Event 30 - $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

06-14-2009 18:05 UTC-12

Last Two Levels

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Players have completed their last break and are back in their seats for the final two hours of tonight's play.

06-14-2009 17:45 UTC-12

Taking a Break

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Players are taking a hard-earned 20-minute break before returning for the last two level's of today's play.

06-14-2009 17:44 UTC-12

Lucky 7s for Beevers

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We caught this hand on the river as Joe Beevers was raking in his chips.

On a board of {A-Clubs}

, Beevers showed {7-Diamonds}

for a set of 7s, which were enough to beat his opponent's pocket queens.

Beevers is up to 26,000.

06-14-2009 17:32 UTC-12

Eli Elezra Doubles through David Fox

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The board read {K-Clubs}

when Eli Elezra got all in against David Fox.

Elezra: {Q-Diamonds}

Fox:

When the board failed to pair with the {A-Hearts}

on the river, Elezra's straight beat Fox's trips and he doubled up to 85,000 while Fox was left crippled with just 5,800.

06-14-2009 17:13 UTC-12

Baron Loses Some Chips

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We caught this hand on the river when Isaac Baron had checked on a board of {4-Hearts}

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Baron's opponent bet 2,400 from the button and Baron took more than a minute before finally making the call. When his opponent showed {Q-?}

, Baron mucked.

The hand put a small dent in Baron's stack, but he is still comfortable with nearly 30,000 chips.

06-14-2009 17:07 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

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Some of the players eliminated over the past level include Berry Johnston, Barry Shulman, Kirill Gerasimov, David Ulliott, Chris Bell and Mike Binger.

06-14-2009 17:06 UTC-12

Amnon Filippi Doubles through Jesse Rios

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Jesse Rios is chip leader no longer.

We caught the very end of this hand as Filippi turned over his hand after the board came {6-Spades}

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When Filippi showed {A-Spades}

, Rios mucked and shipped almost half his stack Filippi's way. Rios now has 55,000 while Filippi has 43,000.

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0

06-14-2009 16:44 UTC-12

Daniel Alaei Comes Up Short

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After Daniel Alaei and Isaac Baron both limped in preflop, the player on the button raised to 2,700. Alaei called while Baron folded, and two players saw the flop of {6-Clubs}

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Alaei moved all in for 6,500 and got the call.

Alaei: {A-Clubs}

Button:

Neither the {J-Diamonds}

nor the

completed Alaei's straight and his opponent's trip 6s held up to take the pot.