Event 42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better
Day 1 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
393
Level
28
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Welcome To Day 1 of Event 42
Welcome to Event 42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better. If you're in the mood for plenty of chopped-pot action, this is the place to be.
Last year, Owais Ahmed captured this title at the World Series of Poker and pocketed over $250,000 in prize money after defeating Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi heads up. He bested a field of 450 players to take the bracelet and should be back in action today to defend his title.
With plenty of big names firing away in Event 41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em, it's still a question of who will actually show up for this one. One thing is for sure, plenty of players will be arriving late and we'll have our eyes open for when they roll in.
The action is scheduled to kick off at 5:00 PM and it's set to be another great one. Stay tuned for the coverage right here on PokerNews.
Level: 1
Blinds: /
Ante:
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
The cards are in the air for Day 1 of Event 42.
Who's Here So Far?
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Recent Bracelet Winners in the Field
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Spotted in the field here in the early goings on Event 42 are three newly-crowned gold bracelet winners from 2012. Benjamin Scholl, winner of Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em, is seated at Table 358 and Chris Tryba, winner of Event 35: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em, is seated at Table 352. Both of them in Seat 3 at their respective tables and they will be looking to earn a second gold bracelet of the year.
In Scholl's win, he bested a field of 166 players to earn just over $200,000, defeating Andrew Prock heads up. Tryba had to wade through a larger field of 393 players to earn over $210,000.
Another 2012 bracelet winner was Michael Gathy and he took home over $440,000 after beating out more than 2,700 players to take the title in Event 21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. In doing so, Gathy became the second gold bracelet winner from Belgium. He's seated over at Table 362.
Gathy came very close to earning his second piece of gold at this Series after he final tabled the event Tryba won. Unfortunately for Gathy, his run ended in fifth place, which surely leaves the taste for number two bitterly lingering in his mouth.
We'll be keeping a close eye on these three to see how they progress, or digress, during the day in quest for a second WSOP title.
Nadell Tells "Greatest Poker Story of All Time"
Level 1
Brian Nadell is seated right in front of our media desk at Table 353 with Michel Abecassis, Chris Bjorin and Kevin Iacofano, among others. He recently spoke up and said, "Let me tell you guys the greatest poker story of all time."
The table looked interested and wanted to hear it. Nadell began to tell the story and it went something like this.
Nadell was playing in a $50-100 Omaha-8 game at The Mirage several years back and explained that Brent Carter played in the game and that he always had a 7-Eleven Big Gulp cup with him. One day, Nadell thought it would be funny to steal the cup and hide it. When Carter was away from the table, he hid the cup. Upon Carter's return, he was immediately in shambles, not knowing where the cup went or what had happened to it.
Nadell went on to explain that Carter "lost it" and went off for one of the worst losing sessions he's ever had. Nadell mentioned that for some reason the Big Gulp cup was almost a security blanket for Carter and once it was gone, he simply couldn't win without it. Nadell said Carter was questioning the floor staff, dealers, the cocktail waitresses and even digging through garbage cans looking for the cup.
Now, while Nadell was telling this story, Marcel Luske, who was seated almost back to back with Nadell at an adjacent table, leaned back in his chair to listen in. He heard the name Brent Carter and pulled out his phone, pretending to dial it. During a break in Nadell's story, Luske gave Nadell the phone and said Carter was on the line and wanted to talk to him. Nadell took the phone, said hello a few times, but no one was there.
The two laughed about this, as did the table, before Nadell went back to telling his story. The story seemed to end with Nadell telling the table that all that happened was Carter lost a lot in the game and "lost his mind," which didn't really resonate as the "greatest poker story of all time" to the others at the table. They joked with Nadell a little bit that the story was much farther from the greatest than Nadell thought and in the end, everyone got a good laugh.
Level: 2
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
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