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

06-24-2009 16:05 UTC-12

Emergency High!

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Most Omaha Hi/Lo players will tell you stories of how they made an emergency low (a really, really bad low hand) to take the low half of the pot after they thought they'd be winning the high half. Ben Gold just introduced us to the concept of the emergency high.

On a board of {Q-Diamonds}

, Mickey Appleman and Gold went to showdown. Appleman showed {A-Hearts}

for the nut low, with ace-high for high. Gold showed the same low, {A-Clubs}

and a pair of deuces for high. Improbably a pair of deuces was good enough for the high half. Appleman wound up quartered.

Counts after the hand -

Appleman: 24,000
Gold: 95,000

Tags: Ben Gold Mickey Appleman

06-24-2009 16:02 UTC-12

Gregorich Up, Smith Down

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For every winner there's a loser. Our winner in this instance is Mark Gregorich. Our loser is Danny Smith. Gregorich was all in for 11,400 before the flop and called by Smith. It was, as these things go, a bit of a flip:

Smith: {A-Clubs}

Gregorich: {A-?}

There were no low cards to be found on the board. Gregorich's pair of nines wound up being the boss hand to give him the double-up to 24,000.

Tags: Danny Smith Mark Gregorich

06-24-2009 16:01 UTC-12

Wong Turn

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...And it's out of the Amazon Room for newly-busted unexpected Dutchman Steve Wong.

06-24-2009 15:56 UTC-12

Matusow Makes Our Job Easy

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A fist pump, some shouting and some running around between the tables alerted us to the fact that Mike Matusow has doubled up to 70,000.

Tags: Mike Matusow

06-24-2009 15:47 UTC-12

"I Just Made the Worst Fold Ever"

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"...On the river, and I would have won."

So were the sad words of James "Flushy" Dempsey, who's back down to 60,000 after folding some sort of {A-?}

on an ace-high board. That was a 30,000 pot he would have won. Ouch.

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,300/2,500

Ante: 0

06-24-2009 15:45 UTC-12

How Fortunes Have Changed

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Before dinner Josh Schlein was near the top of the counts. After losing several pots -- including a recent pot to Armando Ruiz -- Schlein is near the bottom of the counts.

Ruiz was the pre-flop aggressor, opening the pot with a raise. Schlein called to a flop of {Q-Spades}

. Ruiz bet and Schlein called.

On the {5-Hearts}

turn, Ruiz bet again. Now Schlein raised, and Ruiz opted to just call. The {A-Clubs}

on the river was checked through. Ruiz showed {A-Spades}

for a turned set of fives. Schlein had only a pair of aces and mucked.

After the hand, Schlein is on 18,000 while Ruiz has bumped up to 32,000.

Tags: Armando Ruiz Josh Schlein

06-24-2009 15:37 UTC-12

Racener Races Out the Door; Rosario Follows

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John Racener picked the wrong time to make a move. He tried to steamroll his way to the pot on the turn of a {K-Hearts}

board, perhaps hoping to represent a straight or a flush. In reality Racener held {J-Clubs}

, a pair of tens and some slim draws. His opponent called with a set of kings, {A-Spades}

, which held up with the river {A-Diamonds}

.

Racener is busto. Shirley Rosario is also busto. She was very short-stacked after dinner and was never able to land the double-up that she needed.

Tags: John Racener

06-24-2009 15:31 UTC-12

Flushy Makes a Flush

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It looks as though it folded to James "Flushy" Dempsey in the small blind who raised; big blind Jameson Enoch called in the big. They saw a flop.

Flop: {10-Hearts}

Flushy bet out, only for Enoch to raise. Entirely undeterred, Flushy reraised, and Enoch called.

Turn: {K-Clubs}

Flushy bet out again and once more Enoch called. This is a big pot, isn't it?

River: {5-Clubs}

Again, Flushy bet out. Enoch raised again, and Flushy, his hand shaking ever so slightly, three-bet. Enoch called -- and mucked when Flushy showed him {A-Clubs}

for the flush and the nut low.

"Must be nice to be Flushy," commented Paul Parker, who'd strolled over to watch the action. Indeed -- Flushy's up to 80,000.

06-24-2009 15:23 UTC-12