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

06-23-2009 18:00 UTC-12

Chip Counts From This Side

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Gavin Smith: 3,200
Jan Sjavik: 13,000
Lisa Parsons: 7,000
Perry Friedman (hi, mom!): 19,000
Jimmy Fricke: 10,000
Daniel Negreanu: 7,000
Michael Binger: 2,000
Paul Parker: 6,300
Andreas Krause: 12,200
Anthony Lellouche: 13,000
James "Flushy" Dempsey: 7,000
Todd Brunson: 2,500
Maridu Mayrinck: 10,000 and woefully did not marry her table mate in the dinner break
Ray Davis: 11,000
Richard Ashby (only just discovered in the field): 8,000
Bryan Devonshire: 2,500
Kristy Gazes: 2,100
Linda Johnson: 6,000
Chris Ferguson: 6,300
Alexander Kostritsyn: 4,000
Michael Keiner: 13,000
Annie Duke: 5,500
Mike Matusow: 6,000
John Racener: 14,000

06-23-2009 18:12 UTC-12

Chip Counts From the Other Side

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Not from beyond the dead, but merely from beyond the central rail.

Scott Clements: 4,600
Alex Kravchenko: 14,500
Tom Snyder: 7,000
Marcel Luske: 3,000
Thang Luu: 13,000
Andy Bloch: 5,000
Thor Hansen: 4,500
Jeff Madsen: 13,500
Paul Darden: 5,000
Sasha Rosewood: 12,500
Rayan Nathan: 6,300
Kelly Kim: 10,000
Billy Argyros: 8,000
Dutch Boyd: 10,000
Katja Thater: 12,000
Rob Hollink: 11,500
Darus Suharto: 9,000
Mel Judah: 10,300
John Juanda (making one of his trademark post-dinner appearances by the looks of it): 6,000
Chip Jett: 2,000
Matt Glantz: 11,500
David Grey: 3,500
Chau Giang: 7,000
Jordan Morgan: 5,000
Cyndy Violette: 9,000
Mike Sexton: 9,000
Brett Jungblut: 8,000
Matt Vengrin: 7,500
Shannon Elizabeth: 3,000
Jan Fisher: 10,000
John Monnette: 13,000
Clonie Gowen: 4,000
Chris Reslock: 4,000
Men Nguyen: 11,000
Justin Smith: 8,000
Scotty Nguyen: 5,000
Carol Kline: 16,000
Steve Wong: 9,500

06-23-2009 18:19 UTC-12

A Few Chips Added to the Old Bloch

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With three players and 1,500 in chips in the pot by the {2-Spades}

flop, it checked around to Andy Bloch on the button who bet. Both checkers called.

Come the {3-Spades}

turn another player bet out and a second player called; Bloch raised it and the original bettor called, while the other player folded.

Some further action occurred on the {J-Spades}

river (alas the exact nature of it is lost in the mists of time), and when the cards were flipped, Bloch raked in three quarters -- both players had made the wheel, but Bloch had managed to runner-runner a flush to go with it.

Bloch: {5-Spades}

Mr. Opponent: {5-Clubs}

Tags: Andy Bloch

06-23-2009 18:23 UTC-12

How Many Runners Are There Again?

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For some reason the board is now claiming a total of 424 runners rather than the 425 previously advertised. Not sure who died, combusted etc, but we're assured the payout is correct, and we currently have 378 runners remaining.

06-23-2009 18:36 UTC-12

...And a Couple Guys We Missed On the Last Sweep

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Dan Heimiller: 16,000
Paul Testud: 6,500
Max Pescatori: 7,500
John O'Shea: 7,500
Matthew Burgoine: 4,300
Tero Kilkanen: 20,000
Farzad Rouhani (perhaps you'll recall that he won a bracelet last year in O8/S8): a whopping 26,000

06-23-2009 18:41 UTC-12

Minieri Recovers, Loses Again

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Dario Minieri made a bit of a recovery after finding himself down to just 375 chips earlier, but things are still not going well for the tiny Italian and he's sitting on just 1,500 right now.

With three players in the hand on the {8-Clubs}

flop, it checked around to Minieri on the cutoff, who bet. Back to Frankie O'Dell, who check-raised. The third player got out of the way, and Minieri called.

O'Dell bet out on both the {A-Hearts}

turn and

river and both times Minieri called -- but Minieri just mucked when O'Dell turned over {K-Hearts}

and is back down to a very tiny stack.

Tags: Dario Minieri

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

06-23-2009 18:54 UTC-12

Good River for Madsen

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A unfortunate gentleman found himself all in preflop and up against Jeff Madsen.

Mr. All In: {9-Hearts}

Madsen:

Board:

"Not a good river for you," mused Madsen as the absolute worst happened for the short stack -- he was three-quartered and is now exactly twice as short as before, though still in.

06-23-2009 19:08 UTC-12

Not a Shorr Thing

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Shannon Shorr dips to 11,500 after betting out on the turn of a {6-Diamonds}

board and got himself called by another player further down the table. Both players checked the {J-Diamonds}

river and Mr. Caller turned over {2-Diamonds}

to take the pot; Shorr flashed him the {A-Diamonds}

and mucked.

Tags: Shannon Shorr

06-23-2009 19:17 UTC-12

Movin' Up

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- Perry Friedman: up to 22,000

- Dario Minieri: up to, er, 2,500 from his previous 1,500

- Paul Parker: up to, umm, 3,000. He was down to 2,100 before getting involved in a four-way pot that turned to a three-way pot on the flop. Parker bet from the button on the flop and then three-bet to a raise; he called all in for his last 150 on the turn and minimal action between the other two players resulted in a three-way showdown with Parker taking half of it.

Board: {6-Spades}

Parker:

for the low
Mr. Big Blind: {3-Diamonds}

for the high
Mr. Under The Gun: {10-Diamonds}

for absolutely nothing