2009 World Series of Poker

Event 48 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
Day: 2
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

Yancik First to Fall

Stewart Yancik opened to 6,000 from under the gun before Barry Craig raised to 21,000. Yancik made the call to see the flop of {5-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{7-Spades}.

Yancik checked and Craig bet enough to put Yancik all in. Yancik made the call for his tournament life.

Yancik: {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{8-Spades}{2-Clubs}
Craig: {A-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}

The turn and river fell the {9-Clubs} and {4-Diamonds} to see Yancik exit in 72nd place as Craig climbs to 85,000 in chips.

Aljenabi Doubles

Matthew Wood pushed out 7,000 preflop before Ali Aljenabi re-potted all in for his tournament life. Wood called and the cards were tabled.

Wood: {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{2-Spades}{5-Hearts}
Aljenabi: {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Spades}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and Wood slipped to 29,000 as Aljenabi doubled through to 70,000 in chips.

Play Slowing

Only three more eliminations are needed until we hit the money - and this is most likely the key factor in the slowness of play at the moment.

With players earning $2,953 for a min-cash, most are aiming a little higher.

Stay tuned for the (hopefully soon) bubble bust out!

Boeken Busts Opponent

One of PokerNews reporters ran over to see Noah Boeken dispatching of an opponent.

We caught Boeken's hand of {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, but were unable to see his opponent's hand when the board ran out {Q-Spades}{J-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{7-Spades}{2-Spades}.

As his opponent hit the rail, Boeken climbed to just over 100,000 in chips.

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Kanter Trims Cantu's Chip Lead

Brandon Cantu opened to 4,600 and was re-potted by Aaron Kanter. Cantu made the call and when the flop of {3-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{4-Hearts} fell down, he also check-called Kanter's all in.

Cantu: {Q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Kanter: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}{K-Spades}{6-Spades}

The turn and river fell the {6-Clubs} and {J-Spades} to see Kanter double to 35,000 as Cantu slipped to 165,000 in chips.

Pause in Play

The clock has been paused while the bracelet ceremony is conducted.

Now is a good time to grab a bite or for the players to run to the bathroom as it could be a long bubble ahead!

Hellmuth Chips Up

Phillip Loomis limped in early position and Phil Hellmuth checked his option from the big blind.

The flop fell down {Q-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and both players checked to see the {A-Spades} fall on the turn. Hellmuth led out for 4,800 and Loomis made the call to see the {Q-Spades} fall on the river.

Hellmuth bet out 10,000 and Loomis called only to muck when Hellmuth tabled {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{6-Spades}{6-Clubs} for rivered quads as he moves up to 56,000 in chips.