Break
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: 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
The remaining three players decided to take another 20-minute break.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
256
Level
30
Limits
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0
Three Handed Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,615,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
||
|
1,390,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
||
|
840,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
||
Cassidy Calls Ivey Down
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Joe Cassidy raised it up from the small blind and Phil Ivey put in three bets from the big blind. Cassidy called. The board ran out 
and Cassidy decided to check-call all the way.
Ivey showed 
and he took down the low while Cassidy raked in the high with 
.
Nguyen Takes Some From Cassidy
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Joe Cassidy raised the button and Scotty Nguyen called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Nguyen check-called a bet. The turn was the 
and both players checked. On the river the showed up and Nguyen bet. Cassidy called and mucked when Nguyen turned over 
.
Three in a Row for Phil
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Phil Ivey just won three pots in a row. On the first one he called a bet on a 
flop from Joe Cassidy to see the turn. Cassidy check-folded the turn, which was the 
, and Ivey took down the pot.
On the second hand Ivey raised from the small blind and Nguyen called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Nguyen called Ivey's bet. The turn was the and both players checked. On the river the hit and Ivey took down the pot with a bet.
On the third hand Ivey raised the button and both blinds called. The flop came down and Ivey took down the pot with a bet.
Updates Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,530,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,320,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,000,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
||
Two Pair and a Low Scoops Cassidy
From the small blind, Scotty Nguyen limped in. Joe Cassidy raised from the big blind and Nguyen called to see the 
flop. Nguyen checked the flop and Cassidy bet. Nguyen check-raised and Cassidy called.
Fourth street was the 
and Nguyen led out. Cassidy called. The river completed the board with the and Nguyen led again. Cassidy called.
Nguyen tabled the 
for a low and two pair. Cassidy mucked and Nguyen won the pot. Below are the chip counts following this hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
980,000
-340,000
|
-340,000 |
|
|
||
Ivey Gets Quartered By Cassidy
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On the 
flop, Joe Cassidy check-raised a bet from Phil Ivey. Ivey called and the turn was the . Cassidy led with a bet and Ivey put in a raise. Cassidy called. The river was the and Cassidy bet. Ivey called.
Cassidy tabled the 
for a six-four low and a set of deuces. Ivey held the for the same low and got quartered.
Nguyen Takes This One with River Bet
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Joe Cassidy raised on the button. Phil Ivey called from the small blind and Scotty Nguyen called from the big blind. The flop and turn were checked through on the 
board and the 
landed on the river. After Ivey checked, Nguyen bet. Both Cassidy and Ivey gave it up, allowing Nguyen to rake in the pot.
Will Cassidy Get His First Piece of Gold?
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Between the final three players of Event 24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better, there are 13 World Series of Poker gold bracelets represented. Phil Ivey has eight of those and Scotty Nguyen has five. That leaves Joe Cassidy with none.
The closest Cassidy has ever come to earning a gold bracelet was in 2004 when he took fourth in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout for $23,180. He also has a fifth-place finish from 2010 in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud World Championship and an eighth-place finish in the $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw World Championship last year. Other than those results, he has not broken the top 10 in a WSOP event.
Cassidy is widely considered as one of the best all-around players in the game, but many people relate success in poker to how many bracelet one holds. Without having one his wrist, Cassidy is relatively unknown to many poker fans, but he's still considered a class player by his peers. We'll see if Cassidy can make this event his first-ever piece of WSOP hardware. He's already secured his deepest WSOP finish and it would only be fitting that he goes on to defeat to of the greatest the game has ever seen to earn it.