Andrew Goesch joked with Sebastien Sabic recently that Sabic is a nit. Sabic mmay have used that image to his advantage in a hand against Daniel Makowsky. Goesch limped in before Makowsky raised and Sabic re-raised. Goesch cleared out, giving Makowsky space to four-bet. Sabic called.
Makowski continued on a flop of , with Sabic calling behind. That was enough to slow down Makowsky on the turn. He checked, then called a bet. The river double-paired the board. Again Makowsky checked. He folded to Sabic's last bet.
"Show?" Makowsky asked.
"No," Sabic replied as he mucked his hand. Makowsky is down to 109,000 while Sabic increased his count to 65,000 with that pot.
Justin Smith was short and all in on third street against Konstantin Puchkov. The cards were being thrown around the table by the dealer so we're unsure of the order of the cards, but in the end the boards were as follows:
Smith:
Puchkov: -X
Smith tabled trip sevens but Puchkov made a straight and the only low to scoop the pot and eliminate Smith from the tournament.
With only 4,700 behind, Bryan Micon faced a decision point on fourth street after his opponent bet. Micon decided to go with his hand and actually was in the lead. But his board developed poorly and, at the river, his opponent made an 8-7, leaving Micon drawing dead. He wished everyone good luck, saying, "I hope you all win the bracelet," and then left the tournament area.
In a field loaded with talent, one name -- Phil Ivey -- stands above all others. Ivey's stack is also standing tall after winning a recent hand of limit hold'em. Mark Zajdner raised from under the gun, then was the only player to take on Ivey's re-raise. Zajdner check-called every street of a board that rolled out . At showdown, Ivey turned over for two pair, aces and eights. Zajdner quickly mucked, dropping his count to 68,000. Ivey, on the other hand,now has 112,000.
Jeffrey Mervis has been eliminated at the hands of Phil Ivey. Mervis was short stacked and all in as the dealer was flinging out cards all over the table. Mervis was in front with two pair, fives and deuces, plus a low draw as Ivey found an ace on the river to make aces and eights to take the lead. Mervis squeezed his river with plenty of outs to stay alive, but found a nine to be sent to the rail.
Player: X-X / / X
Appleman: X-X / / X
Williamson: X-X / / X
Mickey Appleman was already all in by fourth street in a three-way pot of Stud Hi/Lo. His opponents were Robert Williamson III and a third player. Williamson bet his open kings on fourth street and was called by the other player.
Williamson check-called fifth street, sixth street and seventh street as his opponent's board showed a possible low and Williamson, himself, had no possible low. At showdown, Williamson's opponent called, "Straight," and turned up in the hole for a straight-six.
"I knew it," said Williamson with an exasperated sigh. "Kings up the whole way. I knew it, I knew it, I knew it."
Appleman just picked up all of his cards and threw them in the muck. "Thanks for playing," the dealer called out to Appleman's rapidly departing back.
The action had already progressed to sixth street when we came to Scott Seiver's table. Terry Crowe checked the betting lead, then called a single bet from Seiver. Crowe also checked the river, but when Seiver bet that street Crowe check-raised.
Seiver started shaking his head as he thought through his decision. Finally, he tried to predict Crowe's hand, saying it was "good" and calling. Whatever Seiver thought Crowe had was not what Crowe turned over -- in the hole for quads.
"That's not good," said Seiver. He picked up his whole hand and stared longingly at it before mucking. "I was drawing live to you even hitting quads."
Maybe, but Seiver didn't catch the card he needed to catch. He's down to 69,000 while Crowe is up to 84,000.
Suharto: X-X / / X
Phillips: X-X / / X
Williamson: X-X / / X
It seems that every H.O.R.S.E. tournament, at some point along the way someone will play the wrong game. So it was at Red 368 a few moments ago. We picked up the action on sixth street, where Robert Williamson III got his last 2,100 into the pot and was called by Darus Suharto and Dale Phillips. On seventh street, Suharto checked his open aces to Phillips. Phillips bet and, after a lengthy tank, Suharto folded.
At showdown for the main pot, Phillips opened in the hole and started pushing together cards to make an 8-low. He suddenly looked down at the game plaque on the table and realized the game was stud! Williamson gladly opened in the hole for two pair, kings and nines. That was obviously better than Phillips' pair of sixes, giving Williamson new life.
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, with Sabic calling behind. That was enough to slow down Makowsky on the 
turn. He checked, then called a bet. The river 
double-paired the board. Again Makowsky checked. He folded to Sabic's last bet.
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. At showdown, Ivey turned over 
for two pair, aces and eights. Zajdner quickly mucked, dropping his count to 68,000. Ivey, on the other hand,now has 112,000.
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in the hole and started pushing together cards to make an 8-low. He suddenly looked down at the game plaque on the table and realized the game was stud! Williamson gladly opened