Marcel Luske has gotten off to a flying start, which is fitting for the man nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman." He's already built his stack up to 12,500 in chips, which is 5,000 more than what he started with... and it's only halfway through the second level of play.
Luske has put up some very nice results in the games of Seven Card Stud and Omaha at the World Series of Poker. In 2004, Luske took second in the $5,000 Seven Card Stud World Championship and in 2008, he took fourth in the $5,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event. Those finishes earned him $120,800 and $95,069, respectively.
In 2002, he placed second in the $5,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split event for $44,560 and in 2007, Luske took fourth in the $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split event for nearly $65,000.
Clearly, Luske knows how to play these games and has plenty of experience on his side as his record exhibits. Bolster that with his solid start today and it looks like Luske could put together a very nice run in Event 42.
Well, we can be very short about this. It's none nonexistent. This is what just happened over in the orange section of the Amazon room.
"You suck Monnette!" Mike Matusow shouted as he walked over to John Monnette's table. Monnette was having a conversation with Daniel Negreanu, and didn't seem bothered by Matusow's rant.
"You suck Monnette! You cost me so much f***king money!" Matusow went on about his hatred towards one of this year's best performing players at the World Series of Poker.
"Sorry," Monnette said, as he glanced over at Matusow who stood about a table length away from him.
"Don't you f***king sorry me!" Matusow added to finish off his rant, but Monnette was already focussed on what Negreanu had to say. Matusow paused for about a second before he started making his way back to his table.
It has to be interesting to know how Monnette feels about someone being angry at him, because we have to admit it's usually the other way around. With $592,103 in winnings during this year's WSOP Monnette has nothing to be angry about, or maybe that second place in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. and third in the $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo still hurt. Monnette is currently in second place on the Player of the Year leader board behind none other then Phil Ivey.
We caught the action on the turn in a hand between Barry Shulman, Yuebin Guo and Konstantin Puchkov when the board read . Shulman was in the small blind and he bet 300. Guo, who finished third in the 2007 $5,000 H.O.R.S.E., made the call as did the 2010 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. winner Konstantin Puchkov.
The river was the and Shulman checked. Guo fired out 300, Puchkov tank-folded and Shulman made the call. Guo turned over and mucked when Shulman tabled . The 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event winner added some chips to his stack, and he's now up to 10,000.
It doesn't happen too often that we get to cover a hand with three World Series of Poker winners. But we just saw one between Matt Graham, Allen Bari, Joe Hachem and an unknown player. Bari and Graham both took half of this player's chips as he got eliminated.
We caught the action on fifth street when the short stack in this hand moved all in after a series of raises. All three of his opponents stayed in the pot. On sixth street there was betting on the side and Hachem folded his cards. Seventh street got checked down, and Graham turned over for a six-five-four-three-ace low. Bari showed and had made aces up.
The all in player showed the , but his two pair came up short. He was knocked out and both Bari and Graham took his chips.
In a field like this many players will know each other, since the amount of rookies is very, very, low. The combination of these two tournaments isn't something for the young internet wizards, and by playing in this one you show your peers that poker is not just about No Limit Hold'em.
So far the day has been fairly quiet, but as it goes on scooping that one big pot could mean the difference between contending and seeing your tournament ending.
. Shulman was in the small blind and he bet 300. Guo, who finished third in the 2007 $5,000 H.O.R.S.E., made the call as did the 2010 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. winner Konstantin Puchkov.
and Shulman checked. Guo fired out 300, Puchkov tank-folded and Shulman made the call. Guo turned over 
. The 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event winner added some chips to his stack, and he's now up to 10,000.
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for a six-five-four-three-ace low. Bari showed 
and had made aces up.
, but his two pair came up short. He was knocked out and both Bari and Graham took his chips.
