Event #47: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better Day 2 | 2011 World Series of Poker

06-29-2011 03:37 UTC

"You Robbed Me, Baby?"

Level 13

Omaha 8

Scotty Nguyen was a minute or so late coming back from the dinner break, arriving back at his table just in time to see Michael Binger open-raise from the button, forcing a fold from Matt Savage in the small blind. Nguyen's hand had already been folded before he sat down, and so he saw his big blind being shipped over to Binger.

"You robbed me, baby?" said Nguyen with a grin. "Oh, you've been blinding down for an hour," said Dan Heimiller. "There was no dinner break." All laughed as the next hand was dealt.

This time Binger raised again from the cutoff, and Savage called from the button. Nguyen then made it two bets from the small blind, forcing out the BB. Binger and Savage both called, and the flop came {Q-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} . Nguyen bet, and his two opponents both called. All three then checked the {4-Clubs} turn and {K-Diamonds} river.

Nguyen hesitated, watching Savage show {6-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {2-Spades} and Binger {J-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {3-Spades} . With no low, Binger's jacks gave him the best high as Nguyen mucked.

"Jack-jack," said Nguyen. "You robbed me again, baby!"

Binger has about 41,000 with which to try to perpetrate more thefts going forward. Nguyen has about 27,000, and Savage 18,000.

Tags: Matt Savage Michael Binger Scotty Nguyen

06-29-2011 03:44 UTC

More Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Iacofano	110,000 8,000	8,000
Benjamin Lukas	73,000 55,700	55,700
Gerard Rechnitzer	63,700 48,500	48,500
Perry Friedman	55,000 25,600	25,600

Antony Lellouche	49,000 8,000	8,000
Maksim Karandeyev	46,800 34,500	34,500
Jonathan Spinks	44,000 21,500	21,500
Allen Kessler	42,000 14,500	14,500
Andreas Hoivold	39,500 12,500	12,500
Kevin Cantwell	39,200 13,900	13,900
Stuart Rutter	35,000 10,000	10,000
Mayu Roca Uribe	33,000 15,300	15,300
Alexander Kravchenko	32,700 7,700	7,700

Scott Bohlman	28,800 12,400	12,400

Jude Ainsworth	28,500 9,500	9,500
Brent Carter	27,000 6,800	6,800

Tom Chambers	27,000 7,200	7,200
Ben Yu	25,000 500	500

Chris Back	18,000 700	700
Michael Kleist	13,300 5,400	5,400
Chris Reslock	11,900 11,900	11,900

Paul Sherr	6,600 15,100	15,100

06-29-2011 03:51 UTC

Yu Betcha

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Level 13

Omaha 8

Josh Arieh raised from middle position, and Ben Yu called from the big blind. The flop came {5-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} . Yu bet, and Arieh called. The turn was the {2-Hearts} . Yu bet again, and this time Arieh raised. Yu called.

The river was the {9-Diamonds} . Yu bet a third time, and after considering for a few moments, Arieh decided to make the call. Yu quickly tabled {Q-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {4-Spades} {3-Spades} for a flopped full house, and Arieh mucked.

Yu is up to about 70,000 now, while Arieh slips to 62,000.

Tags: Ben Yu Josh Arieh

06-29-2011 03:53 UTC

Even More Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Shack-Harris	110,000 6,000	6,000

Thomas Whitehair	106,000 43,000	43,000
Barny Boatman	99,000 91,000	91,000

Jason Potter	68,000 48,000	48,000
Paul Honas	57,000 40,200	40,200
Francesco Barbaro	56,000 31,000	31,000

Thomas Keller	52,000 44,100	44,100

Jesse Hollander	48,000 34,800	34,800
Hoyt Verner	47,000 43,600	43,600
Michael Binger	42,000 1,000	1,000
Scotty Nguyen	42,000 15,500	15,500

Owais Ahmed	40,000 24,000	24,000

Michael Leah	38,000 3,000	3,000
Dan Heimiller	31,300 7,300	7,300

John Richardson	28,000 9,200	9,200
Kyle Loman	26,000 18,600	18,600
Eric Pratt	25,000 4,600	4,600
Matt Savage	21,000 3,500	3,500
Erik Seidel	18,000 4,500	4,500

