$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low - Day 2 - Level 13 Recap
Jun 25, '08
Blinds: 1,500-3,000
Players Left: 32 of 720
Chip Leaders:
Martin Klaser - 270,000
Joseph Haddad - 131,000
Daniel “Stainley88” Adams - 130,000
Ed Smith - 113,000
Chad Burum - 105,000
Larry Wright - 98,000
Erik Seidel - 86,000
Doug Mandeville - 81,000
Sam Khouiss - 80,000
Shannon Shorr - 60,000
Average Stack: 67,500
Eliminations:
Berry Johnston
Chip Jett
Joe Hachem
Big Hands and Storylines:
Sooner Or Later, All Chips Lead To Klaser
Moments after scoring a big pot off of Erik Seidel, Shannon Shorr had the misfortune of tangling with Martin Klaser. Like all other comers today, Shorr did not fare very well. An 80,000 pot was shipped in Klaser’s direction when his A
K8
3 was good for both the high and low on a board of 962
Q5. Klaser is now fully in command of his table, with a staggering 270,000 in chips, while Shorr is left with 60,000.
Dan Adams: Bounty Hunter
While there are no actual bounties in this tournament, Dan “Stainley88” Adams has just succeeded in knocking out two of the more notable players in the field.
First, Chip Jett got his last 11,000 all-in pre-flop with AAK2 but Adams’ AQJ4 wound up victorious when the board – 10
8893 – made him a straight.
Then Adams continued his predatory ways against Joe Hachem, again getting his opponent all-in pre-flop. This time it was Hachem’s KK54 against Adams’ A742. The flop was a nightmare for Hachem: A74. Not only did it give Adams 3-pair, but Hachem’s low draw was counterfeited. To add insult to injury, the Q on the turn and 3 on the river gave Adams a runner-runner flush. Hachem’s elimination brought an end to the his first deep run of the World Series.
But Wait, There’s More...
Sandwiched between those two hands, Adams won a 100,000 chip pot when he and his opponent got it all-in on a K83 flop. Adams showed KK42 for top set and the second low draw while his opponent tabled A832 for the nut low draw and bottom two-pair. The turn and river were high cards – J and 10 – and Adams’ hand held up. He now has about 125,000.
Player Tags: Larry Wright, Erik Seidel, Chip Jett, Berry Johnston, Chad Burum, Joseph Haddad, Joe Hachem, Shannon Shorr, Sam Khouiss, Doug Mandeville, Daniel Adams, Martin Klaser
$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low - Day 2 - Level 12 Recap
Jun 25, '08
Note: The players are now on a 20-minute break
Blinds: 1,000-2,000
Players Left: 41 of 720
Chip Leaders:
Martin Klaser - 170,000
Joseph Haddad - 134,000
Ed Smith - 105,000
Larry Wright - 100,000
Erik Seidel - 92,000
Bryan Jolly - 86,000
Jack Rosenfeldt - 79,000
Doug Mandeville - 77,000
Sam Khoueis - 73,000
Casey Kastle - 72,000
Average Stack: 52,675
Eliminations:
Chris Ferguson
Damon Singer
Big Hands and Storylines:
Joseph Haddad Makes Short Work of Damon Singer
Two hands over the course of a single orbit is all it took to swap the fortunes of two players in this event. Just an hour ago Damon Singer was in the top 10 of chip leaders with 80,000 and Joseph Haddad was trying to build his stack from his starting 36,000.
The first hand was the big one. On a flop of KJ8 Haddad and Singer got their chips all-in and showed their hands:
Haddad: AAQ5
Singer: AK73
Singer had top pair and a flush draw, but Haddad had a better pair and a better flush draw. The turn was the 2c and when the river blanked with a 2s, Haddad doubled up to about 85,000.
Then, a few hands later, Haddad finished the job. This time Singer got all of his chips – about 45,000 of them – in pre-flop with A832 against Haddad’s AA86. The flop – JJ4 – was a bad one for Singer, causing him to stand up and congratulate Haddad. The turn 4 lessened his pessimism, if only for a moment. And only a moment it was, as seconds later the dealer peeled off the 3, sealing Singer’s fate.
Haddad now sits at second in chips with 134,000.
It Doesn’t Get Much Better Than That
Chip leader Martin Kläser forced an opponent all-in for 15,000 total and the opponent called. “Yes!” Klasner shouted when he saw his opponent’s holding: AQ72. Kläser’s exclamation was justified, as his opponent was drawing slim in a way rarely seen in Omaha. With Klasner holding AK72 he was a big favorite.
The board cemented Kläser’s lead further and the German boosted his chip stack to 170,000. This is no small feat considering his table also includes Erik Seidel, Shannon Shorr, and Berry Johnston. Thus far today the young German has yet to make a single misstep.
Player Tags: Casey Kastle, Larry Wright, Erik Seidel, Chris Ferguson, Joseph Haddad, Sam Khouiss, Doug Mandeville, Bryan Jolly, Damon Singer, Martin Klaser
