Event 5 - $2,500 Omaha/ 7 Card Stud Hi Lo Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-04-2007 01:40 UTC-7

The Mike Matusow Quote of the Day

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"Poker is 80% table talk, 15% luck, and 5% skill."

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06-04-2007 01:36 UTC-7

Break & Color Up

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Players are on a break while the 25-denomination chips are raced off the table.

06-04-2007 01:33 UTC-7

The Mouth Scoops

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Mike Matusow raised from middle position, the button called, the small blind called, and Ted Forrest called from the big blind. The flop was {J-Clubs}

. The small blind checked, Forrest checked, Matusow bet, the button called, and the blinds folded. The turn was the {4-Hearts}

. Matusow bet and the button called. The river was the {Q-Diamonds}

. Matusow bet and the button called.

The button showed A-A in an attempt for the high, but Matusow showed A-J for trips and scooped the pot.

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Level: 12

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

06-04-2007 01:21 UTC-7

Raymer and Friedman Chop

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Greg Raymer raised in early position, Perry Friedman re-raised, Hasan Habib called in the small blind, and Raymer called. The flop was the {Q-Spades}

and all three players checked. The turn was the {6-Clubs}

. Habib checked, Raymer bet, Friedman called, Habib called, and Raymer called. The river was the {8-Clubs}

and all three players checked again.

Raymer showed a set of eights for the high, while Friedman showed A-2 for the low. Habib mucked.

Tags: Greg Raymer Hasan Habib Perry Friedman

06-04-2007 01:17 UTC-7

Violette Scoops

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An early position player called, a middle position player raised, Cyndy Violette called from the small blind, and the early position player called. The flop was {J-Diamonds}

. Violette checked, the EP player checked, the MP player bet, Violette raised, the MP player folded, and the EP player called. The turn was the {9-Hearts}

. Violette bet and her opponent called. The river was the {8-Spades}

. Violette bet out again, and her opponent called.

Violette showed A-2 for the nut low and a jack-high straight for high, and scooped the pot.

Tags: Cyndy Violette

06-04-2007 01:08 UTC-7

There is certainly no love lost between Shawn "Sheiky" Sheikhan and the dealer at his table. Sheiky is constantly complaining about how the dealer pulls players bets into the pot and proceeds to re-stack them mid-hand, slowing down play. Typically, in split-pot games, bets are left stacked in front of the players -- especially on the later streets -- to avoid this very situation.

Tags: Shawn Sheikhan

06-04-2007 01:06 UTC-7

"No Good, Baby"

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WIth the

up on third street, Scotty Nguyen completed, and was called by three opponents. On fourth street, one of his opponents paired threes on the board. Nguyen caught the {6-Hearts}

and bet out. Two opponents folded, and the player with {3-Diamonds}

called. On fifth street, Nguyen caught the {2-Diamonds}

while his opponent hit the {A-Spades}

. Nguyen bet again, and his opponent called. Sixth street for Scotty was the {10-Hearts}

and the

for his opponent. Scotty bet out again, and his opponent called.

On seventh street, Nguyen took one look at his down card and declared "two threes no good, baby" and then checked. His opponent bet and Scotty called. Nguyen's hand was good for the low, with A-2-4-6-7, while his opponent's two threes were, indeed, good for the high.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

06-04-2007 00:45 UTC-7

Matusow and Forrest Continue to Jaw

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At the conclusion of an Omaha 8 pot, Ted Forrest flipped over his hole cards and said "nut-nut," indicating that he had both the nut high and the nut low.

"Nut-nut?!" said Matusow, as he turned over his own hand, also containing A-2 for the nut low. "What do you think I have here, four napkins?"

Tags: Mike Matusow Ted Forrest

06-04-2007 00:41 UTC-7

Back to Stud

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We've switched back to stud 8 with a 100 ante, a 150 bring-in, a 400 completion and limits of 400-800.