The $2000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (in short: Omaha-8 or Omaha Hi/Lo) is one those events that can be either very interesting, or very boring to the general public. With Omaha being the second best known game (after Hold'em of course) it still has quite a decent crowd, especially compared to yesterday's Seven Card Stud event, although it still is a limit game. The unknown Andrew Brown (who says he is "best online PLO player nobody knows", easy to say when nobody knows the competition, and this isnt even Pot Limit we're playing here) is the chipleader.
The big story of the day was that of the shortest stack starting the day: "Big" Jim Pechac started with 2 chips of 1000 each, while blinds were 3000 and 6000! That's supposed to be certain elimination before the final table, but as lucky as Jim was (with less than a SB you'll need a lot of luck), he actually managed to finish 3rd!
At the final table, we saw another few familiar faces. Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke couldn't be missed, you know, the kid that lost to Gus Hansen in the 2007 Aussie Millions basically saying "I was the best, I pwned the shit out of Hansen and Andy Black, but didnt get any cards and Hansen kept flopping top pair and all that, while I get dealt crap". This time he was the first to bust out at the final table, so this time around, we won't have to listen to those kind of interviews:
The heads-up play was between Andrew Brown, who started the day as chipleader, and Ted Forrest. Brown stated in an interview that he thinks Ted Forrest is one of the 3 best players in the world (the other 2 being Barry Greenstein and Phil Ivey). At first, it seemed as though Ted Forrest was about to prove it, he started with a small chiplead, but it wasn't long before Brown gained more and more chips, eventually taking the lead. It went up and down, from Forrest to Brown, who eventually killed "The Hitman" with a clean shot between the eyes. Brown gained a massive chiplead and put the lights out for Ted Forrest when they got all-in, with 2 pair for Brown vs 1 pair for Forrest.
This means Andrew Brown wins his first bracelet, $226,483 and loses his selfpronounced title of "best online PLO player nobody knows". Maybe now he can get a haircut, before Norman Chad finds a well-deserved nickname for the guy.
Final results:
1 $ 226,483 Andrew Brown
2 $ 143,420 Ted Forrest
3 $ 88,065 Jim Pechac
4 $ 71,961 Soheil Shamseddin
5 $ 58,877 Kia Hooshmand
6 $ 46,297 Ralph Perry
7 $ 36,232 Scott Clements
8 $ 28,684 Allan Enciso
9 $ 21,135 Jimmy Fricke
By: Pindarots
Last edit: 11/06/2008 15:07
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Twisted Netherlands. Jun 11 2008 13:45. Posts 10422
Uh Gobboboy lost to Gus Hansen in the final HU
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Pindarots Netherlands. Jun 11 2008 15:08. Posts 802
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The $2000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (in short: Omaha-8 or Omaha Hi/Lo) is one those events that can be either very interesting, or very boring to the general public. With Omaha being the second best known game (after Hold'em of course) it still has quite a decent crowd, especially compared to yesterday's Seven Card Stud event, although it still is a limit game. The unknown Andrew Brown (who says he is "best online PLO player nobody knows", easy to say when nobody knows the competition, and this isnt even Pot Limit we're playing here) is the chipleader. 
Netherlands. Jun 11 2008 13:45. Posts 10422
