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

05-30-2009 19:07 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

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40 - John Seewald
41 - Bruce Levitt
42 - Luis Santoni
43 - Michael Kleist

All of the above players will receive $5,651

05-30-2009 19:04 UTC-12

Big Stacks in Control

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Donnie Peters

The play has been nice and steady since hitting the money. The bigger stacks at each table seem to be driving the action and winning most of their confrontations with the shorter stacks to send them to the rail. We're down to under 40 players left in the field and there's a bust out every couple of minutes.

Another reason things are going this way is that all the big stacks are spread out around the tournament room, so they can't really bother one another.

05-30-2009 19:00 UTC-12

EDog Doubles through Deeb

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We caught this hand just in time to see Erick Lindgren scoop a pot against Freddy Deeb.

Lindgren doubled up to 42,000 after showing a full house of aces and kings.

05-30-2009 18:56 UTC-12

Sebastian Ruthenberg Keeps Rolling On

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In another big hand, Sebastian Ruthenberg took down a nice pot in a three-way hand with Alex Michaels and Jim Geary.

On a board of {4-Hearts}

, Geary folded to Ruthenberg's bet, and Michaels went to the river where he called another bet after the {7-Spades}

fell.

Michaels mucked his hand after Ruthenberg showed {A-Clubs}

to scoop the pot.

With that pot, Ruthenberg now has 260,000 chips

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

05-30-2009 18:44 UTC-12

Layne Flack Eliminated in 44th Place ($5,651)

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We caught this hand in progress.

Layne Flack got all his chips in the middle on a board of jack-4-2-3 with two hearts. Flack was holding ace-3-jack-queen double suited for both a nut flush and a nut low draw, but failed to improve against Andreas Foulias who held ace-5-x-x for a wheel.

Flack took home $5,651 for his play

05-30-2009 18:36 UTC-12

John Racener Eliminated in 45th Place ($5,651)

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A short stacked John Racener is eliminated in 45th place after his opponent hit quad sevens.

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05-30-2009 18:27 UTC-12

Final Five Tables

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With the elimination of Andre Akkari (48th), Ahmad Abghari (47th) and Bradley Biarda (46th), the event is down to its final 45 players at five tables.

Akkari, Abjhari and Biarda will each receive $4,925.

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05-30-2009 18:13 UTC-12

Chris Chang Eliminated in 49th Place ($4,925)

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Chris Chang was eliminated from the tournament after running into his opponent's set of tens.

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05-30-2009 18:06 UTC-12

Four Fast Eliminations

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It didn't take long for the action to heat up after the last break. In the first few minutes since play has resumed, the following players have hit the rail:

50 - Thomas Hunt
51 - Dale Kadota
52 - Dale Kunkle
53 - Chip Jett

Each player earned $4,925 for their efforts.