Event 6 - Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better - Level 9
Jun 04, '08
Blinds: 300-600 (Moving up to 400-800)
Average Chip Stack: 13,883
Players Remaining: 180 of 833
Chip Counts:
James Van Alstyne: 40,000
Jac Arama: 29,600
James Hinton: 25,500
Scott Clements: 24,000
Robert Mizrachi: 23,000
Steven Stencil: 22,600
Denis Ethier: 22,000
Carl Restifo: 20,100
Richard Ashby: 20,000
Eliminations:
Tony Malleo
Big Hands:
Fricke Takes a Hit, Active Early
Jimmy Fricke raised to 1,200 and was called by Harold Heckelthorn. The flop came 9
42
and Fricke bet 600. Heckelthorn called, the turn brought the 5
and both players checked. Fricke checked the 6 river and Hecketlhorn bet out 1,200. Fricke called and Heckethorn showed A-6-3-2. Fricke mucked and Heckethorn took the entire pot.
A few hands later Fricke raised to 1,200 from the button and was called by Curtis Rystadt and Heckelthorn. THe flop 96
3 and Rystadt led out in early position for 600. He was called by Heckelthorn and Fricke and the turn brought the 8. Rynstadt bet out again, 1,200 this time and Heckelthorn folded and Fricke called. The river was the 7 and Fricke called Rystadt's 1,200 bet. Fricke showed 8432 for the low hand and Rystadt showed 9542 for the high hand.
Pritchard Eliminates Malleo
On a board of K105, Tony Malleo checked and James Pritchard bet 600. Malleo called and then led out for 1,200 on the A turn. Pritchard raised to put Malleo all in and the 2 fell on the river. Pritchard showed AA57 and Malleo showed A-10-7-2 and made his way to the rail.
Player Tags: Jimmy Fricke, Tony Malleo, Curtis Rystadt
