Event 48 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-26-2009 15:45 UTC-12

Fifth Round Pay Outs

The following players are all pocketing $5,398 for their efforts.

28 - Simon Stocken
29 - Joe Pharo
30 - Lauchlin Mckinnon
31 - Ray Bonavida
32 - John O'Shea
33 - Rodeen Talebi
34 - Don Harris
35 - Ali Al Jenabi
36 - Jeremiah Degreef

06-26-2009 15:46 UTC-12

Final 27 Re-Draw

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Table 8
Seat 1: Randy Holland
Seat 2: Warren Windham
Seat 3: Patrick Goulding
Seat 4: Gene Timberlake
Seat 5: David Stroj
Seat 6: Aaron Sias
Seat 7: Frederic Le Roux
Seat 8: Sonny Osman
Seat 9: Cung Tran

Table 9
Seat 1: Jason Loehde
Seat 2: Jacqmin Mathieu
Seat 3: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 4: Kendrick Roberts
Seat 5: Ronnie Hofman
Seat 6: Barry Craig
Seat 7: William McMahan
Seat 8: Sean Getzwiller
Seat 9: Lee Watkinson

Table 10
Seat 1: Carson Calhoun
Seat 2: Ted Weinstock
Seat 3: Brandon Cantu
Seat 4: Tyler Nelson
Seat 5: Tommy Vedes
Seat 6: Jiaqi Xu
Seat 7: Steve Jelinek
Seat 8: Jeff King
Seat 9: Noah Boeken

06-26-2009 15:54 UTC-12

Noah Boeken Eliminated in 27th Place ($6,604)

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In the flurry of moving tables and changing seats, Noah Boeken has been the first to bust after the re-draw.

With all the money going in before the board was spread, it would be Boeken's {A-Spades}

trailing Brandon Cantu's {A-Hearts}

.

The board fell {9-Hearts}

to see Boeken exit the tournament in 27th place.

06-26-2009 16:00 UTC-12

David Stroj Eliminated in 26th Place ($6,604)

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With the action on Aaron Sias in the small blind he potted to 12,000 before David Stroj re-potted all in. Sias made the call and the cards were tabled.

Stroj: {A-Clubs}

Sias:

The board ran out {Q-Hearts}

to see Sias take down the pot with just Ace-eight high and send Stroj to the rail in 26th place.

06-26-2009 16:05 UTC-12

Jeff King Eliminated in 25th Place ($6,604)

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Jeff King opened to 12,000 preflop before Brandon Cantu pushed the action to 45,000. King moved all in and Cantu called amount to see the cards tabled.

King: {A-Clubs}

Cantu:

The flop of {6-Hearts}

looked safe for King to double, but when the {K-Spades}

landed on the turn Cantu hit the one King left in the deck to hit the front.

No help on the river for King when it fell the {7-Spades}

saw him exit the tournament in 25th place as Cantu soared to over 800,000 in chips.

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

06-26-2009 16:16 UTC-12

Warren Windham Eliminated in 24th Place ($6,604)

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Warren Windham has just been sent packing by Randy Holland.

Windham: {A-Clubs}

Holland:

The board fell {A-Spades}

to see Holland's turned trips eliminate Windham in 24th place for a $6,604 payday.

06-26-2009 16:35 UTC-12

Sonny Osman Eliminated in 23rd Place ($6,604)

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We missed the exact details of the hand apart from Sonny Osman flopped two-pair with his {Q-Hearts}

and was flushed out by Aaron Sias' {7-Clubs}

.

Osman will collect $6,604 for his efforts as Sias climbs to 270,000 in chips.

06-26-2009 16:50 UTC-12

Carson Calhoun Eliminated in 22nd Place ($6,604)

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Carson Calhoun was all in preflop and called by both Tommy Vedes and Jiaqi Xu.

The board of {9-Spades}

was checked down to see Vedes table {A-Spades}

and mucks to follows from both players.

Calhoun exits the tournament in 22nd place as Vedes continues to accumulate.

06-26-2009 16:58 UTC-12

Cantu Closes In On One Million

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Brandon Cantu continues his wrecking ball like demolition of this tournament taking down pot after pot after pot.

His table is letting him walk all over them and has now pushed to 990,000 in chips.

With 3,429,000 chips in play, Cantu holds just under a third of them as we sit with 21 players remaining in the field.