2012 World Series of Poker

Event 24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak52
Prize
$294,777
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
256
Level Info
Level
30
Limits
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0

Kleist Doubles

A crucial double up for Michael "Boonie" Kleist has given him a little breathing room. He committed his last chips on a {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{K-Hearts} board.

Kleist, who led the action with betting the entire way to that point, showed {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{Q-Spades}{J-Clubs}. Brian Hastings, his lone opponent past the turn, immediately mucked his hand. Raymond Davis stayed around until the turn, but folded and is now the shortest stack in the field.

Player Chips Progress
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Brian Hastings
235,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
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Michael "Boonie" Kleist
60,000
40,000
40,000
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Raymond Davis
18,000
-10,000
-10,000

Tags: Michael "Boonie" KleistMike MatusowRaymond Davis

Dempsey Quartered and Crippled

From the cutoff Bart Hanson just raised to 10,000 and James Dempsey called from the big blind.

The board came down {5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and Dempsey check-called all the way.

Hanson showed {A-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} against Dempey's {A-Clubs}{3-Spades}{K-Hearts}{J-Hearts} and he only got a quarter of the pot with his low. Dempsey is now the shortest stack left in the field.

Player Chips Progress
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Bart Hanson
200,000
70,000
70,000
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James Dempsey
18,000
-16,500
-16,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: James DempseyBart Hanson

We Will Reach The Money Today

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

The last level of the day is almost over, but we won't stop before the money has been reached. The level will not go up and that means that this could take a while! There are some short stacks, but in this form of poker that doesn't mean as much as in a No Limit game.

Play on!

James Dempsey Bubbles, The Day is Done

Mike Wattel raised to 10,000 from the under the gun position and Bart Hanson made the call. James Dempsey smiled and said, "Please no trips," as he looked down at his cards from the big blind. He put in the call and had just 2,500 chips left behind.

The flop came down {2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Dempsey put his last chips in. Wattel gave it some thought and folded after which Hanson called and said, "You're in trouble man".

Bart Hanson{2-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}
James Dempsey{A-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

The board ran out {10-Spades}{5-Diamonds} giving Hanson the win and knocking out Dempsey on the money bubble. We will be right back with the official chip counts and seat draw for the final day!

Player Chips Progress
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James Dempsey
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Bart HansonJames Dempsey

Phil Ivey Leads The Final 27

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Phil Ivey Leading
Phil Ivey Leading

Day 2 of Event 24, the $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better, was a tense one. We began with 184 players left from the starting field of 256. By day's end, only the 27 players who made the money survived. Bubble play lasted for about an hour before James Dempsey departed in 28th place, guaranteeing a $10,348 pay day for the final 27. However, the chip leader couldn't care less about a min cash. Leading the way is none other than Phil Ivey.

Fresh off of two final tables in the last few days, Ivey is back at it again. He spent the beginning and middle portion of the day in the middle of the counts, but contunually increased his stack as player by player busted. When it came to bagging the chips, Ivey had a whopping stack of 446,500. Second in chips is young gun Dan Kelly with 297,000 and Mike Matusow is right behind him with 290,000.

Many big names took part in Day 2, but fell short of the money. Mizrachi brothers Michael and Rob, Allen Bari, John Racener, Phil Hellmuth, and Jason Mercier were among those who busted early on. They were followed out the door by David Bach, Justin Smith, Carlos Mortensen, Todd Brunson, and Mike Sexton in the middle stages of the day.

As play whittled down toward the money we lost Jean-Robert Bellande, Yuval Bronshtein, and Shannon Shorr. Raymond Davis and James Dempsey were both desperately short stacked with 28 players left. Davis found himself all in twice, but managed to chop the first time and scoop the second time to put the pressure on Dempsey.

Unfortunately for the bracelet winner, Dempsey had almost no chance of winning when he committed his chips. The board read {2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Bart Hanson held the {2-Hearts} in his hand. Dempsey found no miracle running low and exited in 28th place.

Here is the Day 3 table and seat draw:

TableSeatPlayerChips
4471Phil Ivey446,500
4472Raymond Davis18,000
4473Mike Matusow290,000
4474Gregory Jamison129,500
4475Joe Cassidy166,500
4476Ryan Lenaghan79,500
4477Elie Doft69,500
4478Scotty Nguyen212,500
4479Michael "Boonie" Kleist35,500
    
4531Brian Hastings251,000
4532John Guth11,500
4533Jeremy Harkin71,000
4534Mike Wattel143,500
4535Alex Dovzhenko60,000
4536Stephen Chidwick109,000
4537Matt Lefkowitz24,500
4538Viacheslav Zhukov141,500
4539Robert Stevanovski68,000
    
4591James Hoeppner137,500
4592Matthew Wood78,000
4593Brendan Taylor270,500
4594Meng La276,500
4595Dan Kelly297,000
4596Andreas Krause133,000
4597Ismael Bojang51,500
4598Bart Hanson231,500
4599Frank Russomanno38,000

Play resumes Wednesday at 2:00pm local time and is scheduled to last until only one remains. Be sure to join us then!

Event 24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better

Day 2 Completed