Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #6: €1,650 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€1,650
Entries
206
Level
20
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 206
Filter
Level 4
: 75/150, 0 ante
Level 4 has come to an end, and that means it's time for a one-hour dinner break. The clock says 83 players remain, and they'll play four more levels upon their return.
Joe Hachem, Steve Dannenmann and Scott Seiver have combined live tournament earnings exceeding $21,000,000, all that was worth nothing against Micah Smith just now.
After some a pre flop madness, during which both Seiver and Dannenmann ended up all in, it was Hachem who also put his money on the line when the flop showed 
. All were covered by Micah Smith, and the following 16 cards were turned over.
Showdown:
Joe Hachem: 
Micah Smith: 
Scott Seiver: 
Steve Dannenmann: 
Hachem had a set with the nut flush draw, Smith had a straight flush draw but Seiver also had diamonds. They were inferior, and helped Hachem's chances. Seiver had a gut shot while Dannenmann had even worse odds of winning.
The turn was the 
and Smith hit trips while Hachem made a full house. On the river the 
popped up, and Smith had backed himself into hitting a full house. Three players were eliminated, and Smith took the chip lead!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | |
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Jeremy Kottler got his last 3,500 all in on a 
flop holding 
but was in bad shape against the of Sean Jazayeri. The turn have Kottler a gut-shot straight draw, but the 
river would not complete it.
"That's how I went out of the last PLO event," Jazayeri told Kottler, who didn't seem to care about the consolation.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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10,000
2,500
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2,500 |
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With 1,875 in the pot, three players took a flop of 
. After the first player checked, Hassan Fares moved all in for a paltry 425 and Mike "Timex" McDonald raised to 1,200, which pushed the other player out of the pot.
| Showdown |
Fares:  |
McDonald:  |
The 
turn gave Fares the nuts, while the 
river improved him to a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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9,000
1,400
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1,400 |
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Players are still registering for this event, and we just discovered three more big guns. The total combined live tournament earnings of these three players is an astounding $28,742,704, and they will try to add to that in the upcoming days.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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With 2,850 in the pot and a flop of 
, David Benyamine bet 1,700 from the small blind and received a call from Dan Smith on the button. When the dealer burned and turned the 
, Benyamine gathered some chips and came out firing to the tune of 4,900. It proved to take down the pot as Smith, who is still sitting with a monster stack, casually tossed his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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28,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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24,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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David Benyamine just raised to 300 after which Jeff Lisandro moved all in for just 625 chips. The action was folded back around to the Frenchman who quickly called.
Showdown:
David Benyamine: 
Jeff Lisandro: 
The board ran out 
, and Benyamine took down the pot with a pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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22,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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Busted | |
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