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Another member of Team PokerStars Pro has hit the rail. Barry Greenstein, member of Team Pro USA, has seen the last of his chips leave his stack and he no longer sits in Event No. 25.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Total Entries
212
Level
31
Blinds
90,000 / 180,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 212
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Phil Hellmuth is trying to grind it out here in Event 25. On the turn of a 
board, he bet after Carlos Mortensen checked. Mortensen called, then checked and called another bet on the 
river.
"Nut-nut," said Hellmuth. He opened 
, the nut flush and the nut low. Mortensen mucked and slipped to 16,000. Hellmuth is up to 78,000.
On a different table, Allen Kessler was recently eliminated. Looks like he'll be paying off that last-longer bet to Jean Robert Bellande.
Neal Friets was all in preflop with Phil Ivey and James Dempsey still left to act post flop. The flop came down 
and Ivey bet out. Dempsey made the call.
The turn brought the 
and Ivey checked before calling a bet from Dempsey. The river completed the board with the 
and Ivey check-called again.
Dempsey tabled the 
for a staight and a low. Ivey mucked his hand and Dempsey was awarded the side pot first. He then chopped the main pot with Friets, who held the 
. Friets won the high with a flush and Dempsey won the low.
Friets stayed alive once more and moved back to 9,200 in chips while Ivey sits on 81,500 and Dempsey with 155,000.
Phil Ivey's up to 86,000 after taking a recent pot from Jordan Morgan with a great river card. Ivey was first to act and bet a 
flop. Morgan called. Both players checked the 
turn. When the river fell 
, Ivey checked again. Morgan took the bait with a bet, then called Ivey's check-raise. Ivey turned over 
for a ten-high straight. It was the winner.
Morgan's count is getting dangerously low, with just 33,000.
Mikhael Thuritz and Vladimir Shchmelev were the only players to take a raised flop of 
. Thuritz had first action and bet into Shchmelev, the pre-flop raiser. Shchmelev called.
The turn was the 
. Thuritz checked and called a bet. Both players checked the 
river. Shchmelev's hand wasn't the prettiest, but his two pair, jacks and nines, 
, was enough to take down the pot. He now has about 70,000 in chips, while Thuritz has slipped to 68,000.
Phil Hellmuth was in the big blind for a recent hand and kept firing. He raised pre-flop, bet the flop, bet the turn and bet the river. By the river, with the board showing 
, Hellmuth had only one opponent. When his opponent called the last bet, Hellmuth turned over a small flush and the second-nut low, 
. Both were good to scoop the whole pot.
"I just went from owning a pawn shop to owning a small casino," Hellmuth said to Carlos Mortensen. Hellmuth now has about 60,000 chips.
Carlos Mortensen, Phil Hellmuth and the player on the button all saw the flop of 
after putting in three bets preflop. On the flop, Mortensen bet, Hellmuth called, the button raised, Mortensen reraised, Hellmuth folded and then the button called.
The turn card was the and Mortensen bet. The button raised, Mortensen reraised to put the player all in and he was called. Mortensen held the 
and his all-in opponent the .
The river was the 
to complete the board and Mortensen's second-best flush was no good and he doubled the other player up, slipping down to about 49,600 in chips.
Neal Friets raised and then Matt Lefkowitz reraised. Friets was in the cutoff seat and Lefkowitz on the button. Friets reraised again to get himself all in and Lefkowitz called.
Friets held the 
and Lefkowitz the . The board ran out 
and the two players chopped the pot, keeping Friets alive.
Frank Kassela has one bracelet already this WSOP. He's working on a second today. He scooped Sammy Farha in a recent pot by flopping the nuts and then hanging on. Matt Glantz was the pre-flop aggressor. Farha called from the button and Kassela called from the small blind to a flop of . Kasella opened with a bet that Glantz raised. Farha called two cold and Kassella also called.
Kassella took the lead again when the turn paired the board, . Glantz and Farha both called. No low materialized with the river. Action checked all the way to Farha, who took a stab. Kassela called the bet; Glantz folded. Farha knew his 
was no good, and he was right. Kassela turned over 
for a ten-high straight.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
