07-12-2008 12:35 UTC-7

Sevens Unlucky for Riesenberg

Shamus

Jason Riesenberg just had a couple of tough hands in which he doubled up two different shorter-stacked opponents.

In the first hand, Riesenberg checked a {4-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

{3-Diamonds}

{7-Clubs}

flop, and Nathan Hays bet 100,000. Riesenberg check-raised all in, and Hays put in his last 150,000 chips to call.

Hays showed {9-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

{9-Spades}

for the overpair, and Riesenberg {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

for sevens. The turn was the {6-Hearts}

{6-Hearts}

and the river the {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

, and Hays doubled up to 520,000.

In the second hand, Kyle Carlston got all of his 240,000 chips in preflop, and Riesenberg called. Carlston showed {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{K-Hearts}

, while Riesenberg had {7-Spades}

{7-Spades}

{7-Clubs}

. The board ran out {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

{A-Spades}

{9-Hearts}

{J-Spades}

, and this time Carlston doubled up to 500,000.

After that sequence, Riesenberg has tumbled to 230,000.

Tags: Jason Riesenberg Kyle Carlston Nathan Hays