In what has become a familiar sight so far during this barrage of bustouts here on day one, we watched another three-way all-in pot develop, and with it, another player was sent to the rail.
The flop read when Raymond Morgan and two opponents bet and potted until all their chips were pushed forward.
Showdown:
Morgan:
Opponent #1:
Opponent #2:
When the three hands were exposed, it became clear why we lost more than one player per minute during an early level of play. Everybody had hit the flop hard, with Morgan finding top two pair, one opponent picking up an open-ended straight draw, and the other flopping a set of deuces.
Turn:
Omaha is a gambler's game, and one that requires a strong constitution to stomach the beats. Morgan found one of his four outs on the turn, and the arrived on the river for good measure.
Despite holding pocket kings preflop, and flopping a set of deuces with the other half of his hand, Morgan's opponent was left with the second best hand, and his stack was sent across the table.
A preflop raising way saw Hoyt Corkins get his last 6,300 in the pot against Christopher Brammer.
Corkins:
Brammer:
Aces are always nice, but they don't tend to carry as much weight in Omaha as they do in hold'em. That wasn't the cause here though as the board ran out a safe and Corkins' pocket rockets propelled him to a double.
Leif Force is known as one of poker's more eclectic personalities, gaining fame from his appearance on ESPN's broadcast of the 2006 WSOP Main Event, in which the dreadlock sporting Ultimate Frisbee player earned over $1 million for his 11th place finish.
Force proved that his Main Event run was no fluke when he won Event #3 of the 2012 WSOP ($3,000 No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha - Heads-Up), and he is among the 275 or so players still vying for a Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet here today.
Force is currently putting his patented patience to work while players bustout around him at a frantic pace, and in fact, he even brought along a little light reading. With a copy of fantasy novelist Jim Butcher's Furies of Calderon to keep him company as he waits for the right spot, Force has some work to do if he hopes to capture a second WSOP bracelet in this challenging poker discipline.
One of the greatest experiences a poker player will ever enjoy is to make a Royal Flush, and get paid off to boot.
We recently watched Jesse McEuen accomplish this dream scenario, and while it may be a bit easier to connect for a Royal using the four hole cards provided by Omaha, the feat is still impressive nonetheless.
Holding the , McEuen got his chips into the middle against two opponents on the flop of , and the on the turn delivered him the best possible poker hand.
While the chips earned in this pot may be lost at some point during the rest of Day 1, the memory of notching a WSOP knockout with a Royal Flush can never be taken away from McEuen.
As Level 6 comes to a close, the tournament clock says 333 players remain. We're guessing it's actually lower than that, but for the sake of math we'll go with it. So, with 333 remaining headed into the dinner break, that means we've lost 688 players in six hours of play. That averages out to 1.91 players hitting the rail every minute. When we say that action has been fast and furious, we mean it.
A preflop raising war resulted in Barny Boatman getting his shorter stack all in against Richard Ashby. The former held the and was in bad shape against the of the former. The board ran out an uneventful and that was all she wrote for Boatman.
Meanwhile, Carlos Mortensen, Jon Turner, Alex Queen, David "ODB" Baker and Justin Young have all been eliminated from the tournament.
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when Raymond Morgan and two opponents bet and potted until all their chips were pushed forward.
arrived on the river for good measure.
