2008 World Series of Poker
Event 50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship
Day: 1
Level: 5
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 0
Tom Dwan raises it up from early position, making it 1,050 to skate. Both blinds call, and it's three-handed to the flop. It comes out . The small blind checks, and the big moves all in. Dwan calls it down, and the small blind ducks out.
Big Blind:
Dwan:
The player next to Dwan sarcastically says, "Just a set and a flush draw, no big deal."
The turn card comes the , making that flush and leaving the at-risk player drawing dead to a seven. The river is the though, and Tom Dwan knocks him out and chips himself up to 26,000.
Williams:
Opponent:
Williams made two pair, jacks and fours against the unimproved aces of his opponent. The turn and river came . Williams' full house was the boss hand. It was a big pot that vaulted him near the cihp lead with 82,000 chips.
Pescatori:
Opponent:
Pescatori was trailing with his overpair, but did have a flush draw to go along with it. The turn helped him out, though. The peeled off, giving him a bigger two pair and vaulting him back into the lead. His opponent was looking for an eight or nine to make a full house, or a seven to fill his straight draw. The river was a seven, but it was the , giving the Italian Pirate the winning ace-high flush.
Both players missed everything when the board came , and Lisandro's lowly pair of sevens took down the pot.
Ferguson was eliminated from the tournament.
"It's karma paying you back," said Thomas Wahlroos. Apparently, earlier in the tournament, three players at the table, including Wahlroos and Erik Cajelais, were shivering in the frosty air of the Amazon Room. Gowen went to the WSOP Store across the hall from the Amazon Room and bought each of them jackets to wear so they'd stay warm.