Das $2.500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud High-Low Event hatte ein paar Startschwierigkeiten. Die Anmeldung lief nur schleppend, schlussendlich wurden es dann doch noch 376 Spieler. Die deutschen Spieler waren gut aufgestellt, aber auch die internationalen Pros fanden sich zahlreich ein.
Die PokerStars Pros Katja Thater, Ben Kang und Sebastian Ruthenberg waren ebenso mit dabei wie Thomas Bihl, Michael Keiner, Bobbi G., Christoph Niesert, Frank Debus und auch Alex Jung. Auch Andreas Krause ist in Las Vegas eingetroffen und nahm am Turnier teil. Sie alle sahen sich unter anderem Jennifer Harman, Layne Flack, Daniel Negreanu, Marcel Luske, Andy Bloch, Mike Sexton und Dario Minieri gegenüber.
Andreas Krause konnte in der Stud-Runde mit Drilling König gleich einen netten Pot von Annie Duke gewinnen, auch für Katja Thater lief der Start sehr gut. Die Siegesprämie von $220.538 ist auch ein Anreiz bei diesem Event. Doch für fast das halbe Feld war bereits an Tag 1 der Traum vom Sieg vorbei.
Dario Minieri scheiterte ebenso wie Katja Thater, Ben Kang, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Michael Keiner, Alex Jung, Andreas Krause, Christoph Niesert, John Cernuto, Alexander Kostritsyn und viele andere mehr.
Mit 153 Spielern geht es in Tag 2. Die Schweizer haben Claudio Rinaldi noch im Rennen, Deutschland darf auf Thomas Bihl, Frank Debus und Bobbi G. hoffen. Doch bis zu den 40 bezahlten Plätzen ist es noch ein langer Weg und mit Gegnern wie Erick Lindgren, Chad Brown, Chau Giang, Jon Turner, Phil Ivey, Carlos Mortensen oder Jennifer Harman sicherlich alles andere als ein Spaziergang.
Rang | Name | Stadt | Land | Chip Count | Table # | Seat # |
1 | Hua, Can | Las Vegas | NV | 51.800 | 176 | 4 |
2 | Sitar, Dustin | Las Vegas | NV | 46.600 | 164 | 4 |
3 | Scott, Mark | Las Vegas | NV | 45.800 | 161 | 4 |
4 | Prescott, Allie | Memphis | TN | 44.900 | 162 | 1 |
5 | Turner, Jon | Henderson | NV | 43.300 | 157 | 6 |
6 | Sorensen, Jan | Odense | Denmark | 42.300 | 171 | 6 |
7 | Spivack, Stuart | Tucson | AZ | 39.800 | 167 | 2 |
8 | Lee, Ming | Natick | MA | 39.200 | 172 | 8 |
9 | Iacofano, Kevin | Las Vegas | NV | 37.300 | 159 | 1 |
10 | Rosario, Shirley | Downey | CA | 36.200 | 170 | 5 |
11 | Richburg, James | Long Beach | CA | 35.400 | 173 | 7 |
12 | Kassela, Frank | Rossville | TN | 35.100 | 160 | 3 |
13 | Buckley, William | Phillipsburg | NJ | 34.500 | 165 | 2 |
14 | Emerson, Alan | Phoenix | AZ | 34.400 | 159 | 6 |
15 | Boyd, Dutch | Columbia | MO | 33.700 | 158 | 8 |
16 | Ivey, Phil | Las Vegas | NV | 33.600 | 174 | 1 |
17 | Javani, Javid | Los Angeles | CA | 33.300 | 168 | 3 |
18 | Cahail, Blake | Kansas City | MO | 33.300 | 168 | 7 |
