Event 46 - $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-23-2009 15:49 UTC-12

No Guth

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John Guth, who won an O8 bracelet a couple years back and has numerous cashes, all of them in O8 or PLO8, is up to 14,000 and in great shape.

With a fairly hefty pot amassed by the river of the {8-Spades}

board, Guth bet out and Paul Darden called him, but mucked when Guth turned over {Q-Diamonds}

to scoop.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-23-2009 15:54 UTC-12

How Many Runners Are There?

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The payout hasn't been published yet, but it looks as though our number of runners has settled at 425, and 45 places are going to be paying out. Hopefully we'll have payouts at the next break.

06-23-2009 16:09 UTC-12

Assorted Chip Counts

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Linda Johnson: 6,300
Jan Fisher: 8,500
Eli Elezra: 3,500
Mike Matusow: 8,700
Daniel Negreanu: 6,200 and drinking, as evidenced by his cry of, "I'm drinking!" when your blogger approached the table, and then giving her a hug
Brett Richey: 9,300
Michael Binger: 4,600
Paul Parker: 5,900
Chris Bjorin: 4,000
Alan Kessler: 6,600, although it's mostly in grey 100 chips, so it looks as though someone's been stealing the blinds...
Chris Ferguson: 5,300
Bryan Devonshire: 6,000
Annie Duke: 7,500
Maridu Mayrinck: 6,000 -- "I was up 10,000 but then I got aces outdrawn by ace-three." On the plus side, the gentleman sitting next to her has asked her to marry him at a drive-thru wedding chapel during the dinner break. We'll be sure to film if that goes ahead.

06-23-2009 16:13 UTC-12

Miniature Stack for Minieri

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Dario Minieri is down to just 375 and is on official deathwatch.

We're not entirely sure what happened, but he mucked on the river of a board featuring three clubs and a lot of paint on it to Michael Keiner holding {K-Hearts}

.

Keiner's up to 15,000. Minieri looks like a little boy lost.

Tags: Dario Minieri Michael Keiner

06-23-2009 16:27 UTC-12

Chips Counts From the Far Side

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...Far side of the Brasilia Room, obviously. Please note the big names who just quietly snuck in while nobody was looking.

John Racener: 14,000
John O'Shea: 5,000
Tero Kilkanen: 13,000
Clonie Gowen: 4,600 and one half-eaten burrito
Max Pescatori: 3,000
Scotty Nguyen: 6,500
Darus Suharto: 7,500
Mel Judah: 8,500
Katja Thater: 8,500
Kelly Kim: 12,000
Mike "Gator Aide" Longo: just 800 currently, but still has a lot of gators
Thayer Rasmussen: 8,500
Thor Hansen: 8,000
Jeff Madsen: 10,000
Jim Geary: 4,500
Andy Bloch: 3,800
Marcel Luske: 2,600
Lisa Parsons: 4,100
Jan Sjavik: 11,000

06-23-2009 16:39 UTC-12

Krausing Along

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Andreas Krause bet out from the big blind on a {4-Spades}

flop and recieved three callers.

He bet out again on the {6-Hearts}

turn, but this time he only got three calls.

Come the {8-Clubs}

turn he just checked it and the gent to his immediate left bet instead. Krause and one other gentleman called, but the third gent just mucked as Krause and his opponent chopped the hefty pot.

Krause: {3-Spades}