2009 World Series of Poker

Event 3 - $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
Day: 1
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♣9♦8♣7♦
Prize
$263,135
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
918
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 918
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Level: 2

Blinds: 50/75

Ante: 0

Barry Shulman is a Card Player

We caught this hand while wandering the floor.

With blinds at 25/50, two players in middle position limped into the pot, as did Barry Shulman from the button. Scott Clements made the call from the small blind and we saw a flop of {J-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{6-Clubs}.

Clements bet the flop and got two calls before Barry raised it up from the button. Clements and one other player folded, taking us to the turn heads up. When his opponent checked the {7-Spades} on the turn, Barry bet and got a call.

Both players checked the river when the {7-Clubs} paired the board, and chopped the pot when Shulman turned over {A-Clubs} {2-Spades} for the low, while his opponent turned over {8-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} for the 9-high straight.

At the end of the hand, Shulman was sitting on about 4,600 chips while Clements' stack had shrunk to about 3,100.

Tags: Barry ShulmanScott Clements

The Largest Ever?

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
Mike Matusow signing a book for a fan and fellow competitor
Mike Matusow signing a book for a fan and fellow competitor
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow was overheard chatting it up with some of his tablemates. The topic of conversation was the size of today's field. Matusow mentioned that he thinks today's tournament will produce the largest Omaha-8 or Better field ever.

The field size currently sits at 903 entrants, and climbing.

Matusow has also been kind enough to sign some copies of his new book for his competitors.

Tags: "The Mouth"Mike Matusow

Mike Matusow is Not Barry Greenstein

If you've ever knocked Barry Greenstein out of a tournament, you know two things. He'll take his beat like a gentleman, and he'll give you a bounty - a signed copy of his book, Ace on the River.

Mike Matusow is playing in the Brasilia room with a copy of his new book, Check Raising the Devil, sitting on the table in front of him. When asked if he was giving the book away as bounty, he responded "Nope, I'm selling them. Everyone at this table already bought a copy."

It's nice to see Mike has a new career path if he ever decides to walk away from poker.

Tags: Mike Matusow

More Notables

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
The Binger brothers are in the room, Michael and Nick. Joe Simmons is seated at Nick's table and a few tables down, Lakers owner Jerry Buss is playing in the event as well. Outside of them, Toto Leonidas, Nikolay Evdakov, David Daneshgar, Justin Young, Maureen Feduniak, and John Racener are in the room playing.

There's 912 players in total so far.

A Few Chip Counts

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
Here a few notable chip stacks in the room from the early goings.

Jordan Rich - 7,200
Jonathan Little - 7,000
Tom Schneider - 7,000
Jean-Robert Bellande - 6,200
Jimmy Fricke - 5,600

More Players in the Field

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
We grabbed some more names of players in the field today on the break. Kristy Gazes is here along with "Hollywood" Dave Stann. Daniel Negreanu is seated with David Levi at one table while Brandon Cantu, Lee Watkinson, and Allen Cunningham are at another.

Eli Elezra, Doug "Rico" Carli, Layne Flack, Ted Lawson, Paul Darden, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Perry Friedman, and Shaun Deeb are also here. Jennifer Harman is playing along with her husband Marco Traniello as well. All of the aforementioned players are located over in the Brasilia room.

There's 918 players as of the break and we should have the official numbers upon returning to action.

Level: 3

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

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