06-21-2008 14:31 UTC-7

Howard Having a Good Day

[user46392]

One player who is having a good first level is Chris Howard, who has doubled up twice in the first three hands to put him up to around 41,000 -- and then managed to eliminate an opponent with the worst hand a few hands later, putting him on 60,000.

First, he bet every street of a {4-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

{5-Spades}

{6-Diamonds}

board, his {7-Spades}

{7-Spades}

{8-Clubs}

making a gutshot straight on the river to win the hand.

Then the next hand he found {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{A-Spades}

in the small blind, and got all his chips in against the cutoff who was holding sixes and received no help from the board.

A few hands later, Howard raised to 4,400 from mid position and the cutoff made it 16,000 with just 3,000 behind. Howard put him all in, and was dominated with {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{Q-Spades}

to his opponent's {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{K-Hearts}

-- but the board came down {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{3-Hearts}

{8-Spades}

{A-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

to give him two pair and knock out the other guy.

Tags: Chris Howard