Event 42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-23-2012 16:00 UTC-6

Gregorich Scoops

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Stud-8

We reached Table 449 on sixth street, where Clayton Newman was calling a bet, and three players were headed to seventh.

Clayton Newman	/ /
Matt Lefkowitz	/ /
Mark Gregorich	/ /

On seventh street, the action checked to Gregorich, who bet. Newman unhappily folded, and Lefkowitz called.

"Am I getting scooped?" Lefkowitz asked.

Gregorich nodded, tabling {6-Spades} {4-Clubs} {2-} .

"Aces-up and a seventy-six," Lefkowitz announced, mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Gregorich	26,000 2,500	2,500
Matt Lefkowitz	7,600 -9,200	-9,200
Clayton Newman	6,200 -9,700	-9,700

Tags: Clayton Newman Mark Gregorich Matt Lefkowitz

Level: 10

Limits: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-23-2012 16:11 UTC-6

Back in 1996, Gary Benson won his first and only World Series of Poker gold bracelet in a Stud event. Since then he has amassed close to $1 million in tournament winnings around the world. He returned to the felt today, but hasn't had a great start, with his stack almost halved in the last hour.

We recently watched Benson battle it out with Hooman Nikzad in a hand of Stud 8. Here is how the cards looked.

Benson:

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Nikzad:

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Other opponent: {x-}

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We came to the action on fourth street, with one player checking and Nikzad leading out. Gary Benson called, so too did the other player and we took to fifth street. This time the first player would check-fold to another bet from Nikzad and Benson would again call. on sixth street, Nikzad opted to check call a bet from Benson and the final card was dealt. This time both players checked and Benson turned over {4-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} , enough for the low, while Nikzad held a fifth club to make a flush for the high. The two players split a small profit. Every chip counts for Benson right now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Benson	9,500 -9,200	-9,200

Tags: Gary Benson

06-23-2012 16:25 UTC-6

Barbero Battles Bloch

[user162117]

Omaha-8

Much has been documented about Andy Bloch finally winning his first bracelet this summer and we are sure he will be looking to win his second very soon. He's still in contention today, but recently lost a small pot to Nacho Barbero.

The hand in question began when Barbero opened up the pot with a raise from under the gun. The player in the small blind made the call, along with Bloch in the big blind.

The {8-Diamonds} {q-Hearts} {10-Hearts} flop would see the small blind check, Bloch bet and then Barbero raise. The small blind got out of the way and Bloch called. When the {4-Hearts} was dealt on the turn, Bloch checked and Barbero bet. It took Bloch quite some time to make his decision, but he eventually opted to fold, sending the pot to Barbero.

While this was only a small pot, Barbero has managed to see his chip stack sit quite healthy during these early stages of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	35,500 19,800	19,800

Andy Bloch	19,000 -1,900	-1,900

Tags: Andy Bloch Nacho Barbero

06-23-2012 16:33 UTC-6

Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Perry Friedman	49,000 14,000	14,000

Jeff Lisandro	49,000 5,200	5,200

Mark Dickstein	40,000 -1,000	-1,000
Nacho Barbero	38,000 2,500	2,500

Chris Viox	38,000 4,800	4,800
Brandon Guss	28,000 6,800	6,800
George Danzer	24,000 16,100	16,100

Andy Bloch	23,000 4,000	4,000

Allen Bari	22,000 3,900	3,900

Jim Geary	21,000 -4,700	-4,700
Richard Ashby	21,000 -4,000	-4,000

Dan Kelly	19,000 -1,900	-1,900
Chris Tryba	18,000 10,400	10,400

Scott Clements	18,000 700	700

Yueqi Zhu	17,000 1,900	1,900

Chris Back	15,000
Amnon Filippi	15,000 -6,000	-6,000

Gavin Smith	14,000 -300	-300
Kevin MacPhee	14,000

Michael Wattel	14,000 5,000	5,000
Galen Hall	13,000 -700	-700

Greg Raymer	13,000 -2,300	-2,300

Eric Stiglets	12,100
Xuan Liu	11,000 2,100	2,100
David Fox	10,000 10,000	10,000

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06-23-2012 16:41 UTC-6

Greenstein No More

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We noticed Barry Greenstein was missing from his table and took to Twitter to investigate. Here's what he had to say.

"Out of ‪#wsop42‬. Never got it going."

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Greenstein	Busted

Tags: Barry Greenstein

06-23-2012 16:48 UTC-6

Barbero Loses a Bunch

[user162117]

Stud-8

Barbero:

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Opponent:

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We arrived at Table 458 with Nacho Barbero and one opponent already on fifth street. Barbero's opponent led here and on sixth and Barbero called both times. On seventh, Barbero's opponent again bet and Barbero just shook his head and leaned back in his chair. It took a long time for Barbero to decide what to do, but eventually opted to call.

When Barbero's opponent turned over {4-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {j-Spades} , the small pair and the low hand were enough to send Barbero's cards flying into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	23,000 -15,000	-15,000

Tags: Nacho Barbero

06-23-2012 16:53 UTC-6

An Iconic Double

[user101598]

Omaha-8

Bryan "The Icon" Micon raised in late position, Ryan Miller made it three bets on his direct left, and a player in the blinds cold-called. Micon called as well, and the flop came {k-Clubs} {3-Spades} {9-Hearts} . The action checked to Miller who bet, and only Micon called.

The turn was the {5-Hearts} , and Micon checked again. Miller bet, and Micon check-raised, leaving only a few T100 chips behind. Miller thought for a bit before re-raising enough to put Micon all in, and Micon called.