Poker Tournaments



2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 5)

Date:
Monday, June 01, 2009 to Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Buy-In:
$1,500
Prize Pool:
$1,104,285
Entrants:
809

 

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  • Eric Froehlich
  • squeezed a raise and flatcaller w aq, bb woke up w ak, and i doubled
  • Jeff Williams
  • Wow, get in kings for my 5500, up against aces and queens, flop ak4 gg, 2500$ event at 5
  • Eric Froehlich
  • i checkraise to 2150, he puts me allin w kk for topset. river doesnt pair the board and i dbl thru
  • Eric Froehlich
  • utg raise to 125, i call sb w 24dd, bb makes it 450. raiser calls i call. flop k73dd, check ard. jd turn, i chk, reraiser bets 600...
  • Jeff Williams
  • Dbled up with a house 4th hand then bluffed off 2500 next hand
  • Eric Froehlich
  • this tournament is the gamblefest of all gamblefests, way more than even the 1k stimulus
  • Justin Smith
  • Busted obviously but 2500 plo tomorrow is goot
  • Justin Smith
  • Just made a sick read...utg raised I had 8752 in small blind and folded and bb shoved allin...big fold
  • Eric Froehlich
  • missed straight and flush draws, crippled below 20 bbs
  • Eric Froehlich
  • and doubled someone else up, the freefall continues. 30 players left
  • Eric Froehlich
  • ran into the misclick call w straight and flush draws on a paired board, he got there river and still shouldve folded. so f'ing sick
  • Jonathan Little
  • Won an all in against 2 shortstacks with aq vs ak vs tt. #nation #Wsop
  • Eric Froehlich
  • lost 2 big pots, funny how the cards seem to know when u get bad news
  • Aaron Bartley
  • the best part about shaving your head is doing half then taking a break
  • Jonathan Little
  • Lost big flip against worst player at table. Down to 16000.
  • Eric Froehlich
  • solid start to the day, lost a few big ones, won a few big ones - 165k
  • Jonathan Little
  • At 30000 despite bricking off with an oesd for a 25000 chip pot. Hopefully I will keep running well. #nation
  • Shannon Shorr
  • Out 66th raised AhKcJsTh UTG called by blinds. Flop JJ9r they chkd I decided to slowplay with str8 blockers. Turnyuk 7. Got in vs AT83 gg
  • Jonathan Little
  • New table with Jonathan jaffe. I don't think I need the headphones here.
  • Eric Froehlich
  • got aipf vs 2 players w 6789 vs aaxx and kk22 and got the pot
  • Jonathan Little
  • I have both humberto and doug lee at my table. Why did I opt out of the bounty list???
  • Shannon Shorr
  • PLO restart pushed back til 3 p.m. Vegas time, so I'ma go get fitted for a tux for my sister Heather's wedding that's later this month.
  • Jonathan Little
  • Breaking out the headphones for the first time in around a year. The bad beat stories are flying like crazy.
  • Jonathan Little
  • Just sold my magic card collection for $5723.15. It is a sad day.
  • Shannon Shorr
  • In the money and on to day 2 of PLO with 35400..avg is 45k and 81 remain going into tomorrow.
  • Jeff Williams
  • Itm but real short got 14000 restatt at 2 tomorrow
  • Eric Froehlich
  • abused the bubble nicely to chip up, gonna head into day 2 in pretty good shape with 100,400 - gn!
  • Eric Froehlich
  • busted allen cunningham to burst the bubble - 1st cash of 09
  • Jeff Williams
  • Almost 3x again with kk66 flop nut flush 18.7k at 6/1200
  • Shaun Deeb
  • sigh busto 90ish 81 paid was a sad end to a fun tourney
  • Eric Froehlich
  • i couldnt help myself from makin a semibluff for all my chips on the turn vs allencunningham and after several minutes he laid his hand down
  • Jeff Williams
  • Triple up with aat9 vs kkq9 to 33 then next hand lost 55k pot aj57 < 7643 on j54, back to 7400
  • Jeff Williams
  • Overpair & nfd < 2p and fd for 45k pot got 12 left
  • Shannon Shorr
  • 57900 after 8 lvls. Avg ~31k..busted both erik seidel and Christian harder in a multiway pot. 117 left and 81 pay...2 more lvls scheduled
  • Eric Froehlich
  • just got ridiculously lucky - got my shortstack in w akj8s vs gbmantis aa and turned 2 pair
  • Eric Froehlich
  • ran kk into the spots qq on the j55, he got there - down to 10bbs again
  • Aaron Bartley
  • how am I stuck so much in plo when they are all the worst?
  • Phill Hellmuth
  • I lasted one hand at the final table of the Champions Invitational!! Then I played Pot Limit Omaha event...Out of that. Skipped 10k stud
  • Eric Froehlich
  • i almot just mucked the winning hand for 1st time ever and caught myself in an unbelievably awkward hand
  • Eric Froehlich
  • brutal, 5 mins to dinner and down slightly over 10 bbs
  • Jeff Williams
  • Dbled to 17 with aces vs jacks, the dealer tried to award the pot to the guy with the jacks!
  • Shaun Deeb
  • 41.5k ran good hand good hands and people hate folding
  • Shannon Shorr
  • Busted juanda with Q985 double suited (lol) vs his shortstacked KKQQ aipf..17675 after 5 levels avg is ~13k.
  • Eric Froehlich
  • sb v bb flopped top 2 vs shaundeebs topset, luckily the board came ugly and no bets went in after the flop - 12k
  • Justin Smith
  • Busted and I never really gambled...the structure was pretty good for my strategy though....10k stud at 5
  • Shaun Deeb
  • 12k at a dumb break after level 3 doubled up with a3910 vs akq6 on k33
  • Eric Froehlich
  • got aipf w aaqt ds vs amarillo slims akj6 and held to bust him - unfortunately he only had 6 bbs...up to 12k
  • Lee Childs
  • Finally got to play a hand at 200-400 with 12k. JJ<KK 9 high flop. Check raised all in. KK not scrrd. Done.
  • Justin Smith
  • Up to about 7500...havent been too goofy but will increasingly do so as we get closer to 5
  • Shannon Shorr
  • 7800 at first break...got lucky for all my chips after not having won a pot or first 80 mins...Christian harder moved in to my left
  • Eric Lynch
  • out of plo already. double suited kk vs dry aa for a lot then two pair vs set while short.
  • Eric Froehlich
  • ive had so many big hands but that level didnt go too well. at 8600
  • Daniel Alaei
  • PLO is a brutal brutal game. Headed back to the room for more rest! 0/4 so far this series with much more free time than anticipated!!
  • Eric Froehlich
  • hit a wall and in serious freefall this whole level, havent won a hand
  • Jonathan Little
  • Got it in with nut straight and redraw against set. GG me.
  • Robert Williamson, III
  • As u can probably tell, I am out of my 1st PLO event now :-( I played great, but not a great result! Tomorrow is another day :-) Talk to ...
  • Robert Williamson, III
  • One more swing at them when I tossed my last 2 red chips to the dealer. This time I lasted a lot longer than my first buy in, over 2 mor ...
  • Justin Smith
  • Got to my table an hour late....running over the table with no showdowns...sometimes I've had it...sometimes I havent!
  • Robert Williamson, III
  • Usual!), but got there just in time to go broke on the first hand I played :-( The good news is that I did not take my rebuys when I fir ...
  • Robert Williamson, III
  • Strategy articles, a healthy breakfast (oatmeal & spicy eggbeaters), and a big lucky kiss from my wife :-) I arrived at the tourney just ...
  • Robert Williamson, III
  • Howdy All! I had a nice relaxing morning today getting ready to play in my 1st PLO event of the WSOP. My usual prep 4 an event, a long b ...
  • Allen Cunningham
  • Here goes my third tournament, one hour late, first time in the amazon room. Nifty place.
  • Kevin Saul
  • out of plo already..crippled w set under set
  • Jeff Madsen
  • Playin the PLO, interesting structure start with 1500 get two rebuy chips 1500 each. I like it... Fsho fasho
  • Kevin Saul
  • playin the 1500 plo today..1/2 thru level 1
  • Eric Froehlich
  • ran my wrap into eric cloutiers 1 pair to dbl him up, looking like a super short day
  • Daniel Negreanu
  • Wow just went broke with double suited Aces. Oh well stud at 5pm
  • Daniel Negreanu
  • 8910J all in 4 ways flop QJ2 and I missed everything. Down to 1500 now. Crazy
  • Jeff Williams
  • Haha already lost 5k pot with 97xx on 865 to a fd
  • Daniel Negreanu
  • Missed nut flush draw and open ended straight draw. Lots of hands early
  • Justin Smith
  • Going to be a little late for the 1500 plo and plan on gambling it up to get a big stack and if I don't ill be playing the 10k stud at 5
  • Shannon Shorr
  • At $1500 PLO table where I recognize eric Baldwin, Dewey tomko and Noah schwartz.
  • Jonathan Little
  • At the 1500 PLO event. 2 decent online guys at my table so I am going to hold off on the rebuys.
  • Daniel Negreanu
  • Hand 1 I went I lost 1500 with nut flush draw, straight draw and a pair
  • Eric Froehlich
  • theyre using the 10k format w 1500 chips and 2 addon chips to use whenever. i have no interest in buying in short so starting w the full amt
  • Daniel Alaei
  • Playing $1500 PLO today. Good event for me. + I made some series bets last night so time to play good!
  • Eric Froehlich
  • 1500 plo today, not thrilled with how i played the 1500nl this wknd so while 1500 is kind of a crapshoot, gonna be focused
  • Clonie Gowen
  • For all of you asking. Amazon room Table 78 seat 2. Starts in 36 mins