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

06-24-2009 13:33 UTC-12

Racing Ahead

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John Racener has doubled up somewhere along the the way -- he's up to 20,000 and out of the immediate danger zone.

Tags: John Racener

06-24-2009 13:28 UTC-12

Rouhani Still Here

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Farzad Rouhani is making a bit of a comeback -- he made an ace-high flush to scoop a pot, and is back up to a still half-the-average 15,000.

06-24-2009 13:26 UTC-12

Ace-Deuce, Ace-Deuce, Ace-Deuce (Part II)

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It happened again. This time the table in question was that of Marsha Waggoner. Waggoner led the betting the whole way on a board of {Q-Diamonds}

. At showdown she produced {A-Diamonds}

. Waggoner had flopped the nut flush and backed into the nut low. Each of her opponents also had ace-deuce for the nut low. They each received one-sixth of the pot while Waggoner got two-thirds.

Tags: Marsha Waggoner

06-24-2009 13:26 UTC-12

Busting Fast

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We're down to just 88 runners from the 196 who started Day 2, and we're not even at the dinner break yet.

Still, there's a long way to go before we hit that final table...

06-24-2009 13:14 UTC-12

All of the players in the tournament can breathe a sigh of relief. Thang Luu, the plyer who won back-to-back Omaha bracelets in 2008 and 2009, has been eliminated from the tournament.

Luu's demise came largely at the hand of Pat Poels. Poels raised preflop from under the gun and was called only by Luu from the small blind. Luu check-called one bet on the {9-Clubs}

flop. When the turn fell {Q-Diamonds}

, Luu checked again. The two players wound up getting in four bets each by the time all of the action was done.

Luu led the river {7-Spades}

, then called a last raise from Poels. Luu's flopped set of fours, {4-?}

, were overtaken by Poels' turned set of queens, {A-?}

. That hand left Luu with just 3,000 chips; he was out one hand later.

Poels is up to 71,500.

Tags: Pat Poels Thang Luu

06-24-2009 13:06 UTC-12

Busto or Robusto?

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Busto:

Mike Wattel
Jan Sjavik
Mike Sexton
Matt Glantz
Rayan Nathan
Andreas Krause
Rep Porter

Robusto:

Frankie O'Dell (100,000)
Claude Cohen (57,000)
Josh Schlein (85,000)
Mickey Appleman (60,000)
Vanessa Selbst (60,000)

06-24-2009 12:57 UTC-12

Guten Morgan

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Jordan Morgan has just doubled up a teeny tiny short stack player to a still pretty sad 4,000 -- full houses all round, but a bigger house for the short stack.

Morgan: {3-Hearts}

Mr Shortie: {K-Spades}

Board:

Not to worry, though, Morgan fans -- he's extremely comfortable on 47,000.

06-24-2009 12:55 UTC-12

Matusow No Longer Greatest Short Stack Player Of All Time

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...Or at least he's no longer a short stack.

Mike Matusow has won himself a big old pot, and is now up to an above-average 38,000 -- the first time he's been above average the whole tournament.

"Boys, y'all are in trouble," he announced.

Tags: Mike Matusow

06-24-2009 12:48 UTC-12

Waggoner Rivers Selbst

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A dangerous play worked out for Marsha Waggoner. She was on the button and put in a raise preflop after Vanessa Selbst and one other player limped in. The action was four-handed on a flop of {Q-Hearts}

, with action checking to Waggoner. Her bet folded one player before Selbst raised. The player in between called two cold before Waggoner called as well.

The turn fell {Q-Diamonds}

. Selbst bet and was called by both other players. She fired again on the river {9-Diamonds}