Daniel Buckley	15,000 9,900	9,900

Michael Noori	9,000 9,000	9,000

Scott Clements	8,000 27,000	27,000

Kevin Chance	7,500 21,700	21,700
Jonas Mackoff	2,300 2,300	2,300
Valter Farina	Busted

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06-29-2011 04:11 UTC

Count Von Count's Counts. Seven! Seven bats! Ah...ah...ah

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Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Greenstein	121,500 35,500	35,500

Stuart Rutter	80,000 45,000	45,000
Josh Arieh	65,000 38,000	38,000

Mickey Appleman	55,000 38,100	38,100

Richard Ashby	28,000 2,000	2,000

David Chiu	27,000 2,500	2,500

Jerry Buss	27,000 7,000	7,000
Kristy Gazes	23,000 11,000	11,000
Chris Tryba	Busted

Alexander Kostritsyn	Busted
Lex Nerenberg	Busted
Ronald Schiffman	Busted
Jimmy Fricke	Busted
Al Barbieri	Busted
Bryan Micon	Busted

06-29-2011 04:19 UTC

Kessler Finds a Hand He Takes a Shine To

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Level 13

Omaha 8

It folded around to Allen Kessler on the button. He checked his cards, then raised, and both the blinds released.

"Kessler giving action," came the call from across the table. Kessler briefly flashed his cards, and we caught a glimpse of three of them -- the {A-Hearts} , the {A-Clubs} , and a {2-} .

"Every time you get a good hand, your forehead lights up," cracked Abe Mosseri. "I didn't check my cards until the action was on me!" insisted Kessler, who may or may not have still been beaming.

Kessler has just about 50,000 at the moment.

Tags: Abe Mosseri Allen Kessler

Level: 14

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06-29-2011 04:41 UTC

The Buck Stops Here

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Stud 8

A slightly controversial exit for Daniel Buckley, he was all in with trip nines on sixth street against Kyle Loman's aces. The latter thought his opponent had filled up already and the dealer mucked his hand after seventh card was dealt, only for Loman to see he'd made trip aces and now had the best hand.

The floor was called and several players at the table had agreed that they had seen Loman's trip aces and his hand was declared live. An unhappy situation for Daniel Buckley however, he was eliminated as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Loman	43,000 17,000	17,000
Daniel Buckley	Busted

Tags: Daniel Buckley Kyle Loman

06-29-2011 04:48 UTC

Buss Goes Clubbin'

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Level 14

Stud 8

A player completed, Brandon Shack-Harris called with the {7-Clubs} up, and Jerry Buss called with the {3-Clubs} . On fourth, Shack-Harris bet and the other two called. On fifth, Shack-Harris bet and only Buss stuck around. Then on sixth when Shack-Harris bet Buss raised, and Shack-Harris called. Shack-Harris then check-called seventh.

Buss turned over {Q-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {7-Hearts} to go with the {3-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {K-Clubs} {J-Clubs} he had up for a club flush and no low, and Shack-Harris, who'd been dealt {7-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {7-Spades} {Q-Spades} from third to sixth, mucked.

Buss rolls up to 44,000 with that scoop, while Shack-Harris still has 111,000.

Tags: Brandon Sharckharris Jerry Buss

06-29-2011 04:52 UTC

A Savage Exit

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Stud 8

Hoyt Verner: {x-} {x-} / {4-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {K-Hearts} / {x-}
Jason Potter: {x-} {x-} / {K-Clubs} {10-Hearts} FOLDED
Matt Savage: {x-} {x-} / {J-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {K-Spades} / {x-}

Hoyt Verner brought in on third and Jason Potter completed, Matt Savage then raised all in with Verner and Potter both calling. On fourth, Verner bet his ace and Potter folded, Verner turned over {6-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} for just a low draw while Savage flipped {A-Hearts} {6-Clubs} . Verner made a pair of eights on fifth which managed to hold as both players bricked, Savage making sixes on seventh but it wasn't enough to get him any part of the pot despite many outs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Savage	Busted

Tags: Matt Savage