Balls in the Air
Monday, June 15, 2009 - Gene Bromberg
It’s a busy night at the Rio with tournaments scattered throughout the three big rooms. Keeping track of who’s playing where isn’t easy, as a number of pros often rush from one event to another when they get eliminated. One player who hasn’t made that mad dash tonight is Liv Boeree, who is among the final 120 players in the $1,500 No-Limit event being contested in the Amazon Room. I posted a pic of Liv this afternoon and I thought I’d try to post one here that was a little more, well, metal:
One player who did make the trek from one event to the other was Michael Binger, who was eliminated from the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament and headed over to buy into the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event, and he’s sitting in the Miranda Room playing in that event right now:
Also playing in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event is Annie Duke, who bought in late. And her starting table should give you an idea of how loaded that tournament is–Annie’s sitting with Jennifer Harman, Sam Simon, Raymond Davis, Michael Craig, and Erick Lindgren.
And last, but certainly not least, we circle back to the Amazon Room and the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, where Phil Hellmuth built up a huge stack early on but saw it reduced to 7,600 just before the dinner break.
That event has just returned from break and is back to play, as are all the other events going on this fine Sunday (it is Sunday, right? I lose track). And it looks like Liv Boeree might be playing until Monday–she just made a straight flush to double up to 110,000 with 99 players left. The chipleader has over 450,000, but Liv’s got over 30 big blinds and room to manuever. Could be a long night.
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Tags: 2009 world series of poker, 2009 wsop, Annie Duke, h.o.r.s.e., Liv Boeree, Michael Binger, Phil Hellmuth, pot-limit omaha, world series of poker, WSOP
June 15th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
This is super stuff, a hundred k pot , some bluff tells by Durrr and counter bluffs to cover s by PH, dont forget a 100k pot!!.
No contest …. . ( Hadnt seen that one before )Class Act by Hellmuth
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6awju_tom-dwan-vs-phil-hellmuth-100k-pot_shortfilms