Event #57: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better Giorno 1 | 2011 World Series of Poker

2011-07-06 06:17 UTC

Eslami Climbs

Livello 5 : 150/300, 0 ante

We picked up the action on the turn, heads up between Ali Eslami and Mikhail Tulchinskiy. The board showed {8-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {Q-Spades} , and Eslami checked from the blinds. Tulchinskiy bet 3,000, Eslami check-raised to 8,500, and Tulchinskiy reraised all in for about 12,000 or so. Eslami called with {8-Spades} {J-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} for the nuts, and we never got to see Tulchinskiy's hand. He mucked with some frustration as the {A-Clubs} filled out the board, though someone at the table said they saw {10-} {7-} in his hand, too. Whatever it was, it wasn't good, and we're minus on Russian here on Day 1.

Eslami is on the rise, bolstering his stack up to about 47,000 with that knockout pot.

Tags: Ali Eslami Mikhail Tulchinskiy

Livello: 6

Bui: 200/400

Ante: 0

2011-07-06 06:19 UTC

Forrest Cut Down

We don't know the details, but we can confirm that Ted Forrest has been eliminated from the tournament.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ted Forrest	Eliminato

Tags: Ted Forrest

2011-07-06 06:24 UTC

Tehan Sends One to the Rail

Our field reporter happened by Joe Tehan's table just in time to see an opponent making a hasty exit. Tehan did the deed as he held {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {8-Spades} {K-Clubs} on a {Q-Spades} {9-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {7-Spades} board. Tehan is now sitting on a mighty stack of 54,000.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Joe Tehan	54,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Joe Tehan

2011-07-06 06:27 UTC

"You Could Have K-K-4-8"

With 4,750 in the pot and a board reading {5-Hearts} {3-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} , Tim West checked and Tom "durrrr" Dwan bet 2,300. West tanked for a couple of minutes before shaking his head and saying, "You could have K-K-4-8."

The small blind folded and Dwan smiled as he flipped over {8-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} , much to the delight of West.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Tom Dwan	15,500 500	500

Tags: Tom Dwan Tim West

2011-07-06 06:33 UTC

Chippies!

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Phil Laak	76,000 27,000	27,000

David Sands	51,000 36,000	36,000
Daniel Shak	32,000 14,500	14,500
Darryll Fish	31,000 15,000	15,000
Dario Alioto	31,000 28,400	28,400

Brett Richey	30,000 13,000	13,000
Huck Seed	27,000 12,000	12,000

David Bach	26,000 6,050	6,050

Tim West	26,000 12,000	12,000
Marco Traniello	24,000 -13,000	-13,000
Noah Boeken	22,000 -3,000	-3,000
Nick Schulman	22,000 7,000	7,000

Andrey Zaichenko	19,000

Bruno Fitoussi	18,000 -3,000	-3,000
Dario Minieri	17,000 2,000	2,000

Ari Engel	11,000 -4,000	-4,000

Mike Matusow	10,350 -7,650	-7,650

2011-07-06 06:42 UTC

More Chip Counts

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Max Pescatori	71,000 29,500	29,500

Erik Seidel	63,000 43,800	43,800

Allen Kessler	54,000 39,500	39,500
Ali Eslami	47,000

	45,000
John Hennigan	35,000 20,000	20,000

Joe Hachem	30,000 15,000	15,000

Nick Binger	30,000 5,000	5,000

Daniel Alaei	28,000 9,000	9,000

Jose Nacho Barbero	26,000 -2,500	-2,500
David Chiu	25,000 16,000	16,000

Jacobo Fernandez	24,000 6,000	6,000
John Monnette	22,000 2,000	2,000

Jonathan Duhamel	21,000 6,000	6,000

Bill Chen	20,500 6,500	6,500

Jason Mercier	20,000 5,000	5,000

David Ulliott	16,000 -4,500	-4,500
David Bakes Baker	15,500 500	500

Dan Heimiller	15,000 3,000	3,000

David Williams	14,500 6,000	6,000

Mike Sexton	13,500 6,300	6,300

David Sklansky	12,500 -2,500	-2,500

Alexander Kravchenko	12,000 500	500
John Cernuto	11,000 -800	-800

Sam Trickett	11,000 -4,000	-4,000

2011-07-06 06:47 UTC

Duhamel Dusted

Livello 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

We didn't see the betting action for most of the hand, only joining as the full {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {6-Spades} {K-Spades} board was out on the table. Jonathan Duhamel and Bill Gazes each had 8,300 chips out in front of them from the first three rounds of betting. It all happened verbally and very quietly, but one of them shoved the river, and the other called. It was Duhamel at risk for about 8,000, and the news was not good.

Gazes tabled {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} for aces full, and Duhamel mucked and ducked out. His day is done, while Gazes improves to about 43,000 with that knockout pot.

Tags: Jonathan Duhamel Bill Gazes

2011-07-06 06:53 UTC

Sands Eroded a Bit

Livello 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

The under-the-gun player opened to 1,200, and a player in middle-position player reraised all in for 2,500 total. Action came around to Doc Sands, and he made another raise, sliding out 8,450. Under the gun reraised all in for 17,750, and Sands called with a chance at the double knockout. And he was fairly well ahead:

Showdown
UTG: {A-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}
Middle: {A-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}
Sands: {A-Spades} {2-Hearts} {9-Spades} {9-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {J-Clubs} , though, and Mr. UTG finds a naked pair of queens as the best hand. He's doubled up and then some, the middle-position player is out, and Sands drops back to about 40,000.

Tags: Doc Sands

2011-07-06 07:07 UTC

The Proverbial Two Birds For Mortensen

Livello 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

On a {2-Spades} {Q-Spades} {3-Clubs} flop, Tom Schneider and another player both got their money all in against Carlos Mortensen, and they were both in pretty fair shape to take a chunk from him.

Showdown
Schneider: {A-Clubs} {4-Spades} {5-Spades} {7-Hearts} (wheel draw, straight draw)
Mortensen: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Clubs} (top pair)
Opponent: {A-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} (top pair, wheel draw, straight draw)

The turn {9-Clubs} was a blank, but the river was not a blank at all, the {10-Diamonds} . That gives Mortensen queens up and the best hand, and he's sent two players to the rail to boost his count to about 37,000.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Tom Schneider