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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 40)

Date:
Saturday, June 20, 2009 to Monday, June 22, 2009
Buy-In:
$10,000
Prize Pool:
$2,773,000
Entrants:
295

 

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  • Adam Levy
  • is at 10k PLO ft railing Matt Graham. Apparently Scott Seiver just got hit by a flying bag of jerky. it was awesome!
  • Barry Greenstein
  • I went out ninth losing a pot for 1/3 of the chips where I had a wrap and a flush draw against dry aces. Sick call on his part.
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Still nine left. Play has been pretty tight. Average is still one million. I have 1.25 million.
  • Barry Greenstein
  • You can follow my final table live at espn360.com. We'll be starting in five minutes.
  • Annie Duke
  • RT @ultimate_bet: Matt Graham makes final table of $10K PLO as chip leader, they're on break till 6:45. GO MATT!
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Dinner break. 9 players left. Average is one million. I'm down to 750k.
  • Joe Sebok
  • Sweating final table of #wsop40. Bear, josh arieh, matt graham, and assorted others there. Tough PLO table, for sure... #nation
  • David Williams
  • Out in 16th. Built up to 500k and got to put most of it in with suited aces. Flop was Q high and he had QQ. 1million chip pot. Played great.
  • Howard Lederer
  • Just busted from #wsop40 in 12th place. Had a nice run, but disappointed right now. Was small favorite on hand I lost. But hit often earlier
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Doubled up to 1.1 million as an underdog. Double average with 16 left.
  • Barry Greenstein
  • First I doubled up, then I doubled someone else up. Still 17 left. Average is 520k. I have 460k.
  • Howard Lederer
  • Gambled with 4567 double suited for a reraise. Flopped 19 outs, got all in against AA and hit on river. Sweet.
  • Howard Lederer
  • Good start to day 3 in #wsop40. Have 606,000 with 19 players left. Average stack is 466,000.
  • Matt Vengrin
  • nineteen left in 10k plo. 420k blinds 8k 16k.
  • Barry Greenstein
  • 19 players left. Average is 465k. I am the shortest stack with 100k.
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Just lost half my chips doubling up david williams. I was probably a 2 to 1 favorite when the money went in. 20 left.
  • Howard Lederer
  • Won a wild hand to get back to 326,000 in #wsop40. 25 players left, average is 354k. We come back tomorrow for more fun.
  • Nenad Medic
  • Finished day with 128k 25 left average is 350k, got some work ahead of me tomorrow...
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Done for the night. Average is 370k. I have 465k. This means I can't play the seniors event tomorrow, not that I ever would!
  • David Williams
  • Ended day 2 of the 10k PLO event with 200k. @_serb_ still in too. Follow tomorrow for my charge at the final table.
  • David Williams
  • Down to 27 in the 10k PLO event. Made the money. I'm pretty short. Time for a heater.
  • Howard Lederer
  • We made the money in #wsop40. Average stack is 300k. I am a little low now with 200k. Need an Omaha rush.
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Going hand for hand on the money bubble. 28 left. I am average with 310k.
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Doubled up to 330k with nut flush against second nut flush. Still 30 left. If you don't hear from me, my phone died.
  • Howard Lederer
  • End of level 16, 32 players left in #wsop40. Average stack is about 290k. I have 335,000.
  • Howard Lederer
  • Drifting down to par chips. 4 tables left, with 260k in #wsop40. Average is 245k. 27 get paid.
  • Erik Seidel
  • Rooting for Noah Schwartz now in PLO. He got back from dinner break + reported he had 40k missing. He wasn't given any of it back
  • Barry Greenstein
  • 47 players left. Average is 190k. I am down to 100k and my table is so slow, we play one hand every five minutes.
  • Erik Seidel
  • Out of PLO. Going to take tmw off. Next event for me is 10k PLHE tues
  • Justin Smith
  • Out...got allin with aa98 against 8743 and flop 652 rainbow...time for a well deserved rest
  • Erik Seidel
  • Ok they burned up 45 mins of our lives w this. No one knows why they were chipping up on a break when no players were at the table
  • Howard Lederer
  • Now many players are short up to 40k and a guy at my table was heavy 45k! Luckily he's honest and complained he had too much.
  • Howard Lederer
  • Wow. Major delay in #wsop40. They changed out lots of blue and yellow chips. But theyvcounted yellows as blues and vice versa.
