Event 22 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-12-2008 00:46 UTC-7

When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Arm-Wrestle!

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The table of Vanessa Rousso, Mickey Appleman, Mel Judah and Marcel Luske just got even tougher as they were joined by Marco Traniello.

Upon joining the table Traniello was greeted by Luske who soon challenged him to an arm-wrestling competition. We're not exactly sure why the challenge was offered, but it looks like they've decided to stick to battling it out on the felt instead.

Tags: Marcel Luske Marco Traniello

06-12-2008 00:41 UTC-7

Shannon Elizabeth Busts Another

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Omaha-8:

Shannon Elizabeth was check-raised on the turn and then check-called the river on a board of {J-Spades}

. She couldn't reveal her cards fast enough as she showed {Q-Diamonds}

for a rivered set to take down the pot and eliminate her opponent.

Elizabeth now has a mountain of chips worth 27,000 in front of her.

Tags: Shannon Elizabeth

06-12-2008 00:30 UTC-7

Rousso: "That is So Sick!"

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Hold'em:

The action folded around to Vanessa Rousso in the small blind who raised it up and Mickey Appleman made the call from the big blind.

The flop came {6-Clubs}

and both players checked.

The turn brought the {K-Spades}

and Rousso checked again, Appleman fired out a bet, before Rousso check-raised to 2,000. Appleman made the call.

The river was the {A-Diamonds}

and Rousso bet out again and Appleman made the call.

Rousso shows {10-Spades}

but Appleman had spiked a king with his {K-Clubs}

. "That is so sick!" exclaimed Rousso as she slammed her chips on the table in disgust. Rousso is down to 13,000 which is same amount of chips as Appleman.

Tags: Mickey Appleman Vanessa Rousso

06-12-2008 00:17 UTC-7

Play Resumes

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The cards are in the air once again for the final two levels of play for the day.

Level: 7

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-11-2008 23:50 UTC-7

Break

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The players are now taking a 20-minute break while the green 25 denomination chips are being raced off.

06-11-2008 23:46 UTC-7

Bill Chen Eliminated

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Stud-8:

Bill Chen went all in with buried kings. His opponent held split jacks. Chen's hand never improved and his opponent caught a pair of queens to go with his jacks, and Chen was sent to the rail.

Tags: Bill Chen

06-11-2008 23:41 UTC-7

Scott Bohlman Eliminated

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Stud-8:

Scott Bohlman found himself all in against three opponents including Greg Raymer and Nenad Medic. With action on all streets Raymer ended up collecting the low with a 7-6-5-4-3 while another opponent took the high with a queen-high flush.

Bohlman had outs to improve to beat both hands on the river but finished with an eight low and a ten-high flush to be eliminated in unfortunate circumstances.

Tags: Scott Bohlman

06-11-2008 23:32 UTC-7

Cyndy Violette Gone

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Her chair is empty, and her chips are gone. Since her table did not break, we must declare that Cyndy Violette has busted out of today's event.

Tags: Cyndy Violette

06-11-2008 23:30 UTC-7

Josh Arieh Fills in Time

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Sometimes limit tournaments can lull at various stages, but Josh Arieh has found a way to pass the time during hands. He is currently engrossed in his game of Tetris on his portable game player!

The distraction is working for him at the moment as he sits with 14,000 chips.

Tags: Josh Arieh