WSOP $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha: Day 1 - At A Glance

[Djinn]

We are going to take a chance that this steep-buy-in, good structure, Championship Omaha event is going to attract yet another record crowd and provide all the action one could hope for from a Pot Limit Omaha tournament.  Plus Europeans are good at this game, so I've been told.  Coverage will start at 12pm here (8pm UK time).  The official WSOP schedule has this down as a two-dayer, but I'm not so sure...

This is the At A Glance thread - For the full interactive thread with pics, etc.:  http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=25222.0

[snoopy1239]

Dave 'Dubai' Shallow is up to 27k after winning with 6-3-9-4 on an 8-2-5-4 9 board.

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Gavin Griffin is down to 10k, betting 4k on the Turn of a board and calling all-in on the River.

Bruno Fitoussi took the pot with

[Djinn]

So, here are just some of the players already going at it hammer and tongs (I reckon at least five people will be out before everyone registered takes their seats)... Irish, UK, Scandinavian - it looks like the overseas players have just been biding their time.  Just check out this list:

Bruno Fitoussi
Tony G
Gavin Griffin
John Kabbaj
William Thorson
Martin Wendt
Scott Fischman
Mike Sexton
Devilfish
Willie Tann
Victor Ramdin
Marty Smyth
Howard Lederer
Alexander Kravchenko
Ken Powell
Dave Callaghan
Barney Boatman
Marc Goodwin
Johan Storakers
Ram Vaswani
Ross Boatman
Mickey Appleman
Dave Colclough
Patrick Martenson
Mel Judah
Barry Martin
Dubai
Henning Granstad
John Duthie
Jeff Lisandro
Markus Golser
Robert Williamson
Erik Seidel
Gavin Simms
Paul Magriel
Joe Beevers
Gavin Smith
Stuart Fox
Humberto Brenes
Paul Jackson
Juha Helppi
Michael Greco
Jeff Kimber
Bill Chen
Thomas Wahlroos
Iwan Jones
John Gale
Patrik Antonius
Barry Greenstein
Richard Ashby
Roy Brindley
Scotty Nguyen
Phil Ivey
Greg Raymer
Andy Black
Rolf Slotboom
Kristy Gazes
Phil Laak

[Djinn]

Table Lisandro just made an "oooh" noise like when someone gets outdrawn, and it looked like there were, in fact, no chips in front of Jeff Lisandro, just a -Ks-x-x on a board of ..... which no longer looked so good against Henning Granstad's -Ahrt-x-x.  I was just about to report one player as out, and one as having outdrawn, when I was made aware of two things:

1)  It was all-in preflop.

2)  This tournament is a Second Chance tournament, and while most players seem to have gone for the full 20,000 in chips (!) right away, some, like Lisandro, didn't, and he was all in for less than 5k.  A red chip which I thought was a card protector favoured by many of the players is in fact their 2nd chance token.

[Djinn]

Late arrivals, or late spots:

Chip Reese
Max Pescatori
Chris Ferguson (who's found the right entry ticket and therefore his table)
Dario Minieri
Surinder Sunar
Erik Lindgren
Patrick Bueno
Sam Farha
John Juanda
Jennifer Harman
Davood Mehrmand
Johnny Lodden
Julian Gardner

And Mads Andersen, who apparently is topping the Day One chip leaders in the $1,500 NLHE which started yesterday too.  Will there be some multitabling going on later?

[Djinn]

I saw Tony G check-calling 1,100 on a board of .  The river brought a , and Tony G checked again.  His in position opponent bet 3k, and Tony instantly announced, "Raise."  He just sat there for a minute, but eventually threw in two day-glo orange 5k chips, and his opponent passed.  He showed the , weirdly.  I think the other two might have been more relevant...

[snoopy1239]

Dave Callaghan has used up his first set of 10k chips, beaten by two pair (tens and fives) on an 9-6-K-5-T board.

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Sammy Farha joins the 'take-a-decent-sized-pot' party by betting 2.4k on a board of board, then checking down the River with Phil Laak.

Farha's set of fours ( ) takes it down.

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Nice pot for Phil Laak, his set of Jacks holding up on a board against Mateyboy's , a blank hitting the River.

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WPT final runner-upper and New Zealand pro, Kirk Morrison, is struggling with just 7.9k, his last confrontation seeing him bet 3k on an , checking the River and losing to Mateyboy's .

[snoopy1239]

Well, I guess this is the way many players dread exiting an Omaha comp, getting it in with Aces v Aces and being outdrawn in what would usually be a split pot.

A raising war pre-flop sees the Hendon Mob's Ram Vaswani get it all-in pre-flop with against Mateyboy's .

Although the Flop brought a nerve-tingling flush draw, it was the unlikely backdoor straight that did the damage, Turn and River coming and respectively.

Ouch.

Our ringside witness, Padraig Parkinson, added, "Most of the time it'll be a slit. If it's for a coulple of hundred in chips, you chop it, if it's for a World Title, someone always wins.

[snoopy1239]

Lyle Bernam is OUT, his Aces not enough to beat his neighbour's on an board.

[snoopy1239]

Lastest chip counts according to worldseriesofpoker.com

1st  Johan Bergquist -- $61,000
2nd  Patrick Antonius -- $45,000
3rd  Phil Laak -- $37,000
4th  Jan Sorensen -- $35,000
5th  Tony G -- $33,000
6th  Dario Minieri -- $32,325
7th  Johnny Chan -- $32,000
8th  Lee Watkinson -- $32,000
9th  Noah Boeken -- $28,000
10th  William Thorson -- $24,500

Stuart Fox -- 27,500
Sam Grizzle -- 4,800 (+second chance)
Rolf Slotboom -- 17,100
Brian Haversen -- 11,600
Burt Boutin -- 8,300

[Djinn]

Andy Black - 12,350, looking a couple of crackers short of a barrel.

Also at his table, Davood Mehrmand (stack uncounted) and Rolf Slotboom (18,500, probably).
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Dusk til Dawn's Michael Greco and Dubai in the current break - Dubai has, "A bowl of rice.  Say 10k."  And this is after he'd reached 50k after one level...apparently no-one else had instantly taken all 20k in chips, and he'd forced about five of them to 'rebuy.'  And then lost it.  "It's a crapshoot," comes the inevitable judgement.

Counts from Table Greco:

Bill Chen  925 (can't see a Second Chance Chip either)
Jeff Kimber  15,400
Joe Beevers  20,200
Michael Greco  18,350
Thomas Wahlroos  20,300

[snoopy1239]

Big hand developed on the far table, and although I only caught the very end, I was there quick enough to witness a double elimination, Great Dane Gus Hansen and bracelet winning German Michael Keiner both being sent to the rail.

I have no idea what Gus held, but I did spot a , which had run into a superior set of Nines on a board.

[Djinn]

Selected Chip Count Time Now:

Thien Phan  17,800
Padraig Parkinson  8,750
Julian Gardner  10,100
Ross Boatman   8,900 (+10k)
Mickey Appleman  33,200 (+10k)
Dave Colclough   49,000
Patric Martenson  8,300 (+10k)
Barry Martin       10,075
Henning Granstad  17,500
John Duthie       42,000
Jeff Lisandro       13,500
Mark Vos           3,900 (+10)
Stuart Fox         7,875
Paul Jackson      17,450
Iwan Jones        22,700
Patrik Antonius   60,500
Barry Greenstein   34,500
Roy Brindley         20,450
Scotty Nguyen    24,000 (+10)
Phil Ivey             60,000
Greg Raymer       43,900
Rolf Slotboom      37,000
Kristy Gazes         18,550
Phil Laak              26,100
Adrian Walsh       7,500 (+10k)
Tony G               32,200
Devilfish Ulliott     19,500

[snoopy1239]

Stu Fox is on 27k after doubling up off big chipper Phil Ivey.

"I had T-9-T-A and flopped trip with a flush draw. I didn't see all of his hand, he only turned two cards over - are you allowed to do that at a showdown?"

Dave Shallow's on 20k, Michael Greco 27k.

Kristy Gazes -- 18,425
Adrian Walsh -- 11,900
Ted Forrest -- 26,000

1st  Patrick Antonius -- $105,000
2nd  Antonio Salorio -- $65,000
3rd  Johan Bergquist -- $60,000
4th  Dario Minieri -- $58,300
5th  Johnny Chan -- $55,600
6th  Phil Ivey -- $54,000
7th  Annie Duke -- $52,000
8th  Scotty Nguyen -- $50,000
9th  Davidson Matthew -- $50,000
10th  Dave Colclough -- $48,000

worldseriesofpoker.com

[snoopy1239]

Double up for shortstacked Minh Ly, who enjoyed a brief spell on High Stakes Poker. Minh was all-in with on a Flop of , and although I didn't catch his opponent's holding, I do recall someone shouting, "You need a Queen" as the Turn came. In true pre-empting circumstances, the River brought the and Minh doubled up.