Hour Five Recap
Jun 17, '07
River Magic
Limit Hold'em Gou raises on the button and is called by Schwartz from the big blind. The flop comes 9
7
2
, Schwartz leads, Gou raises and Schwartz reraises. Gou makes the call and the turn comes 8
. Schwartz bets and Gou calls, the river comes Q
. Schwartz bets again, sending Gou into the tank. He finally calls and Schwartz tables Q-J for a rivered pair of queens. Cho grins and he chucks his cards into the muck.
Yuebin Gou Eliminated 3rd ($99,264)
Omaha. On a board of A
K
10
, Schwartz bets and Gou calls. The turn comes 3
, Schwartz bets putting Gou all in. Gou calls and tables A-3-X-X with a flush draw and Schwartz has A-Q-3-4. Gou is again rivered when it comes Q
, giving Schwartz a better two pair.
Player Tags: Ralph Schwartz
FInal Table Hour One
Jun 17, '07
Bill Gazes Doubles Up, Schultz Crippled
Bill Gazes doubles up with J-J-7-7 against Thom Schultz's 6-6, crippling him. He has only $5,000 chips. On the next hand Schultz more then doubles up and is still in contention.
Schultz Triples Up, Yuebin Guo Doubles
In a philanthropic move Phil Ivey has redistributed his wealth amongst some of the poorer players at the table. In a 3-way all in pot Schultz tripled up when he made sixes full of fours, Yuebin Guo doubled with A-A-Q-Q and Ivey paid most of the money when he missed a straight draw with 9-9
Go Yuebin Gou!
Gou has Tripled up with J-10-9-8-7 against Rob Mizrachi's 9-9-5-5. Ivey was also in the hand but he mucked. Gou now has $272,000.
Break
The players are on a 15 minute break
Champ Returns
Eli Elezra returned to the table in which he won his first bracelet last night. He received a nice round of applause from the crowd and he looked good for someone that must have had quite a night.
Thom Schultz Eliminated 7th ($28,877)
Schultz gets it all in on fifth street, but is behind Ralph Schwarz's K-K. He picks up a low draw on sixth street but bricks out and is sent home in 7th place.
Player Tags: Bill Gazes, Eli Elezra, Ralph Schwartz, Thomas Schultz
Play Resumes
Jun 17, '07
Play has restarted
Play begins with Razz, Phil Ivey enters the final table as the chip leader.
Here are the chip counts:
Phil Ivey - $481,000
Ralph Schwartz - $332,000
Alexander Jung $314,000
Robert Mizrachi $155,500
Bill Gazes - 147,000
Thom Schultz - $112,000
Yuebin Guo - $116,000
Jeff Campbell - $38,000
Jeff Campbell Eliminated 8th ($20,755)
On the first hand of Razz, Campbell gets all his money in on 3rd street against Ralph Schwartz, but only makes queen low. Schwartz makes a 9 low and send Campbell home in 8th place for a $20,755 payday.
No Show
There has not been a showdown since the first hand at the final table.
Player Tags: Jeff Campbell, Ralph Schwartz
