Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-20-2012 15:03 UTC-7

Scott Bohlman Finally Finds a Hand

Scott Bohlman has been card dead all afternoon when he was in desperate in need of a double up. Eventually, with his stack as low as 96,000, he picked up a hand in the small blind and decided to go with it. Naoya Kihara was seated in the big blind and obliged to give Bohlman the chance to double up or finish in 8th place.

Bohlman
Kihara

Board: {K-Spades} {7-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {6-Clubs}

"Have I won?" Asked a very calm looking Bohlman.

He had won, with a pair of tens, and doubled up to 192,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	1,310,000 10,000	10,000

Scott Bohlman	192,000 31,000	31,000

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06-20-2012 14:42 UTC-7

Joseph Cheong Eliminated in 9th Place ($34,620)

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He managed to double up once, the next time didn't work out too well for him.

He (big blind) and Davidi Kitai (small blind) got all the chips in when the action was folded to them. Cheong had less than 150,000 chips at that point.

Kitai: {q-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {5-Clubs} .
Cheong: {a-Diamonds} {a-Spades} {2-Spades} {6-Spades} .

The board ran {8-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {a-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} .

Running diamonds did it for Cheong, and he busted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	970,000 150,000	150,000

Joseph Cheong	Busted

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06-20-2012 14:36 UTC-7

De Maci and Kihara Like to Tango

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Chris De Maci and Naoya Kihara have tangled a lot today, and continue to do so.

First up De Maci check-called a 240,000 bet on a {10-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} board. Kihara opened {a-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} for a straight and De Maci mucked.

A few hands later the two were all-in on an {a-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {k-Diamonds} flop.

De Maci: {a-Hearts} {k-Spades} {5-Clubs} {10-Hearts} .
Kihara: {a-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {q-Spades} {j-Spades} .

The board ran out {7-Clubs} {2-Hearts} to see De Maci's hand hold up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	1,300,000 30,000	30,000

Chris De Maci	959,000 114,000	114,000

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06-20-2012 14:24 UTC-7

Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	820,000 31,000	31,000

Tommy Le	650,000 315,000	315,000

Hans Winzeler	620,000 7,000	7,000
Jason DeWitt	580,000 65,000	65,000

Scott Bohlman	223,000 174,000	174,000

Joseph Cheong	197,000 167,000	167,000

06-20-2012 14:20 UTC-7

De Maci Doubles Through Kihara

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Is the pressure starting to get to the inexperienced Naoya Kihara? After a quick start the last few pots have not gone the way of our chip leader and that has climaxed with a big loss to Chris De Maci.

We joined the action with a bet of 124,000 splayed in front of Kihara in the big blind. De Maci was seated in first position and he had decided to re-raise 'pot'. The dealer and the two players were trying to work out the exact total when the two players agreed to play for stacks. On your backs gentlemen.

De Maci
Kihara

Board: {8-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {10-Diamonds}

Kihara had turned a straight but De Maci rivered a flush for a huge double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	1,330,000 380,000	380,000

Chris De Maci	845,000 469,000	469,000

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Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 0

06-20-2012 14:09 UTC-7

Dimitar Danchev Eliminated in 10th Place ($34,620)

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In the very first hand of the day, Daniel Hindin, doubled up Joseph Cheong, and the outcome was a mere 86,000 chips in the stack of Hindin. As we reached the end of the level 20 he is sat with 740,000 chips courtesy of a lot of clever play, hard work and the elimination of Dimitar Danchev.

Hindin had already doubled through Danchev before the pair decided to hold a rematch. We are not sure the flow of the action.

Hindin
Danchev

Board: {10-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {K-Hearts} {9-Spades} {2-Diamonds}

So a set of nines for Hindin and Danchev became our 10th place finisher.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Hindin	740,000 374,000	374,000
Dimitar Danchev	Busted

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06-20-2012 13:59 UTC-7

Doubles Doubles, All Over The Place

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Davidi Kitai raised from under the gun and was called by Tommy Le on the button before Daniel Hindin raised the pot from the small blind. Dimitar Danchev was in the big blind and raised the pot again. This was enough to force out Kitai and Le, before Hindin, who had committed most of his stack already, called.

Hindin: {k-Spades} {q-Spades} {q-Clubs} {9-Clubs}
Danchev: {a-Diamonds} {a-Spades} {6-Hearts} {3-Hearts}

The board ran {8-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {q-Hearts} {j-Clubs} to see Hindin find a miracle turn card.

A few moments later on the next table Naoya Kihara and Chris De Maci were getting all-in on a {4-Spades} {a-Spades} {6-Clubs} flop.

De Maci: {k-Spades} {k-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {3-Spades}
Kihara: {2-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {5-Hearts}

The board ran out {q-Diamonds} {7-Spades} and De Maci was delighted with his fate in the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	1,710,000 157,000	157,000

Chris De Maci	376,000 126,000	126,000
Daniel Hindin	366,000 280,000	280,000
Dimitar Danchev	297,000 172,000	172,000

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06-20-2012 13:45 UTC-7

DeWitt Doubles Through De Maci Who Doubles Through Kihara

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Chris De Maci has just doubled up Jason DeWitt and then doubled up himself through Naoya Kihara.

De Maci raised to 28,000 on the button and DeWitt made the call. The action checked through to the turn on a board of {8-Spades} {7-Clubs} {2-Spades} {8-Hearts} and all the money went into the middle courtesy of a DeWitt check-raise and De Maci shove.

DeWitt
De Maci

So De Maci was facing kicker problems with one card to come. That card was the {Q-Spades} and De Maci had to ship a further 297,000 chips to DeWitt leaving him with just 125,000.

Then a few hands later Kihara raised on the button, De Maci raised pot (96k) and Kihara called. The flop was {K-Spades} {7-Spades} {6-Hearts} , De Maci moved all-in for 29,000 and Kihara called.

De Maci
Kihara

The turn {6-Clubs} and river {Q-Spades} gave De Maci a pair of queens and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	1,553,000 125,000	125,000

Jason DeWitt	645,000 282,000	282,000

Chris De Maci	250,000 242,000	242,000

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06-20-2012 13:30 UTC-7

Kevin MacPhee Eliminated in 11th Place ($26,349)

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What an horrific start to the day for Kevin MacPhee. He arrived late after crashing his car in the Rio car park, the last thing you want to do when nursing the short stack. Then he gets to his seat and Joseph Cheong was in no mood to show him any sympathy when he took him out in the first fifteen minutes.

MacPhee min-raised from under the gun, Cheong raised the 'pot' from the cutoff (which put MacPhee all-in) and MacPhee made the call.