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

06-25-2009 15:33 UTC-12

This Must Be Important - the Commisioner's Here

Yes indeedy, Mr. Jeffrey Pollack is seated at the rail, largely playing with his Blackberry but also railing our final six. We are honored indeed.

06-25-2009 15:25 UTC-12

Here He Is

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Coppola located; cards in the air.

06-25-2009 15:24 UTC-12

Off We Go Again

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The clock has actually been started and then paused again while we wait for Fabio Coppola to turn up. Let's hope this excellent pace of bust-age continues when he returns though.

Level: 24

Blinds: 13,000/25,000

Ante: 0

06-25-2009 14:03 UTC-12

Dinner Break

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Players have agreed to take an 80-minute dinner break and then play three levels in a row once we come back. That will get us back on the "normal" break schedule.

See you at 8:20pm local time.

06-25-2009 14:01 UTC-12

After the last two eliminations, here's how our remaining six players stand:

Mark Tenner - 960,000
Josh Schlein - 700,000
Fabio Coppola - 500,000
Derek Raymond - 420,000
Scott Bohlman - 400,000
Sirous Jamshidi - 146,000

06-25-2009 14:00 UTC-12

Michael Keiner Eliminated in 7th Place ($30,562)

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Short-stacked Michael Keiner held on just long enough to earn a few extra dollars. Immediately after the elimination of Mark Gregorich, Keiner was all in against Derek Raymond with {A-Spades}

. Raymond's ragged hand, {J-Clubs}

, was best on a board that came {k-Hearts}

. He made jacks and eights to best Keiner's eights and fives, and like that -- Keiner is gone.

Tags: Derek Raymond Michael Keiner

06-25-2009 13:56 UTC-12

Mark Gregorich Eliminated in 8th Place ($26,213)

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Mark Gregorich's tenacious hold on this tournament has finally ended. He was all in again, this time for 24,000 preflop, and called by Josh Schlein and Mark Tenner. Tenner bet the flop and the turn before he drove Schlein out of the pot. At the river, on a board of {8-Spades}

, Tenner showed down {K-Diamonds}

for a full house, kings full of eights. That was finally enough against Gregorich, who showed just trip kings with {A-Hearts}

. He's out in 8th place.

Tags: Mark Gregorich Mark Tenner

06-25-2009 13:49 UTC-12

Gregorich Survives All In... Again

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We've lost track of how many times Mark Gregorich has been all in. Somehow he always manages to come away with a piece of the pot. This time his {4-Clubs}

qualified for the low half against Mark Tenner's {A-Hearts}

on a board of {8-Spades}

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Another chop keeps us on the search for our eighth-place finisher.

Tags: Mark Gregorich Mark Tenner

06-25-2009 13:46 UTC-12

Bohlman Finally Scoops

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After chopping several large pots in a row, Scott Bohlman finally scooped. He was in the small blind and three-bet preflop after Josh Schlein raised the button. Schlein called and then check-called every street, {6-Spades}