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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Cards Back in the Air

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
The players are hustling back into their seats and the cards are back in the air.

Just before the break, Andy Bloch bought in and is now playing the event as well. Jens Voertmann is also playing and is seated with Allie Prescott and Jan Fisher.

Random Snippets

Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren still hasn't returned to his seat, while Marcel Luske is sitting on a shortening stack a few tables away.

Max Pescatori has a healthy chip stack of about 7,700, but he and fellow Italian pro Dario Alioto are both jonesing for a free WiFi connection. "I'm OK for about 30 minutes, but I go on tilt without the Internet," Dario said.

Tags: Erick Lindgren

"O! Say Can You See"

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
The presentation of the first gold bracelet just occurred for the Casino Employees Event. As a new tradition this year, the national anthem of the winner will be played following each bracelet presentation. As the United States national anthem roared through the sound system here in the Amazon room, almost every player and dealer stood from their chairs. Of course, a few players kept playing in the hands they were involved in, but many stopped in honor.

Upon a loud roar of cheers after the anthem concluded, tournament director Jack Effel thanked everyone for standing during the national anthem and mentioned that the staff wasn't quite sure on whether or not they would ask people to stand. On their own, most people did so, to which Effel said, "Thank you very much for all standing. You are the reason poker players are so special and what makes the WSOP."

Mind you, the clock did not stop during the anthem, but with respect to everyone, the staff has added three minutes back onto the clock.

Chip Counts

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
Alexander Kostritsyn - 10,200
John Phan - 8,500
Jeff Madsen - 6,700
Esther "E-Tay" Taylor - 3,500
Justin Phillips - 3,000
Marcel Luske - 2,850

Matusow Absent

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
There's an empty chair where Mike "The Mouth" Matusow was sitting, but his chips are still stacked on the table. He only has about 3,000 chips and has jumped over to play the $40,000 tournament he is still in across the room.

Tags: "The Mouth"Mike Matusow

An Update from the Hinterlands

We just wandered back from checking out some of the action over in the Brasilia Room where a number of the big names pros are playing.

Some notables include Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and Andy Bloch, both of whom are sitting on about 2,000 chips. Gavin Smith is doing a little better, with about 6,000, though he was up at around 9K at the break.

Daniel Negreanu is sitting on a 10K stack and chatting with Phil Hellmuth, who just took his seat at the neighboring table.

Can't Even Win With Five Cards

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
Over at Justin Phillips' table, there was a pot involving Phillips and two other players. One of the players was all in and at the showdown when all three players revealed their holdings, the all-in player noticed he had five cards instead of four. The floor was called over to the table and the ruling was that the five-card hand was a dead hand. Because he hand was declared dead, the player was eliminated. Phillips and the third player in the hand then chopped up the pot.
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