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

06-12-2009 11:49 UTC-12

Welcome To Event #27 - $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8-Or-Better

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It's an evening kick-off for event number #27, the PLO8 with a $5,000 buy-in. This is a brand new event for this year (last year there was only one PLO8 event - a $1,500 one) so expect a lot big names hunting the elusive bracelet to be in this field, hoping to take advantage of one of the smaller fields at this year's WSOP.

The tournament is scheduled to kick off in about 10 minutes.

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

06-12-2009 12:04 UTC-12

Some Interesting Points For You

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Today's tournament is 'Triple Chance' in that players start with 5,000 and can take two more sets of 5,000 chips at any time during the first three levels.

Already some players are looking like they might take all 15,000 chips at once to maximise the chance of scooping other players' stacks.

06-12-2009 12:05 UTC-12

Cards Are Up In The Air....

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....

And now they're on the table.

Shuffle up and deal.

06-12-2009 12:19 UTC-12

PlayerWatch

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Joining us in Brasilia today are:

Barny Boatman
David Steicke
Antony Lellouche
Ted Lawson
Van Marcus
Mike Matusow
Mike Sexton
Bill Gazes
Paul Parker
Amnon Filippi
Justin Smith
Michael Binger
Dan Harmetz
Nikolay Evadakov
Clonie Gowen
Kathy Liebert
Chris Bjorin
Shannon Shorr

06-12-2009 12:21 UTC-12

Early Pot For Lellouche

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Decent start for Antony Lellouche, he bet 400 on the {9-Clubs}

flop. 1,300 on the {9-Diamonds}

turn and the pot on the {2-Hearts}

river.

Ted Lawson had been calling him the whole way down but had to recheck his cards on the river, before folding disgruntled.

06-12-2009 12:34 UTC-12

Matusow Makes Big Fold

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The board was reading {K-Spades}

and Mike Matusow's raise of 2,650 had just been dwarfed by his opponent's reraise for an additional 6,700.

Matusow was looking perplexed, constantly rechecking his cards. At that point, Thor Hansen came by to check on Mike, the latter saying, "I might be going home in a sec, buddy!"

Matusow did though, eventually fold and got shown {K-Clubs}