Had @devopoker give me to low down on a GOOD STARTING hands in Omaha Hi/Lo...plus I wanted to feature the mustache. http://t.co/HHX9MmkqfcFollow @SarahGrantPoker
We only caught a bit of information regarding the eliminations of Cory Zeidman and Matt Glantz, and that's why we've decided to combine them into one post.
In the first, the board read 
when Cory Zeidman got it all in against Danny Adelson. The former held the 
and the latter the 
. The 
river wasn't the low card Zeidman was looking for and he was bounced from the tournament.
Likewise, Matt Glantz was already all in against three players when we arrived. The board read 
and William Annes tabled the 
for an ace-high flush and nut low. All three of his opponents mucked and Glantz collected his things before exiting the Brasilia Room.
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We caught a glimpse of Andy Bloch exiting the Brasilia, so we went over to his table to find out what happened.
Cheech Barbaro told PokerNews that Bloch was all-in for only 75, and that he called Bloch's bet.
The board came 
, and Barbaro turned over 
for the nut flush, eliminating Bloch from the tournament.
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The official numbers are in. Today's tournament has draw 1,014 players and created a prize pool of $1,368,900. That will be distributed to the top 117 finishers with $277,274 reserved for the winner.
Compared to last year's event, 47 more players entered in 2013 accounting for $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better attendance increase of nearly 5%.
Here's a look at the final table payouts:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $277,274 |
| 2nd | $171,577 |
| 3rd | $107,349 |
| 4th | $77,917 |
| 5th | $57,521 |
| 6th | $43,120 |
| 7th | $32,798 |
| 8th | $25,283 |
| 9th | $19,753 |
The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.
While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.
What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!
Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.
In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.
With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.
No waiting for A569 on 234 flop but then 38TK double suited busts vs 235x on 267T4 board I turned both flush draws. Out of #wsop20 819/1014Follow @ericrodawig
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We walked into a very interesting hand between Maria Ho and two fellow opponents. The pot was very small, around 3,500, and the board read 
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Ho was first to announce her hand, calmly stating, "Wheel," as she revealed 
. Usually, this would be a scoop and Ho would have picked up the whole pot. However, both of Ho's opponents also had a wheel:
Opponent 1: 
Opponent 2:
"All three of us flopped it?!" said one of the shocked opponents. The three players ended up chopping the pot three-ways, bringing Maria's stack to just about 9,000.
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We happened by Table 10 with 1,000 in the pot and a flop of 
. A woman in Seat 1 was already all in, and a player in middle-position checked to 13-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth in the cutoff.
Hellmuth took his time before putting out a bet, which inspired the middle-position player to fold. Hellmuth then tabled the 
for the flopped nuts, and the lady showed the 
for an inferior flush. Hellmuth seemed to have a lock on the hand, but the running 
turn and river gave the lady a low for half the pot.
"Good job, dealer," the lady said excitedly while Hellmuth sat quietly.
Despite winning a part of that pot, Hellmuth is down from the starting stack of 4,500.
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Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
