Break
The players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,143,450
Entries
847
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
Recent Eliminations
Sergey Rybachenko, Darryll Fish, Chad Schacht and Charles Hartsfield have all been eliminated.
Lots of Excitement but No Elimination
![[user75032]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
A three-way all-in battle at Red 357 somehow did not result in any elimination. We're not sure what the action was on the 
flop. But when the turn came 
, Donald Vann, the small blind, had first action and bet 13,200. Stephen Vandalsen then called all in for 9,100 and 2009 $5,000 PLO bracelet winner Richard Austin called in late position. Vandalsen shouted, "YES!" when the river came 
, even though Vann and Austin still had action on the side. They checked it down. Vann showed 
for jacks and sixes with no low. Austin opened 
for sixes and fives with the nut low. They chopped the side pot.
For the main pot, Vandalsen showed down 
for a full house. He got the high half of the main, while Austin took the low half.
Matusow Busts One
A player raised from under the gun and was all in for 3,500. Mike Matusow made the call from the big blind. The all-in player held the 
and Matusow held the 
.
The board ran out 
and that was it for the all-in player, who bounced out the door as fast as he could. Matusow increased to 60,000 in chips.
Andrews Spears Fish
Darryll Fish and Bryan Andrews decided to play a pretty big pot on the flop of 
after raising back and forth to get the money in. Fish held the 
and Andrews the 
.
The turn was the and came Andrews a leading two pair. The river completed the board with the and gave him the nut low as well. It was a scoop for Andrews, who was all in for 32,000 on the flop. He doubled to about 68,000 while Fish was crippled to just 3,100.
Getting Closer to the Bubble
Peter Hernandez, Paul Dooley, Patrick Buckley, Binh Nguyen and Emmanouel Sideridis have all disappeared from the field. We're down to 12 tables now.
Sands Busto
We came to Barry Greenstein's table to see a huge pot developing. It appeared that Jordan Stone was contemplating an all-in bet from David Sands on the turn of a 
board. Stone tanked for about a minute and then got his chips in the middle.
"I don't have very much," said Sands. He opened 
for a single pair of kings and a weak low draw. Stone didn't have much either, with his 
making two pair, kings and deuces, with no low draw. The river came 
to give each player kings and nines, but Stone's ace kicker played to boot Sands to the rail.
Stone is up to 120,000.
Metcalf Eliminated
Steve Schulman raised from under the gun to 3,500. Jack Metcalf reraised to 8,000. Schulman raised again to put Metcalf all in and Metcalf called off for 13,600 total.
Schulman held the 
and Metcalf held the .
The board ran out 
and Schulman's aces and jacks were good enough to eliminate Metcalf from the tournament. Schulman moved up to 36,000 in chips.
Emler Schocked
Carlyle Emler raised to 3,500 and called all in from the button after Mitch Schock reraised the pot from the small blind. Schock made the call and tabled the 
. Emler held the .
The flop came down 
. The turn was the and the river the . Schock's ace-seven kicker with the trip eights on board won him the high and there was no low. Emler went bust while Schock moved back to about 40,000 in chips.
Defending Champion Busto
Brandon Cantu won this event last year, but this year he will fall well short of the money. For his final hand, he was in the big blind. Gregory Samay limped in from under the gun before a middle-position player raised pot to 5,400. Action folded to Cantu, who tanked for about two minutes. He asked the dealer if an all-in shove of 7,200 would re-open the betting to the raiser if Samay just called. The dealer said it would not.
Cantu did then push all in, and Samay called, leaving himself just 3,000 behind. The original raiser called also, creating a three-way pot of 22,000 chips. Samay put his last 3,000 at risk after the flop came all big cards, 
. Each player then opened his hand.
Cantu:
Samay:
Player 3:
Cantu was fairly happy with the flop, having flopped straight and flush draws. Samay also had a straight draw, while the third player made top set. Cantu hit hearts on the turn and started pleading that the river come clean, but it fell 
to pair the board and give the third player a full house. Cantu and Samay were both eliminated.