2009 World Series of Poker

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

Scott Bohling Over the Opposition

Scott Bohlman is having a fine old time, scooping pots, knocking out other players and so on.

First up, he raised and got three callers including Shirley Rosario. It checked around to him on the {J-Spades} {10-Hearts} {5-Spades} flop and he bet; Rosario passed, by the by leaving herself on just 7,800, and the other two players called.

The action on the {3-Spades} turn once again checked to him and again he bet; this time he got just one caller.

Check-bet-call again on the {4-Hearts} river, and Bohlman flipped {A-Spades} {9-Spades} {A-Clubs} {4-Diamonds}. His opponent mucked, and he was up to 96,000.

A few hands later, and he was up to 107,000, getting his short-stacked opponent all in on, we think, the flop of the {7-Hearts} {4-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {2-Spades} board. Bohlman held {8-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {4-Diamonds}, his opponent held {A-?} {2-?} {9-?} {10-?}, and that was the end of that for the short stack.

Dempsey Down in the Dumps

"Kill me please," said James "Flushy" Dempsey, approaching the media perch; I obviously immediately agreed and started to look for weapons, but it then transpired he didn't really mean it.

"Worst table ever," he continued, strolling back to his actually very respectable 48,000 stack but frightening table featuring Steve Wong to his right, Mike Matusow to his left and John Racener thrown in there for good measure.

Lend Us a Tenner

Sasha Rosewood raised and got looked up by Mark Tenner in the small blind to see a {10-Spades} {5-Spades} {8-Clubs} flop, which Tenner checked. Rosewood bet, Tenner called, and they saw themselves a {K-Hearts} turn, which both players checked.

Tenner bet out on the {Q-Clubs} river and Rosewood called -- but mucked as he stared at Tenner's {2-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} in smiling disbelief.

Tenner: up to 52,000
Rosewood: down to 45,000

Shannor Shorr Out

It took Shannon Shorr all of five minutes of post-dinner play to go broke. On the turn of a {10-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {9-Spades} board, Shorr acted first and bet all in. His opponent called with {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {2-Clubs}, the nut low draw and a pair of nines. Shorr also turned over the nut low draw but no made high hand, {A-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {J-Clubs}. The board paired tens, {10-Spades}, to send Shorr home for the day.

Tags: Shannon Shorr

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Interesting Pre-Dinner Hand

Five players including John Monnette on the cutoff, Vanessa Selbst on the button and Michael Keiner in the big blind limp/checked their way to a {9-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} flop.

The gent in the small blind bet out, and everyone flat-called.

Come the {6-Spades} turn the small blind bet out again and this time Monnette laid it down but everyone else called.

The river came down the {J-Hearts} and this time it checked around to Selbst, who bet. Everyone called, including a gent in mid-position who called all in for his last 300, and they proceeded to showdown.

Mr Mid Position: mucked and made his exit
Keiner: {A-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} for absolutely nothing
Selbst: {2-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} for the high with a small straight
Mr Small Blind: {A-Clubs} {2-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {7-Spades} for the low

Selbst has 48,000 now; Keiner, by the by, is on 40,000.

Mel Judah Eliminated

There's one less Aussie in the field. Mel Judah called all in against Frankie O'Dell on a board of {7-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {J-Hearts}. O'Dell was in the lead with {A-Spades} {A-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}, two pair aces and fives; Judah was drawing at high and low hands with {A-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds}. He missed everything when the river bricked out {J-?}.

Tags: Mel Judah

Shuffle, Shuffle, Box, Shuffle

What is it about this tournament that has players so angry? After the two earlier incidents where players tried to claim half the pot without tabling their cards, we now have a player accusing a dealer of purposefully cold-decking him. It's to the point where the player is angrily mucking his cards every time. We thought at first that the comments by the player might have been tongue-in-cheek, but now we're not so sure.

That rain shower earlier in the afternoon did nothing to cool off the tempers of today's players.