Mike Matusow three bet and got one caller to a flop. The Mouth bet and picked up a call. It went check, check after the turn. Matusow bet when the river came the , and his opponent called. Matusow showed , which was good for the top half of the pot. The other player had (X) for an 8-6 low.
Since this event started, Matusow has been talking about the $50k Players' Championship he busted out of last night. The latest whine? "That tournament is nothing more than a $50k Pot-Limit Omaha tournament. That's all it is."
Perry Friedman is here, sporting a purple and yellow jester ap. He's keeping as low a pofile as you can with that kind of headgear.
A few tables away is "the Chief", a player wearing a large red, white and blue headdress who isn't keeping a low profile at all. After he chopped a hand with Team PokerStars Pro Pat Pezzin, he noticed Pezzin's Team Pro patch and asked Pezzin his name.
"Team Pro? You should have manned up and raised," he said after Pezzin said his name. "You would have won the whole pot."
He continued prattling on. "I'm insane. I spent three days in the nut house. Call me 'Chief'. I'm the guy in the badass Indian headdress."
Usually these sort of antics are reserved for the Main Event.
That's still a long time away.
A note from the Red Section: The man who wore a two-foot tall chef's hat during last year's Main Event is sitting over here, and wearing the same get-up.
When six people limp into a pot, getting half isn't just a moral victory -- it actually improves your stack. Perry Friedman was one of six limpers to a flop of . After one check and a bet, Friedman called. Three others folded before the initial checker also called.
On the turn the action went check and bet again, but this time Friedman raised. The player in between called before the original bettor re-raised. Friedman and the third player both called.
Each player put in one bet on the river. Friedman showed for a wheel; his aggressive opponent showed for a flush; the third player mucked.
A late arrival to the back of Blue and a surprise to see in a $1500 Omaha Hi/Lo event: Tom "durrrr" Dwan. He wasn't the last player to Blue 258 though. That honor belonged to Shawn Buchanan, who took the seat to durrrr's right.
Chad Brown is another late arrival. His table is to the front of Blue, along the rail.
A three-way pot increased Maria Ho's stack a little bit when she snagged the low half of the pot, but she missed out on a lot more. Ho's connected exceedingly well with a flop of , as she flopped an uncounterfeitable nut low along with several straight draws and a flush draw. Somehow, Ho missed everything on the turn and river . She chopped the pot with a player who tabled .
"What a sick flop," another player said. The flop was indeed sick, but the board didn't get sick enough for Ho to scoop.
Gavin Smith has never been known for being quiet. He's already engaging his table in plenty of banter. "Let's play," he said to the player in the big blind as he completed the small blind. "Don't raise." The player obliged and declined his option. The hand developed in pedestrian fashion from there, with Smith losing and then joking that he had exposed his opponent as "playing dog sh*t".
We've also spotted Greg Raymer, Rafe Furst, Erick Lindgren, and Bryan "the Icon" Micon. Justin Bonomo and David Bach also just came in, meaning they've busted the $50k. Bach joined a tough table with Chau Giang and George Danzer already in action. Dario Minieri also just came in and sat down directly to the right of Huck Seed. Sorel Mizzi busted out the $50k Players' Championship earlier today. He was just eliminated from the $1k, and now he's back in action here. Does he get a prize if he busts out of three live events in one day?
While we've been having some technical difficulties with the web site, we've been sweeping the Blue section to see which of the finest Omaha Hi/Lo players are here. They're still filtering in a handful at a time, but here's a sampling of the players we noticed so far:
Ylon Schwartz
Shirley Rosario
Al Barbieri
George Lind
Chip Jett
Matt Savage
Tom "durrrr" Dwan
Allen Kessler
Gavin Smith
There are many others, and as mentioned players are still wandering in.
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flop. The Mouth bet and picked up a call. It went check, check after the 
turn. Matusow bet when the river came the 
, and his opponent called. Matusow showed 
, which was good for the top half of the pot. The other player had 
(X) for an 8-6 low.
. After one check and a bet, Friedman called. Three others folded before the initial checker also called.
the action went check and bet again, but this time Friedman raised. The player in between called before the original bettor re-raised. Friedman and the third player both called.
river. Friedman showed 
for a wheel; his aggressive opponent showed 
connected exceedingly well with a flop of 
, as she flopped an uncounterfeitable nut low along with several straight draws and a flush draw. Somehow, Ho missed everything on the turn 
and river 
. She chopped the pot with a player who tabled 