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Event 6 - $1,500 Omaha Hi/LoDay 1 completed
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Wed Jun 04 2008 09:31 PST | Posted by hintze
Official Day 1 Chip Counts Released
The chips are bagged and awaiting their owners' Day 2 return on Wednesday, and among those returning players, none will come back to a deeper stack than James van Alstyne. Van Alstyne topped the list of 205 Day 1 survivors at 39,200 in chips, narrowly ahead of Richard Ashby's 38,800.
Here's how the top ten shapes up entering Day 2 action:
James van Alstyne 39,200
Richard Ashby 38,800
Ben Tang 32,000
James Hinton 30,800
Bryan Devonshire 29,100
Carl Restifo 27,600
Rick Burke 26,200
Jimmy Fricke 25,700
Roland Isra 25,700
Yuebin Guo 25,100
Play resumes at 2 pm in the Amazon Room as the field will attempt to play down to a final table. -
Wed Jun 04 2008 02:54 PST | Posted by TassieDevil
Play Concludes
That's a wrap from the Amazon Room at the Rio in Las Vegas as Day 1 of Event #6: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo reaches a conclusion.
Around 200 players have made it through the day, with our chip leaders heading into Day 2 including James Van Alstyne, Richard Ashby and Scott Clements. We'll have the complete list of chip counts of the survivors for you here as soon as they come to hand.
Day 2 recommences at 3 p.m. tomorrow and we look forward to your company again then! -
Wed Jun 04 2008 02:50 PST | Posted by TassieDevil
Katja Thater Eliminated
Katja Thater has been eliminated in the last hand of the day.
After raising on the flop, all the chips were in on the turn on a board of
. Thater held 
for top two pair but trailed the 
of her opponent who had made a straight.
The river landed the
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Wed Jun 04 2008 02:44 PST | Posted by TassieDevil
Late Night Table Talk
After losing a pot Van Marcus was overheard to comment to Paul Wolfe "You're a world-class Omaha Hi-Lo player? Calling a raise with J-3-3-2! How to lose a million in a day!"
It looks like Wolfe will get the last laugh of the day as he'll bag up around 18,000 chips while Marcus will head into day 2 with only around 13,000. -
Wed Jun 04 2008 02:44 PST | Posted by compncards
Jimmy Fricke Quartered
On a flop of
, Jimmy Fricke bets and receives two callers. One of the callers is all in. On a turn of 
, Fricke bet 1,000 and received a call. On a river of 
, Fricke again bet 1,000 and received another call.
Fricke turned over
for the nut low. The all-in player mucked her hand and Fricke's other opponent showed 
for the nut low and nut flush.
Fricke sits around 19,000 in chips. -
Wed Jun 04 2008 02:29 PST | Posted by TassieDevil
The Master Eliminated
After being down to as low as 225 in chips at one point, and then clawing his way back up the leaderboard, Men 'The Master' Nguyen has finally been dealt his last Omaha hand for this event.
Nguyen and Allen Kessler took a flop of
and Kessler let out with a bet of 500. Nguyen raised to 1,000 and Kessler raised once again to put Nguyen all in. He made the call and the cards were flipped.
Kessler:
Nguyen:
The turn arrived the and river and Kessler made the wheel for the low and a six-high straight for the high hand to scoop the pot and eliminate a courageous Nguyen from the tournament. -
Wed Jun 04 2008 02:10 PST | Posted by compncards
Men the Master Still Having Dealer Issues
Men "the master" Nguyen and Allen Kessler were involved in a pot to the river. Nguyen was all in on a board of
and Kessler called. Kessler showed 
for a low and Nguyen showed 
for a set of eights.
Apparantly the dealer misread Nguyen's hand and went to try and muck it. Nguyen gets angry and stops the dealer and says "Don't touch my cards. You try to kill my hand. I have two pair."
Nguyen's issues with dealers in today's event continues. -
Wed Jun 04 2008 02:09 PST | Posted by TassieDevil
The Pace Slows
As the clock ticks past 2 a.m. local time it appears some weary players are now thinking about simply surviving to come back tomorrow and fight another day. The action has slowed on most tables with only around 30 minutes of play left on the opening day of this event.
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Wed Jun 04 2008 01:59 PST | Posted by compncards
Shannon Elizabeth Eliminated
On a board of
, Shannon Elizabeth put in her last 1,000. She received one caller. Elizabeth turned over 
for the nut full house. Unfortunately for the guys in her section, her opponent held the only hand that could beat her when he turned over 
for quad fives.
Started 3rd Jun, 2008
