Event 35 - $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

Event 35 - $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha

Day 2 Completed

06-18-2009 22:03 UTC-12

Play Ends for the Night

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Day 2 of the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha has come to a close with eleven players remaining. Sorel Mizzi is the chip leader with 969,000, followed closely by Rifat Palevic with 949,000.

Players will return tomorrow at 1pm PST to resume play until a champion is reached. Join us here at Pokernews.com to follow all the action, live as it happens.

06-18-2009 21:54 UTC-12

Dan Hindin Cracks Aces to Double

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With five minutes left in the level, a huge crowd gathered around Orange #59 after Rifat Palevic opened for 44,000, Dan Hindin reraised to 90,000 and small blind Felipe Ramos put in a third raise, raising pot to 310,000. Palevic folded out of the way. Ramos' {A-Hearts}

was in to try to take out Hindin's {K-Hearts}

, but three hearts flopped to give Hindin a flush. Ramos never connected with the board.

Tags: Dan Hindin Felipe Ramos

06-18-2009 21:39 UTC-12

Richard Tatalovich Eliminated in 12th Place ($32,330)

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Richard Tatalovich raised to 56,000 from middle position. On the button, Rifat Palevic reraised pot. Tatalovich called and was all in.

Tatalovich: {Q-Diamonds}

Palevic:

The board came {J-Clubs}

giving Palevic a club flush.

Richard Tatalovich is eliminated from the tournament in 12th place.

Tags: Richard Tatalovich Rifat Palevic

06-18-2009 21:21 UTC-12

Is It an Elimination...?

[user75032]

No, of course not. It's a double-up. Peter Jetten opened preflop for 45,000. Action passed to Cliff Josephy in the small blind, who raised pot. Jetten then moved all in for 233,000 and Josephy called. Hey! A showdown!

Jetten: {K-Spades}

Josephy:

Board:

It was a set for both players, but Jetten's kings were boss. He doubled to 486,000, while Josephy is back to the pack bit at 825,000.

Tags: Cliff Josephy Peter Jetten

06-18-2009 21:13 UTC-12

Baron Struggling

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Isaac Baron managed to chip back up slightly after his encounter with Cliff Josephy but he's taken another hit. He's down to 265,000 again after folding to an all-in check-raise by Jeppe Nielsen.

06-18-2009 21:05 UTC-12

Still Nothing Doing

[user75032]

This is it. This will be the last level of the night, come hell or high water. Either we eliminate three players during this level, or we hit the Rule 96 cutoff time of 3am. Personally, we'd rather eliminate three players because it means two things: (a) we leave a bit earlier than 3am; and (b) we come back tomorrow at 2pm instead of 1pm.

Of course, it's all in the players' hands. Given the relative dearth of play for the last hour, it seems the short stacks have contented themselves to dig in and wait for tomorrow.

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 0

06-18-2009 20:53 UTC-12

Baron Plummets

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One pair is not a strong hand in PLO. It wins once in a while, but it's a hand you'd rather not take to showdown. Ask Isaac Baron.

On a flop of {K-Diamonds}

, Baron (with position) called a 24,000-chip bet from Cliff Josephy. Josephy fired again for 64,000 when the turn fell {7-Clubs}

. Again Baron called.

The river was the {J-Clubs}

. Josephy finally slowed with a check and watched as Baron pushed 140,000 chips into the middle. It was a huge bet that sent Josephy into the tank. He finally called and heard Baron utter these words:

"One pair."

Josephy opened his own hand, {K-Hearts}

, a set of jacks. By dragging the pot, Josephy closed in on one million chips. Baron fell all the way to 270,000.

Tags: Cliff Josephy Isaac Baron

06-18-2009 20:41 UTC-12

Grass is Growing, Somewhere

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You might wonder if we've lost internet or something. Nope. The play is just that slow. Even the players are talking about it. They're talking about other things, too. Cliff Josephy just made a joke to Jason Somerville about how he had never seen someone fold on the flop getting 140-to-1 before this tournament.

Looks like it'll be 3am after all. We had such hope...