Cards Back In Flight
It's back to it in the 8-Game as the players have had their break and are ready to go again.
It's back to it in the 8-Game as the players have had their break and are ready to go again.
2-7 Triple Draw
Bruno Portara raised first up and the action quickly folded around to Jamie Pickering in the big blind.
Both player took two cards as Portaro led the betting and recieved a call.
The next round would see both players with the same action again, both drawing one card and Portaro leading the betting and getting the call. On the final round Portaro would stand and Pickering would take one. Portaro again bet out and this time Pickering elected to fold, missing his draw.
"Good fold," said Portaro as he turned over .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph Serock |
46,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
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Andrew Pantling |
30,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Bruno Portaro |
27,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Maria Ho |
9,200
5,700
|
5,700 |
|
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David Oppenheim |
8,100
-12,900
|
-12,900 |
|
Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
Joe Marchal limped under the gun before Robert Williamson III min-raised from middle position. Eli Elezra and Mike Thorpe would make the call from the blinds and we would see a flop.
Flop:
Elezra and Thorpe checked to Marchal who threw in a 300 chip bet. Only Williamson III would make the call and the two players would see the roll off on the turn. Two checks would then send the out on the river as both players would again check this card.
Williamson:
Marchal:
A friendly pot in the end as it is chopped in half, with Marchal's two-pair good enough for the High, as Williamson takes down the low with ace-two.
Level: 5
Blinds: /
Ante:
Richard Ashby would raise showing his king and Andy Bloch would make the call with his nine, Bloch would then check-call second street and then check-raise thrid street. With a call from Ashby fourth street would be dealt and with action sent to Ashby he would check-call. The river would see Ashby check-call again.
Bloch: /
Ashby: (X)(X) / / (X)
Ashby mucked his hand when Bloch turned over trip dueces. Bloch moves up to 24,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jamie Pickering |
29,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
David Bach |
27,100
6,100
|
6,100 |
|
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Eli Elezra |
27,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
Robert Campbell |
26,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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Dane Coltman
|
25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Derek Cheung
|
25,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Joseph Serock |
24,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
Jeffrey Lisandro |
21,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
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Andrew Pantling |
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Robert Williamson III | 18,500 | |
|
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David Steicke | 18,500 | |
Joel Ettedgi |
18,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
Mel Judah | 18,000 | |
|
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Andy Bloch |
17,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
||
Bruno Portaro |
17,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Justin Smith |
17,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
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Mike Thorpe | 17,000 | |
Joe Marchal
|
16,000 | |
Mikka Pispala
|
16,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Jan Suchanek | 14,000 | |
Rami Boukai |
13,000
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
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David Oppenheim |
13,000
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
||
Mike Watson |
12,200
-300
|
-300 |
|
||
Daniel Alaei |
10,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
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Maria Ho |
9,000
-200
|
-200 |
|
The pay has been relatively slow in the first few levels, with no player surging to any sort of dominating chip lead. Gary Benson is the only player in real trouble, with his short stack needing some help.
Most of the talk around the tables have been on the womans tennis, with wagers being place on Kim Clijsters at serveral tables.
Level: 6
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Stud Hi/Lo
We caught the action on the river, with Gary Benson allin against two opponents.
Benson would obviously be happy to take just half the pot to stay alive but when his hand was all said and done his / would be good enough to scoop the pot against the single pair and no low qualifier of Bruno Portaro and the pair of queens with no low qualifier for Daniel Alaei.
Benson triples up to around 10,000.