2008 World Series of Poker

Event 33 - $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$328,756
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
261
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Third Break

The clock has been paused and players are taking their last 20-minute break of the night, during which the T25 green chips will be raced off and colored up.

Level: 7

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

Maybe Tomorrow for Mackey

Dutch Boyd
Dutch Boyd
James "mig.com" Mackey has just been knocked out at the hands of Dutch Boyd. Mackey completed the bring-in with the {A-Spades} up, and Dutch raised him with the {6-Clubs} in the door. Mackey made the call.

Boyd: (X) (X) {6-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {3-Hearts} (X)
Mackey: (X) (X) {A-Spades} {8-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {A-Hearts} (X)

Mackey bet on fourth and fifth streets, with Boyd calling both times. On sixth street, he picked up his second ace and bet out once more. Boyd raised, and Mackey made the call all in, putting himself at risk. When the hands were turned over, he realized his two pair still needed to improve with one card to come:

Boyd: ({2-Clubs} {4-Spades}) {6-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {3-Hearts} ({10-Clubs})
Mackey: ({2-Hearts} {5-Spades}) {A-Spades} {8-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {A-Hearts} ({7-Hearts})

Dutch had his straight and his low made on sixth street. That was good enough to scoop the pot and eliminate mig.com from the tournament field.

Tags: Dutch BoydJames "mig.com" Mackey

Brown and Jurgens Tangle

The young, confident, bracelet-winner Andrew Brown
The young, confident, bracelet-winner Andrew Brown
After getting a few "lessons" from Mike Matusow, Andrew Brown was involved in another pot. This time against Tad Jurgens.

Brown: (X) (X) {J-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {10-Spades} {2-Diamonds} (X)
Jurgens: (X) (X) {3-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {8-?} (X)

Brown was applying his usual aggressive style and betting away in the hand with Jurgens staying right with him. At the showdown, Jurgens held aces up when he turned over {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} to go with his board of {3-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {8-?}. Brown mucked his hand after flashing a pair of jacks.

Brown is down to 22,000 and Jurgens is up to 29,000.

Tags: Andrew BrownTad Jergens

They Don't Call Him "The Ear"

Right next to us, at table 15, Mike Matusow has been his usual opinionated self, offering his input to anyone who will listen -- and to anyone who won't, for that matter.

Matusow has been buddy-buddy with young gun Andrew Brown for several hours now, commenting on his play and the play of the table. The Mouth has been quietly conversing at times, and at other times he has jumped out of his chair to yell at his table, or at his old pal Shawn Sheikhan, seated at the adjacent table.

In a recent pot, Andrew Brown and another player were headed for a showdown, and when the hand was over, Matusow turned to give the youngster a piece of his mind. "What was his seventh street? Do you understand there's no way his seventh street could be anything other than an eight?! OK, I just wanted to make sure you were aware (*chuckling*). What'd you expect it to be, a friggin' four?!"

The two shared a laugh and a lesson, and both men are up near the top of the leader board. Something must be working right over at table 15.

Todd Brunson Can't Get Going

Todd Brunson
Todd Brunson
Todd Brunson: (X) (X) {3-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {6-Clubs} (X)
Jordan Rich: (X) (X) {2-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {9-Clubs}
Seat 7: (X) (X) {K-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} (X)

Brunson completed and both Rich and the other player called. Brunson then bet on every street, with Rich folding on fifth.

After the seventh card was dealt, Brunson bet again and his opponent raised. Brunson tossed out another raise and his opponent called.

Brunson showed {2-Spades} {3-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {6-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {J-Spades} for a six-high straight and also a six-five low. But his opponent turned up a better straight, which he caught on the river, {4-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {K-Hearts}.

Brunson let out a big sigh of disappointment as the pot he needed a lot was chopped up instead of being shipped over to him. He is stuck hovering around 7,000.

Tags: Jordan RichTodd Brunson