He opened and took the pot.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 18 - $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
Day: 3
He opened and took the pot.
Seat 1: Scott Clements - 1,550,000
Seat 2: Annie Duke - 290,000
Seat 3: Daniel Alaei - 580,000
Seat 4: Greg Jamison - 440,000
Seat 5: John Monnette - 970,000
Seat 6: Yueqi Zhu - 235,000
Seat 7: Tom Koral - 180,000
Seat 8: Ben Boyd - 495,000
Seat 9: Cameron McKinley
Seat 10: Daniel Negreanu - 505,000
The board ran to give the lot to Koral and the rail for Fernandez.
Jamison
Koral
The river came to snatch the high away from Koral and he's quartered.
It showed up . When McKinley checked, Duke fired out. Fernandez called, and the big blind ducked out.
Fourth street came the . Duke put out another bullet, and Fernandez came along once more.
In the dark, Annie Duke bet her last 16,000, and Fernandez cut the chips out of his stack near the betting line. The last card was the . Duke opened up her hand, revealing that her had made the wheel. The table looked a bit confused, as Fernandez's calling action was unclear. Still, he tabled , which was not good enough to take any of the pot. The floor was called over, and (with some translating help from the rail) Fernandez was told to put in the extra 16,000. He did so willingly, being knocked down to about 80,000. Annie Duke is back in the game after that big double up, her second in just a few hands. She's up to 340,000 now.
Clements proudly turned over for quads, the pot and the chip lead.
Clements -- 1,410,000
Monnette -- 900,000
"Annie! Annie! You're better than Joan Rivers!"
Annie shot a smile over to the rail, offering a quiet, "Thank you." After a little pause, she turned back and added, "At this game, yeah."
Fourth street came the , and fifth street the . Alaei bet both streets, with Duke quickly calling fourth and not so quickly calling fifth.
In the end, Alaei tabled for jacks full. Annie tapped the table and flipped her cards into the muck. She's been crippled once again, back down to about 60,000.
Level: 22
Blinds: 13,000/25,000
Ante: 0
Clements scooped with and a frustrated Boyd opened . Clements up to 665,000.