Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 0
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #31: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low 8-or-Better
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
936
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Jarred Graham raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and Noomis Jones called on the button.
The flop came down 
and Graham continued for 105,000. Jones called after a few moments and the 
landed on the turn. Graham bet the pot of 430,000 and after a few moments, Jones called all in for about 395,000 with 
. Graham was ahead with 
and held up through the 
river to score the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Jarred Graham called from the small blind, and Noomis Jones checked his option. The flop came down 
, and both players checked. It looked like the hand wasn't going to be a big one, but when the hit the turn, Graham bet 50,000, Jones moved all in, and Graham called!
Graham: 
Jones: 
Both players had slow played the nuts on the flop, and both had redraws for better hands. Graham had a flush draw, while Jones could win 3/4 if the board pair. Well the 
didn't give Graham the flush, but it did improve his high to a seven high straight, giving him a majority of the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
400,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Marco Johnson raised to 100,000 in the cutoff and Gabriel Blumenthal went all in for 250,000 from the big blind. Johnson called.
Johnson: 
Blumenthal: 
The board ran out 
, giving Johnson two pair and a 7-5 low. Blumenthal coundn't beat it and is out in fifth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,520,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
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Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Barry Greenstein is the chip leader here in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low event and is attempting to win his fourth career World Series of Poker bracelet-- the first since 2008. During the most recent break, we had a chance to talk with Greenstein about his last bracelet win, Open-Face Chinese Poker, and more.
Your last bracelet was in 2008. What do you think has kept you from winning another since?
Not playing well enough and not running well enough.
Do you think that the younger generation of players is making the games tougher?
There definitely are a lot more young players but the fields are also definitely larger. As the years go on you have to beat 1,000 or 2,000 people in some events.
Last year you final tabled in two events, both of which were in Stud. Which mixed game do you think you excel at?
The Pot-Limit Omaha events I think I have the best record in and seem to always make a deep run in 8-or-Better. Not necessarily because I play it that well but I think the other people don’t play it that well; I think that helps.
How do you feel about the WSOP bringing back the $10K championships or adding more mixed-games as events?
I think they should add more mixed-games when the online sites are back in the states because a lot of money trickles down from those sites. People satellite in and there is always an infusion of money when we have online poker in the United States. Once that got pulled out and the regular economy went down people didn’t have a lot of money so they cut the $10K events down to $5K events.
Will you play the OFC event of Carnavale Poker?
I probably won’t play it. I would have played it for sure if it were a bracelet event. The only way I play it is if I’m not in a cash game and the timing is right and I happen to wake up at the right time. I won’t rush out to play it. The WSOP probably would have tripled the entrance if they made it a bracelet event.
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Gabriel Blumenthal went all in for 125,000 from under the gun and was called by Marco Johnson on the button, Jarred Graham in the small blind, and Noomis Jones in the big blind.
The flop came down 
and action checked to Johnson who bet the pot. Both Graham and Jones folded and Johnson tabled 
for top set with a low draw. Blumenthal was in trouble with 
, but managed a chop when the turn and river gave him Broadway. Johnson took half the pot with the low.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
250,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Noomis Jones made a pot sized raise of 140,000, and Gabriel Blumenthal moved all in. Jones let out a sigh as he moved the rest of his chips into the middle.
Jones: 
Blumenthal: 
Jones was hoping for high cards to come out, and he got just that as the flop came down 
. Blumenthal could still catch a club to win the hand, and while he didn't get that on the turn, the did give him outs to chop for the low. It didn't come however, as the river was the , giving Jones the full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
100,000
-385,000
|
-385,000 |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
The players have returned and the cards are in the air.
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 0
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,685,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,150,000
820,000
|
820,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
520,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
485,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
380,000
-605,000
|
-605,000 |