First Omaha Event started

Published on 04 Jun 08 22:06 by Drakhor

With Event 6, the first Omaha event of the Series took off. 832 players signed up for the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better tournament. 205 survived the first day. Katja Thater had to bow out in the last hand of the day.

Amongst the survivors is also Andreas Krause who made it through the first day as a short stack. The information hasn't been confirmed though, as the official chip counts remain to be published.

Confirmed is the end of Katja Thater however. In the last hand of the day, she was sent to the rails. On the turn all of her chips went across the line. Katja held and thus only had top two pair. Her opponent had for the straight and the flush draw. Katja still had some outs for the full house, but the on the river changed nothing.

Again many Pros eliminated on Day 1

Katja joined the company of Marcel Luske, Scotty Nguyen, Noah Boeken, Chad Brown, Josh Arieh, Ted Forrest, Erik Seidel, Todd Brunson, David Sklansky, Noah Schwartz, Shannon Elizabeth, Men 'The Master' Nguyen, Amarillo Slim Preston and HSP moderator Gabe Kaplan on the rails, amongst others.

Defending Champion Alex Kravchenko survived as an Ultra-Short Stack

The pros Scott Clements (28,000 chips), Bryan Devonshire (13,600) and Alex Kravchenko as an ultra-short stack with 3,000 chips made it into Day 2.

Phil Ivey turned up as well on Level 6, for a bit

Apart from the Omaha event, Phil Ivey also played the $5,000 Mix tourney and popped up in the break to try a comeback with his 600 remaining chips! Unfortunately, he failed. But this way, he was able to quickly return to the Mix event.

"Omaha is a suckers game“

Amir Vahedi is sure about it: "Omaha is a suckers game". In his opinion, some people obviously sat together while playing Hold'em and came up with the idea to add a few more cards, as this would change the hands all the time. What would Robert "Chip Burner" Turner say about this? Turner is said to be the "inventor" of the game.

Do You Know Who I Am?

With these words the one-time bracelet winner "Minneapolis" Jim Meehan confronted one of his opponents who obviously didn't know who he was dealing with. But that's how it can happen in the fast moving business of the poker sport. Barely 2 years of inactivity and already forgotten; or maybe someone is overrating himself a little bit?

1.2 Million in the Pot

The prize pool amounts to $1,249,500. The winner receives $243,036. 81 players finish in the money.

Origin of photo material: Wikipedia