Event 10 - $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-06-2008 16:23 UTC-7

Take it to the Limit

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The eagle-eyed viewers of table 47 recently noticed that a hand of seven-card stud hi-lo involving Brandon Cantu was played at the wrong limits with the level still at 800/1,600 rather than the newly introduced 1,000/2,000.

Upon realizing this faux-pas, the floor was duly called over. After a brief discussion, it was decided that the hand was over and that there was nothing that could be done but allow play to continue.

After the ruling, Brandon's opponent, who had folded his hand on sixth street, claimed he would have played the hand differently at the correct level because it would have put him all in.

However, it's game on, and as it stands, the chips remain with Cantu who is now up to 13,000.

Tags: Brandon Cantu

06-06-2008 16:14 UTC-7

Zolotow Lines One Up

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Steve Zolotow is now on 23,000 after scooping a pot with two pair. Showing {9-Clubs}

, Steve check-called a bet from his opponent who had {2-Hearts}

lying on the felt.

After checking down the river, Zolotow revealed a {5-Clubs}

in the hole, which was enough to take down the pot.

On a sidenote, Zolotow is one of those rare breed of players who love to line up the marks on their chips. An obsessive compulsive perhaps, or the sign of a player sitting back and waiting for his moment to pounce?

Tags: Steve Zolotow

06-06-2008 16:13 UTC-7

Leaping Far-Zad Ahead in Chips

[user46392]

It looks as though we have a new chip leader, Farzad Rouhani, on 62,000 right now. Average stack, by the way, is around 22,000.

Tags: Farzad Rouhani

06-06-2008 16:04 UTC-7

Reslock Unlocked

[user4144]

Sadly, we weren't quite quick enough to catch the details, but Chris Reslock has indeed been eliminated from today's event.

Tags: Chris Reslock

06-06-2008 16:03 UTC-7

Habib Three-Quarters Opponent

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Hasan Habib took three-quarters of a sizeable pot, holding {A-Diamonds}

against his opponent's {A-Spades}

on a board that read {3-Diamonds}

.

Hasan now on 14,000.

Tags: Hasan Habib

Level: 10

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-06-2008 16:01 UTC-7

Tooty Fruity

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If Men The Master's toupee wasn't enough of a distraction, players now have to contend with this lovely lady, the Rio's Rita doing her best impression of a fruit bowl and strutting her stuff here in the Amazon Room. How players can maintain their focus with so much eye candy around, I'll never know.

06-06-2008 15:54 UTC-7

Farewell, Rico

[user4144]

Also eliminated is Doug 'Rico' Carli. He held {A-Clubs}

against

in a round of seven-card stud hi-lo, Carli's pair of aces losing out to two pair.

Tags: Doug Carli

06-06-2008 15:53 UTC-7

Joe Cassidy and the Ace-High Kid

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Joe Cassidy is dealt the {2-Spades}

and is thus the bring-in. Bill Gazes, boasting the {A-Spades}

, raises. Cassidy thinks for a moment and then sighs, "I have like the worst hand I could possibly have," and folds, leaving himself just 1,400 behind.

A few hands later, now playing Omaha, while Cassidy was still contemplating his fate, Bill Gazes had a bit of poor luck -- it looked like he would be scooping a nice pot with {A-?}

on a board that read {Q-?}

, but a

on the river scuppered his low and he chopped it with his opponent who was holding {A-?}

.

But back to Cassidy. Down to the absolute felt, he finds himself all in against two opponents, one of them Bill Gazes. They get as far as the turn of a {4-Spades}