Event 2 - £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

09-23-2008 17:16 UTC+2

Two Scoops

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Howard Lederer - Less Happy Than Pictured

Omaha 8:

Phil Ivey raised preflop, called by small blind Howard Lederer before big blind Sherkhan Farnood reraised. Two calls.

Flop: {10-Diamonds}

Check to Farnood, who bet; again two calls.
Turn: {J-Diamonds}

Check to Farnood, who bet, Ivey called and then Lederer raised to 3,200. That got rid of Ivey, but not Farnood.
River: {10-Spades}

Now Lederer fired the 1,600 and after a bit of a pause, Farnood made the call, although he didn't look too happy about it.

Lederer shrugged and could only table {A-Spades}

for A-K high, while Farnood's {A-Hearts}

took the pot. Lederer down to 20,000.

Then...

Paul Jackson's turn came (this time for high and low) on a {K-Spades}

board against super-short-stacked Gary Jones. Jones had called on the flop, they'd both checked the turn, and now he paid off Jackson's 1,600 on the river only to see his precious chips move away as Jackson showed {A-Diamonds}

.

Tags: Gary Jones Howard Lederer Paul Jackson Sherkhan Farnood

09-23-2008 17:21 UTC+2

Boatman Makes A Boat, Man.

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Omaha 8:

A four-way pot between Greg Howard, John Kabbaj, Barny Boatman and Spencer Lawrence witness a {4-Spades}

flop. Howard leads out, Kabbaj folds, Boatman raises, Lawrence reraises and Howard makes it four bets. Boatman caps the betting, which causes some discussions of having seen a capped pot in the last couple of days. Lawrence passes and Howard calls with just 200 behind, which goes in on the {J-Diamonds}

turn.

Boatman: {K-Hearts}

Howard:

"Come on the spades," says the New Zealander and he gets his wish but it's the {J-Spades}

. "Flush!" exclaims Howard "...And he makes his house."

Boatman up to around 35,000.

Tags: Barny Boatman

09-23-2008 17:22 UTC+2

Mike's Mouth Matu-sow'ed Shut

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Hold'em:

Gus Hansen has silenced Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow in a hand that took plus just after the players returned from break. Here's the hand as told by Isaac Haxton, aided by Jason Gray:

Action folded around to Gus in the small blind who put in a raise. Gus then bet every street as the board filled out {J-Diamonds}

and Mike called him down the whole way.

At the showdown, Gus tabled a pocket pair of threes for a full house; Mike showed {A-?}

for air.

Tags: Gus Hansen Issac Haxton Jason Gray Mike Matusow

09-23-2008 17:33 UTC+2

Chip Counts

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Table 2:

Seat 1: Marc Goodwin -- 36,400
Seat 2: John Juanda -- 13,700
Seat 3: Andy Bloch -- 31,400
Seat 4: Adam Osborne -- 11,100
Seat 5: Yuval Bronshtein -- 41,300
Seat 6: Ivo Donev -- 33,000
Seat 7: Jeff Duvall -- 31,700
Seat 8: Andreas Krause -- 4,700

09-23-2008 17:38 UTC+2

Mark Gregorich Gets Richer

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Omaha 8:

Gregorich bet every street from the small blind into button Phil Ivey, who called him all the way. Just one bet per street, but the pot was a reasonable one now that the blinds are 800/1,600. At the river, the board stood {J-Diamonds}

and Ivey showed {Q-Hearts}

after calling, chucking them to Gregorich's {A-Spades}

x.

"I was looking for a Jack and I got two of them.." chuckled Ivey.
"Now I see how you got your chips," needled Gary Jones. No dent in Ivey's smiling armour noted.

Tags: Gary Jones Mark Gregorich Phil Ivey

09-23-2008 17:39 UTC+2

Chip Counts

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Table 1:

Seat 1: John Phan -- 20,200
Seat 2: Spencer Lawrence -- 4,900
Seat 3: Raul Paez -- 62,700
Seat 4: John Kabbaj -- 22,000
Seat 5: Max Pescatori -- 25,000
Seat 6: Hugo Martin -- 10,100
Seat 7: Barny Boatman -- 35,400
Seat 8: Torstein Iversen -- 31,400

09-23-2008 17:44 UTC+2

Seen And Heard...

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...Mainly heard...

Howard Lederer, about Phil Ivey: "He's not here to show off - he's playing to win. He can make those tough laydowns."

Phil Hellmuth, to anyone in vicinty: "I'm just a folding station. That is the first time I've made it to Seventh street." This in outraged response to having just doubled up Tsonev in Razz.

Daniel Negreanu, to my donut, "What is that - a donut? That's not good for you." He was secretly jealous though.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Howard Lederer Phil Hellmuth

09-23-2008 17:49 UTC+2

Ivey vs. Lederer

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Stud:

Phil Ivey completed showing the {A-Clubs}

, Howard Lederer called with the {5-Spades}

. Both players paired with the next card, and again it was Ivey betting with his Aces. Lederer wasn't backing off though, and called again on fifth and sixth streets, when their hands were:

Ivey: {A-Clubs}

Lederer:

There was no bet after the final down card, and Lederer brought out the {5-Spades}

like a rabbit from a hat to win with his trips.

Tags: Howard Lederer Phil Ivey

09-23-2008 17:51 UTC+2

Boatman On The Razz

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Razz:

Three-way action between Barny Boatman, John Phan and Max Pescatori which went all the way to the river.

Boatman: {4-Clubs}

Phan:

Pescatori: {A-Hearts}

Pescatori bet out on fourth street, Boatman raised and both Pescatori and Phan called. Boatman then bet fifth and again was called by both players. On sixth, all three players checked before Boatman bet seventh street. Phan thought for a moment before folding while Pescatori made the call. Boatman showed 8-6-5-4-A which was good enough as the Italian Pirate mucked his cards.

Tags: Barny Boatman

09-23-2008 17:54 UTC+2

Table Talk

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Exchange between Phil Hellmuth and Gus Hansen:

Hellmuth: "Gussy, come on, you still love me."

Hansen: "I will say, of all the jerks, you're by far the funniest and by far the best."

Hellmuth: "That one hurt, Gussy."

Hansen: "Maybe I should've used the words, 'Of all the Brats.'"

Hellmuth: "Thank you. Thank you for amending it."

Tags: Phil Hellmuth