Event 47 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Low | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-28-2008 19:11 UTC-7

Tension Continues

[user75032]

The four remaining players in the tournament are not the most talkative bunch, which is somewhat surprising for a structured-limit game. The only one who has shown much emotion at all is Thomas Hunt III, who shouts and becomes quite demonstrative when he is involved in an all-in confrontation.

06-28-2008 19:16 UTC-7

Hunting Party

[user38368]

Thomas Hunt III bets on a fourth street of x-x / {A-Diamonds}

and Alessio Isaia calls with x-x / {8-Clubs}

.

On fifth, Isaia bets {6-Clubs}

and Hunt raises all in with {5-Diamonds}

. Isaia calls.

Hunt: ( {5-Spades}

)

Isaia: (

)

Hunt scoops the pot and is still short, but he has 125,000 to work with now.

06-28-2008 19:29 UTC-7

Hot Potato

[user75032]

The players are taking turns as the short stack. Currently, that role is being played by Alessio Isaia. He led the betting all the way to sixth street with chip leader Ryan Hughes, drawing into a board of x-x / {5-Diamonds}

. On sixth street, Hughes raised him with x-x / {10-Spades}

. Isaia made the call, then check-called the river.

Hughes turned over a pair of sevens for high, and 8-7-3-2-A for low. Isaia couldn't come up with even a pair, despite a huge draw, and disgustedly threw his 8-7-6-5-3 low away, turning to Max Pescatori on the rail and complaining bitterly in Italian.

Hughes is back up around 950,000, while Isaia slips to about 150,000.

06-28-2008 19:38 UTC-7

Hunt is On

[user38368]

Thomas Hunt escapes with another chop, this time by making an A-4-5-6-7 versus Alessio Isaia.

06-28-2008 19:45 UTC-7

Defending Champion - Sort Of

[user38368]

Ryan Hughes, who remains the chip leader in this event, won a bracelet in stud-8 here a year ago. Confusingly, though, the $1,000 Stud-8 event from a year ago continues this year as this $1,500 event, and Tom Schneider is considered the defending champion. The event that Hughes won a year ago was the $2,000 event, which did not return in 2008. The $3,000 event from a year ago morphed into the $5,000 Championship this year. Clear as mud?

Incidentally, Schneider did not defend his title in this event, as he was still in the $50,000 HORSE event past the registration deadline.

06-28-2008 19:48 UTC-7