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

06-12-2009 17:44 UTC-12

Binger's Check-Raise is Enough

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Michael Binger check-raises a 5,000 bet for an additional 10,500 more on a {10-Diamonds}

board, which is enough to get his opponent to fold...

06-12-2009 17:48 UTC-12

Perry is Fried, Man.

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Looking around the tournament area, it looks as though Perry Friedman has bitten the dust just before the dinner break as when we got back someone else was sitting there.

06-12-2009 17:56 UTC-12

Just Bach Out, Ok?

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David Bach has been busted from the tournament.

Also out are Paul Parker and David Chiu.

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?

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 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 18:20 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.

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

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.

06-12-2009 18:50 UTC-12

Lisandro Scoops Huge

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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.