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

06-26-2009 18:19 UTC-12

Hofman Doubles

Jiaqi Xu opened to 24,000 from the small blind only to have Ronnie Hofman move all in for 40,000 more. Xu called and the cards were tabled.

Hofman: {A-Clubs}

Xu:

The board ran out {4-Clubs}

to see Hofman scoop the pot and double through to 128,000 as Xu is left with only 79,000 in chips.

06-26-2009 18:30 UTC-12

Phil Hellmuth opened to 24,000 from under the gun, and as it folded round to Steve Jelinek in the big blind he raised the action to 76,000.

Instantly Phil Hellmuth stood up, threw his hands in the air, did a lap round the table and sat back down.

"All day" he uttered before eventually folding one card at a time; {A-Clubs}

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As the fifty-plus onlookers watched the commotion, Jelinek rolled over his {A-Diamonds}

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"Unbelievable!" screamed Hellmuth as he stood up yet again.

"Can you believe this?" he directed towards me as I stood only feet from the table. "Everytime I get Ace, Deuce, Five, they wake up with Aces. I've had to lay down Ace, Deuce, Queen, Jack I don't know how many times today . . . this is ridiculous" Hellmuth continued.

For all you Hellmuth lovers and haters, the most successful WSOP player of all time still remains one of the short stacks with 37,000 in chips.

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 0

06-26-2009 18:35 UTC-12

Tyler Nelson Eliminated in 16th Place ($8,570)

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Tyler Nelson opened to 25,000 from under the gun and was called by Jacqmin Mathieu on the button.

Nelson pushed all in on the flop of {K-Spades}

and was insta-called by Mathieu.

Nelson: {A-Hearts}

Mathieu:

The turn and river fell the {A-Diamonds}

and

to see Nelson hit the rail in 16th place as Mathieu climbed to 295,000 in chips.

06-26-2009 18:41 UTC-12

Jason Loehde Eliminated in 15th Place ($11,347)

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Jacqmin Mathieu limped in, as did Aaron Sias, before Jason Loehde pushed his last 37,000 into the middle. The blinds passed and both players made the call.

The board of {10-Spades}

was checked down to the river to see a bet of 40,000 from Mathieu and a quick muck from Sias.

Mathieu tabled his {A-Spades}

for a wheel, and Loehde mucked his {A-Diamonds}

as he exited the tournament in 15th place for a payday of $11,347.

06-26-2009 18:51 UTC-12

Phil Hellmuth Eliminated in 14th Place ($11,347)

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With everyone tense on the rail with anticipation at Phil Hellmuth pondering a decision, he eventually chose to move all in for his last 22,000.

Jacqmin Mathieu made the call on the button, as did Lee Watkinson from the big blind.

The flop of {5-Spades}

was checked through, but when the {A-Hearts}

fell on the turn Mathieu bet out 40,000 to prompt a fold from Watkinson.

Hellmuth: {A-Spades}

Mathieu:

"A heart would be nice" asked Hellmuth, but when the {J-Spades}

dropped on the turn he stood up staring at the board and commented, "he called a raise with deuce, three, f**king four" and mucked his cards.

Hellmuth walked around the table, shook hands with the players before saying one last thing as he headed to collect his payout; "nice hand buddy!"

06-26-2009 18:56 UTC-12

Barry Craig Eliminated in 13th Place ($11,347)

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Aaron Sias opened to 25,000 with Lee Watkinson making the call before Barry Craig pushed all in for his last 59,000.

Both players made the call and checked the {4-Hearts}

board down to chop the pot up when Sias tabled {A-Spades}

and Watkinson tabled {A-Hearts}

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Craig mucked his {K-?}

and hit the rail in 13th place for a $11,347 payday.

06-26-2009 19:03 UTC-12

Jiaqi Xu Eliminated in 12th Place ($15,664)

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Jiaqi Xu opened the pot to 35,000 before Ronnie Hofman reraised pot to effectively put Xu all in. Xu called off his remaining 19,000 and the cards were tabled.

Xu: {8-Hearts}

Hofman:

The board ran out {K-Diamonds}

and Xu hit the rail in 12th place for a $15,664 boost to his pocket.

06-26-2009 19:06 UTC-12

Getzwiller Crippled

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All the money went in preflop with Tommy Vedes holding {Q-Hearts}

to Sean Getzwiller's {A-Hearts}

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The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}

to see Vedes double through to 148,000 as Getzwiller was left crippled with just 17,000.

Getzwiller managed to double two hands later when he was all in preflop and flopped trip fours against Brandon Cantu.

06-26-2009 19:19 UTC-12