James "Flushy" Dempsey started the day below par, and now he's critically short after doubling up Jerome Fish. The chips were all in pre-flop, with Fish making the opening raise to 3,000, Dempsey re-raising the big blind to 9,500, and Fish then moving all in for 14,800. Dempsey called with and was up against arguably the best starting hand in this game, . The board came trip sixes, , to give Fish a full house, sixes full of aces, and the scoop.
Tyler Nelson raised to 2,600 from the cutoff seat and Kyle Emerson made the call from the small blind. The flop came down and Emerson led for 5,200. Nelson raised all in for 10,300 total and Emerson made the call.
Emerson held the for a flush draw and the nut low draw. Nelson held the for a pair of fours and a low draw.
The turn brought the and the river brought the . Nelson's nines and fours were best for the high as Emerson whiffed his flush draw, his pair outs and even a low. He dropped to 2,500 while Nelson doubled to around 27,000.
David Sands was the player who put the table to its first decision with a pre-flop raise to 3,000, but it was Barry Greenstein who created the real test. Greenstein, sitting in the big blind, and Young Ji both called Sands' raise. Action checked to Ji on a flop of . His 6,000-chip bet was pot-raised by Greenstein to 28,000. That raise induced a quick fold from Sands and a long tank from Ji before he, too, folded.
It was only a small pot that chip leader Mike Chappus lost to John Pappas to start the day, but it probably wasn't how Chappus wanted to start out. Chappus bet a flop after Pappas checked, then called Pappas' shove for about 8,000 chips total. Chappus had the second-nut lowwith and was up against a set, . The that hit the turn improved Pappas to a wheel, and he improved again to a full house with the river. He scooped both halves of the pot to double up.
Gary Jordak was one of the shortest stacks to start the day. He got his 4,000 chis in pre-flop with and was called by Bryan Andrews, who tabled . The board ran out , not enough help for Jordak. Even though he made two pair, nines and fours, Andrews took the pot with aces and eights.
It was a similar scenario on a neighboring table with a different result. The short stack, Dallas Wottlin, had the aces with . Raul Paez had , and Wottlin got the whole pot on a board of .
Last night 157 players bagged up chips at the end of Day 1 of Event 41, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo. That was down from the 847 who started the event.
The bags are out and the players are back for Day 2. Mike Chappus has the pole position with 133,000 chips, trailed by Barry Greenstein. They have a long way to go until the final table, but it's always good to have a leg up on the field.
80 players will be paid in this event. That won't take very long if the pace of eliminations from the end of Day 1 resumes at the start of Day 2.
Cards will be in the air in about five minutes. Stick around!
Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
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and was up against arguably the best starting hand in this game, 
. The board came trip sixes, 
, to give Fish a full house, sixes full of aces, and the scoop.
and Emerson led for 5,200. Nelson raised all in for 10,300 total and Emerson made the call.
for a flush draw and the nut low draw. Nelson held the 
for a pair of fours and a low draw.
and the river brought the 
. His 6,000-chip bet was pot-raised by Greenstein to 28,000. That raise induced a quick fold from Sands and a long tank from Ji before he, too, folded.
and Coppens the 
and Coppens made aces and jacks with a queen kicker to win the pot. He doubled up to about 19,000 while Fritz was left with 4,000.
. The 
of Chris Ferguson.
. The board ran out 
, and Wottlin got the whole pot on a board of 
.