PLO Pictures, Day Two of the Journey
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2011 World Series of Poker
Event #35: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,382,900
Entries
507
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Waiting for the Right Time
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 0 ante
Shaun Deeb called us over to the table to report an "incident." According to Deeb and Chance Kornuth, Team PokerStars Pro (USA) Jason Mercier had just informed the table that the blinds were up . . . when he was on the button . . . six minutes into the level. Deeb and Kornuth were clearly joking around and simply giving Mercier a hard time.
"You guys are retarded," was all Mercier could shoot back.
Watch Out for Dwan
Tom "durrrr" Dwan has been slowly building a stack here in the early goings of Day 2. In a recent hand, a player in the cutoff had raised and received a call from George Lind on the button. Action was then on Dwan in the small blind and he bet pot, which totaled 14,400.
The cutoff quickly folded, followed by Lind a short time later. Dwan took down the pot without so much as a flop, bringing his stack to around 122,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
122,000
40,700
|
40,700 |
De Ja Vu All Over Again For Mercier
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 0 ante
Yesterday we reported on a hand where Jason Mercier knocked out three players when he made a backdoor flush draw. While we didn't see much of the hand just now, it looks like he has just done it again, eliminating Chance Kornuth and Brandon Paster. The board was 
, and after catching Mercier's hand just before it was flipped over, he had 
for a backdoor flush. With that pot, Mercier is now at 235,000.
Going to War
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 0 ante
Jesper Hougaard raised to 3,500 on the button and received a call from the recently-moved David "Devilfish" Ulliott in the big blind. The Devilfish then check-called a bet of 4,400 on the 
flop, leading to the turn. Again Ulliott checked and Hougaard bet, this time 11,000.
The Devilfish snap-folded before telling Hougaard: "I guess you and I are going to war, pal."
River, One Time!
With the field now reduced to 82 players, we haven't been able to pick up on that many full boards, but we did pick up on two hands that went 80% of the way.
Earlier on table 368, our reporter picked up the action between Praz Bansi and Steven Burkholder on a flop of 
, Bansi led out for 5,000 and Burkholder called, then Bansi checked his option on the turn of the 
, only to fold after Burkholder opened for 8,000.
Then on table 370, we saw Michael McDonald and Benjamin Pollak go heads-up to a flop that read 
. Pollak bet 13,400 and McDonald called from the button, but he then folded after Pollak potted all-in on the turn of the 
.
Interesting sidenote: the lights of The Mothership (AKA the WSOP Main Stage in the Amazon Room) are not on at the moment. We're hoping that when they do turn them on, there's a massive sound-and-light show to it. And it has to be this track - one which you might recognize from a certain Stanley Kubrick sci-fi flick:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
151,000
-56,000
|
-56,000 |
|
66,000
-27,600
|
-27,600 |
|
||
Flack Fades The Deck, Busts Buchanan
Matt Affleck, Vanessa Selbts, Shawn Buchanan, and Layne Flack all took a flop of 
. Affleck checked, and Selbts bet out 4,100. After about 30 seconds of thinking, Buchanan called, and Flack immediately announced "Pot." Affleck and Selbts quickly folded, and it was back around to Buchanan. He thought for about 90 seconds before putting his stack in the middle. Flack called, and saw he had a ton of outs to dodge.
Flack: 
Buchanan: 
Buchanan was looking for a queen, eight, three, or club, but none of those came, as the turn and river came 
and 
. Flack scooped the pot, boosting his stack to 100,000, while Buchanan was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
The Ever Fluctuating Chip Stack Of Tom Dwan
It seems like every time we pass Tom Dwan's table he is either up 100,000 or down 100,000, so maybe we should just dedicate one person to stand over his shoulder and see how it all goes down.
Anyway, we came into a hand where he and Kevin Boudreau were heads up on the turn and the board read 
Dwan checked from middle position and Boudreau put out a bet of 3,500. Dwan elected to just call (a rarity for him).
The river came and again Dwan checked over to Boudreau who bet 4,500. Dwan looked like he was about to count out a pot raise, but he eventually just splashed in the call. Boudreau showed 
for top two pair and it was good.
Dwan then said something along the lines of, "Man, I was definitely going to raise you, but then you just put 4,500 out there... if you had put like 11,000 out there I was absolutely going to raise you."
Dwan lost the hand but is still up to 220,000 at this point in the tournament and Boudreau is right around 85,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
85,000
17,500
|
17,500 |
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-stola!
The action folded to Markus Ristola who raised to 3,600 from the button before the flop; he found one caller in the form of Jason Senti who called from the big blind to make it heads-up to the flop of 
.
Both players checked, then Ristola checked again on the turn of the before Senti opened for 4,000. However, Ristola check-raised him, making it 12,600 to go and Senti called before both players checked the river of the 
.
"You got me," Senti sighed before Ristola opened up 
for two pair to take the pot down. Ristola's looking comfortable with 82,000 in chips, but we hope he can hold his own out there, as not only is he sharing space with Senti, Vanessa Selbst and Layne Flack, but now Josh Arieh has joined their table!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,500
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
82,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
Dwan Keeps Rolling
Tom "durrrr" Dwan checked the river on a board reading 
, inspiring Greg Brooks to bet 17,200. Dwan snap-called and flipped over 
for a straight. Brooks didn't say a word as he slid his cards in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
225,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
150,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |