Event 5 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-01-2009 19:42 UTC-12

The Bubble

This tournament has showed no signs of slowing until right now.

Starting with 809 players, by the end of nine, one hour levels 88% of the field had dropped. However, now that the bubble looms just seven players away, everyone has gone into nit-mode. Only seven players have been eliminated in 40 minutes.

06-01-2009 19:46 UTC-12

Tournament Announcement

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In an effort prevent stalling, tournament officials announced that play will continue tonight until the money is reached.

06-01-2009 20:08 UTC-12

Double Elimination

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Thanks to a double elimination, the day has ended and all remaining players are in the money.

06-01-2009 20:26 UTC-12

Day One Comes to a Close

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Pot limit Omaha is a game notorious for attracting action junkies and today was no exception. 809 players started the day and immediately got to work with large chip stacks being built in short amounts of time and a flurry of eliminations happening throughout the day. In fact, so many eliminations that with only two minutes left in the last level we were down to the final 81 players – all of which are in the money.

Jason Mercier was able to grab a monstrous chip lead over the last few levels of the day where he abused short stacks at his table. He climbed all the way up to 227,000 – over 88,000 more than his closest competitor.

Action will resume tomorrow at 2pm PST and continue until a final table is reached. Join us here at PokerNews.com for all the action live, as it happens.

Event 5 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha

Day 1 Completed