2008 World Series of Poker

Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a765
Prize
$817,781
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
152
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Minieri Out; Dwan Surging

Tom Dwan
Tom Dwan
Soon after busting Ivey, Dwan's table broke and he found himself at a new table with Dario Minieri. Pretty soon the two of them found themselves involved in another large pot.

On a flop of {8-Clubs}{10-Spades}{J-Diamonds}, Dwan led out with a pot-sized bet, Minieri re-potted, Dwan responded in kind, and Minieri called with the rest of his chips.

Minieri had {Q-Spades}{9-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{J-Spades} for the made straight. Dwan had {J-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{9-Spades}{A-Spades} for a lesser straight.

However, the turn {5-Spades} and river {8-Spades} gave Dwan the backdoor nut flush, and Minieri was out. Dwan is now up to 200,000.

Straight Through the Backdoor

John Juanda
John Juanda
On a flop of {4-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, John Juanda bet 5,000, Jason Mercier raised to 16,000, and Juanda called. The turn brought the {2-Clubs}. Juanda checked, Mercier bet 36,000, and Juanda made the call.

When the {3-Spades} appeared on the river, Juanda bet 37,500 and Mercier made the call.

Juanda showed {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{5-Clubs}. He'd been gunning for the nut flush, but backdoored a wheel. Mercier showed two nines for a set.

Juanda now has 170,000, and Mercier 70,000.

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

Benyamine Business

David Benyamine
David Benyamine
David Benyamine just knocked out another player. Benyamine had flopped the nut straight, then when the turn brought a second spade his opponent pushed all in with A-A-x-x and two spades. The flush didn't come, and Benyamine is way up to 357,000.

Tags: David Benyamine

Giang Picks Up Chips

Chau Giang picked up {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades} and had another short-stacked player wanting to bet and reraise all in before the flop. His opponent showed {4-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}.

The flop came {4-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, giving Giang's opponent hope. But the turn was the {J-Diamonds} and the river the {Q-Hearts}, and Giang's aces held up. He's up to 75,000.

Tags: Chau Giang

Giang Out

One can never get too comfortable in pot-limit Omaha. Thomas Wahlroos just ended Giang's day after all of Giang's draws failed to materialize.

We're down to 70 players.