  • Erik Seidel
  • Delay in PLO tourny becuz they screwed up the chip up. Looks like it happened at many tbls. So frustrating as a player 2 hv to sit thru this
  • Justin Smith
  • Big problem during dinner break....we came back from break and some peoples stacks have up to 40k less and 40k more thanwhatthey should have
  • Daniel Alaei
  • Poker doesn't usually steam me up but I had big bets on this one and was one card away from having 2/3 of the chips 7 handed... Stories!!!!
  • Howard Lederer
  • On dinner break of #wsop40. Have 240k with about 55 left. Chip average is about 150k.
  • Erik Seidel
  • Dinner break I have 94k. 156k is par 58 left
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Dinner break. 58 left. Average is 153k. I am down to 123k after losing 200k pot with nut-flush and straight draw.
  • Justin Smith
  • Had it up to 110k...back to 75k after reraising a loose player with akqt and completely whiffed and had to fold
  • David Williams
  • 4 levels done today. Down to 58 players. I have 240k. Doing well. Pays 27.
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Lost a 100k pot with guy all in who had 8 outs with one to go. Down to 185k. Average is 145k.
  • Howard Lederer
  • Insane poker play of the day. Nam Le took 96k into day 2 of #wsop40. He decides to play the shootout today. He's anted about 20k so far.
  • Justin Smith
  • Back up to 30k...one more double up will put me back into decent enough shape...going to be very spot selective now....
  • Justin Smith
  • Was up to 110k after making some great plays...took $260000 to my $10000 to win the tourney on break with someone....down to 19k chips now
  • Howard Lederer
  • 226,200 in #wsop40 after level 10. 83 players left with 109k average. Won a few medium pots. Nice start so far.
  • Daniel Alaei
  • Wow.. Hit a rush and just now lost a 100k chip pot out of the 150k chips in play 7 handed. That was a very expensive river card...
  • Eric Froehlich
  • 4 handed im shortstack, brock aaronbeen and markseif busted
  • Justin Smith
  • Back to 90k...dipped down to 65k after missing flops..theres a few young euros at my table so there wasn't much limping till I won a pot
  • David Williams
  • Day 2. One hour in and I'm down a little. No biggie. Still got 200k
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Lost a 110k flip to the guy who I dbled through earlier. 99 left. Average is 90k. I have 240k.
  • Nenad Medic
  • Day 2 of 10k plo sitting with 70k average is 82k 108 left, feel good
  • Daniel Alaei
  • 16kish from 15k after first break, all 10 players still there.. Fast structure 200/400/50 coming up..
  • Barry Greenstein
  • #wsop40. Wow! Doubled up the first hand as a big underdog with a set vs. wrap and flush draw. Second in chips.
  • Howard Lederer
  • End of level 6 with 77,000. Average is 50k in #wsop40.
  • Adam Junglen
  • Doubled with KKQTs vs pair+nfd. 60k going into the last 2 levels of the day.
  • Barry Greenstein
  • Lost two big pots. One with hard to detect small straight draw against presumed top set. Then lost my top set. 63k.
  • Adam Junglen
  • Moved to a new table with Ferguson, FDeeb, McEvoy. 50k
  • Justin Smith
  • Doubled up to 110k...playing well focus is here and I got a warm up plo tourney adjustment by cashing in the 5k plo a few days ago
  • Andy Bloch
  • Ah9h3c4c flop 2h5hQx opponent rerepots all in for 31k w/ 346T, 2 hearts. A high good until 4d on river :( crippled, out next hand #WSOP40
  • Andy Bloch
  • I call that tweetbluff. RT @BoostedJ: Just lost two sort of rough pots where they were good spots and had to fold a fullhouse to andy bloch
  • Shaun Deeb
  • that was a really ugly end to plo had great equity in everyhand but obv lose to a retarded british guy wearing a ftp patch
  • Daniel Negreanu
  • Just caught the crapper in the PokerRoylty bathroom again. He dumped another load in our toilets. Gotta put a stop to the stealth crapping.
  • Nenad Medic
  • 85k at dinner break of 10k plo, starting chips were 30k - feel good...
  • David Williams
  • Never give up. I was down to 3k with 15 mins left in level 4. Finished with 25k! Dinner never tasted tasted this good.
  • David Williams
  • Never give up. I was down to 3k. Now up to 25k a dinner break. I feel like a millionaire.
  • Howard Lederer
  • Good first session again. Up to 45k from 30 in 10k PLO.
