Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 0
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
212
Level
31
Blinds
90,000 / 180,000
Ante
0
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Things have tightened up in the last forty minutes or so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,180,000
-470,000
|
-470,000 |
|
||
|
1,720,000
-680,000
|
-680,000 |
|
||
|
1,305,000
975,000
|
975,000 |
|
|
||
|
930,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
James Dempsey has Sam Farha's number at the moment. He also has collected a rail of about a dozen British lads who are doing their best British soccer chants in support of their lad. The rail was ecstatic to see Dempsey tag Farha in three pots in a row to climb back to more than 1.0 million in chips. "Who's the doctor?" they keep chanting every time Dempsey wins a pot.
For his part, Farha is playing quite loose. It seems like he's involved in four out of five pots, with Richard Zhu and Sergey Altbregin playing much more cautiously. Dempsey seems to be the only person really willing to play with Farha at the moment.
Well, the previous hand WAS the biggest pot of the tournament, but this one just topped it.
From the cutoff seat, Sergey Altbregin raised. James Dempsey reraised on the button, Yueqi Zhu called from the small blind and then Tony Merksick made it four bets from the big blind. Altbregin called and then Dempsey made it five bets, capping the action. Zhu, Merksick and Altbregin all called.
The flop came down 
and Zhu fired out a bet. He was called in all three spots before the 
landed on the turn. Zhu fired out again and then Merksick called all in for his last 5,000 in chips. Altbregin and Dempsey both called after that.
The river card completed the board with the 
and paired it with sixes. Zhu bet out and Altbregin folded. Dempsey looked disgusted, but wound up making the call.
Zhu tabled the 
for kings full of sixes to beat Dempsey's 
and scoop in the side pot first. Merksick held the 
and was eliminated on the hand as Zhu was also pushed the massive main pot. His stacks now sits at nearly 2.7 million chips.
A ton of action just went down at our final table, and at the end it was Sergey Altbregin who was most excited about it. Sam Farha started with a pre-flop raise. He was re-raised by Sergey Altbregin and four-bet by James Dempsey. Rich Zhu, in the big blind for one bet, took three to the face and everyone else called.
On a flop of 
, Dempsey acted first and bet. Zhu called before Farha raised. Altbregin quickly called all in and Dempsey and Zhu also called, creating a main pot of 1.2 million chips.
The action checked to Farha when the turn came 
. "That counterfeits somebody. I love it," said Farha. He bet and both Dempsey and Zhu called.
The river was the . Again Farha bet when checked to, and Dempsey did not seem pleased.
"That's a good sign," said Farha. "I love it. You're a good dealer." Dempsey tanked for about a minute and a half before calling.
"Sick, sick game," said Zhu. "Since you called I'm folding." He flashed two red aces.
At showdown for the side pot, Farha showed 
for a flopped two pair. Dempsey showed 
, a live ace for low. They chopped the side. But an excited Altbregin triumphantly showed down 
for the main pot. He had a wheel and scooped 1.2 million.
On the flop of 
, Sergey Altbregin check-raised Yueqi Zhu's bet. Zhu made the call and then the turn came the 
. Altbregin bet and Zhu called. The river completed the board with the and both players checked.
Zhu tabled 
for scoop the pot from Altbregin.
On the next hand, Zhu reraised a button raise from James Dempsey. Zhu was in the small blind. Tony Merksick called from the big blind and then Dempsey called as well.
The flop came down 
and Zhu bet out. Merksick called and Dempsey folded. The turn and river went check, check after the 
fell followed by the 
.
Zhu tabled 
and Merksick mucked.
Those two hands provided a nice little rush for Zhu and he's up to 1.86 million in chips.
Five-handed now, you'd expect hand ranges to start widening a little. But every time we see a showdown, it seems like the players have a premium hand. Sergey Altbregin opened a recent pot from under the gun before Richard Zhu re-raised the button. Tony Merksick came along from the small blind before Altbregin called to close the action.
Action checked to Zhu on a flop of 
. He bet and was called by both players. When the board paired on the turn, 
, Zhu bet again. Only Merksick stuck around to the 
river. He checked one more time, then tanked for about 40 seconds after Zhu bet. Merksick finally called and was shown for jacks full of queens. That was a scoop.
From under the gun, Sammy Farha raised on the first hand back from break. James Dempsey called on the button and Tony Merksick called from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Merksick checked. "Let me see what I have," said Farha before checking his hole cards and then firing out a bet. Behind him, Dempsey made the call and then Merksick folded.
The turn card brought the and Farha bet out into Dempsey. He was called.
The river completed the board with the and made it eligible for a low. Farha bet and Dempsey called.
"Two pair and nut low," said Farha, turning over the 
. Dempsey's hands went onto his forehead as he couldn't believe what he saw.
"How do you hit every river against me?!?!" he complained. Dempsey then mucked, dropping to 675,000 in chips.
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante:
The remaining five players are on a 20-minute break.