plan be spin-up or bust-out?