Dueling Nines Up for Tran and Green
Tony Green started with the best hand against Trung Tran during the stud hi/lo round. He completed his
/ 
and was called by Tran, who had started with 
/ 
. It was disaster for Green on the turn when Tran caught the case nine, 
against Green's blank, 
. Even worse, Green caught the 
on fifth street to makes his own two pair, nines and deuces. Neither player improved from there, but Green called a bet from Tran on every street only to see the bad news at showdown. He's now down to 13,700, while Tran improved to 7,500.