Money!
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
We just lost two players on the second hand of hand for hand play. Huaiyan Wang and Daniel Santoro will chop the $2,480 that 118th place receives.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 8: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
967
Level
31
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
Bubble Time!
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
Play is now hand for hand until we lose one more player and are in the money.
Mouth Closed
Mike Matusow is wandering around the tournament area with a sad puppy dog look upon his face. The reason?
He just soft bubbled the event :(
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
No Money For Gork
Marc Gork just busted three spots off the money and we stood by his side as he was all in for his tournament life numerous times before finally losing his last chips.
In the first hand Gork raised all in for just 2,400 chips in early position. A player behind him raised and Todd Brunson called on the button. The flop came down 
and Brunson called a bet. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, both times Brunson called a 3,000 chip bet.
Brunson mucked his hand when his opponent showed 
but Gork wasn't out yet. He tabled 
and chopped the low to stay alive. He got his 2,400 chips back and broke dead even on the pot. The very next hand Gork was all in again for 2,400 and this time Dan Shak called from the small blind and Can Kim Hua called from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and with a bet Hua scared off Shak and got it heads up against Gork. Gork showed 
and took three quarters against Hua who showed 
. Both players had the nut low but Gork's straight gave him the high to get him back up to 5,500 chips. The very next hand Gork was under the gun and decided to limp. This invited a player in middle position into the pot and both blinds also stayed in to give us four way action on the flop. The flop was 
and three players checked to the limper in middle position who bet 1,500 and only the small blind, Can Kim Hua, called. Gork tanked for a long time and folded after having invested an decent portion of his stack by limping pre flop. On the turn Hua check-folded when the showed up and now Gork was in the big blind.
Gork ended up folding his big blind and was all in for just a few chips against the player on his left when he was in the small blind. Gork showed 
and said, "I need diamonds!" when he saw the 
he was up against. The board ran out 
and Gork grabbed both his and the cards of his opponent and threw them into the muck. No money for Gork who finished in 120th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | 55,200 |
|
Busted |
Negreanu Soaring
Daniel Negreanu is having a great day so far and just scooped to move into six figures.
He was on the button and called a hijack raise to see a 
flop where he called a continuation bet. The turn came and Negreanu took up the initiative with a 3,000 bet when his opponent checked to him. Call.
The river saw Negreanu bet another 3,000 and his opponent made a reluctant sounding call.
The Canadian opened 
for a full-house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | 30,000 |
Closing in on the Money
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
We are nine players away from the money and the tournament director just announced to all dealer to clearly announce when a player busts out. We started today around 100 places off the money, but players have been flying out so the money will be within reach during the third level of play.
Some Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 36,000 |
|
82,000 | 55,900 |
|
36,000 | 6,800 |
|
36,000 | 500 |
|
23,000 | -9,000 |
|
20,000 | 6,800 |
|
15,000 | -13,100 |
|
9,000 | -7,500 |
|
4,000 | -22,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Savage End for Matt
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
Matt Savage failed to spin up his short stack. At least he was entertained before he busted.
He Tweeted: "At least I got to see a @phil_hellmuth blow up before I bust. #ItsTheLittleThingsInLife http://twitvid.com/47NA5."
Check out @savagepoker for his Hellmuth clip.
Hellmuth Wins One Quietly
Phil Hellmuth is back up to 31,000 after chopping a three-way pot.
We caught up with action on the turn where the board read 
. The action was checked to Hellmuth on the button and his 3,000 bet was called by both players.
It was the same deal on the 
river and the players made their claim for the pot.
Hellmuth: 
for the high.
Lady in mid position: 
for the low.
The player in the hijack stared at his cards for a while and then mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | 7,000 |