19 | Giang, Chau | Las Vegas | NV | 32.700 | 171 | 1 |
20 | Leonidas, Toto | Glendale | CA | 32.500 | 161 | 7 |
21 | Bach, David | Athens | GA | 32.300 | 161 | 8 |
22 | Bihl, Thomas | Frankfurt | Germany | 32.000 | 170 | 7 |
23 | Aronesty, Joe | Miami Beach | FL | 31.400 | 168 | 8 |
24 | Jurgens, Ted | Phoenix | AZ | 31.400 | 165 | 5 |
25 | Brown, Chad | Las Vegas | NV | 31.200 | 174 | 8 |
26 | Stephens, John | Morriston | FL | 30.100 | 175 | 6 |
27 | Bac, Dao | Garden Grove | CA | 29.700 | 171 | 5 |
28 | Rinaldi, Claudio | Rancate | Switzerland | 29.500 | 171 | 4 |
29 | Sheikhan, Sean | Las Vegas | NV | 29.500 | 173 | 4 |
30 | Slezak, Bob | Omaha | NE | 28.400 | 160 | 1 |
31 | Loi, Tran | Irvine | CA | 28.300 | 170 | 4 |
32 | Fragin, Boris | Germany | 28.100 | 160 | 2 | |
33 | St. Jean, Larry | Salisbury Beach | MA | 28.100 | 158 | 5 |
34 | Mortensen, Carlos | Henderson | NV | 28.100 | 175 | 3 |
35 | Fu, Tianxiong | Cypress | CA | 27.000 | 173 | 1 |
36 | Hohn, Steve | Overland Park | KS | 26.800 | 166 | 8 |
37 | Clements, Scott | Mount Vernon | WA | 26.700 | 167 | 5 |
38 | Nicewander, Daniel | Bluewell | WV | 25.900 | 171 | 8 |
39 | Rosenberg, Menachem | Brooklyn | NY | 25.700 | 160 | 6 |
40 | Zimmerman, Raphael | Missolua | MT | 25.400 | 169 | 7 |
41 | Jett, Chip | Las Vegas | NV | 25.300 | 161 | 5 |
42 | Schonsheck, William „Shony“ | Las Vegas | NV | 25.100 | 158 | 1 |
43 | Gault, Eric | Alexandria | VA | 25.000 | 168 | 2 |
44 | Serock, Joseph | San Fransisco | CA | 24.600 | 157 | 3 |
45 | Kelly, Matt | Fort Worth | TX | 24.400 | 170 | 3 |
46 | Baghchehsaraie, Sirous | Long Beach | CA | 23.700 | 169 | 8 |
47 | Appel, Joe | Houston | TX | 23.500 | 159 | 4 |
48 | Jamison, Greg | Las Vegas | NV | 23.200 | 157 | 7 |
49 | Harman, Jennifer | Las Vegas | NV | 22.900 | 164 | 8 |
50 | Kline, Carol | Las Vegas | NV | 22.600 | 167 | 6 |
51 | Wong, Steve | Hoofd Dorp | Netherlands | 22.500 | 165 | 1 |
52 | Mascio, Greg | Fullerton | CA | 22.100 | 163 | 1 |
53 | Lindgren, Erick | Las Vegas | NV | 22.100 | 169 | 5 |
54 | Cozen, Glenn | Pasadena | CA | 21.900 | 172 | 3 |
55 | Bunch, John | Las Vegas | NV | 21.300 | 173 | 7 |
56 | Billirakis, Steve | Chicago | IL | 21.300 | 168 | 5 |
57 | Marbleu, Philippe | Las Vegas | NV | 21.000 | 158 | 7 |
58 | Reslock, Ming | Atlantic City | NJ | 20.950 | 159 | 8 |
59 | Taylor, Esther | Las Vegas | NV | 20.600 | 173 | 8 |
60 | Koral, Tom | Skokie | IL | 20.600 | 166 | 7 |
61 | Corkins, Hoyt | Las Vegas | NV | 20.400 | 162 | 5 |
62 | Marsters, Tim | Brisbane | Australia | 19.600 | 173 | 8 |
63 | Labandeira, Manuel | Long Beach | CA | 19.200 | 158 | 4 |
64 | Davis, Raymond | Commerce | CA | 19.100 | 172 | 5 |
