Event #55: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day 1 Completed
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #55: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,252,400
Entries
346
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0
Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000 | |
|
226,000 | |
|
181,100 | |
|
|
178,600 | |
|
169,800 | |
|
151,200 | |
|
140,000 | |
|
|
134,000 | |
|
|
129,100 | |
|
124,700 | |
|
|
120,800 | |
|
117,700 | |
|
117,600 | |
|
115,500 | |
|
114,400 | |
|
|
110,800 | |
|
106,900 | |
|
105,000 | |
|
104,800 | |
|
|
104,300 | |
|
103,800 | |
|
|
103,600 | |
|
101,500 | |
|
100,900 | |
|
99,800 |
Day One Is Done - No Pain For Paino
Eight levels ago we started with a large field of 346 players who ponied up a lazy ten large for their place in this star-studded Pot-Limit Omaha field. The triple chance format gave players an opportunity to gamble it up in the early stages without fear of going broke, and as such, the eliminations were few and far between in the early goings.
After dinner everyone was on an even playing field and we were able to get a feel for who was ascending and who was just pretending.
Men Nguyen, Noah Boeken, Greg Raymer and Vanessa Selbst were some who rose to the top early, before late surges from James Akenhead (181,100), Dimitry Stelmak (226,000), Felix Gubitz (178,600), Mikhail Smirnov (169,800), Eli Elezra (101,500) and Australian Tony Paino (240,000) saw them top the charts towards the end of the day. There will also be some rumblings amongst the poker fraternity as young guns Tom Dwan and Annette Obrestad collected some late offerings to bag up over 100,000 chips to be in contention entering day two tomorrow.
We'll have somewhere around 170 players returning tomorrow with a massive task ahead of us to get anywhere near a final table tomorrow. Join us tomorrow from 3pm to see how it all goes down!
End of Day Big Stacks
Hellmuth Pulls One On Last Hand Of The Night
On the final hand of the night, as all the other tables were busily bagging up their chips, Phil Hellmuth was in the middle of a big pot, doing what he does best.
The board read 
as we approached the table to see Hellmuth facing a bet of 13,500 from his opponent. As a few moments of thought and cutting down chips, Hellmuth gave his famous "raise it up".
He added just 14,000 to the bet, in what was almost a min-raise.
"I only have 15,000 behind in case you were wondering," commented Hellmuth as his opponent gave a wry grin.
He eventually folded and the table egged on Hellmuth to show the bluff since it was the last hand of the night. He obliged.
Hellmuth opened 
for just a pair of sevens!
"You think I've got no heart? I do this for a living baby!" giggled Hellmuth as he'll bag up over 75,000 in just two levels of play.
Dwanaments
Tom Dwan checked an 
flop to his only opponent, who potted for 4,300. Dwan called, then checked again after the 
turn. The other player bet 12,800 this time, and Dwan flatted a second street. No more checking after the 
on the river. Dwan bet out 26,400, getting a tank-fold from his opponent. Dwan scooped that one to move up to 165,000.
Five More Hands
The players will be playing five more hands on each table before we call it an evening.
Paino to the Top
Tony Paino just stacked both Frank Kassela and Joao Barbosa in one giant hand, making him the new chip leader with only a few minutes left in the night. He's up to 240,000.
Selbst Flops Big In Multi-Way Pot
Six players limped in to see a flop of 
and the blinds checked it to an early position player who fired 3,000. Four folds before Vanessa Selbst made the call in the big blind.
The turn was the 
and Selbt check-called for 6,000 before both players checked the river.
Selbt tabled 
for a flopped straight that rivered a flush to win the pot. She's at 92,000.
Dwan Has the Goods
Tom Dwan limped from early position, and a player behind him raised to 4,000. It folded back to durrrr, who made it 12,900 to go. His opponent called, and before the flop was out, Dwan said, "I've got 24.9 behind, just so you know." The flop fell 
, and Dwan put the whole 24.9 out there. The other player called all in for 21,000, but was less than thrilled when he saw Dwan's hand.
Dwan: 
for an overpair and the nut flush draw
Opponent: 
for top pair, top kicker
The 
turn meant durrrr had the nuts and his opponent was drawing dead. With that, Dwan is up to 85,000.