2010 World Series of Poker

Event #50: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
6q89
Prize
$508,090
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,162,000
Entries
460
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0

What Time Is It?

Here at the Rio, it's always chip count time.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Boudreau us
Kevin Boudreau
310,000
95,000
95,000
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
245,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Daniel Makowsky
Daniel Makowsky
225,000
105,000
105,000
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
184,000
-1,000
-1,000
Javed Abrahams gb
Javed Abrahams
175,000
5,000
5,000
Jose Ignacio Barbero ar
Jose Ignacio Barbero
160,000
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
137,000
64,000
64,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andy Black ie
Andy Black
125,000
16,000
16,000
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
106,000
-42,000
-42,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Ran Azor il
Ran Azor
95,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
85,000
3,000
3,000
Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
80,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
77,000
-15,000
-15,000
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
John Juanda id
John Juanda
75,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Matt Lefkowitz
Matt Lefkowitz
75,000
-5,000
-5,000
Eric Liu us
Eric Liu
75,000
7,000
7,000
Ayaz Mahmood us
Ayaz Mahmood
74,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ross Boatman gb
Ross Boatman
70,000
-44,000
-44,000
Salvatore Bonavena it
Salvatore Bonavena
64,000
3,000
3,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
63,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Julian Gardner
Julian Gardner
50,000
-11,000
-11,000
Robert Williamson III us
Robert Williamson III
50,000
24,000
24,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
47,000
-61,500
-61,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Joe Beevers gb
Joe Beevers
46,000
-9,000
-9,000
Kevin Schaffel us
Kevin Schaffel
44,000
-2,000
-2,000

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Devilfish Dispatched by the Mouth

Mike Matusow limped under the gun, and action folded to the button, who raised to 4,100. The small blind flatted, and David Ulliott shipped his stack in from the big blind. Matusow reshoved, and the blinds got out of the way. Time for showdown.

Devilfish: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}{j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Matusow: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{9-Spades}

The board fell {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}, and Matusow rivered a boat to send Devilfish back to the watery depths. The Mouth, on the other hand, is accumulating talking chips and up to 90,000.

Tags: David UlliottMike Matusow

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Action Time

Back from dinner, and time to get things going. One in two of these guys will make the money, and then it's only a short (ok, not so short) hop from there to the final table.

Miami John Pushes Mercier Off

We arrived to see a {5-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop out and Jason Mercier (hijack) betting out 9,200 which was, if not exactly pot, then fairly near it. The player in the cutoff folded, but "Miami" John Cernuto on the button made it another 13,200 to go, with just 10,000 behind. After just the briefest of dwells, Mercier folded.

Cernuto upped his stack to 55,000. Mercier was in absolutely no trouble after that, on 130,000.

Tags: Jason MercierJohn Cernuto

Glantz Quiets the Mouth

Mike Matusow
Mike Matusow

Matt Glantz raised to 5,000 in early position, and on the button, Benny Spindler called. From the big blind, Mike Matusow raised the pot, 21,000. Glantz called quickly, but Spindler took his time to fold. "Good luck, Mikey," Glantz said. "One of us is going to have a lot of chips."

The flop came down {10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, and Matusow moved his whole stack out in front of him. It was 52,000 for Glantz to call, and he did so without hesitation. "I hope you don't have diamonds," Matusow said they tabled the cards.

Matusow: {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{9-Spades} for aces with backdoor draws
Glantz: {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for second pair and straight draws

The {j-Diamonds} on the turn was exactly what Glantz needed, giving him the lead with a jack-high straight. The {5-Hearts} river didn't change anything, and Matusow's aces were no good. Glantz wasn't as sure as Mike that he had him covered, but after everything was counted, Matusow was left with nothing.

"I had you on the ten, jack, queen," Matusow said.

"That would have worked too," responded Glantz. He's up to 175,000.

Tags: Mike MatusowMatt Glantz

Serock & Roll

We arrived just in time to see Joe Serock double up to around 64,000. We didn't catch the action, or indeed his opponent's cards, but Serock was all smiles as his {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flush on a {5-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{6-Hearts} board was good to take the pot.

Tags: Joe Serock

Veldhuis Stack Boosted

The board read {4-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} when Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis got the last of his chips in. He was up against Justin "Boosted J" Smith.

Veldhuis: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}{q-Clubs}{j-Spades} for two pair, aces and fours, king kicker
Smith: {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for two pair, aces and fours, ten kicker - but also a flush draw and an inside straight draw

River: a harmless {3-Hearts}

Veldhuis doubled to a somewhat more manageable but still below-average 64,000. Smith remained a little above average on 95,000.

Tags: PokerStarsLex VeldhuisJustin Smith