Event #11: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship Day 2 | 2011 World Series of Poker

06-08-2011 06:25 UTC

And The Rest...

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Steinberg	200,000 34,000	34,000
Freddy Deeb	184,000 129,000	129,000

Guillaume Rivet	145,000 40,000	40,000
Nick Schulman	115,000 90,000	90,000

Allen Bari	110,000 -21,000	-21,000

Andy Bloch	92,000 7,000	7,000

John Hennigan	80,000 -40,000	-40,000

Andrew Barber	60,000 -40,000	-40,000

Chau Giang	53,000 -5,000	-5,000

06-08-2011 06:31 UTC

Mercier Scooped in Back-to-Back Pots

[user101598]

Bricking and getting scooped is pretty tilting, but just ask Jason Mercier how it feels to be scooped in consecutive hands.

In the first, he and David Steicke got three bets in preflop. The flop fell {9-Clubs} {8-Spades} {4-Diamonds} , Steicke led out, and Mercier called. Steicke put his last bet in after the {4-Clubs} turned, Mercier insta-called, and the hands were opened.

Steicke: {a-Hearts} {k-Spades} {k-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}
Mercier: {a-Clubs} {10-Spades} {7-Clubs} {q-Hearts}

Mercier was open-ended with a flush draw, but the {2-Diamonds} on the river was a big, red, brick.

The very next hand, Mercier opened from early position, and Alessio Isaia re-raised from the small blind. Mercier called. Isaia led after the dealer fanned {8-Spades} {6-Spades} {a-Diamonds} , Mercier raised, and Isaia called. Isaia slowed down, check-calling after the {6-Diamonds} turned, and both players checked after the {3-Clubs} was dealt on the river.

Mercier sighed as he tabled {a-Spades} {3-Spades} {4-Spades} {q-Diamonds} for a lowly pair of aces and an eight-six low, and Isaia tabled {a-Hearts} {k-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {k-Clubs} for a better pair of aces and the nut-low. The dealer was having a hard time reading the hands however, and sat idle for a moment or two.

"As soon as you figure this out, you can take my money," Mercier sighed. "I appreciate you trying to give some back though."

Back to back scoops have Mercier hurting, he's down to 82,000 chips.

Tags: Alessio Isaia David Steicke Jason Mercier

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

06-08-2011 06:46 UTC

The Poker Ambassador

4projectmayhem

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Sarah Grant chatted up Mr. Mike Sexton at the last break. Check it out.

Tags: mike sexton sarah grant

06-08-2011 06:46 UTC

The Big Slowdown

[user66118]

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

We haven't had a player eliminated in about 20 or 25 minutes.

Just thought you should know.

06-08-2011 06:49 UTC

Looking Ahead

[user66118]

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

We're just doing some number crunching over here, and the results are... well, not so good.

Our event is scheduled to run for another three levels tonight, at which point we're supposed to be down to (or very close to) the final table. That's not so much going to happen. The field size was comparable last year, and Day 2 finished with 23 players still in the hunt. They played it out on Day 3, but Sammy Farha didn't get to hoist the bracelet until breakfast time the following morning as the sun was already rising bright in the desert sky.

This year, there is a hard stop in place that will keep us from playing on into the mid-morning hours. All that really means is this event is a near-lock to bleed over into a fourth day on Thursday.

06-08-2011 07:00 UTC

Do an Interview With PokerNews, Scoop a Pot

[user101598]

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Mike Sexton, who was kind enough to do an interview with PokerNews' Sarah Grant during the last break, just scooped a pot and knocked out Larry Etherington When we reached the table, the board was complete - {4-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {4-Hearts} - and Filippi showed {a-Clubs} {a-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} . Sexton's {a-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {10-Spades} was better, Etherington mucked, and Sexton scooped the pot.

Tags: Amnon Filippi Larry Etherington Mike Sexton

06-08-2011 07:05 UTC

Big Stacks

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Ashby	340,000 -10,000	-10,000

Viacheslav Zhukov	320,000 50,000	50,000
Mikhail Tulchinskiy	310,000 50,000	50,000
Shaun Deeb	305,000 -65,000	-65,000

Alessio Isaia	295,000 35,000	35,000
Jason Steinberg	280,000 80,000	80,000
Guillaume Rivet	265,000 120,000	120,000
Amnon Filippi	250,000 95,000	95,000

Mike Sexton	245,000 40,000	40,000

06-08-2011 07:14 UTC

Barber Scoops Bari

[user101598]

Andrew Barber raised from under the gun, and was called by two players including Allen Bari in the big blind. The dealer fanned {q-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {9-Hearts} , Bari led out, and only Barber called. Both players checked the {2-Clubs} on the turn, and Bari checked again after the {7-Hearts} fell on the river. Barber tossed out a bet, Bari insta-called, and Barber opened {a-Hearts} {a-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {q-Hearts} for for the nut-flush and the second-nut low.

Bari mucked, and is now on the short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Barber	130,000 70,000	70,000

Allen Bari	22,000 -88,000	-88,000

Tags: Allen Bari Andrew Barber

06-08-2011 07:34 UTC

Motown for Barber

[user101598]

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Andrew Barber and Guillaume Rivet were heads-up with the board reading {6-Spades} {j-Clubs} {j-Spades} . Barber led out, and Rivet called. The turn was the {q-Diamonds} , and the two repeated their actions. Both players checked the {5-Clubs} on the river, and Barber opened {a-Spades} {k-Hearts} {5-Spades} {7-Clubs} for two-pair; jacks and fives. Rivert mucked, and Barber was shipped the pot.

Tags: Andrew Barber Guillaume Rivet