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
q987
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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Stacks are Climbing

With Day 1 winding down, some big stacks are starting to emerge. Some notable stacks belong to these players:

Robert Rosengarten - 48,000
Ryan Hughes - 36,000
Mike Chow - 35,000
Annie Duke - 32,000
Chip Jett - 32,000
Eli Elezra - 28,000

E-Tay Stayin' Alive

Feelin' a little better now
Feelin' a little better now
In a multi-way pot postflop, the board read {9-Hearts} {6-Spades} {3-Spades}. Esther "E-Tay" Taylor checked, Rafe Furst checked, the next player checked, "Hollywood" Dave Stann checked, a fifth player checked, and then the button player bet out. E-Tay called, as did Rafe Furst and the next player. Stann and the other player mucked.

The turn brought the {4-Clubs} and E-Tay fired out a bet. Rafe Furst raised and the button called. E-Tay called all in for a total of 2,200, creating a side pot of 400 between Furst and the button.

The river brought the {A-Diamonds} and the two remaining active players checked as E-Tay stood away from her seat to watch the action.

The button player showed {5-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {2-Spades} for a wheel and Furst mucked to give him the side pot. E-Tay went back to her seat and revealed {K-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {5-Spades} {4-Diamonds} for a seven-high straight to scoop the high pot.

Despite being down to her last couple thousand, E-Tay is now up to 7,000.

Tags: "E-Tay"Esther taylor

Jon Turner Wins a Big Hand

When no one raised his big blind preflop, Jon "Pearljammed" Turner and two other players saw a flop of {7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}. Turner and the small blind both called a bet before the {3-Spades} fell on the turn.

The action checked around and when the {7-Hearts} came on the river, Turner bet out and got called by both opponents.

Turner turned over {7-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} for a full house for the high, and took one-third of the low when his opponents also showed ace-deuce for the same 6-low. The hand brought Turner's chip stack to 15,000.

Clements Loses to Cousineau, But Not in Cards

Tony Cousineau and Scott Clements just had a nice little wager on whether or not Clements could toss his empty water bottle into the trash can from about 30 feet away at his table. Clements took the shot and missed. As soon as he aimed and took fire, the floor staff reprimanded him for his actions and warned him not to do it again... oops.

Tags: Scott ClementsTony Cousineau

More Chip Counts

Some other notable stacks around the room include:

Rafe Furst - 23,000
Justin Phillips - 35,000
Warren Karp - 35,000
Nikolay Evdakov - 24,500
Robert "Animal" Price - 38,500
Micah Brooks - 48,000
Thomas James Hunt III - 34,000
Clint Steelman - 33,000

The Grinder Chops a Pot

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and Warren Karp just played one of the more entertaining pots of the day.

On a flop of {A-Spades}{2-Spades}{8-Hearts}, Mizrachi check-raised Karp only to get reraised again. After the call, Mizrachi check-called Karp's turn bet after the {2-Diamonds} paired the board. Mizrachi check-called the river too when the {2-Clubs} hit the board.

When the hands were opened, Mizrachi showed {4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} for a low while Karp showed {2-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{K-Spades} for the high.

At the end of the hand, Mizrachi's stack stood at 19,500.

The Grinder's Back at It

In the time it took us to write up his last hand, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi got himself involved in another big hand.

We picked up the action four-handed after the turn brought a board of {K-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}. The player in second position and got called all around, taking us to the river which brought the {7-Diamonds}.

When the action checked to him, Grinder bet and got three calls. When Mizrachi tabled his hand of {9-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{4-Clubs}, it was good enough to scoop with a 6-low and a flush for the high.

The hand nearly doubled Mizrachi up and he's now sitting on 34,000 chips.

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0