Event 47: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-26-2012 17:53 UTC-6

Some Tweets From the PLO8 Break

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

BrettRichey Brett Richey Despite being in the 50k I couldn't resist hopping in the plo8, its the softest event of the summer. Hope I just set 1500 on fire June 26 2012

SirWatts Mike Watson Managed to get out of the bed for 1500 plo8! Body still not fully recovered from trampoline dodgeball on Sunday. Have 1/2 starting stack June 26 2012

EugeneKatchalov Eugene Katchalov Was going to play this 10k at Venetian that I only found out about yesterday but as of 2 hours ago it had 18 entrants. $1500 PLO8 it is! June 26 2012

06-26-2012 17:49 UTC-6

Cards Back in the Air

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Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Cards are back in the air following the break.

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-26-2012 17:27 UTC-6

Break Time

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Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

Another two levels are in the books and the field is going on a second break.

06-26-2012 17:17 UTC-6

Schneider Down to Last Rebuy Chip

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Chad Holloway

After three players had limped, including 2007 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Tom Schneider, Matt Wood raised to 975 from the button. After the blinds folded, Schneider moved all in for 1,500, the other two limpers folded, and Wood made the call.

Showdown
Schneider: {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {10-Hearts} {9-Clubs}
Wood: {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {8-Spades} {5-Spades}

The board ran out a fairly uninspiring {6-Hearts} {8-Spades} {10-Clubs} {A-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} and Wood was pushed the pot with trip aces; meanwhile, Schneider was left cashing in his last rebuy chip.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Schneider	1,500

Tags: Tom Schneider Matt Wood

06-26-2012 17:16 UTC-6

Williams & Sands Gone

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Chad Holloway

dwpoker David Williams Disgusted. Just busted the PLO8 in a sick hand. JJ8 flop my hand is AJ9T. Turn 7 I get shoved on by AJ26. River 6. June 26 2012

Doc_Sands David Doc Sands Disappointed to bust PLO8. Played a 3 way all in and had the best equity by a large margin but @fkassela got me. Nice guy, hope he wins. June 26 2012

Player	Chips	Progress
David Doc Sands	Busted
David Williams	Busted

Tags: David Williams David Sands

06-26-2012 17:15 UTC-6

Tilly Scoops

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Chad Holloway

With around 1,300 in the pot and a flop of {4-Spades} {8-Clubs} {2-Spades} , a short-stacked player in Seat 2 was already all in and three other players checked to the lovely Jennifer Tilly, who promptly bet pot. Two of her opponents folded, the third raised, and Tilly committed her last 425.

Showdown
Tilly: {A-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {9-Hearts}
Seat 2: {A-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {K-Spades} {4-Clubs}
Seat 6: {9-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {3-Spades}

The {7-Spades} turn and {6-Spades} river ended up giving Tilly the nut flush with an A-5 low, which was good enough to scoop the pot and send Seat 2 packing. With that win, Tilly is back near the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Tilly	4,000 2,225	2,225

Tags: Jennifer Tilly

06-26-2012 17:03 UTC-6

Numerically Marked Circular Disc Amounts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Conrad	13,800 9,300	9,300
Terrence Chan	12,500 8,000	8,000

Joeseph Cheong	12,500
Andy Frankenberger	12,000 7,500	7,500

Barry Greenstein	12,000 7,500	7,500

Roland Israelashvili	11,000

David Bach	10,500 6,000	6,000

Tony Cousineau	9,000
Kathy Liebert	8,700 4,200	4,200

George Lind	7,500 3,000	3,000

Olivier Busquet	6,500 2,000	2,000
Scotty Nguyen	6,000 1,500	1,500

Tommy Vedes	5,500 1,000	1,000
Jennifer Harman	5,500 1,000	1,000

Vitaly Lunkin	5,000 500	500

Mike Matusow	4,500 3,000	3,000

Freddy Deeb	4,500

Steve Billirakis	4,500

Martin Staszko	3,800 700	700

David Bakes Baker	3,800 700	700

Gavin Smith	3,500 1,000	1,000
Ivan Demidov	3,200 1,300	1,300

Nick Binger	3,200 1,300	1,300

Erick Lindgren	3,100 1,400	1,400

Will Failla	3,100

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06-26-2012 17:01 UTC-6

We've Equaled Last Year's Total

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Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

The tournament clock currently say 946 players have registered for today's event, the same number of players that entered this event last year. With 26 minute left in the level, and registration open up to the the start of Level 5, we should certainly surpass last year's number.

06-26-2012 16:59 UTC-6

Tough Table 80

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Chad Holloway

Table 80 is easily one of the toughest tables in the room as it currently plays host to Barry Greenstein, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, Freddy Deeb, Steve Billirakis, Sorel Mizzi and "Miami" John Cernuto.

"I lost two-thirds of my chips in the second hand," we overheard Matusow tell Deeb as he sat down. Unfortunately, this stacked table will likely be one of the first to break.

We're hoping we might see some action before then, but if a recent hand is any indication, that might not be the case. You see, in a recent hand Greenstein opened for 400 from early position and was called by both the button and Mizzi in the big blind. All three players proceeded to check down every street as the board ran out {K-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {5-Spades} {7-Spades} .

Greenstein showed {A-Spades} {4-Diamonds} for a low, and Mizzi rolled over {A-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {9-Diamonds} to match him. Unfortunately for them both, the button flipped over {2-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {8-Spades} to take the low with 2-3 and the high with a measly pair of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	1,500

Tags: Mike Matusow Barry Greenstein Sorel Mizzi