Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #22: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,445,850
Entries
1,071
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
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Level 8
: 300/600, 0 ante
Joe Serock limped under the gun only to have another player at the table raise the pot. Serock called and we saw a flop of 
. Serock's opponent was only left with 1,000 so Serock made the bet to put his opponent all in and the call was made.
Serock: 
Opponent: 
The turn came 
and the river was 
, giving his opponent a pair of aces and the winning hand. This knocks Serock down to about 12,000.
Level 8
: 300/600, 0 ante
We missed the action preflop, but on a flop of 
, James Akenhead checked to a player who bet 3,500. Rob Hollink made the call and Akenhead got out of the way. The 
hit the turn and Hollink's opponent bet 8,000 this time. Hollink raised his opponent all in, making it 12,000 total and she made the call.
Hollink: 
Opponent: 
The 
fell on the river, and the dealer began to push the chips toward Hollink's opponent, thinking her set of fours was good. It was quickly realized, however, that Hollink's ten-six made a straight and he was the winner of the pot. He's now sitting around 60,000 in chips.
Level 8
: 300/600, 0 ante
We caught up to see Barney Boatman get all of his chips in the middle preflop holding 
against his opponent's 
.
The board fell 
and Boatman's opponent's two pair was enough to send him home.
Level 8
: 300/600, 0 ante
Annette Obrestad found herself on the button facing a raise to 1,300 from the hijack and a re-raise to 4,800 from the cutoff. She decided to move her 10,000 stack into the middle. After the blinds folded, the initial raiser quickly said "pot", although it hardly mattered. The cutoff had started the hand with 10,200, barely more Obrestad's all in raise.
Once the action by the hijack had been made, Obrestad had assumed the cutoff was going to call and lifted the cards in the air in preparation of tabling them. However, the player began to tank. At this point Obrestad, who was in the one seat, drew criticism from a player across the table who was upset that Obrestad's cards could have potentially been seen by someone standing behind her, the player next to her or the all in player, had he leaned back in his chair. The player in the two seat defended Obrestad, telling the man that she had protected her hand while the lone player who was left to act was asking for quiet so he could concentrate. Eventually the player folded and Obrestad's 
held against the 
of her opponent.
The argument continued after the hand between the player next to Oberstad and the man who was upset with her actions. Oberstad seems to be done with it, however. She just won a pot worth 26,000 and apparently the all in button as well. It currently sits behind her chip stack.
Level 8
: 300/600, 0 ante
After a raise to 1,200 preflop, three players including Annette Obrestad saw a flop of 
. One player opened the betting off the flop for 1,800 and Obrestad made it 8,900 total. Obrestad's second opponent in the hand made the call, as well as the original bettor. The 
fell on the turn and it was checked to Obrestad who moved all in for 15,600 and was called once again by both players.
The 
came on the river and Obrestad dejectedly flipped up 
for several missed draws and another of her opponents flipped up 
for ace high. The third opponent mucked his hand and Obrestad was sent to the rail, astoundingly by ace high in Omaha.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
61,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
45,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
|
35,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
32,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
17,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
14,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Level 8
: 300/600, 0 ante
Players are now on their last 20-minute break of the evening.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Level 9
: 400/800, 0 ante
In a three-way hand, Jason Mercier bet the rest of his chips on a 
flop. The next player to act, Rob Shortway, made the call and a player in the blinds folded.
Mercier:
Shortway: 
Mercier began walking away from the table immediately and after the turn he stopped for a quick second before sprinting when the hit the river.
Shortway is nearing the six-figure mark with that pot.