The 36 remaining players in the $1.5k PLO w/Rebuys tournament are now in the money. Jeff “yellowsub” Williams and Jamie “TheNew” Robbins were both short stacked during hand for hand play, but their patience in waiting for the bubble to burst has now paid off in a big way as all players left are now guaranteed at least $16,849.

During the hand that burst the bubble, Kyle Kloeckner who took 2nd place in event #24 the PL HE/O event, raised to 12k on the button, and both the small blind and big blind called. 

The flop came QJ8. The small blind checked and the big blind bet 34k only to see Kloeckner raise to 100k. The small blind folded but the big blind decided to call off the rest of his chips. The big blind was ahead already and had some huge draws as he held the AKQ7 for a pair of queens, and a royal flush draw while Kloeckner’s 9985 was going to need some serious help. That help came in the form of the 7 on the turn and 6 on the river to give Kloeckner a runner-runner straight and to knock the big blind out in 37th place. Kloeckner is the current chip leader with 680k. Other chip stacks after the bubble burst were:

Jamie “TheNew” Robbins - 37k
Jeff “yellowsub” Williams - 31k
Tim “Tmay420″ West - 120k

Steve “Cornell Fiji” Ware was just eliminated in 35th place in the same hand as Clonie Gowen and they will both receive $16,849.

The $10K Omaha Hi/Lo Championship Event is now underway in the Amazon Room and Greg Raymer is trying to get used to being sandwiched between young players Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke and Jordan “iMsoLucky0″ Morgan.  Greg and Jordan recently tangled in a hand when Raymer raised from the cut off and Morgan made the call from the button.   A third player who had limped in early position also made the call and the trio saw a flop of K86.  The first player bet and both Raymer and Morgan called.  After the 5 on the turn it checked around to Jordan who bet and both players called.  Jordan bet again when a J fell on the river.  The first player folded and Raymer called out “crying call” as he threw his chips in the middle.

When Jordan showed A743 for an eight high straight and an A-3 low, Raymer mucked and Jordan got to scoop the large pot.  Raymer was a little surprised to see Morgan’s starting hand and made a comment to the other players at the table.  Jimmy Fricke chimed in to warn Raymer and the other players that, as long as he stays at the table, they are likely to see more where that came from.

Finally, here are some updated chip counts from the $1.5K NLHE event :
Craig “MrCasino” Gray - 28K
Daniel “voff” Deveau - 20K
Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar - 20K
Gary “GB2005″ Bogdanski - 20K
Bryan Micon - 17K
Phil “USCPhildo” Collins - 16K
Justin “WPTHero” Rollo - 15K
Ryan “AllInAt420″ Stout -12K
Joe Sebok - 10K
Brent “bhanks11″ Hanks - 8K

• June 20, 2008 -- Omaha Field Shrinks
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• June 10, 2008 -- Smith Busts Out, Morgan Moving Up
• June 20, 2008 -- “Crzysavage” Beat