Event 24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-12-2012 01:45 UTC-6

Straight Gets the Job Done for Ivey

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Phil Ivey led out with a bet on the {10-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} flop and the next player raised. A third opponent folded before Ivey made the call to see the {J-Hearts} land on the turn. Ivey bet out and his opponent called. On the {10-Spades} river, Ivey bet and his opponent called.

Ivey tabled the {A-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {4-Clubs} for a straight to the jack and his opponent mucked. Ivey's now up to 18,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	18,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Phil Ivey

06-12-2012 01:57 UTC-6

Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris George	32,000 9,000	9,000
Jim Collopy	29,000 11,500	11,500

Erick Lindgren	23,000 -3,000	-3,000

Viacheslav Zhukov	23,000 -5,700	-5,700
Jimmy Fricke	23,000 6,000	6,000
Todd Brunson	18,000 3,000	3,000

MIke Sexton	18,000 2,000	2,000

Scott Bohlman	17,000 3,000	3,000

Jen Harman	17,000 4,000	4,000
Mike Matusow	15,000 2,000	2,000

James Bord	14,500

Dario Alioto	12,000 -2,000	-2,000

Brian Hastings	12,000 -12,000	-12,000

Alex Dovzhenko	10,000 -4,500	-4,500
Jason Mercier	9,000 -6,000	-6,000

Brett Richey	4,500 -9,500	-9,500

Level: 8

Limits: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

06-12-2012 02:10 UTC-6

Mercier Scoops One

Mickey Doft

After the player in the cutoff raised, Jason Mercier three-bet on the button. The blinds folded and the player in the cutoff four-bet. Mercier called and the flop came down {A-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} .

A bet from the cutoff led to a Mercier raise, a cutoff re-raise, and a Mercier four-bet. The cutoff slowed down with a call and proceeded to check-call bets on the {5-Clubs} turn and {2-Hearts} river.

Mercier tabled {A-Clubs} {A-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {3-Spades} for top set with a 7-5 low. His opponent could beat neither, giving the entire pot to Mercier.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	15,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Jason Mercier

06-12-2012 02:12 UTC-6

Mizrachi Beats Selbst with Straight

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From the cutoff seat, Vanessa Selbst raised. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi reraised from the small blind and Selbst made the call.

The flop was {Q-Clubs} {10-Spades} {5-Diamonds} and Mizrachi bet. Selbst made the call and saw the {K-Diamonds} turn. Both players checked fourth street and the river completed the board with the {4-Diamonds} . Mizrachi bet and Selbst called.

Mizrachi announced a straight and tabled the {A-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {3-Hearts} . He had a Broadway straight and Selbst mucked her hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	23,500 -3,500	-3,500

Michael Mizrachi	21,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Vanessa Selbst Michael Mizrachi

06-12-2012 02:27 UTC-6

More Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Chow	43,000 3,000	3,000

Humberto Brenes	27,000 5,000	5,000

Andy Bloch	27,000 4,000	4,000

Allen Kessler	26,000 10,000	10,000

David Chiu	22,000 -4,000	-4,000

Phil Ivey	21,000 3,000	3,000

John Juanda	16,000 1,500	1,500

Erik Seidel	14,000 -2,000	-2,000

Daniel Weinman	13,000 -3,000	-3,000

John Racener	12,000 -7,000	-7,000

Chad Brown	9,000 -14,000	-14,000

Phil Hellmuth	7,000 -6,000	-6,000

Chris Bjorin	6,000 -12,000	-12,000

Brett Richey	Busted

06-12-2012 02:37 UTC-6

Chips

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Yueqi Zhu	45,000 -3,000	-3,000

Pat Pezzin	40,000 10,000	10,000
James Dempsey	36,000 21,000	21,000

Chris George	29,000 -3,000	-3,000
James Bord	28,000 13,500	13,500

Viacheslav Zhukov	26,000 3,000	3,000
Todd Brunson	23,000 5,000	5,000

Richard Ashby	22,500 500	500

Lisa Parsons	22,000 7,000	7,000
Scott Bohlman	21,000 4,000	4,000

MIke Sexton	16,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tommy Vedes	14,000 2,000	2,000
Mike Matusow	14,000 -1,000	-1,000

Jason Mercier	13,000 -2,000	-2,000

Alex Dovzhenko	13,000 3,000	3,000
David "Bakes" Baker	7,000 3,000	3,000

Ted Forrest	5,500 -9,500	-9,500

06-12-2012 02:40 UTC-6

More Chips

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Chow	47,000 4,000	4,000

Yuval Bronshtein	44,000 10,000	10,000

Lee Goldman	41,000 28,000	28,000
Justin Smith	38,000 24,000	24,000
Andrey Pateychuk	38,000 18,000	18,000
Melissa Burr	37,000 8,000	8,000
Jon Turner	35,000 -3,000	-3,000
Tony Cousineau	34,000 14,000	14,000
Chance Kornuth	33,000 -2,000	-2,000

Owais Ahmed	32,000 8,500	8,500

John D'Agostino	31,000 4,000	4,000
Raymond Davis	29,000 -4,000	-4,000
Jimmy Fricke	29,000 6,000	6,000
Paul Sokolof	28,000 13,000	13,000
Humberto Brenes	28,000 1,000	1,000

Steve Zolotow	26,500 7,500	7,500

Scotty Nguyen	26,000 10,000	10,000

Shannon Shorr	24,000 9,000	9,000

Tom Schneider	23,000 -7,000	-7,000

Eric Crain	23,000 13,000	13,000
Daniel Ospina	22,500 16,500	16,500

Phil Ivey	22,000 1,000	1,000

Marco Johnson	22,000 -1,000	-1,000

Brian Hastings	22,000 10,000	10,000

Andrew Barber	22,000

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06-12-2012 02:51 UTC-6

Three More Hands

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Each table will be playing three more hands before calling it quits for the night.

06-12-2012 03:07 UTC-6

Day 1 Concludes; Friets Leading

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Day 1 of Event 24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better has wrapped up. A field of 256 players came out for this one and around 185 remained at the end of the night. Leading the way was Neal Friets with 53,500 in chips.

Some of the biggest names in the game were out in action for this one, including Daniel Negreanu. Unfortunately for him, he was eliminated and will have to wait until tomorrow's slate of events to get back into action. Others joining him on the rail were Eli Elezra, Perry Friedman and Nick Schulman.

Of those advancing, we've got Phil Ivey, Michael Chow, Jason Mercier and Jen Harman. They'll all be back in action tomorrow when play resumes.

The action will kick off tomorrow (Tuesday) at 2:00 PM in the Amazon Room of the Rio. Be sure to return right back here for all the Day 2 festivities brought to you on the PokerNews pages. Until then, goodnight from Las Vegas!