  • Eugene Todd
  • Dinner break in the plo tourney I have 55k started with 30.
  • Andy Bloch
  • 37k at break #WSOP40. Late start & extra 10 minute break so we won't be done until 3:30. Please get rid of hour dinner break!
  • Shaun Deeb
  • 38k at a really tough table now with lotys of chips in the better players stacks
  • Eric Lynch
  • i'm out.. overpair + second nut flush draw vs nut flush draw + straight draw, flush comes in on turn.
  • Daniel Alaei
  • Out of the PLO tournament... Poor performance today, gambled too much. Played cash til morning and didn't get much sleep. No excuse!!
  • Howard Lederer
  • Then on the break Hennigan says "I'd rather beat this level than win this tournament." Sick thing is he means it!
  • Andy Bloch
  • End of triple chance period, I have 45,100, up from 30k. #WSOP40
  • Eric Lynch
  • 16750 after add on period. just tread water that level.
  • Justin Smith
  • Was down to 10k from 30k starting chips in the 10k plo...now playing extremely well with intense focus up to 70k
  • Andy Bloch
  • My table is breaking. Up 22,050 w/o using rebuy chips. #WSOP40 Heading to 202 seat 9
  • Andy Bloch
  • Last nite I gold starred my first 2 songs on Rock Band 2 drums. Maybe I can get some matching gold at WSOP?
  • Eric Lynch
  • 7800 plus one add on chip at break. lost aa95 and nut flush fraw vs ajt2 on a t64 flop all in. t turn obv
  • Andy Bloch
  • Played Jc5s3c2s in a big pot preflop, flopped a pair and flush draw, rivered 2 pair to crack Elezra's AA. Up 18100 in #WSOP40
  • David Williams
  • Down from 30k to 21k after the first two levels in the 10k PLO event. Got 10k in with a guy with the nuts (top set) on turn. He hit straight
  • Daniel Alaei
  • Got 20k of the 30k we started with in the PLO.. Not very focused, so no side bets...
  • Barry Greenstein
  • #wsop40. 10,000 PLO. 300 players started with 30k. I have 57k after level 2.
  • Daniel Negreanu
  • Russian slowroll in PLO lol no joke. Played two big pots vs two seperate russians. They BOTH slowrolled me. Its so seriously funny now! Haha
  • Eugene Todd
  • Raymond davis just told me he didn't know it was my house that he robbed and thanked me for the 2 computers. Lol
  • Shaun Deeb
  • 31k first level still got both rebuys me and vanessa getting deep and fast yaaa for having pos on here since we are only 2 winning big pots
  • Daniel Negreanu
  • 88300 on dinner break and headed to the 10p k PLO double dippinng today. 48 left in Limit holfdem
  • Steve Sung
  • Last night I was approached to sign an autograph as Daniel Alaei. I wonder what kind of surprises are ahead of me in the 10k PLO...
  • Adam Junglen
  • 6 handed until break with grinder, binger and genetodd.
  • David Williams
  • Playing the 10k PLO event. One of my favorites. 6 handed table right now. 4 europeans and Dan Harmatz with me. Tough.
  • Daniel Negreanu
  • 71k had 99 vs 88 on a 7664Q board. 3 bet pre. Guy led flop and turn I just called. River checked. Sounds weak but he had 88 10s or JJ fo sho
  • Shaun Deeb
  • seems like a bad starting table for me a few young euros vanessa selbst and stevey z 6 handed too but we prob break at end of reg
  • Eugene Todd
  • Going to play the 10k omaha. The wife says no but I say yes. Might get in trouble when she comes tuesday. I better do good in this event
  • Eric Lynch
  • late start. brasilia 245 seat 3 #nation #wsop
  • Daniel Alaei
  • Off to the Rio to play the 10k PLO... Played cash games late last night so not a lot of sleep. Could be some side betting in todays event...
  • Eric Lynch
  • got here WAY too early for plo. place is a mad house.
  • Shaun Deeb
  • fun online session finished just in time to get myself ready for the 10k plo won a ept russia package today so that should be a sick trip
  • Eric Lynch
  • skipping 1500 NL for 10k PLO today before I head home to see the fam for a few days! i feel good about this one
  • Shaun Deeb
  • I surprise myself in getting up again today grinding online then 10k plo
  • Eric Lynch
  • relaxing on my day off. 10k PLO tomorrow, so skipping the 2k limit today