2009 World Series of Poker

Event 48 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a1074
Prize
$228,867
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,040,130
Entries
762
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Fricke Eliminated

Not so Frick-tastic
Not so Frick-tastic
On a flop of {2-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}, the action was checked round to Jimmy Fricke who bet out 800 before being check-raised to 4,200.

Fricke made the call for his tournament life with the following hands being tabled.

Fricke: {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{3-Spades}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs}

The turn and river fell the {8-Hearts} and {8-Diamonds} to see Fricke head to the rail.

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

Prizepool Announced

With 762 players taking to the felt in Event 48, a prizepool of $1,040,130 has been formed with the following payouts.

1st - $228,867
2nd - $141,873
3rd - $92,946
4th - $64,727
5th - $47,617
6th - $36,893
7th - $30,028
8th - $25,618
9th - $22,862
10-12th - $15,664
13-15th - $11,347
16-18th - $8,570
19-27th - $6,604
28-36th - $5,398
37-45th - $4,566
46-54th - $3,931
55-64th - $3,432
64-72th - $2,953

Men Fought The Law, And The Law Won.

With a few raises back and forth Men 'The Master' Nguyen found himself all in for about 9,500 against amateur poker player and Larry Zieper, Attorney at Law.

Nguyen: {A-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {4-Hearts}
Zieper: {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {J-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Spades} {9-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} to see Zieper river a queen-high straight and move to over 20,000 as Nguyen slips to just 1,700.

Hellmuth Rivers Nuts

Phil Hellmuth led out for 700 on a board reading {8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} and found two callers.

The river fell the {10-Clubs} and once it was checked to him, Hellmuth fired 1,000 into the pot, leaving himself 700 behind.

One player folded, but one made the call to see Hellmuth announce "Nuts!" and table {Q-Hearts}{10-Spades}{J-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} for a full house as he raked in the pot to push back to 5,500 in chips.

Gank Wheels It In

We found Brett Jungblut all in for his last 3,900 on a flop of {5-Spades}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts}.

Jungblut held {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades} for the nut-low and five-high straight.

His opponent showed {A-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {K-Clubs} for a pair of fives and a chance to chop the pot if a two should fall.

The turn of the {4-Diamonds} and river of the {6-Diamonds} changed nothing and Jungblut was able to scoop both the high and low pot to move to 9,600 in chips.

Traniello Busted By Two Sets

In a seven-way pot, Marco Traniello pushed all in from the cutoff once the action was checked to him on the {K-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} flop.

The player on the button made the call as the rest of the players passed.

Traniello: {K-Spades}{9-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}
Opponent: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Spades}

With his opponent flopping two sets to his top-two pair it was going to be tough for Traniello to stay alive.

The {7-Spades} on the turn gave Traniello a low-draw, but when the {2-Clubs} fell on the river, Traniello was sent to the rail.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0