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Sun Jun 14 2009 03:15 GMT-70 | Posted by F-Train
Rouhani Gasping for Air
Omaha Hi/Lo:
The curtain is coming down on Farzad Rouhani's tournament. He has less than 40,000 after a few recent hands of Omaha Hi/Lo. The last one was contested three-ways with Ron Schiffman and Fabrice Soulier.
Soulier raised pre-flop, with Rouhani and Schiffman calling from the blinds. All players checked the
flop. On the 
turn, Rouhani checked and Schiffman bet. Everyone called.
The
on the river checked all the way through. Schiffman turned up 
for an eight-high straight and the second nut low. It drew a quiet fold from Soulier, and an angry pitching of Rouhani's cards into the muck. -
Sun Jun 14 2009 03:11 GMT-70 | Posted by donpeters
Sebastien Sabic - 11th PlaceSebastien Sabic Eliminated in 11th Place ($13,381)
Omaha Hi/Lo:
Fabrice Soulier turned over
on a board of 
against Sebastien Sabic's 
. It was nut-nut for Soulier as he eliminated Sabic in 11th place. -
Sun Jun 14 2009 03:09 GMT-70 | Posted by donpeters
Maier Edging Out on all Accounts
Omaha Hi/Lo:
Lana Maier just scooped the entire pot from Brian Malcolm on a board of
. She held 
and Malcolm held 
. Maier's aces up with a five kicker played against Malcolm's four kicker for the high. She also bested his low by one card with a four-deuce to his four-three. -
Sun Jun 14 2009 03:03 GMT-70 | Posted by F-Train
Phillip Marmorstein - 12th PlacePeter Gelencser Eliminated in 13th Place ($10,205); Phillip Marmorstein Eliminated in 12th Place ($13,831)
Omaha Hi/Lo:
Lots of action in a hand of Omaha Hi/Lo on Table 151. We didn't see what happened preflop, but the pot was contested among Phillip Marmorstein, Peter Gelencser and Mitch Schock. On a flop of
, Marmorstein acted first and fired out a bet. Gelencser and Schock both called.
On the turn
, Marmorstein fired again. Again Gelencser called in front of Schock, who now raised. Marmorstein called all in for less; Gelencser called all in for even less than Marmorstein and the cards were opened.
Schock: 
Marmorstein: 
Gelencser: ? [he flipped them up, then mucked them too quick to see]
Gelencser was drawing dead with no low draw; Marmorstein was drawing at a low to chop or the case ace to scoop. The
on the river was a brick, allowing Schock to scoop.
Because Marmorstein started the hand with more chips than Gelencser, he was the 12th place finisher. Gelencser finished 13th. -
Sun Jun 14 2009 03:01 GMT-70 | Posted by donpeters
Jurgens Takes One
Omaha Hi/Lo:
James Van Alstyne checked to Tad Jurgens on the flop of
. Jurgens fired and Van Alstyne called. The turn of the 
went check, check.
The river brought the and Van Alstyne check-called once again. Jurgens showed 
and won the hand. -
Sun Jun 14 2009 02:49 GMT-70 | Posted by F-Train
Planning Ahead
The tournament floor recently took a vote of the players to determine if they'd rather have dinner at 5:40, or play an extra hour and take it at 6:40. When he didn't immediately announce the results, Mitch Schock's curiosity reared its head.
"So what are we doing?" Schock asked.
"We're gonna play poker," quipped Bryan Micon.
"When are you gonna start?" retorted Schock.
The plan, by the way, is to take dinner at 6:40, after two more levels of play. -
Sun Jun 14 2009 02:44 GMT-70 | Posted by F-Train
Simple Game
Hold'em:
The game with the action (and the game that probably plays the biggest) in the H.O.R.S.E. rotation is hold'em. It's also the game most players are most comfortable with.
On Table 151, Phillip Marmorstein opened with a raise from the cutoff. Lana Maier called from the small blind and Peter Gelencser called from the big blind. The blinds checked to Marmorstein on a flop of
. He followed up his pre-flop raise with a flop bet. Only Maier called.
Both players checked the
turn. When the river fell , Maier led out. She picked up the pot by inducing a fold. -
Sun Jun 14 2009 02:40 GMT-70
Round: 22
Flop games -
Blinds: 6000 - 12000
Limits: 12000 - 24000
Stud games -
Ante: 3000
Bring-in: 3000
Completion: 12000
Limits: 12000 - 24000 -
Sun Jun 14 2009 02:38 GMT-70 | Posted by F-Train
Van Alstyne Scoops Soulier
Stud Hi/Lo:
Soulier: x-x / 
/ x
Van Alstyne: x-x / 
/ x
After making open jacks on fifth street, Fabrice Soulier put the pedal to the metal and began firing bets into James Van Alstyne. Soulier bet fifth, sixth and seventh streets. On the river, Van Alstyne squeezed his card... then called with
, trip sevens.
"No!" cried Soulier in disgust. He flashed an ace in the hole for two pair, aces and jacks, before mucking. -
Sun Jun 14 2009 02:37 GMT-70 | Posted by donpeters
Micon and Maier Chop
Stud Hi/Lo:
Lana Maier: (X-X)
(X)
Peter Gelencser: (X-X) 
(X)
Bryan Micon: (X-X) (X)
Micon drove the action in the early goings, but things slowed down to a lot of passive checks on the later streets between the three players. When it was all said and done, Micon scooped the high half after revealing , for two pair. Maier announced that she held a low and showed 
. Gelencser mucked his hand and the other two players chopped up his money.
Micon showed that he started with on his first four cards. "Sickest start to the hand ever." he proclaimed.
The pot added about 50,000 chips to both Micon's and Maier's stack.
Started 14th Jun, 2009
