2010 World Series of Poker

Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j1097
Prize
$237,140
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,104,300
Entries
818
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Brunson Hangs On

Down to 6,000 in chips, Todd Brunson moved all in from middle position. Action folded to the big blind, who called with {5-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {j-Spades}. Brunson showed {a-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {6-Clubs} and took a hammer-lock lead on the hand with a flop of {a-Clubs} {a-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}. The board safely blanked out to double up Brunson to about 13,500.

Tags: Todd Brunson

Schwartz Stepping It Up

Ylon Schwartz has stayed under the radar all day while slowly building a big stack. In the latest hand, he raised preflop, and only the big blind called. After the {j-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{2-Spades} flop, the big blind took the initiative with a bet, and Schwartz called. He called again on the {5-Hearts} turn and {2-Clubs} river. The big blind showed {k-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for missed draws and king-high. Ylon took down the pot with {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{6-Clubs}. With that, he's up to 124,000.

Tags: Ylon Schwartz

Madsen Can't Win 'em All

Jeff Madsen has been running great in the second half of this day but even he can lose a pot once in a while. He was one of three players to put in four small bets pre-flop in a recent hand. One opponent bet and one called on a flop of {8-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {k-Spades}; Madsen also called. The action was the same on the {9-Clubs} turn. When the river fell {8-Spades}, the first-to-act player bet one more time. He got one fold, bringing the action to Madsen.

"Now what do I do?" Madsen asked. He elected to call, then mucked when his opponent showed single-suited aces. His opponent had flopped the nut flush draw, but aces and eights was enough to take the pot.

Tags: Jeff Madsen

Color-Up Snafu?

A color-up was performed at the last break. When David Bach returned to his seat, he was convinced that the color-up was performed incorrectly and that he had been short-changed. Supervisors are going to go to the tapes to determine if Bach is correct.

Tags: David Bach

Madsen Moving Up

Jeff Madsen has been on fire since dinner. He had an opponent all in on an {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{2-Spades} board in a 60,000-chip three-way pot. When action was complete, the all-in player tabled {a-Spades}{10-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds} for aces and queens with a ten and no low. Madsen couldn't make a low either, but his {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, for aces and queens with a jack, was just enough to eliminate the player and scoop the pot once the third player mucked. Madsen is up to 165,000.

Tags: Jeff Madsen

Recent Eliminations

The following players have all been eliminated. Each receives $2,750 in prize money:

73rd - Berry Johnston
74th - Shawn Koehn
75th - Chip Jett
76th - Fu Wong
77th - Andy Black
78th - Jeffrey Dewitt
79th - Jeffrey Planck
80th - Doug Kovacs
81st - Ken Lennaard

All In Player Saved By the Dealer

There was a bit of controversy over the last hand before the break. One player was all in preflop, but with Allen Kessler and another player still in the hand, he didn't expose his hand yet. The other players checked it down, and after the river, Kessler turned up his hand. The all-in player said, "You're good," and threw his hand face down to the dealer. Since it was an all-in situation, the dealer turned over the player's hand anyway as is expected. It turns out that the player had a flush, which was good enough to scoop the pot. The floor was called, and they ruled that the player's hand was retrievable, and he went from thinking he was out to the owner of 10,500 chips.

Tags: Allen Kessler

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

Pop!

There are 81 happy players in the Blue section of the Amazon Room. With the elimination of Micah Brooks in 82nd place, the rest of the field is in the money. It also means that hand-for-hand play is over and normal play will resume.