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?"
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 and bet out. Two opponents folded, and the player with called. On fifth street, Nguyen caught the while his opponent hit the . Nguyen bet again, and his opponent called. Sixth street for Scotty was the 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.
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.
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 . 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 . Violette bet and her opponent called. The river was the . 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.
Greg Raymer raised in early position, Perry Friedman re-raised, Hasan Habib called in the small blind, and Raymer called. The flop was the and all three players checked. The turn was the . Habib checked, Raymer bet, Friedman called, Habib called, and Raymer called. The river was the 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.