2009 World Series of Poker
Event 35 - $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Nathan Chipping Up Early
The ChipMeUp entrepreneur now has just over 20,000 in chips.
Name Game
Noah Schwartz
Hevad Khan
Shawn Buchanan
John Juanda
Bill Chen
Erick Lindgren
Carlos Mortensen
Vanessa Selbst
Isaac Haxton
Robert Williamson III
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Kido Pham
Van Marcus
Seidel Snags One Early
Seidel:
Opponent:
The community cards came and Seidel's aces held up to win the pot, bringing him to 21,000 in chips (including his two add-on tokens).
Faces in the Crowd
Jeffrey Lisandro
Shaun Deeb
Jason Mercier
Vitaly Lunkin
Alan Smurfit
Ted Lawson
Eric Liu
Berry Johnston
Brock Parker
Eric Lynch
Mike Sexton
Kirill Gerasimov
Jesper Hougaard
Jacobo Fernandez
Barry Greenstein
Sandra Naujoks
Erik Seidel
Michael Pesek
Humberto Brenes
Sam Khouiss
Eric Froehlich
Lee Watkinson
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Get 'em In the Air
Tournament Director Jack Effel just went over a few ground rules before giving the command to 'Shuffle up and deal,' and we're officially underway!
Event 35: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha - Day 1
Phil Galfond took down last year's $5,000 PLO Event, earning himself a $817,781 payday, but the event received a major facelift during the off-season. Last year, rebuys were permitted, and the 152 players who entered generated 483 of them. This time around, rebuys are not an option. Instead, players will start with two 'add-on chips' worth 5,000 each, which they can activate at any time during the first three levels. Use up all three bullets and you're out; it's that simple.
Stay tuned... we're live from the Amazon Room at noon!