Jim Paluszek Eliminated in 6th Place ($74,260)
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Kostritsyn:
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)Paluszek:
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)Kostritsyn makes tens and eights to eliminate Paluszek in 6th place for a payday of $74,260.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 14 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,485,200
Entries
158
Level
24
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Kostritsyn:
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) ()Kostritsyn makes tens and eights to eliminate Paluszek in 6th place for a payday of $74,260.
The Course of Play So Far
Eric Brooks is mostly staying out of the way of the big guns and playing very selectively. Minh Ly seems to be gunning a lot for Kostritsyn, as they have tangled in several pots already, but Kostritsyn seems willing to tangle. Fu Wong's play thus far has been very similar to Seidel with the exception of playing a few more pots.
Stay tuned an see how things progress.
Minh Ly Crippled
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).Ly is now down to about 120,000 in chips.
Minh Ly Triples Up!
With Ly all in on 4th street, Kostritsyn fired bets on 5th, 6th and 7th before Wong folded his hand to give Kostritsyn the side pot.
"Three queens" said Kostritsyn as he showed (
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however Ly emphatically announced "full house" in a way that only Minh Ly can, as he flipped over (
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.With this pot Ly now sits with nearly 400,000 chips and is alive once again!
Brooks Takes a Huge Pot
, Kostritsyn raised showing the . Seidel called showing the 
and Wong made the call showing the 
. On fourth, Brooks caught the , Seidel caught the , Wong the , and Kostritsyn the . Brooks checked, Kostritsyn bet, Seidel and Wong called, and then Brooks check-raised. Kostritsyn then proceeded to three-bet the hand and Seidel and Wong get out of the way. Brooks bet both fifth and sixth street and Kostritsyn called him down. On the river, Brooks bet out showing a board of
. Kostritsyn made the call showing a board of . Brooks flipped over 
for kings full. Kostritsyn flashed a 
and folded. After the hand Minh Ly said, "Queen nine? You call him with queen nine?"
Eric Brooks is now up to around 950,000 chips.
Kostritsyn Bluffs The Hearts
and fired again in the dark before the river had been dealt. Fu Wong was hesitant but decided to call him down. Kostritsyn sheepishly said "eights" flipping the in the hole as Wong showed (
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for the straight in a brave call that paid dividends.
Break
Level: 22
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Back to Work!
With betting limits of 25,000 and 50,000, it's time for a couple of the short stacks to either build some chips, or hit the bricks.
Wong Strikes After Break
before Wong raised showing the 
. Kostritsyn called, and again called on 4th and 5th street, before leading on 6th street. Both players checked the river.Wong showed (
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for two pair with Kostritsyn mucking his hand on a board of .