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

Color Up

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

There isn't a break but play has been suspended shortly in order to race off the grey 100 chips. There are still three more levels of play left in the day.

Scotty Has Nowhere To Go

"You have somewhere to go baby, because I have nowhere to go," Scotty Nguyen just said to his opponent who put in three bets pre flop with just 3,000 chips left behind.

The flop brought out {Q-Hearts}{5-Spades}{10-Spades} and Nguyen called his opponents all in.

"I don't have anything baby," Nguyen said as he tabled {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. His opponent showed {A-Clubs}{J-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and had a very similar hand.

The turn was the {J-Diamonds} pairing both players, but giving Nguyen his second pair. The river was the {6-Spades} and Nguyen said goodbye to his opponent.

"I have have nowhere to go baby," he added once more as the dealer scooped up the cards and Nguyen stacked his chips. Nguyen is here for the long run and his stacks is just above the average.

Player Chips Progress
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
73,000 18,000

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

A Few Chip Counts From Around The Room

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Mcguinness us
Kevin Mcguinness
126,000 -14,000
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
WSOP 1X Winner
110,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
99,000 51,000
Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
WSOP 1X Winner
97,000 85,000
Viacheslav Zhukov ru
Viacheslav Zhukov
75,000 32,000
Joe Cassidy us
Joe Cassidy
WSOP 1X Winner
74,000 39,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
73,000 -4,000
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
42,000 22,000
Karen Longfellow us
Karen Longfellow
35,000 20,800
John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
29,000 -10,000
Michael Chow us
Michael Chow
WSOP 1X Winner
23,000 13,000
Ryan Lenaghan us
Ryan Lenaghan
21,000 -18,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Still 63 players remaining

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

The average stack is 60,952 or 12 big bets. They money will be reached when we get down to 27 and all remaining will get at least $10,348. When the money is reached the average stack will be 142,222 chips.

Boonie Stays Alive

Michael "Boonie" Kleist wasn't in good shape when we came back from dinner, but he just won a pot for his tournament life against well known mixed game specialist Michael Chow.

We caught the action on the turn with the board showing {Q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} and Kleist bet 5,000 after which Chow made sure he still had chips behind. There was already another short stack all in and after Chow called we saw the {8-Clubs} on the river.

Kleist got his last chips in and Chow called after which we got to see their cards. Kleist showed {Q-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for the nut low and a full house while Chow tabled {A-}{K-}{Q-}{5-}. He had trips with an ace kicker and also a good low, but Kleist had him on both occasions.

The all in player mucked and left the tournament while Kleist is back up to 50,000 chips. Chow is in serious trouble now as he has just a couple of big bets left.

Player Chips Progress
Michael "Boonie" Kleist
Michael "Boonie" Kleist
50,000 25,000
Michael Chow us
Michael Chow
WSOP 1X Winner
10,000 -15,000

Tags: Michael ChowMichael "Boonie" Kleist

Fricke Doesn't Get There

We caught Jimmy Fricke getting his chips into the middle of a {7-Spades}{5-Spades}{10-Clubs}{9-Clubs} board.

Once he was all in, Fricke said, "I have a such a big hand, but you're probably ahead."

Fricke tabled {A-Spades}{10-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs} for two flush draws, the nut low draw and top pair. His opponent tabled {A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{X-}{X-} for the same top pair and managed a chop when the {5-Hearts} river didn't improve any of Fricke's draws or make a low.

Player Chips Progress
Jimmy Fricke us
Jimmy Fricke
21,000

Tags: Jimmy Fricke

Juanda Runs it Up

We caught a small pot between John Juanda en Jean-Robert Bellande and noticed that both were still in very good shape. James Dempsey was also in the mix and he folded which left him behind with just a couple of big bets.

The board read {Q-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} when we showed up and saw that Bellande bet 5,000 and after Dempsey had folded Juanda put in the call. The river was the {A-Diamonds} and Juanda lead out for 5,000. Bellande called and Juanda scooped with {A-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}.

Bellande seemed a bit flustered, but he has nothing to worry about just yet with a stack around 60,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
77,000 55,000
Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
WSOP 1X Winner
60,000 -24,000
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
20,000 -1,000

Tags: Jean-Robert BellandeJohn JuandaJames Dempsey

Good Post-Dinner Start For Doft

Action folded to Elie Doft in middle position and he put in a raise. Robert Ferdinand (AKA Bobby the Bus) re-raised in the cutoff, action folded back to Doft who called, and a {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} flop hit the board.

Doft led out, Ferdinand called, and the {6-Hearts} hit the turn. Doft fired again, just about covering Ferdinand's remaining stack. After about 30 seconds, Ferdinand opted to fold and save his last big bet.

Player Chips Progress
Elie Doft us
Elie Doft
143,000 14,000
Robert Ferdinand us
Robert Ferdinand
5,000 -25,000

Tags: Elie DoftRobert Ferdinand