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Wed Jun 10 2009 06:41 GMT-70 | Posted by Djinn
Brown Has Comeback Power in Spades
For the second time this tournament, a Chad Brown-shaped phoenix has risen from the ashes of a dwindling chipstack. He's now back to 65k, most recently propelled upwards by a threeway Omaha pot which ended up costing Englishman Jeff Duvall most heavily.
An early position raiser made it 5k to go, called by Brown (sb) and Duvall (bb). I missed the flop action, but if there was any it wasn't raised - and on the turn (board:
) Brown bet out 5k, raised by Duvall. He called and saw the 
river. Again Brown bet out, and Duvall made the call, but instamucked when the first two cards shown by Brown were the 
for the stone cold nuts. True, the spades were late arrivals, but they couldn't have come too soon for Brown.
Meanwhile Duvall drops to a dangerous 19k. -
Wed Jun 10 2009 06:25 GMT-70
Round: 14
Omaha-8 Blinds: 1300-2500
Stud-8 Limits: Ante 500,
Bring-in 700, Limits 2500-5000 -
Wed Jun 10 2009 06:25 GMT-70 | Posted by TassieDevil
Judah Finds Monster But Only Collects Half
Mel Judah was just all in during a hand of Omaha-8, but as is the nature of the split game, they chopped it up and shared a small profit.
With the board reading
, the blinds checked to Frank Debus on the button who fired a bet. Judah then put in a check-raise from the small blind, forcing a reluctant fold from Mark Scott in the big blind. Debus reraised to put Judah all in and he made the call.
Judah showed
for a straight and six-low, but Debus showed 
for a bigger straight.
The river was the
and Scott cringed as his opponents chopped up his dead money. -
Wed Jun 10 2009 06:24 GMT-70 | Posted by Djinn
From Towers to Felt and Vice Versa
A couple of pots that spiral out of control can pretty much finish off a stack, or boost one that was previously on life support. Suffering the downswing at the moment is Chad Brown, who was over 100k just before the dinner break is now on 38k after seeing a Stud hand all the way to 7th street and then folding it.
On the flip side of a stack swing is Jon Turner, who was down to 5,500 today and has come back to over 60k.
Right in the middle is Chip Jett, who has doubled to 20k, but that could go either way from here... -
Wed Jun 10 2009 06:11 GMT-70 | Posted by Djinn
Table Move Suits Buckley
William Buckley just won pretty much the first pot he played on his new table, having been in the same seat all the way up until now. It was a Stud hi-lo hand, with three players involved until fifth street, Buckley being the bettor. At this point it became heads up (Ming Lee folded his [XX]
) and Buckley's stack looked like it could easily get in over the course of a couple of raises... In fact he just got a flat call from his opponent on the river. Their hands:
Buckley: [ 
] 
for a hidden club flush and seven-low. His opponent mucked [XXX] 
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Wed Jun 10 2009 06:06 GMT-70 | Posted by TassieDevil
Harman on the Comeback Trail
Jennifer Harman was down to her last 5,000 in chips when we last did the rounds of her table. Now, she's sitting with 35,000, mostly thanks to some scoopage during the recent Stud-8 orbit.
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Wed Jun 10 2009 06:00 GMT-70 | Posted by Djinn
Jett: waiting for takeoffWinning Through Chops
Chip Jett has just over 10k, and that's after chopping two all-in Omaha hi-lo hands - the amount he picked up splitting the 3k worth of blinds each time actually bumped his stack out of the single digits.
The first all-in occurred on a
flop when he check-raised Toto Leonidas (who'd raised utg preflop and been called in two spots) the rest of his chips. Leonidas called with 
, while Jett showed 
. The turn and river came 
... leaving Jett the low and Leonidas the high.
The second all-in occurred preflop when Mark Scott raised in the cutoff, Jett repopped him on the button, and they just sort of shoved their stacks in there in a gesture of, "Whatever, it's going in in however many more bets it takes."
Scott: 
Jett:
The board emerged 
and although Jett was waiting for the pot to ship to him with his two pair, Scott had a flush and pointed that out for the split. Lauging, Jett said, "I only see what I want to see!" and went back to waiting for opportunities to double up. -
Wed Jun 10 2009 05:56 GMT-70 | Posted by TassieDevil
Corkins Fighting With The Short Stack
Hoyt Corkins was all in on third street with two other opponents betting in the side pot until one folded the river.
His opponent could only table a low with () as Corkins chipped up by taking the high hand for the main pot with () 
. Corkins is surviving with just 10,000 chips. -
Wed Jun 10 2009 05:41 GMT-70 | Posted by Djinn
Gelencser Hits the River, Expedites His Own Table Break
The limits being at 2k/4k now, every pot which gets to the river involves large towers of orange 1k and blue 500 chips, and stacks which are meant to be secure around average (just under 40k) turn into dangerously short ones in just a few hands.
Enough players have busted to break another table, and Peter Gelencser just helped the process along. He was betting against a short stacked opponent on the turn in Omaha hi-lo with a board reading 
- there was 12k in front of each player on this card, but it wasn't clear who'd threebet whom.
The river brought the , and a bet from Gelencser which put his opponent all-in. Call - and muck - as Gelencser showed 
for the rivered house.
"Good river," sighed the lilac-shirted bustee, "Nice hand." He left in a most gentlemanly fashion, while his chips bumped the young victor in the hand to over 50k. -
Wed Jun 10 2009 05:38 GMT-70 | Posted by TassieDevil
Hua Bricks As Leonidas Scoops
Can Hua was short stacked and all in against Toto Leonidas in a recent Stud-8 hand.
When the boards were run out Hua sweated his river card and had plenty of outs to make a low or a better high, but he bricked and was eliminated.
Hua:
Leonidas:
Leonidas is now up to a healthy 60,000 chips.
Started 11th Jun, 2009
