Event #28: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 3 Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #28: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,370,800
Entries
596
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
A World Cup of PLO to be Won Today
First there were 596. Then 102. And now just 12. Two days of action-fueled poker has brought us to the third and final day of Event No. 28, the $2,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha event, by the end of which we'll see our next WSOP bracelet winner.
Miguel Proulx of Canada will enjoy a slight lead over France's Patrick Hanoteau when play recommences today. With stacks over 800,000, those two have created some distance between themselves and the remaining ten. However, as we saw yesterday -- when chip leaders became eliminations within just a hand or two -- much can change quickly in pot-limit Omaha, or, as Bob Ciaffone once dubbed it, "the action game."
No matter who survives the first three eliminations today to make the final nine, our final table appears destined to have an international feel, as six countries are represented by our final dozen players. In addition to Canada and France, we'll see players from Germany, England, Bulgaria, and the U.S. coming back today to fight for the Event No. 28 bracelet. Kind of a World Cup of PLO, one could say.
Join us at 3 p.m. local time when the action begins again.
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 0
Cards in the Air
We're underway. It looks like everyone but Patrick Hanoteau is here and seated as the first hands of Day 3 are being dealt.
Our Last 12 Take Their Seats
We're starting in the back of the Blue section in the Amazon Room this afternoon with a couple of six-handed tables. Once we lose two players, there will be a brief break while we move the remaining 10 players over to one of the feature tables at the opposite corner.
Patrick Hanoteau has arrived and taken his seat. Here's how our final 12 are seated for the first hands of Day 3:
Table 262
Seat 1 -- Miguel Proulx (877,000)
Seat 2 -- Joerg Engels (405,000)
Seat 3 -- Tommy Le (213,000)
Seat 4 -- Dilyan Kovachev (339,000)
Seat 5 -- Stephane Tayar (102,000)
Seat 6 -- Joe Serock (185,000)
Table 267
Seat 1 -- Trevor Pope (261,000)
Seat 2 -- Karl Gal (458,000)
Seat 3 -- Michael Greco (100,000)
Seat 4 -- L.J. Klein (470,000)
Seat 5 -- Patrick Hanoteau (824,000)
Seat 6 -- Matthew Reed (253,000)
A Clash of Kings
Stephane Tayar opened by raising pot from under the gun, then Miguel Proulx reraised pot from the button. The blinds folded, and Tayar called with his remaining chips.
Proulx 
Tayar 
No flushes on this one, as the board went 
. Tayar survives but remains short with 111,000. Proulx leads everyone with 888,000.
Hanoteau Edges Out in Front
Trevor Pope made a raise to 26,000 from UTG, and it folded back to the blinds, both of whom called -- Patrick Hanoteau in the small, and Matthew Reed in the big.
The flop came 
. It checked to Pope who bet 42,000, Hanoteau called, and Reed stepped aside. Both remaining players checked the 
turn. The river then brought the . Hanoteau checked, and Pope hesitated before checking as well.
Hanoteau showed 
and Pope mucked. Hanoteau now has 930,000 -- taking over the lead for the moment -- while Pope has 192,000.
Matthew Reed Eliminated in 12th Place ($19,588)
Patrick Hanoteau raised to 30,000 from the cutoff, then Matthew Reed reraised to 108,000 from the button, leaving himself 136,000 behind. The blinds folded, Hanoteau reraised all in, and Reed called with his remaining chips.
Hanoteau 
Reed 
The board came 
, and Hanoteau's kings up were best. Reed is out in 12th, while Hanoteau is now up to 1.2 million.
Engels Over Le
Joerg Engels raised to 30,000 from the hijack seat, Tommy Le called from the cutoff, and the others folded. The flop came 
. Engels checked, Le bet 36,000, and Engels called. Both then checked the 
turn.
The river was the . This time Engels led for 50,000, and Le folded. Engels has 450,000, while Le slips to 120,000.
Short Stack Report
We have a couple of short stacks on Table 262 -- Tommy Le and Stephane Tayar -- doing what they can to try to survive to the final table.
Tayar just made through another all in -- another chopped pot -- versus Joerg Engels. Meanwhile, Le had to fold his big blind to a button raise by chip leader Migeul Proulx.
Tayar has just 124,000, while Le has just 74,000. Michael Greco is nursing his short stack of 110,000 over at Table 267 as well.