2010 World Series of Poker

Event #46: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k1098
Prize
$327,040
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,334,800
Entries
284
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0

Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 0

Shak Gets It In, Gets It Out Again

The flop read {4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} when all the chips went in, Dan Shak all in for his tournament life.

Shak: {6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}
Bell: {9-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{a-Spades}{7-Diamonds}

Bell was in the lead with his aces, and Shak needed to hit something serious to get a piece of the pot.

Turn: {k-Spades}

Shak stood up to leave.

River: {8-Spades}

Shak sat back down again as he made a low to get half the pot. They duly chopped it up, and headed off on break.

Tags: Dan ShakChris Bell

Sudden Action as Bell Takes the Lead

Both players limped and checked their way to the turn of a {6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{4-Clubs} board when Chris Bell bet out 100,000. Dan Shak now raised pot. Back to Bell, who reraised to 960,000 with just 700,000 behind. Everyone crowded around the table.

But after Shak had spent a few moments pulling faces, he folded and the heads up continued.

Shak is down to 1.5 million after that Bell is up to 2.6 million.

Tags: Chris BellDan Shak

Stalling

What had been a fairly energetic, active Day 3 of this tournament has really ground down now that there are only wo players left. Dan Shak and Chris Brown are both taking an incredibly cautious, small-ball approach to trying to close out the match. Absent any coolers, we'll probably be here until the blinds become more prohibitively expensive.

The blinds are scheduled to go up momentarily.

It's Country O'Clock

Someone at the rail is now playing country music on their phone for entertainment or perhaps to help keep them awake at this late hour. Either way it is giving the otherwise deserted Amazon Room a surreal air of tinny jauntiness, like a truck stop around about dawn when you've been driving all night. Everyone who is still awake seems to be rather enjoying it.

Three-Bet!

Chris Bell raised his button, but Dan Shak reraised pot from the big blind. There were a few tense moments while Bell considered his options, but he eventually folded, looking slightly unwell.

Tags: Dan ShakChris Bell

Shak Shuts Down

Pre-flop raises have been rare since we started heads-up. Dan Shak did just raise his button to 180,000, with Chris Bell calling. Bell checked and called another 200,000 on a flop of {j-Spades}{3-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}. That call was enough to cause Shak to completely shut down. Both players checked the {2-Diamonds} turn and the {5-Hearts} river. At showdown Bell showed three jacks, {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{k-Spades}{2-Spades}, to claim the pot.

Tags: Chris BellDan Shak