Event 26: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-12-2012 23:28 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Perrins	45,000

Fabrizio Gonzalez	44,000
Mike Gorodinsky	32,000 9,800	9,800

Raj Vohra	29,700 20,700	20,700

Ted Lawson	23,500 14,500	14,500

Rami Boukai	14,000

Michael Benvenuti	13,800 4,800	4,800
Erik Cajelais	13,000

Jeff Lisandro	12,000

Joseph Cheong	12,000 -5,000	-5,000

Gary Benson	11,400

Huck Seed	10,500 -500	-500

Erik Seidel	10,000

Isaac Haxton	10,000

Tim West	9,700
Daniel Negreanu	9,200 -900	-900

Matt Vengrin	9,000 -1,200	-1,200
Sammy Farha	6,200 -13,800	-13,800

Brad Booth	6,000 -3,600	-3,600
Zach Clark	5,100
Annie Duke	3,000 -6,000	-6,000

Matt Stout	Busted
Steve Billirakis	Busted

Sam Trickett	Busted

A couple of Omaha gold bracelet winners were involved in an all-in pot on this hand. Scott Clements and Jason Mercier butted heads that ended up with the two all in on the {10-Spades} {9-Spades} {2-Hearts} flop. Mercier was at risk with the {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {4-Spades} . Clements held the {A-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {7-Spades} . After the turn {2-Diamonds} and river {10-Diamonds} , Clements' full house was the winner and sent Mercier out the door.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Clements	25,500 7,200	7,200

Jason Mercier	Busted

Tags: Jason Mercier Scott Clements

06-12-2012 23:42 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	64,000 29,000	29,000

Matt Jarvis	34,400 25,400	25,400
Scott Clements	28,000 2,500	2,500

Philippe Boucher	25,000

Shaun Deeb	23,200

Shawn Buchanan	19,000 8,300	8,300

Josh Arieh	17,000 8,000	8,000

Lucas Greenwood	16,000 4,000	4,000
Kirill Gerasimov	15,000
Tristan Clemencon	14,000 5,000	5,000
Stephen Su	13,200
Dario Alioto	12,000 3,000	3,000

Martins Adeniya	11,500 -500	-500
Phil Hellmuth	11,000

Randal Flowers	10,000 1,000	1,000
Huck Seed	9,600 -900	-900

Michael Binger	9,000 -6,000	-6,000
Eoghan O'Dea	8,000 -300	-300
Nicholas Verkaik	7,500 6,450	6,450

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

06-12-2012 23:58 UTC-6

Booth Gone

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Brad Booth has been eliminated. He was all in preflop for his last few thousand with the {A-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} against an opponent's {A-Hearts} {9-Spades} {8-Spades} {4-Hearts} . The flop, turn and river ran out {J-Clubs} {6-Spades} {5-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {7-Spades} and Booth's opponent made a straight to eliminate him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Booth	Busted

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06-13-2012 00:00 UTC-6

Aces and a Double for Haxton

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Isaac Haxton was all in preflop for a little over 10,000 with the {A-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {4-Spades} . His opponent held the {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {5-Spades} {3-Spades} . A board of {A-Clubs} {6-Spades} {4-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} gave Haxton the best hand and doubled him up over 20,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	20,500 10,500	10,500

Tags: Isaac Haxton

06-13-2012 00:18 UTC-6

Anderson Crushing

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Calvin Anderson is crushing the tournament right now and was last seen up to 85,000 in chips. The average right now reads just under 20,000 on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	85,000 21,000	21,000

06-13-2012 00:28 UTC-6

Quick Hits

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Three-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner and experienced Omaha player Sammy Farha has been eliminated.
The 1996 WSOP Main Event champion Huck Seed has moved up to 14,000 in chips. He picked up a five-way pot on the board after betting 925 and getting folds from all of his opponents.
Darryll Fish, Chino Rheem and Ryan D'Angelo are all seated together and have recently chipped up a little bit each.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darryll Fish	26,000 17,000	17,000
Ryan D'Angelo	23,500

Huck Seed	14,000 2,000	2,000

Chino Rheem	12,000 2,200	2,200
Sammy Farha	Busted

Tags: Sammy Farha Huck Seed Darryll Fish Chino Rheem Ryan D'Angelo

06-13-2012 00:32 UTC-6

A Double for Sands

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From the button, David "Doc" Sands raised to 1,350. Jim Collopy reraised the pot from the big blind and Sands called all in for 2,550.

Sands: {A-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {7-Clubs}
Collopy: {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {9-Spades} {8-Hearts}

The flop, turn and river ran out {7-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {4-Hearts} and Sands won the pot with two pair, sevens and threes.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Sands	5,300 -11,200	-11,200

Tags: David Sands Jim Collopy

06-13-2012 00:41 UTC-6

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