Event #3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better
Day 3 Started
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,248,750
Entries
925
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0
Day 3 Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 280 | 1 | Jaime Kaplan | 160,000 |
| 280 | 2 | Jacobo Fernandez | 150,000 |
| 280 | 3 | Scott Clements | 84,000 |
| 280 | 4 | Kostas Kalathakis | 209,000 |
| 280 | 5 | Bradley Helm | 308,000 |
| 280 | 6 | Matthew Waxman | 458,000 |
| 280 | 7 | Alexander Michaels | 51,000 |
| 280 | 8 | Fabrizio Gonzalez | 62,000 |
| 286 | 1 | Travis Pearson | 175,000 |
| 286 | 2 | Jimmy Fricke | 278,000 |
| 286 | 3 | Vladimir Shchemelev | 335,000 |
| 286 | 4 | John Mccaffrey | 46,000 |
| 286 | 5 | Francesco Barbaro | 459,000 |
| 286 | 6 | Brian Swinford | 57,000 |
| 286 | 7 | Lex Veldhuis | 27,000 |
| 286 | 8 | Guillaume Rivet | 37,000 |
| 286 | 9 | David Harper | 41,000 |
| 292 | 1 | Humberto Brenes | 160,000 |
| 292 | 2 | Mallory Smith | 81,000 |
| 292 | 3 | Michael Deveronica | 200,000 |
| 292 | 4 | Ryan Lenaghan | 110,000 |
| 292 | 5 | Daniel Smith | 235,000 |
| 292 | 6 | Richard Monroe | 184,000 |
| 292 | 7 | Cameron Mckinley | 160,000 |
| 292 | 8 | Andreas Krause | 155,000 |
Welcome to Day 3 of Event #3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better
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We're back in the Amazon room for Day 3 of the Limit O8 event. This is now scheduled to be a four day tournament though we are not sure what the tournament staff's plan for today is. We would assume that they would do either one of two things today:
A) Play through ten levels even if this means stopping while we are halfway through the final table
OR
B) Simply playing down to the final table and then finish off the tournament tomorrow.
The problem is that with 25 players, it's a little too much to expect us to finish the tournament today but it will definitely mean that one of the next two days will be relatively short.
Play begins at 2.30pm, Francesco Barbero leads with 459,000 just ahead of Matthew Waxman (458,000). In the meantime, allow Lynn Gilmartin to update you across all events:
Ten Levels or Final Table?
It appears as though the initial plan will be that we will play ten levels or down to a winner today, however finishing the tournament seems highly unlikely today, some of the players have complained and would rather stop once we've made the final table.
We'll keep you updated with this story if it anything changes.
Level: 21
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
Brian Swinford Eliminated in 25th Place ($8,191)
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Brian Swinford raised in middle position and Jimmy Fricke defended in the big blind.
All the money went in on the 
board, Swinford held 
X X against Fricke's double gutshot holding of 
, the turn was the 
and Fricke completely his wheel. Swinford needed the board to pair to simply gain half the pot but the river was the 
and he was eliminated.
Clements Nearly Doubles
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Scott Clements raised UTG+1 and it was folded around to Jaime Kaplan in the big blind. Kaplan made it three bets to go and Clements answered by making it four. Kaplan just called and the flop came 
. Kaplan led out and got raised by Clements. He just called and they saw the 
turn. Kaplan checked called Clements bet and the river was the 
. Both players checked and Kaplan announced ace-six high. Clements turned over 
for one pair that was good to almost double him up to 169,000 while Kaplan dropped down to 75,000
Lex Veldhuis Eliminated in 24th Place ($8,191)
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Travis Pearson raised preflop and Lex Veldhuis defended in the big blind. The flop was 
and Veldhuis led out, Pearson raised and Veldhuis moved all in for not much more. Call.
Veldhuis: 
Pearson: 
Veldhuis was in front but Pearson picked up the nut low draw, gutshot and nut flush draw on the 
turn causing a huge sweat for the Dutchman. The on the river was enough to scoop the pot for Pearson as he made aces and the nut low for both halves of the pot.
Jaime Kaplan Eliminated in 23rd Place ($8,191)
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
After losing over half his stack to Scott Clements a few hands ago, Jaime Kaplan has just busted. He got it all in against Jacobo Fernandez on a and the players turned up their cards.
Kaplan: 
Fernandez: 
The turn and river came the 
and 
respectively which gave Fernandez the nuts with Broadway. This sent Kaplan packing while Fernandez was up to 250,000 after the hand.
Andreas Krause Eliminated in 22nd Place ($8,191)
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
We missed the action but saw Richard Monroe raking in the chips as Andreas Krause hit the rail. Monroe was up to 300,000 after busting Krause.