Event 14 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-09-2008 21:20 UTC-7

Heads Up Chip Counts

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As we commence heads up play Fu Wong holds a slight chip advantage:

Fu Wong: 1,815,000
Eric Brooks: 1,345,000

06-09-2008 21:25 UTC-7

Wong Looking In Control

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Wong has taken down the first few pots of heads up play to extend his chip lead.

06-09-2008 21:27 UTC-7

So far heads up, neither player has made much headway. Most of the pots are completed and taken down. About every third or fourth pot, we may see fifth street. It will probably go this way for a while unless both players pick up a big hand.

06-09-2008 21:33 UTC-7

Brooks Recovers; Claims Chip Lead!

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Eric Brooks has just taken back two very healthy pots against Fu Wong. In the first hand Wong appeared to be strong on a board of {A-Diamonds}

but Brooks wasn’t going anywhere, calling him down to take the pot holding ( {5-Hearts}

)

for two pair.

In the very next hand there was some interesting betting as both players tried to steal the pot away from their opponents.

On 4th street, Brooks bet, Wong raised, and Brooks called.
On 5th street, Wong bet, Brooks raised, and Wong called.
On 6th street, Brooks bet, Wong raised, and Brooks called.
Finally on 7th street, Wong fired out again and Brooks made the call.

Wong tapped the table as the boards were as follows:

Wong: {6-Spades}

Brooks: ( {A-Spades}

)

Amazingly with such action Brooks had called Wong down with just a pair of kings as Wong mucked his cards giving Brooks a monstrous pot and the chip lead!

06-09-2008 21:33 UTC-7

Dimitri Nobles Checking Out the Action

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Dimitri Nobles is one of the players that are currently on the rail watching the heads up match for this Stud World Championship. Believe it or not, he hasn’t spoken a word

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06-09-2008 21:39 UTC-7

Chip Count Update

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Fu Wong: 1,000,000
Eric Brooks: 2,160,000

06-09-2008 21:40 UTC-7

Setting the Scene

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Not including staff, we have about 15 or 20 people watching this heads up match for the Stud World Championship. So far we haven’t seen any of the ESPN camera crew roaming around. We have about 3 photographers and a couple of Harrah’s suits waiting with us to see who will be the next Stud World Champion.

Naturally, part of the reason for lack of interest may be due to the lack of a famous face playing heads up for the bracelet. The other reason is just the difference in popularity. Seven-Card Stud is a game that most people consider a dying game and as such it doesn’t get the publicity of No-Limit. The fact that it is a limit game doesn’t help its cause either.

If you look around at this crowd, you won't see a bored spectator in the stands. For Stud enthusiast, Seven-Card Stud can be just as interesting, if not more so, than Texas Hold'em.

06-09-2008 21:50 UTC-7

Fu Wong Crippled

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On fifth street, the betting was capped between Fu Wong and Eric Brooks. Wong was showing {6-Spades}

and Brooks was showing {2-Diamonds}

. Brooks asked Wong, "Do you have anything?" Wong replied, "Flush Draw. Big Flush Draw."

On sixth Wong caught the {9-Clubs}

and bet. Brooks, who caught the {6-Diamonds}

, made the call.

On the river Fu Wong bet out at Brooks and after a moment, Brooks made the call and turned over ( {2-Hearts}

) for two pair. Wong only showed a pair of kings.

After the hand, Wong is down to 475,000 chips.

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06-09-2008 21:55 UTC-7

Fu Wong Felting

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Fu Wong's short stack just got shorter after Brooks caught a pair of jacks on 6th street and Wong was unable to catch an ace to go with an ace on board.

After the hand Wong is down to 150,000 chips.

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