When we reached the table, Mike Matusow was all in against an opponent with the board reading . Matusow's was trailing his opponent's , but the spiked on the river, doubling The Mouth to 16,000 chips.
Matusow clapped and gave a small fist pump before raking in the pot.
Dan O'Brien just called over yours truly and complained about how he lost a couple of 'brutal pots' in Lowball. The table which O'Brien is sitting at is tough and fun, and his stack is still big enough for him not to worry about busting out soon. The only player that has him covered is Brett Richey.
Pot-Limit Omaha
O'Brien raised it up to 1,000 and Richey called from the small blind after which Nicolas Adamakis defended his big blind.
"I won a big pot with this hand in the $3k," Richey said as the flop came down . He lead out for 1,500 and Adamakis raised it up to 4,000.
"You see what they're doing to me here?" O'Brien sighed sarcastically as he quickly released his hand. Richey did the same and Adamakis took down this pot.
Here's a quick overlook at the stack sizes at this stacked table.
Eli Elezra came back from the break with a small stack, and didn't manage to hang around.
We caught the action on the second draw when Elezra needed one new card. His opponent, David Stroj, stood pat and turned over for a very strong Badugi hand. Elezra tabled and was still drawing live, but he caught the which didn't help, but did improve his hand.
With only 475 remaining chips Elezra moved all in on the very next hand and both Stroj and the player in the big blind, Eric Brix, called.
Both Elezra and Stroj took two cards while Brix stood pat. Stroj check-folded to a bet and Elezra took another card. Brix stood pat again.
Brix turned over , and Elezra was drawing live again with . Elezra paired his deuce and was eliminated.
. Magnus Persson called, and the turn brought the 
. Both players checked.
completed the board, and Nassif checked again. Persson fired 5,250, sending Nassif into the tank. Finally, Nassif started to cut out chips.
for a pair of eights, and Persson mucked.
was trailing his opponent's 
, but the 
spiked on the river, doubling The Mouth to 16,000 chips.
. He lead out for 1,500 and Adamakis raised it up to 4,000.
for a very strong Badugi hand. Elezra tabled 
and was still drawing live, but he caught the 
which didn't help, but did improve his hand.
