Event 3 - $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

Event 3 - $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better

Day 2 Completed

05-30-2009 22:16 UTC-12

Day Two Wraps Up

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A long Day Two of the $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo event has come to an end with 19 players remaining in the field. A few big name players still remain in Freddy Deeb, Jordan Rich and Sebastian Ruthenberg, however the chip leader going into tomorrow will be Ed Smith with 433,000.

Players will return tomorrow with just under a half hour remaining in Level 20 where the blind will be 5,000/10,000 with betting limits of 10,000/20,000. With an average stack of only 217,000 action is sure to be fast and furious as players work down to eventually crown the third bracelet winner of this 2009 World Series.

Join us tomorrow when play resumes at 2:00 pm PST at PokerNews.com

05-30-2009 21:57 UTC-12

Eli Elezra Eliminated in 20th Place ($7,869)

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With just two hands left before play ended for the day, Eli Elezra's tournament came to an end.

Henry Hull raised from the cut off and Elezra and Ming Reslock called from the blinds. Elezra got all his chips in after a flop of {9-Hearts}

. Reslock and Hull continued to bet the last two streets, which brought the {4-Hearts}

and

.

Elezra mucked his hand when Reslock showed a pair of jacks for the high and Hull showed ace-2 to take the low. Elezra took home $7,869 for 20th place.

05-30-2009 21:52 UTC-12

Morten Holm Eliminated in 21st Place ($7,869)

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Morten Holm took his chances, but just couldn't beat Robert Price.

Holm got his chips in the middle with king-king-3-10 and was called by Price who held ace-2-3-5. When the board came {8-Diamonds}

, Price's two pair were good for the high while his ace-2 took the low.

Holm's play was good for $7,869.

05-30-2009 21:46 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

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24 - Alexander Michaels
23 - Jon Nakatani
22 - Geoff Bouvier

Each player above will receive $7,869

Tags: Alexander Michaels Geoff Bouvier Jon Nakatani

05-30-2009 21:42 UTC-12

Jon Nakatani Eliminated in 23rd Place ($7,869)

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Jon Nakatani got all his chips in preflop and was called by both Adam Quiggle and Richard Toth.

The players checked down the board of {3-Clubs}

, and Nakatani got chopped up by his opponents, with Quiggle getting the high end with pocket kings and Toth taking the low with ace-4.

Nakatani took home $7,869 for his play.

05-30-2009 21:28 UTC-12

All the Blood Sucked from Alex Michaels

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Alex "Dracula" Michaels was rockin' and rollin' for the past few levels. He built his chip stack up to over 250,000. But, it seems like the joys of a big stack may have blurred his vision a little. Michaels began playing an extreme frequency of hands and has since dropped three huge pots to bust from the tournament.

Tags: "Dracula"Alex Michaels

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 0

05-30-2009 21:23 UTC-12

Deeb Busts Ben Gold in 25th Place ($7,869)

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Ben Gold was all in preflop for 11,000 from under the gun. Freddy Deeb completed the raise to 16,000, Henry Hull called from middle position, and Geoff Bouvier called from the big blind.

The flop came down {A-Clubs}