2008 World Series of Poker
Event 22 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 1
Schneider Gets Lost in the Forrest
Tom Schneider bet out on fifth street showing a board of and Ted Forest called showing . On sixth, Forrest bet out after catching the . Schneider, who caught the , just called.
Seventh street was checked by both players. On showdown, Forrest showed ( ) for queens up and Schneider mucked.
After the hand, Ted Forrest is up to 11,000 in chips.
Luske Outflops Rousso
The action folded to Marcel Luske who opened with a raise from the cutoff position. Vanessa Rousso then reraised from the small blind and Luske made the call.
The flop came and Rousso led out with a bet before Luske raised it up. Rousso made the call.
The turn landed the and Rousso checked to Luske who fired again, causing Rousso to lay down her hand.
Luske then flashed the to the table as another player speculated that he had . "Bad beat for me then!" quipped Rousso insinuating that she had the better hand before the flop.
Robert "Chip Burner" Turner Eliminated
The Armenian Express Makes Its Last Stop for the Day
Chris "The Armenian Express" Grigorian was all in preflop against Markus Gosler.
Grigorian:
Gosler:
Board:
Gosler's set was enough to send Grigorian packing.
Bohlman's Monster Doesn't Deliver
Scott Bohlman opened with a raise from the cutoff position and was reraised from the small blind by Chris Gentile. Bohlman then made the four-bet and Gentile called.
They took a flop of and Gentile led out with a bet which was called by Bohlman. The turn was the and again Bohlman flat-called the bet from Gentile.
The river brought the and Gentile fired a third barrel which Bohlman called. Gentile showed for the nut flush as Bohlman sighed and showed . Both players held aces and flopped the flush as Bohlman lost the minimum with his queen-high flush.
Daniel Negreanu's Seat Eliminated
Daniel Negreanu decided to focus on the $2,000 Limit Hold'em event, and as a result has let his stack be blinded off.
Try as it may to survive, Daniel's chair was all in during a razz hand where he was the bring in with a . Since the chair did not have arms to stop her, the dealer proceeded to push the hand into the muck. As a result, Daniel Negreanu's seat was eliminated.
It was a strong showing for Negreanu's seat. It lasted until the middle of Level 5 in a very strong H.O.R.S.E. field.
"Detriot" Al Green Eliminated
Level: 6
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Lucky Lucky Luske
Both Marcel Luske and Fabio Coppola saw a flop of . Luske bet out and Fabio raised. Luske called.
On the turn of , Luske check to Coppola who proceeded to bet. Luske then proceeded to check raise. Coppola called.
When the river card of the hit, Luske bet out and Coppola proceeded to raise. Luske just called and flipped over for three fives. Coppola flipped over and said, "Lucky lucky."
After the hand Luske is up to 22,000 in chips.