Event #25: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-13-2013 17:56 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Kostritsyn	29,000 14,000	14,000
David "ODB" Baker	22,000 7,000	7,000

Tom Schneider	20,000 5,000	5,000

Ryan Lenaghan	20,000 5,000	5,000
Fabrice Soulier	18,000 1,700	1,700

Yuval Bronshtein	17,000 2,000	2,000

Bart Hanson	14,500 500	500
Andy Frankenberger	14,000 1,000	1,000

Elie Doft	13,000 2,000	2,000
Scott Bohlman	12,500 2,500	2,500

John D'Agostino	12,500 2,500	2,500
Andrew Brown	6,700 8,300	8,300

Break

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Mickey Doft

Level 2

The players are on their first 15-minute break of the night.

06-13-2013 18:03 UTC-8

Chip Counts Going into Break

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Level 2

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hennigan	20,000 4,000	4,000

Joe Kuether	18,000 3,000	3,000
Phil Ivey	18,000 500	500

Max Pescatori	17,000 2,000	2,000

Allen Kessler	16,500 1,500	1,500
Darin Thomas	14,500 500	500
Can Kim Hua	12,000
Scott Abrams	11,500 1,500	1,500

Abe Mosseri	10,500 2,500	2,500

Barry Greenstein	8,500 2,500	2,500

Frankie O'Dell	6,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 200-300
Limits 300-600

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Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Parker	15,000 15,000	15,000
Dario Alioto	15,000 15,000	15,000

Matt Woodward	15,000 15,000	15,000
Matt Glantz	15,000 15,000	15,000

Andy Bloch	15,000 15,000	15,000

Richard Ashby	15,000 15,000	15,000

Fabrizio Gonzalez	15,000 15,000	15,000
Joe Hachem	15,000 15,000	15,000

Guillaume Rivet	15,000
Owais Ahmed	15,000 15,000	15,000

Robert Mizrachi	15,000 15,000	15,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Crain	21,000 4,000	4,000
Max Pescatori	18,000 2,800	2,800

John Racener	17,000 2,000	2,000

Julie Schneider	17,000 2,000	2,000
James Dempsey	17,000 2,000	2,000

Brett Richey	16,000 4,000	4,000
Perry Friedman	16,000 1,000	1,000

Viacheslav Zhukov	15,500
Maria Ho	15,500 3,000	3,000
Ben Lamb	14,000 1,000	1,000

Scott Clements	13,500 1,500	1,500

Jon Turner	12,500 2,500	2,500

Jason Mercier	11,500 3,500	3,500

Mark Gregorich	11,000 4,000	4,000
Pat Pezzin	10,000 5,000	5,000
Artem Litvinov	9,000 3,000	3,000
Mike Gorodinsky	8,800 6,200	6,200

Vanessa Selbst	7,000 8,000	8,000

Raymond Davis	6,000 500	500

Latest Omaha Bracelet Winner Takes His Seat

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Level 3

2013 WSOP Event 20 Gold Bracelet Winner Calen McNeil

Calen McNeil, who earlier today won his first bracelet in the $1,500 Omaha Eight-or-better event, late registered for this event at took his seat at the beginning of level three.

McNeil is picking up right where he left off, and is quickly gathering chips. On one of the first hands after break, McNeil limped from the button and saw a flop four-handed. With the board reading , McNeil bet out, and two other players called. The turn was the , and McNeil bet again. This time, everyone else folded. McNeil raked in the pot and is already adding to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calen McNeal	16,500 16,500	16,500

06-13-2013 18:45 UTC-8

Day 1 Photos

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Mickey Doft

06-13-2013 18:51 UTC-8

Aces vs. Aces

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We caught up with the action on the river with the board reading . Vanessa Selbst checked and then faced a bet from Joe Ford, who finished fourth yesterday in the $1,500 Omaha Eight-or-Better tournament. Selbst raised, Ford called, and it was time for a showdown:

Selbst:
Ford:

The players split the high with their pairs of aces, while Selbst won the low with her seventy-five. Ford got quartered, and Selbst raked in the remaining three-quarters of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Ford	8,500 8,500	8,500
Vanessa Selbst	8,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

06-13-2013 18:56 UTC-8

Soulier Scooped, But Still On Top

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Mickey Doft

Level 3

Four players saw a flop and Joe Kuether checked from the small blind. Elie Doft bet from the big blind and was called by Yuval Bronshtein who was under the gun. Fabrice Soulier raised from the hijack, chasing out Kuether. Doft and Bronshtein called to see the turn which was checked around.