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

06-27-2008 00:33 UTC-7

Play Resumes

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Cards are in the air.

06-27-2008 00:02 UTC-7

Players Are on a Break

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Play will resume 20 minutes after the color-up is completed.

06-26-2008 23:55 UTC-7

Micon Sent Packing

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Bryan Micon: x-x / {7-Hearts}

Phil Hellmuth: x-x / {A-Hearts}

Pete Hassett: x-x / {A-Diamonds}

On third street, Micon raises and Hellmuth reraises. Hassett calls and Micon calls.

Fourth street:
Micon: {6-Hearts}

Hellmuth:

Hassett:

Micon bets and the other two call.

Fifth street:
Micon: {3-Diamonds}

Hellmuth:

Hassett:

Micon bets and the other two call.

Sixth street:
Micon: {8-Spades}

Hellmuth:

Hassett:

Micon bets all in and Hellmuth calls; Hassett raises and Hellmuth calls again on the side.

Seventh street:
Hellmuth and Hassett check.

Micon turns over {3-Hearts}

to go with his {7-Hearts}

.
Hellmuth turns over {7-Clubs}

to go with his {A-Hearts}

.
Hassett turns over {Q-Diamonds}

to go with his {A-Diamonds}

.

Hellmuth gets the low, Hassett gets the high and Micon is out. Hellmuth is up to 5,000.

06-26-2008 23:45 UTC-7

Kings and Queens

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Scott Clements found a whole bunch of picture cards on his board after getting all of his chips in on fifth street. He was called by one opponent.

Clements: {A-Clubs}

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Opponent:

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Clements' opponent was four to a straight and four to a low. He wound up catching the {7-Spades}

and the

to make two pair, sevens and fours. Clements, however, caught running kings to make two pair, kings and queens, and scoop the pot.

He's still pretty short, with only about 2,000.

06-26-2008 23:41 UTC-7

Blairly Escapes

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C.K. Hua: x-x / {4-Clubs}

Barbara Enright: x-x / {5-Clubs}

Blair Rodman: x-x / {8-Clubs}

On third street, Blair Rodman is all in and both call.

Fourth through seventh, Barbara bets and C.K. calls.
C.K.: {5-Diamonds}

Barbara:

Blair:

The players turn over these cards. It's impossible to tell which down cards were the first two and which was seventh street:

C.K.: {4-Clubs}

Barbara:

Blair:

The side pot was split between Barbara (with a pair of fives) and C.K. (with a seven low).

The main pot was split between Blair (with a flush) and C.K. (with a seven low).

06-26-2008 23:37 UTC-7

We caught up with a hand in progress on Brasilia #32. Pete Hassett bet 600 and was called. A third player then raised all in to 1,150. Hassett wanted to reraise and was told that because the third player had not made a full bet, Hassett would be raising himself and therefore was limited to calling or folding. The table didn't seem to agree with the ruling (Phil Hellmuth was particularly vocal in questioning it) but a second floor was summoned who made the same ruling.

It didn't matter; after Hassett called the raise of the all-in player, the player in-between the two of them folded.

06-26-2008 23:25 UTC-7

Landrum Doubles

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Sabyl Landrum only had 75 chips behind when we caught up to her on fourth street. She and her opponent got it in.

"I'm rolled up," said Landrum, opening {6-Clubs}

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. Her opponent opened {2-Diamonds}

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.

"You definitely have outs to beat me," said Landrum. Those words proved prophetic when her opponent caught the {10-Diamonds}

on fifth street to make a flush.

"I need to fill up," said Landrum, who had caught the {2-Spades}

. On sixth street she let out an excited yelp when the {6-Diamonds}

hit her board. "Or quads!"

She still needed to dodge the {Q-Diamonds}

on the river, which would have made her opponent a royal flush. She did dodge it, and doubled up to about 1,400.

06-26-2008 23:16 UTC-7

Gazes Eliminated

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In a three-way pot, Kristy Gazes was all in on third street, showing the {10-Clubs}

. Two opponents went all the way to the river with her, creating a substantial side pot which they ultimately split. For the main pot, Gazes came up with a full house, tens full of eights, after starting with split tens, making two pair by fifth street and an open-ended straight draw on sixth street. She won half of the main pot but was still very, very short.

She went out a few hands later.

Tags: Kristy Gazes

06-26-2008 23:12 UTC-7

Chip Counts Updated

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Al Barbieri picked up a few thousand chips since last we saw him, and now has a nice 13,000. David Sklansky is close behind with 12,000, and Bryan Micon has 10,600.

06-26-2008 23:06 UTC-7

Mellow Out

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The Brasilia Room lacks the energy of the Amazon Room. It's difficult to explain, but things in here always seem more subdued than across the hall. Maybe it's the fact that the room has less than half of the tables of the Amazon Room, maybe it's the fact that there's no TV table, or maybe it's the fact that there are no cash games in the room.

The fact that we're playing stud-8 surely can't help matters.