65 | Zuo, Xiaowei | Los Angeles | CA | 19.100 | 158 | 2 |
66 | Luu, Thang | Las Vegas | NV | 19.000 | 166 | 3 |
67 | Saab, Doug | Birmingham | AL | 18.900 | 167 | 8 |
68 | Flack, Layne | Las Vegas | NV | 18.900 | 157 | 2 |
69 | Brix, Eric | Saint Cloud | MN | 18.900 | 165 | 7 |
70 | Debus, Frank | Hamburg | Germany | 18.600 | 161 | 1 |
71 | Pezzin, Patrick | Toronto | ON, Canada | 18.200 | 176 | 1 |
72 | Duvall, Jeff | London | United Kingdom | 18.100 | 169 | 1 |
73 | Young, Justin | Morehead City | NC | 17.500 | 163 | 6 |
74 | Pandya, Sanjay | Atlantic City | NJ | 17.100 | 163 | 5 |
75 | Ruggieri, John | Brooklyn | NY | 16.800 | 160 | 8 |
76 | Thomas, Darin | San Diego | CA | 16.800 | 169 | 4 |
77 | Winkelvoss, Ron | Rose Valley | PA | 16.800 | 157 | 8 |
78 | Potter, Jason | Tulsa | OK | 16.700 | 166 | 6 |
79 | Hanson, Bart | Los Angeles | CA | 16.600 | 167 | 4 |
80 | Judah, Mel | London | United Kingdom | 16.600 | 161 | 3 |
81 | Davis, Martin | London | United Kingdom | 15.500 | 165 | 3 |
82 | Hamamoto, Nobuo | Sun Valley | CA | 15.400 | 172 | 7 |
83 | Gelencser, Peter | Budapest | Hungary | 15.200 | 173 | 6 |
84 | Ma, John | Skokie | IL | 14.900 | 170 | 8 |
85 | Mercier, Jason | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 14.400 | 167 | 3 |
86 | Smith, Gavin | Las Vegas | NV | 14.300 | 174 | 7 |
87 | Isra, Roland | New York City | New York | 13.900 | 176 | 7 |
88 | Vuong, Alexandra | Rancho Pallos Verdes | CA | 13.900 | 157 | 1 |
89 | Friedberg, Jon | Las Vegas | NV | 13.800 | 163 | 7 |
90 | Van Do, Trung | Fairfax | VA | 13.600 | 159 | 5 |
91 | Watson, Michael | Toronto | ON, Canada | 13.600 | 164 | 2 |
92 | Mavro, Peter | Douglaston | NY | 13.500 | 176 | 8 |
93 | Toft, Bo | Yardley | PA | 13.400 | 168 | 1 |
94 | Levy, Salah | Boca Reton | FL | 13.200 | 173 | 5 |
95 | Stevanovski, Robert | Charlotte | NC | 13.100 | 169 | 2 |
96 | Buchman, Eric | Valley Stream | NY | 12.800 | 158 | 3 |
97 | Skaggs, Randall | Las Vegas | NV | 12.800 | 160 | 7 |
98 | Paz, Jose | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 12.700 | 175 | 1 |
99 | Born, James | London | United Kingdom | 12.600 | 166 | 4 |
100 | Goldstein, Harvey | San Antonio | TX | 12.500 | 176 | 3 |
101 | Rodman, Blair | Las Vegas | NV | 12.400 | 157 | 5 |
102 | Kay, Casey | San Antonio | TX | 12.300 | 167 | 1 |
103 | Gregorich, Mark | Las Vegas | NV | 12.300 | 163 | 8 |
104 | Ladowsky, Stephen | Toronto | ON, Canada | 12.100 | 164 | 1 |
105 | Darrett, Cedric | Brentwood | CA | 12.000 | 175 | 2 |
106 | Schwartz, Brian | Chicago | IL | 12.000 | 174 | 5 |
107 | Longfellow, Karen | Indian Shores | FL | 11.800 | 171 | 3 |
