2009 WSOP Event 10 - Pot Limit Hold 'Em / Omaha

Event 10 of the 2009 WSOP is the Pot Limit Hold ‘Em/Omaha. In the 2008 edition of the WSOP, this event attracted over 450 players with a combined prizepool of a little over a million dollars. The winner walked away with booty of $247,471. Structurally, the format of the event remains unchanged from the previous edition and this year too, this is a three day event played in 29 levels.

The table is a unique mixed format one, meaning that the game incorporates elements of both the traditional hold ‘em and the Omaha. Each level has an alternating Omaha hand as well as Hold ‘em hands. The 2009 WSOP event 10 Pot Limit Hold 'Em / Omaha has an initial buy-in of $2,500.

Omaha is a community card game similar in layout to the traditional version of Texas hold ‘em but key differences lie in the number of cards which are dealt to players in the beginning. Pot Limit Omaha has found immense popularity in European casinos, online and also in some American cardrooms. The wagers in this 2009 World Series of Poker event 10 are limited to the pot-size. For example, if a raising player first calls the bet before another, then the other players can only raise an amount to the extent in the pot.

Event 10 - Pot Limit Hold ‘Em/Omaha

Wednesday, June 03, 2009 to Friday, June 05, 2009

$2,500 Buy In

Tournament Updates

Day 2 Recap
Day 2 of event 10 ended with 29 players still battling one another for the bracelet. Daniel Makowsky leads the tournament with a solid 561,000 chips. Rami Boukai is hot on his heels, running with 508,000. Behind them is Benjamin Grundy with 275,000 and the closely matched Paul Parker and Surinder Sunar, holding 215,000 and 213,000 chips respectively Close chip counts like these always make for an exciting event, as the buck can go either way.

Day 3 - In Progress
11 Entrants remain, and each one is fighting hard to stay in the game. A break has just been declared, so the action is suspended for twenty minutes. Rami Boukai holds the lead at 495,000 chips. Dan Makowsky is staying strong in second place, only 20,000 chips less than Boukai. Sigi Stockinger is at the bottom of the list, running with a meager 145,000 chips. Ben Grundy has been staying at the top of the charts, but in this kind of contest the winners can and will fluctuate periodically. It is still anyones game, and the stakes are getting higher and higher for every round that ends.