2009 World Series of Poker

Event 5 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj82
Prize
$237,415
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$11,042,850
Entries
809
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Event 5: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha - Day 1

Omaha
Omaha
Event #5 will be the first PLO event of the 2009 World Series of Poker. The game of Omaha has gained in popularity a significant amount over the past few years, as evident by the field of over 900 players that entered the Hi/Lo event (won again by 2008 champion, Thang Luu.)

Today there are currently over 700 players signed up to play the event, however, that number will grow as registration will be open until the end of the second level.

In an interesting twist, there is an “add on” feature to this event. Players still only have to pony up $1,500 with no additional money for extra chips, however, only 1/3 of the initial 4,500 is issued up front. In addition players receive two red “add on” chips that they may exchange for 1,500 chips at any time (provided they are not in a hand). Here are the official rules of this structure straight from worldseriesofpoker.com:

"Players begin with $1,500 in Tournament Chips. Players may receive (2) additional Add-ons for $1,500 in tournament chips each, anytime during the first three levels. Any player that has not taken their add-ons by the end of the third level will automatically receive them." This way if someone goes broke with their initial starting stack, they can toss a red chip to the dealer, and continue playing.

Action is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon local time. Stay tuned!

Tags: Omaha

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Players will begin the afternoon with 1,500 in chips, in addition to two red “add-on” chips that can be exchanged for an additional 1,500 at any time before the third level.

The cards are in the air!

Who's Here - Bracelet Winners In the Field

Allen Cunningham
Chau Giang
Nenad Medic
Layne Flack
Jeff Madsen
Layne Flack
Josh Arieh
Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy
Jason Young
Erick Seidel
Mike Sexton
Gavin Griffin
Robert Williamson III
Scott Clements
Danny Alaei
Brandon Cantu
Mark Seif
Amarillo Slim
Rafe Furst
Matt Graham
Men “The Master” Nguyen
Nam Le
Ted Lawson

Negreanu Out Early

Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu got all of his chips into the middle holding A-A-10-X on a {10-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs} flop. His opponent showed a three for trips and the turn and river blanked out, making "Kid Poker" one of the first casualties of the day.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Taylor-made

On a board showing Qd-Qs-10s-5d-9s, Esther Taylor, facing an all in bet from her opponent, tanked for several minutes before mucking her 10-10-X-X face up on the table. Out of the goodness of his heart, her opponent turned over Qh-Qc-x-x for quads, validating Taylor's laydown.

Tags: Esther Taylor

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Who's Here - Internet Pros

Noah Schwartz
Noah Schwartz
James “mig.com”Mackey
Justin “Boosted J” Smith
Moshin “Chicagocards1” Charania
Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul
Shaun Deeb
Jason “JP OSU” Potter
Tim “Timay420” West
Matt “Allinat420” Stout
Jon “PearlJammer” Turner
Jimmy “Gobboboy” Fricke
Noah Schwartz
Jordan “iMSoLucky0” Morgan
Luke “IWEARGOGGLES” Staudenmaier
Joe “Ender555” Ebanks
Chad “lilholdem” Batista

Tags: Noah Schwartz

Who’s Here: Other Pros

Shannon Shorr
David “Devilfish” Ulliott
Doug Lee
Allie Prescott
Gavin Smith
Jonathan Little
Lee Markholt
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Tony Cousineau
Eric “Rizen” Lynch
Patrick Poels
Chip Jett
“Minneapolis” Jim Meehan
Noah “FouruHaters” Schwartz
Andy Black
Dutch Boyd
David Baker
Christian “Charder30” Harder
Dan Shak
David Daneshgar
Bill Gazes
Erik Cajelias
Jason Mercier
Michael Binger
Justin Phillips
Alexander Kravchenko
Roy Winston
Mark Vos
Ivan Demidov
Amnon Filippi
Bryan Devonshire
Matt Brady
Scott Montgomery
Chino Rheem
Justin Young
Eugene Todd
Bill Gazes