108 | Tenner, Mark | Henderson | NV | 11.800 | 163 | 2 |
109 | Geyer, Adam | Austin | TX | 11.300 | 159 | 2 |
110 | Siegel, Jordan | Henderson | NV | 11.300 | 173 | 3 |
111 | Waggoner, Marsha | Las Vegas | NV | 11.100 | 174 | 6 |
112 | Severino, Jose | Panama City | Panama | 10.900 | 174 | 3 |
113 | Bishop, Robin | Lynwood | WA | 10.800 | 166 | 1 |
114 | Smith, Matthew | Lithia | FL | 10.700 | 164 | 7 |
115 | Payvar, Reza | Irvine | CA | 10.600 | 172 | 2 |
116 | Bjorin, Chris | London | United Kingdom | 10.600 | 172 | 1 |
117 | Covington, James | New York | NY | 10.400 | 164 | 5 |
118 | Deutsch, Neil | New York | NY | 9.900 | 174 | 2 |
119 | Shakaryan, Ernest | Saint Petersburg | FL | 9.900 | 172 | 6 |
120 | Vance, Matt | Lowville | NY | 9.800 | 176 | 5 |
121 | Brogdon, Edward | Thorndale | PA | 9.500 | 166 | 5 |
122 | Freeman, Ben | Charlottesville | VA | 8.200 | 162 | 4 |
123 | Craig, Michael | Scottsdale | AZ | 7.800 | 167 | 7 |
124 | Dinkin, Gregory | Palm Beach | FL | 7.700 | 162 | 8 |
125 | McMichael, Jonathan | Ithaca | NY | 7.600 | 170 | 1 |
126 | Moore, Peter | Atlanta | GA | 7.300 | 159 | 7 |
127 | Kirill, Rabtsov | Moscow | Russia | 7.000 | 176 | 2 |
128 | Gassen, Barry | Atlantic City | NJ | 6.800 | 161 | 2 |
129 | Sherer, Robert | Los Angeles | CA | 6.600 | 168 | 6 |
130 | Sjavik, Jan | Oslo | Norway | 6.400 | 164 | 3 |
131 | Mizrachi, Michael | Las Vegas | NV | 6.100 | 165 | 6 |
132 | Poels, Pat | Mesa | AZ | 6.100 | 163 | 4 |
133 | Presby, Colin | Reading | PA | 6.100 | 162 | 2 |
134 | Ethier, Denis | Las Vegas | NV | 6.000 | 172 | 4 |
135 | Dickstein, Mark | New York City | NY | 5.900 | 162 | 7 |
136 | Exman, Earl | Las Vegas | NV | 5.100 | 175 | 7 |
137 | Karp, Brian | San Diego | CA | 4.700 | 162 | 6 |
138 | Alioto, Dario | Palermo | Italy | 4.000 | 169 | 6 |
139 | Heimowitz, Lonnie | Monticello | NY | 4.000 | 169 | 3 |
140 | Lisandro, Jeff | Salerno | Italy | 3.900 | 170 | 6 |
141 | Fricano, Peter | Arlington Heights | IL | 3.900 | 160 | 4 |
142 | Brownstein, Peter | Scottsdale | AZ | 3.500 | 175 | 8 |
143 | Dovzhenko, Alexander | St. Petersburg | Russia | 3.300 | 175 | 4 |
144 | Ziff, Cliff | San Francisco | CA | 2.900 | 165 | 8 |
145 | Love, Tom | Marietta | OH | 2.800 | 157 | 4 |
146 | Campbell, Robert | Miami | FL | 2.800 | 170 | 2 |
147 | Gerasimov, Kirill | Moscow | Russia | 2.600 | 171 | 2 |
148 | Atkinson, Rich | Ponte Vidra Beach | FL | 2.400 | 168 | 4 |
149 | Kwong, Ryan | New Smyrna Beach | 2.400 | 171 | 7 | |
150 | Blatte, David | Oakland | CA | 1.800 | 176 | 6 |
151 | Hernandez, Frank | Troy | MI | 1.000 | 173 | 2 |
152 | Ma, Hieu „Tony“ | South El Monte | CA | DNR | 166 | 2 |
153 | Portano, Desmond | Chicago | IL | DNR | 165 | 4 |