09-24-2008 18:56 UTC+2

Choppety Chop Chop

[user4144]

Omaha 8:

As you'd expect from a H.O.R.S.E event, we're seeing more chops than my local butcher's with many pots being split two ways. On the last hand, however, Howard Lederer and Mark Gregorich at least had the added bonus of sharing Sherkhan Farnood's chips as the three players tangled in an Omaha 8 hand.

With the board reading {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{6-Spades}

{4-Clubs}

, Lederer check-raised Farnood's bet of 5,000 to 10,000. Both Gregorich and Farnood called.

After all three players had checked the {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

turn, Lederer led out for 10,000 on the {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

river, Gregorich called and Farnood folded, albeit hesitantly.

On their backs, and Lederer took the high with {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{A-Spades}

{9-Spades}

for a straight, whilst Gregorich snapped up the other half of the pot with {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

{2-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{5-Diamonds}

with a low to the seven.