Level: 2
Blinds: 50/75
Ante: 0
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #50: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,162,000
Entries
460
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Schwartz Gets It In
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Noah Schwartz raised to 125 preflop, and another player reraised to 450. Schwartz four-bet all in for 1,225 total, and his opponent looked him up.
Schwartz: 
Opponent: 
The board came 
, and Schwartz doubled to 2,500 plus three rebuy chips.
Chen 2.0
Bill Chen potted a flop, and his opponent repotted. Chen called all in with 
for middle set. The other player showed 
, but his straight draw didn't get there, and Chen doubled up to 6,600. He also has all three of his rebuy chips left.
Stacked Field
Other scary tables we've found include:
Noah Schwartz, new double-bracelet winner Frank Kassela, Bakes, Tom Dwan, Annie Duke, and Rino Mathis
Burt Boutin, Markus Golser, Daniel Negreanu, and Ben Kang
Christian Harder, JC Tran, and Rob Hollink
Scott Clements, Lex Velhuis, Shaun Deeb, and Felipe Ramos, who final tabled this event last year
Antoine Saout, Chad Brown, and Tom Marchese
Ashton Griffin, Steve Gross, Peter Jetten (another player who final tabled this event in 2009), Davidi Kitai, and Ayaz Mahmood
Daniel Alaei, Danny Wong, Joe Serock, and Daniel Makowsky
Froehlich Flushes to Double
On a board reading 
, Eric Froehlich was all in against his opponent.
Froehlich: 
Opponent: 
The 
fell on the river giving Froehlich a flush and a double up. He now has 10,000 along with his three red rebuy chips.
Double Up for DW
David Williams was involved in a five-way pot when we showed up on a 
flop. Both blinds checked, and Williams bet 400. That folded out everyone but the small blind, who paid to see the 
come on the turn. The small blind checked again, and Williams bet 1,200. Then his opponent check-raised the pot, and Williams called all in.
Williams: 
Opponent: 
The 
river didn't change anything, and Williams' top set stacked the player with bottom set. Williams is up to 5,500 and still has all three of his rebuy chips.
Prop Bet Action
Lee Markholt is already getting in on some side action. He has two last longers for this tournament, one with Sorel Mizzi for $5,000 and another one with Eli Elezra for $2,000.
Only time will tell who will win.
Team PokerStars in the House
There are plenty of Team PokerStars Pros throughout the blue section here in the Amazon Room.
Daniel Negreanu
Chad Brown
Lex Veldhuis
Tom McEvoy
Jason Mercier
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Noah Boeken
Bill Chen
Humberto Brenes
Greg Raymer
Barry Greenstein
Thomas Bichon
Rino Mathis
Vadim Markushevski
Who's Here?
Just doing a quick glance around the room, we've got Lex Veldhuis and Shaun Deeb at the same table, and Tom Dwan, Annie Duke, and David "Bakes" Baker seated together.
Annette Obrestad and Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott have found themselves at the same table, along with Mike Watson, Alessio Isaia, and Ted Lawson. Phil Ivey, Erica Schoenberg, Erick Lindgren, David Benyamine, Alexander Jonathan Little, Van Marcus, Brett Richey, Allen Bari, Antoine Saout, Daniel Alaei, Kevin MacPhee, Matt Graham, and Scott Clements have been spotted as well.
Table of Death Sighting
We haven't been through the whole field yet, and some of the toughest players haven't taken their seats. But we didn't have to look very far to find one table that terrifies us. Only two tables away from our desk, we've got a fun one to watch and a miserable on to find listed on your registration card.
Seat 4: Vanessa Selbst
Seat 5: Chris Bjorin
Seat 6: Barry Greenstein
Seat 7: Tony Cousineau
Seat 9: Jason Mercier