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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #46: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,334,800
Entries
284
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Graham Cream Crackered
We arrived just in time to see Matt Graham move all in on the turn of a 
board.
"Please hold, don't scoop me," he sing-songed to the poker gods, who were, as it turns out, either not listening, or feeling particularly vindictive.
Graham: 
Opponent gentleman: 
River: 
- giving Graham's opponent a straight
Ouch.
A Boost for Smith
Justin "BoostedJ" Smith wound up all in pre-flop for 12,400 with 
. He was called by a player who tabled 
. Smith completely missed a flop that came 
, leaving him in pretty dire straits. The turn 
didn't change much, although it did give Smith a pair.
"It's coming," he said.
Sure enough, a second trey, 
, fell on the river to give Smith trip treys and a double-up to about 26,000.
Four Way All In Giganto-Pot
Four-way all-in monster pot action!
All the chips went in on the flop. The cards looked like so.
Michael Mizrachi: 
David Benyamine: 
Player 3: 
Player 4: 
Board: 
Mizrachi's pair of fours was amazingly ahead on the flop, but Player 3 made runner-runner trips to scoop the pot. Mizrachi and Benyamine both busted.
Said Mizrachi: "So what happens now with our last longer? Do we push?"
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
Black's Turn
Andy Black opened from the cutoff for 1,000. Action passed to "DA CHAAAAAARK!", Humberto Brenes, in the small blind. He raised to 3,400. Only Black called.
The rest of Brenes' chips went into the middle on a flop of 
. Black quickly called with bottom set, 
. Brenes couldn't believe it, as he turned over , two pair and the nut flush draw. The board blanked out and to bounce Brenes from the tournament.
"My turn!" said Black as Brenes departed. He then explained that the last three tournaments they've played together, Black busted Brenes in the first, Brenes busted Black in the second, and now Black has returned the favor in the third.
Chips
...or a lack of them, depending on who you are.
By the by particular kudos goes to Richard Ashby - he's managed to keep his stack at 13,400 despite actually playing the $10,000 HORSE final table for most of today. He might yet blind off though - there's only so many hands you can play during a 20 minute break, and even so that's only if you have a bladder of steel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
33,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
27,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
22,000 | |
|
|
19,500 | 1,500 |
|
|
13,400 | 400 |
|
|
13,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
12,500 | 7,000 |
|
|
10,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
5,000 | -13,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Team PokerStars Down One Pro
Pat Pezzin got the last of his chips in on an early street, and although we didn't quite catch the hands, it looked as though Pezzin's A-3 low was up against two players holding an A-2 low, one of them Brandon Cantu. Pezzin duly busted out, and the third player won the high, three-quartering Cantu to leave him with just 2,000 in the process.
Flanders Nut-Nutted
And so we bid farewell to Tim Flanders. His short stack was in the middle for a three-way all in at Blue 303. Flanders tabled 
, which wound up making a low and a flush on a board of 
. The problem for Flanders was that one opponent tabled , which made the nut low and the nut flush.
Chip Counts Coming Through
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000 | 31,000 |
|
|
40,000 | 12,000 |
|
|
30,500 | 8,000 |
|
|
30,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
27,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
26,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
25,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
24,000 | |
|
|
23,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
23,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
23,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
22,000 | 8,500 |
|
|
22,000 | -18,000 |
|
|
20,500 | 2,500 |
|
|
20,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
17,500 | 6,000 |
|
|
16,000 | |
|
|
15,000 | -13,000 |
|
|
15,000 | -12,000 |
|
|
14,000 | -4,500 |
|
|
12,500 | -1,500 |
|
|
11,000 | |
|
|
11,000 | -11,000 |
|
|
9,500 | 1,500 |
|
|
3,100 | -9,400 |