Event 46 - $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-25-2009 21:36 UTC-12

Action!

We have a scooped pot!

We only caught it from the river (we were briefly distracted by the thought of five-card pot limit omaha hi/lo), but the board read thus:

{Q-Hearts}

Derek Raymond check-called a bet from Mark Tenner, and then mucked when Tenner turned over {A-Hearts}

.

Tenner: 2,250,000
Raymond: 930,000

06-25-2009 21:34 UTC-12

Are you railing this tournament? Are you finding the action, well, a little slow? Well, the cash game here in the Rio is where you ought to be! They've just called five-card pot limit omaha hi/lo over in the cash section. Guess it's just that time of the night. Whoop!

06-25-2009 21:31 UTC-12

What's the Next Blind Level?

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Oh dear, this has gone on so long we're now off the structure sheet. The TD informs us though that should we make it through the next half an hour to the end of this level, the blinds will be 50,000 and 100,000. With 3,180,000 chips in play. Surely it can't take much longer...

06-25-2009 21:23 UTC-12

...But We're Still Here

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Raymond raised and Tenner called him; Tenner then check-called the {10-Spades}

flop. He bet out on the {Q-Clubs}

turn and Raymond called, and they saw a {9-Clubs}

river. This river was interesting as it represented a little miracle for Raymond. Tenner check-called -- and then mucked what seemed to be {A-?}

when Raymond showed him {A-Spades}

for a rivered straight.

06-25-2009 21:20 UTC-12

Tenner Takes the Lead Again

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Tenner scooped two pots in a row to get himself a convincing chip lead.

Tenner: {Q-Diamonds}

Board:

Then:

Tenner: {K-Hearts}

Board:

06-25-2009 21:07 UTC-12

...And Back Again

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Vast though the limits are, it's beginning to look as though this will never end.

The chips went back across the table to Mark Tenner when he made the wheel and Derek Raymond just mucked.

Board: {5-Clubs}

Tenner:

How marvellous, everyone gets to stay here a good while longer by the looks of it.

06-25-2009 21:02 UTC-12

Straight Flushed Away

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Limp-checked preflop, our heads-up players also checked the {4-Clubs}

flop. Derek Raymond bet out on the {K-Diamonds}

turn and Tenner called him. Another bet from Raymond on the {A-Diamonds}

river was similarly called. The cards were flipped and Raymond's flush beat Tenner's broadway straight -- Raymond scooped the pot and is now in the lead.

Raymond: {A-Hearts}

Tenner:

Level: 29

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 0

06-25-2009 20:56 UTC-12

Scoop & Scooper

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Mark Tenner scooped himself a nice pot with {A-Spades}

on a

board to put himself up to 2.2 million and Derek Raymond down to 900,000.

But very next hand the stacks were even again.

They limp-checked their merry way to a {4-Spades}