2009 World Series of Poker

Event 53 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$159,390
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
467
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Christian Toboc Eliminated in 13th Place ($7,260)

Toboc or not Toboc, that is the question
Toboc or not Toboc, that is the question
Ok, now this is complicated.

Toboc was all in on third street, with Matt Savage, Richie Sklar and Zak Gilbert all calling.

The betting continued until Gilbert was all in on 5th street, creating a side pot.

Betting continued between Savage and Sklar on 6th and 7th, creating a decent side-side pot.

The hands:

Toboc: {9-Clubs} {10-Spades} {J-Hearts} {4-Clubs} ({9-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {6-Clubs}) for a pair of nines to send him to the rail
Gilbert: {5-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} ({8-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds}) for an ace-high flush to win the high on the main pot and his side pot
Savage: {3-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {5-Spades} {J-Spades} ({2-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {9-Hearts}) for for the entire low
Sklar: {8-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} ({A-Spades} {A-Clubs} {3-Spades}) for the high on his side pot only

Clear? Good.

Result:

Toboc: out
Gilbert: 90,000
Savage: 150,000
Sklar: 80,000

Phew.

Redraw Time

Down to nine, we are now playing an unofficial nine-handed final table.

Seat 1: David Halpern -- 427,000
Seat 2: Max Stern -- 210,000
Seat 3: Allie Prescott -- 200,000
Seat 4: Chad Brown -- 235,000
Seat 5: Richard Sklar -- 65,000
Seat 6: Brian Swinford -- 305,000
Seat 7: Matt Savage -- 193,000
Seat 8: William Kohler -- 310,000
Seat 9: Zak Gilbert -- 184,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

Richard Sklar Eliminated in 9th Place ($12,149)

So close, and yet so Sklar
So close, and yet so Sklar
The hand started out four-way, but it was only David Halpern who called Sklar's eventual all-in on 5th street.

Sklar: {A-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} ({4-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {7-Hearts})
Halpern: {4-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {6-Spades} ({Q-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {K-Spades})

Thus we lose Mr Sklar in 9th and are down to our official final table. I'll wager we'll be seeing more of Mr Sklar this Series, though -- particularly if one Mr B. Obama fancies turning up to claim his free main event ticket...

Tags: Richard Sklar

How Do They Stand?

Or, indeed, sit?

Halpern: 480,000
Stern: 235,000
Prescott: 100,000
Brown: 285,000
Swinford: 320,000
Savage: 165,000
Kohler: 335,000
Gilbert: 130,000

Prescott On Deathwatch

If dropping from a very respectable 200,000 to 100,000 in the past hour or so weren't enough punishment for Allie Prescott, he's now down to just 40,000 after getting involved in a hand with William Kohler and folding to a bet on 6th street.

Prescott: {5-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} (fold)
Kohler: {3-Spades} {7-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} (muck and win)

Allie Prescott Eliminated in 8th Place ($16,682)

Allie all out
Allie all out
The hapless Allie Prescott found himself all in on 5th street against Matt Savage and William Kohler; Kohler continued to bet, though, and Savage laid it down on 6th.

They flipped their cards and it wasn't looking bad for Prescott -- Kohler was holding two pair and a flush draw, but Prescott had a flush draw too and all sorts of outs for straights, lows and the like.

Nevertheless seventh street failed to bring him any useful outs, and with a sigh he's busto in 8th.

Savage: {6-Hearts} {J-Clubs} {6-Spades} {2-Hearts} (fold)
Kohler: {5-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {9-Spades} {9-Clubs} ({A-Clubs} {A-Hearts} {2-Diamonds})
Prescott: {3-Spades} {2-Spades} {J-Spades} {4-Diamonds} ({A-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds})

Tags: Allie Prescott