$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Down to Final Table
- Jonas Flug-Entin - 366,500
- Tommy Ly - 354,500
- Kenneth Strandli - 287,000
- Antonio Salorio - 264,500
- Roy Brindley - 231,000
- Patrik Antonius - 205,500
- Robert Mizrachi - 204,000
- Liekke Kimmo - 197,500
- Rene Mouritsen - 189,500
- John Duthie - 188,000
In the first hour ten players were eliminated, with Anita Perl the first to go. Minh Ly, JC Tran and Chau Giang followed Anita closely. An hour and a half later Greg Raymer, John Duthie and Alex Brenes head to the rail before Mickey Appleman went out on the bubble, guaranteeing a payday for remaining players.
Bust outs came in droves following Appleman's bubble exit, as Paul Jackson went out on the very next hand, followed shortly by Joe Beevers, Dario Alioto, Antonio Salorio and Magnus Persson in twenty minutes. Kido Phan sent Leif Force to the rail in 31st when he turned a straight, then Doyle Brunson's hand held up against Thanh Pham's to eliminate Pham in 30th.
Scotty Nguyen took out three players in a row to go on a run midway through the day. First he eliminated Tim Phan by rivering a flush. Nguyen followed that by eliminating Michael Binger and Jani Sointula in the same hand. The double knockout gave Nguyen a brief chip lead.
Eric Froehlich was next to fall, knocked out by David Chiu's full house. Kido Pham went out in 24th when neither his flush nor straight materialized, thus Rene Mouritsen was able to eliminate him. Varahram Vardjavand battled Chan Ping Hsiung in the next hand and came out second best, as Vardjavand's hand did not improve and Hsiung's made a straight when the last card was laid out. Andy Bloch sent William McMahan to the rail next when his aces held up.
In a flurry to get down to two tables, Kristian Kjondal, Kimmo Liukku, David Callaghan and Leonardo Fernandez went out within minutes of each other. Kjondal finished the day in 21st, a testament to him, being he started Day Two as the short stack and made it well into the money before his day ended.
Annie Duke made her stand and was called by chip leader Robert Mizrachi . The flop added to Mizrachi's bigger pair when it came down. When it came down to the river Duke couldn't beat Mizrachi's pair of kings. She was eliminated in 17th. Chan Ping Hsiung was gone in 16th as Roy Brindley caught running aces on the turn and river for trips to beat Hsiung's aces and jacks.
Andy Bloch eliminated Scotty Nguyen in 15th. Nguyen pushed all-in pre-flop; Bloch called and caught running diamonds for a flush to send Nguyen on his way.
As break approached, Don O'Dea moved all-in to be called by Mouritsen with. The flop kept Mouritsen's jacks ahead. The turn and the river came and O'Dea was eliminated in 14th. Virtually at the same moment, Sylvester Geoghegan ended in 13th as Tommy Ly made a flush on the turn.
It took about a half hour after every one returned from the break to come down to the final 10. Roy Brindley pushed his short stack in only to be called by Jonas Flug-Entin, who held a better pair and better spade-flush draw. The board brought no help for either player, and by the river, Brindley was eliminated in 12th. Soon after, Bloch moved all-in after a flop and was called by Chiu. Bloch had made a pair of nines and Chiu was drawing to a straight. The turn made Chiu's hand and the river was irrelevant as Bloch finished in 11th.
Players redrew for the final table, needing one more elimination to reach the final nine and to call it a day. Stephen Ladowsky had the shortest stack and needed to make a move. When he did he did so by boldly tripling up early against Steve Sung and Patrik Antonius. Ladowsky pushed all-in against Sung and Antonius. Ladowsky rivered the flush and Sung took the side pot, leaving Antonius out. This left Steve Sung with the shortest stack, which he quickly doubled through Mouritsen, twice staying alive to play another day.
Chiu would bubble the final table instead, ending the day's play when he called all-in against Tommy Ly on the flop. Chiu revealed a pair of aces with the nut flush draw and Ly turned over two pair. None of Chiu's cards arrived on the turn or river and thus Chiu exited in tenth.
The final table was set, the chip count and seating will look like this when play resumes:
Seat 1: Doyle Brunson - 510,000
Seat 2: Patrik Antonius - 650,000
Seat 3: Marco Traniello - 420,000
Seat 4: Rene Mouritsen - 775,000
Seat 5: Tommy Ly - 1,895,000
Seat 6: Jonas Flug-Entin - 445,000
Seat 7: Steve Sung - 175,000
Seat 8: Stephen Ladowski - 360,000
Seat 9: Robert Mizrachi - 1,090,000
The game is getting intense and focused. With each hand the players are drawn to the first prize pot of $768,000. As challenging as this game is to play, it appears it will be to enjoy watching.