Catching the action on fourth street, John Juanda fired a bet before Justin Smith tossed out a raise. Juanda thought for a moment before making it three bets and Smith made the call.
On fifth, Smith hit an ace and bet as Juanda check-called. Smith paired up on sixth and took the lead with Juanda calling, before both players checked down the river.
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Juanda started with four to a low but bricked out as Smith scooped with his seventy-six low and pair of aces for the high. Smith is up to 36,000 with Juanda slipping to 67,000.
Frank Kassela is out. Greg Mueller is also out. We didn't see either elimination, but Ryan Hughes (at Mueller's table) now has 190,000 chips so we assume that Hughes did most of the damage.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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in the hole for a straight-six.