Event 39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,754,200
Entries
293
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Last Pot-Limit Omaha Event of the Year Set To Start
Welcome to our continuing coverage of the 2012 World Series of Poker. Today is Day 1 of Event 39, the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Last year, a field of 361 gathered for this prestigious event and when it was all said and done, none other than 2011 WSOP Player of the Year Ben Lamb was the last man standing.
This is the fourth and final pure Pot-Limit Omaha event left of the schedule, saving the biggest buy-in for for last. The champions this year include Vincent van der Fluit (Event 11: $1,500 PLO), Austin Scott (Event 26: $3,000 PLO), and Naoya Kihara (Event 34: $5,000 PLO Six-Handed). Today's field is likely to include them and guaranteed to draw some of the best in the game once again, so be sure to keep it here throughout the day for updates on all of the exciting action as it takes place.
Play is set to begin at noon local time, about 25 minutes from now, so we'll see you then!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Cards in the Air
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
It's time to shuffle and play!
Familiar Faces
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30,000 |
Rebuy! Table X!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Through the first five minutes of play, we've heard various dealers yell, "Rebuy! Table ___!"
No, that doesn't mean a player's gone broke, it simply means that they've chosen to cash in one of their two 10,000-chip lammers. Each player stars with 10,000 in chips, and two lammers. At any time they can exchange them for chips, or they can hold to them until the end of level four, where they are taken off the table in exchange for chips.
For the time being however, we will still list each player as having a 30,000-chip starting stack.
Good Morning!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
In Las Vegas, 12:15 p.m. is considered "the morning." So we really can't blame Phil Ivey for wishing his new friend Brian Hastings a "good morning" moments ago when he came barreling through an emergency exit.
Schwartz Chipping Up Early Through Nguyen
Khiem Nguyen took fifth place in Event 26 ($3,000 PLO) for $83,180, but is off to a rough start today.
Picking up the action at the tail end of the hand, Noah Schwartz was pondering a decision for about 4,500 from Nguyen after the river of a 
board. Schwartz mulled it over, ultimately opting to call.
"Just a seven," said Nguyen.
Schwartz tabled 
for aces and jacks to take down the pot. As a result, Nguyen used the first of his two remaining rebuy chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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37,000 | 7,000 |
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23,000 | -7,000 |
The Straddle: WSOP Week #3 Behind the Scenes
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
For a little lighter side of poker, be sure to check out the latest edition of The Straddle with PokerNews' very own Kristy Arnett.
Kornuth Forces Stein to Rebuy
We reached Table 8 after the flop had already fallen 
. Sam Stein and Austin Scott checked, and Chance Kornuth bet 600. Stein check-raised to 3,000, and Scott called. Kornuth tanked, then re-raised the pot, and Stein called all in. Scott tank-folded, and the hands were open.
| Stein |     |
| Kornuth |     |
The 
on the turn gave Stein extra outs, but the 
bricked on the river, forcing him to cash in one of his lammers.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,000 | 12,000 |
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26,500 | -3,500 |
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20,000 | -10,000 |