2012 World Series of Poker

Event 8: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q1074
Prize
$264,400
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
967
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Hellmuth Ends His Fued

Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth and Barry Hartheimer had been clashing on many occasions today, but that is all over now. Hellmuth just knocked his opponent out and luckily for us there was still plenty of chit chat going on during that final hand between the two.

With the flop reading {9-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} Hellmuth was first to act from the small blind and he threw out 5,000. "That's a little much there buddy!," Hartheimer said within a second and Hellmuth realized he could only put in 2,500. "Well I raise," Hartheimer said making it 5,000 on his own part. The third player folded and Hellmuth said, "You just wanna get it all in now?," pressuring Hartheimer who wasn't going to back down out of this one. Hellmuth put in another raise making it 7,500 and Hartheimer called with 9,500 chips left behind.

The turn was the {10-Clubs} and Hellmuth bet 5,000. "Well now we can get it in," Hartheimer laughed as he put in his last chips. Obviously Hellmuth followed with the call immediately and said, "Well I've got top set. What do you got Barry?". Hartheimer showed {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts} as he said, "You shouldn't have even been in the hand with two queens", as he was looking for a blank on the river. Hellmuth had {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{10-Spades} and when the river brought out the {2-Diamonds} Hellmuth hit his full house. "I never thought it wasn't gonna come. I had one coming," Hellmuth said with a smile as Hartheimer shouted, "Payout on table #428".

Phil Hellmuth is doing very well so far and with Hartheimer gone he looks to get full control of this table.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
62,000 31,000
Barry Hartheimer us
Barry Hartheimer
Busted

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Brunson Pays

Todd Brunson sat shaking his head after he paid off an opponent on all three streets.

He defended his big blind and check-called all the way down the {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}.

His opponent opened {a-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{9-Spades}{5-Hearts} which was good for the high and the low. Brunson mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
67,000 -19,000

Tags: Todd Brunson

Boyd Bossing

Dutch Boyd
Dutch Boyd

Dutch Boyd is amassing a tidy stack, some thanks to winning a four-way pot just now.

The flop was out as {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and David "Bakes" Baker led for 2,500 from under the gun. A player in the next seat called along with Boyd, with the big blind passing.

No more chips ventured into the middle as all three checked the {k-Spades}{8-Clubs} turn and river down.

Boyd opened {q-Spades}{j-Spades}{10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and scooped as both opponents mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
WSOP 3X Winner
115,000 15,000

Tags: David "Bakes" BakerDutch Boyd

Doing Well

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Miller us
Ryan Miller
WSOP 2X Winner
135,000 5,000
Gavin Griffin us
Gavin Griffin
WSOP 1X Winner
125,000 89,000
Thayer Rasmussen us
Thayer Rasmussen
125,000 103,000
Tim Burt us
Tim Burt
120,000 91,500
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
106,000 31,000
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
WSOP 1X Winner
102,000 -1,000
Joseph Kuether us
Joseph Kuether
100,000 56,500
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
WSOP 3X Winner
100,000 79,700
Can Kim Hua us
Can Kim Hua
99,000 9,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
89,000 -21,000
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
86,000 49,000
Nikolai Yakovenko ru
Nikolai Yakovenko
78,000 26,000
Tyler Schwecke us
Tyler Schwecke
77,000 -11,000
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
72,000 38,800
Matt Hawrilenko us
Matt Hawrilenko
58,000 22,000

Bust, But In the Money

Player Chips Progress
Christopher Wolfe us
Christopher Wolfe
Busted
Niklas Zoller us
Niklas Zoller
Busted
Hoyt Verner us
Hoyt Verner
Busted
Vito Racanelli us
Vito Racanelli
Busted
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted
Scott Dorin us
Scott Dorin
Busted
Jeremy Harkin us
Jeremy Harkin
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Dan Santoro us
Dan Santoro
Busted
Peter Mavro us
Peter Mavro
Busted
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
WSOP 4X Winner
Busted
Bryan Andrews us
Bryan Andrews
Busted
Bradley Helm us
Bradley Helm
Busted
Michael Herrera us
Michael Herrera
Busted
Terrence Downey us
Terrence Downey
Busted
Todd Tritsch us
Todd Tritsch
Busted
Danny Scott us
Danny Scott
Busted
John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
Busted
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
WSOP 7X Winner
Busted
Lori Berumen us
Lori Berumen
Busted
John Knight us
John Knight
Busted
Kenneth Shei us
Kenneth Shei
Busted
Matthew Croker us
Matthew Croker
Busted
Daniel Klein us
Daniel Klein
Busted
Philip Kranz us
Philip Kranz
Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 0

Bari Building

Allen Bari has five times his starting stack from today. Not bad considering he has Dutch Boyd, Ryan Lenaghan and David "Bakes" Baker at his table.

He just scooped a 20k-plus pot to pass the 100k mark.

He was in the small blind and called a button raise along with the big blind. The flop fell {k-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} and he check-raised the button's continuation bet, and called when he was three-bet. The big blind folded in between.

Both players checked the {3-Diamonds} turn before Bari's river bet ({4-Diamonds}) was called.

He opened {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and scooped.

Player Chips Progress
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
WSOP 1X Winner
103,000 80,000

Schwecke Quartering and Chopping His Way Towards the Top

He is not quite there yet but Tyler Schwecke is doing very well today at a tough table with Men Nguyen, Chris Klodnicki, John O'Shea and Shaun Deeb. Schwecke was just involved in two pots, and even though he didn't scoop any of them a nice profit was still made.

On the first hand the board read {4-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{K-Hearts} when Deeb and Schwecke checked to O'Shea who bet 4,000. Deeb made the call from the blinds and Schwecke decided to raise. O'Shea tanked for a bit before three-betting to 12,000 and Deeb quickly folded. Schwecke called giving us heads up river action. The river was the {3-Hearts} and both players checked. Schwecke turned over {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for a full house and an ace-seven low. O'Shea tabled {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{7-Clubs} for the same low and just a pair of kings, and after initially thinking he got half he had to settle for a quarter.

The very next hand Schwecke raised and both O'Shea and Deeb called. On a {Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs} flop it got checked to O'Shea who bet 2,000 and both his opponents called. The turn was the {Q-Hearts} and all three players checked. The river was the {Q-Spades} and Deeb checked to Schwecke who threw out 4,000. O'Shea tanked and folded but Deeb wasn't going anywhere. He called and Schwecke announced "Ace high." Deeb waited for Schwecke to turn over his ace with a bunch of low cards to be sure that his {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts} was the winning high hand since there was no low possible on this board. Deeb picked up half the pot but so did Schwecke who is up to 88,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Tyler Schwecke us
Tyler Schwecke
88,000 68,800
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
75,000 -7,000
John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
36,500 16,500

Tags: John O'SheaTyler SchweckeShaun Deeb

Post Bubble Tweets

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

@phil_Hellmuth: "Cash #87 #RecordSetting But I'm down to 19,700...111 left, ave chips 39K. PH, time to MAN UP + FINISH STRONG!!"

@ToddBrunson: "We're in the money. We're in the money. I have like 65k."

@DMBakes: "Itm of the 1500 o8, I see @shaundeeb and @THAY3R also cashed. #returnofwafflecrush ?"

@RealKidPoker: "Just made the money in #wsop8 116 players left and I have heaps of chips. #DNegsGrind2012"

Tags: Daniel NegreanuDavid BakerPhil HellmuthTodd Brunson