Event 33 - $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-17-2008 18:09 UTC-7

Negreanu Looks Up Booth

[user66118]

Daniel Negreanu completed the bet with the {6-Hearts}

showing, and was called by seat three showing the {J-Diamonds}

and Brad Booth with the {A-Spades}

up. Negreanu drew the {4-Clubs}

, and led out with a bet. Seat three and Booth both made the call. Booth picked up the {A-Diamonds}

to pair his door card on fifth street, and he took control of the action.

Negreanu: (X) (X) {6-Hearts}

(X)
Seat 3: (X) (X) {J-Diamonds}

FOLD
Booth: (X) (X) {A-Spades}

(X)

After Booth took the lead on fifth, he bet the last two streets, and got called by Negreanu both times. He turned over {A-Hearts}

, and watched Negreau flip his cards towards the muck. Booth's trip aces was enough to ship him a nice pot here early in Level 2.

06-17-2008 18:14 UTC-7

Madsen Scoops

donpeters

Jeff Madsen: (X) (X) {6-Hearts}

(X)
Seat 3: (X) (X) {J-Hearts}

(X)
John Racener: (X) (X) {7-Diamonds}

(X)

Madsen led the betting on every street with both players calling on all streets. At the showdown, Madsen turned up {A-Spades}

for aces up and an eight-seven low. Both the other players mucked and Madsen was able to scoop a sizable pot in the early level.

Tags: Jeff Madsen John Racener

06-17-2008 18:19 UTC-7

Huck Seed is in the field and looking for action--some action on his side bet, that is. Huckleberry says he's at 14% body fat right now, and is looking for takers on a bet that he can get that down to 5% within two months. That's not an easy task when you spend the majority of your days sitting in a chair and eating casino food.

06-17-2008 18:19 UTC-7

Aces Up Good for Wattel

donpeters

Farzad Rouhani: (X) (X) {2-Clubs}

(X)
Mike Wattel: (X) (X) {5-Spades}

(X)

On third and fourth, Wattel did the betting with Rouhani calling. On fifth street, the action switched with Rouhani betting and Wattel calling. Then on sixth and seventh, it switched back to Wattel betting and Rouhani calling.

Wattel turned over {A-Spades}

for aces up and the best hand.

Tags: Farzad Rouhani Mike Wattel

06-17-2008 18:23 UTC-7

Annie Duke Wins High and Low

donpeters

Annie Duke led the betting on third showing the {2-Diamonds}

and an opponent called her with the {5-Spades}

.

Duke: (X) (X) {2-Diamonds}

(X)
Opponent: (X) (X) {5-Spades}

(X)

On fourth, both players checked. On each remaining street, Duke led out with her opponent calling. Duke turned over {10-Spades}

and was good to take both the high and the low.

Tags: Annie Duke

06-17-2008 18:27 UTC-7

Basketball... Again

donpeters

Once again, the NBA finals are on the televisions surrounding the tables in the Amazon room. Many players are sitting down only for brief moments to check out their hands before they make their way over to watch the game. This seems to be a common occurrence when the games are on. Play usually slows down, with all the big name players having a lot of money riding on the game.

06-17-2008 18:38 UTC-7

Some Hardware Arrives at the Table

[user66118]

Event # 24 Champion Max "Italian Pirate" Pescatori has just joined us in the field. He has taken a seat at Table 19 across from Andy Bloch, Steve Zolotow, and "Tex" Barch. Pescatori is lacking his red, white, and green bandana today, but he is sporting his recently-acquired gold bracelet.

06-17-2008 18:41 UTC-7

Giang and Clements Split

donpeters

Scott Clements: (X) (X) {4-Clubs}

(X)
Chau Giang: (X) (X) {3-Clubs}

(X)
Seat 4: (X) (X) {9-Diamonds}

(X)

Clements completed on third, and both the other players called. he then led out on fourth with both players calling as well.

On fifth street, Clements got tricky and check-raised when Giang led out with a bet.

On sixth street, seat four bet out and both Clements and Giang called.

On seventh street, Giang did the betting with both Clements and seat four calling.

Clements showed {K-Hearts}

for an eight-six low. Giang showed {Q-Hearts}

for trip fives and the high half of the pot. Seat four mucked.

Tags: Chau Giang Scott Clements

06-17-2008 18:58 UTC-7

Negreanu Called Down

donpeters

Daniel Negreanu: (X) (X) {7-Clubs}

(X)
Opponent: (X) (X) {K-Spades}

(X)

Negreanu completed and then bet on fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh street. His opponent called each time. After the last call, Negreanu said, "That's a good call, no pair."

His opponent turned up two pair with kings and sevens and Daniel mucked. He is now down to 5,000.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu