2009 World Series of Poker

Event 46 - $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
34510
Prize
$229,192
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$975,200
Entries
424
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Victor Deltoro Eliminated in 20th Place ($7,411)

Victor Deltoro
Victor Deltoro
Frankie O'Dell raised under the gun and got looked up by Fabio Coppola, Sirous Jamshidi on the button and, with a sigh, Victor Deltoro in the big blind.

Come the {5-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {4-Clubs} flop, Deltoro moved in for his last 7,000. O'Dell raised, and everyone called.

O'Dell bet out on the {10-Diamonds} turn too. Said Coppola: "You gonna bet before the river comes out, or you gonna wait and see?" He called, as did Jamshidi.

Come the {7-Clubs} river Deltoro slammed his cards down and began to complain about, apparently, the lack of a dedicated clock. He clearly was not going to win the hand. He mucked and is out, while Jamshidi and O'Dell chopped the pot and Coppola got nothing.

O'Dell: {A-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {3-Clubs} {10-Hearts}
Jamshidi: {6-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {9-Clubs}
Coppola: {5-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {A-Clubs} {10-Spades}

Tags: Victor Deltoro

Jim Banafato Eliminated in 19th Place ($7,411)

Jim Banafato
Jim Banafato
Jim Banafato's final hand in this tournament started as a four-way limped pot, with Banafato in the cutoff position. He was the first aggressor on a flop of {2-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {7-Spades}. That folded one of his opponents, but J.W. Smith raised. Banafato called all in and showed {2-?} {3-?} {5-?} {6-?}. Smith turned over the made nut low and a nut spade draw, {A-Spades} {K-?} {3-?} {6-Spades}. The board came running sevens, {7-Hearts} and {7-Clubs}. They allowed Smith's low to hold up, and for him to take the high half as well with trip sevens, ace-king kicker.

Banafato takes home $7,411 and we are at our next table re-draw.

Tags: J.W. SmithJim Banafato

New Seat Assignments

Green #150

Seat 1: Sirous Jamshidi (175,000)
Seat 2: CK Hua (190,000)
Seat 3: Josh Schlein (185,000)
Seat 4: Jeff Tunkel (150,000)
Seat 5: J.W. Smith (140,000)
Seat 6: Danny Smith (40,000)
Seat 7: Derek Raymond (203,000)
Seat 8: Frankie O'Dell (185,000)
Seat 9: Mark Gregorich (155,000)

Green #151

Seat 1: Pat Poels (93,000)
Seat 2: James Dempsey (61,000)
Seat 3: Mark Tenner (405,000)
Seat 4: Michael Keiner (230,000)
Seat 5: Meng La (110,000)
Seat 6: Scott Bohlman (115,000)
Seat 7: John Monnette (215,000)
Seat 8: Patrice Boudet (300,000)
Seat 9: Fabio Coppola (150,000)

Flushy Doubles Through La

A much-needed double up for James "Flushy" Dempsey. We didn't quite catch Meng La's hand, but Flushy was holding {A-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {J-Clubs} on a {9-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} to scoop the pot. He looks much happier now than he did a few minutes ago.

La, on the other hand, is down to 35,000 and looking most irked.

Jamshidi's Turn in the Middle

Sirous Jamshidi put in the first raise and the last call but wound up with absolutely no part of the pot. He raised preflop and was called by Jeff Tunkel from late position and Derek Raymond from the big blind.

Action checed all the way to Tunkel on a flop of {7-Spades} {6-Spades} {5-Spades}. Tunkel made an exploratory bet that both players called. Action was checked through when the turn paired the board {7-Hearts}.

On the river {6-Hearts}, which put a second pair on board, action again checked to Tunkel. He made another bet that both opponents cautiously called. Tunkel showed down a weak flush, {J-Spades} {9-Spades} {10-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}. It was good for the high half of the pot. Raymond showed down a weak low, {3-Spades} {2-Spades} {k-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}. That was good for the low half of the pot and left Jamshidi to just muck his hand.

Tags: Derek RaymondJeff TunkelSirous Jamshidi

Monnette Takes a Dive

John Monnette and Patrice Boudet made it to the river of a {6-Clubs} {10-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {2-Clubs} board when Boudet announced raise. "Raise?" said Monnette. "I checked." Some brief working out of what was going on. "Oh, then I call," said Monnette, but then an, "Oh my god, how do you lose with these hands?" as what looked like {A-Spades} {6-Spades} {Q-?} {J-?} in his hand lost on all fronts to Boudet's {A-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {2-Spades} {4-Spades}.

Monnette's down to 100,000.

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 0

Double-Suited Aces Double (Danny) Smith

Josh Schlein opened the preflop action with a raise. All folded to Danny Smith, who three-bet all in. Only Schlein called.

Smith: {A-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {9-Clubs}
Schlein: {A-Spades} {K-Spades} {9-Spades} {3-Diamonds}

Schlein made a noise of disgust upon seeing Smith's hand. It got worse after a flop of {2-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} {10-Spades}. The {Q-Spades} on the turn was a sweat card, giving Schlein some hope of making a spade flush, but he missed with the {3-Clubs} river. Neither player had a qualifying low; the whole pot went to Smith courtesy of his set of aces.

"Must be nice to wake up with aces," said Schlein.

Tags: Danny SmithJosh Schlein

Meng La Eliminated in 18th Place ($9,634)

Meng La
Meng La
We came running over to Green #151 to see lots of chips in the middle -- including all of Meng La's chips. The board showed {2-?} {A-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {Q-Spades} {3-Clubs}. La showed two pair, {K-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {4-Diamonds}, and no low. His opponent, Mark Tenner, turned up {A-Spades} {2-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {10-Clubs}. Tenner made a bigger two pair, aces and tens, and also had no low. He therefore got all of the pot and sent La to the rail.

Tags: Mark TennerMeng La