Susan Genard Poker Tournament Updates

Stud Hi/Hold'em Update

Jul 02, '07

The remaining 16 players have just finished up with Levels 29 and 30 (Stud Hi & Hold’em), and are about to enter Level 31 (Omaha eight-or-better). The average chip stack right now $91,250 and with the blinds increasing to $6,000-$12,000, we’re bound to see a plethora of eliminations in the next few rounds to come.

It’s a rolled-up rollercoaster in Level 29 (Stud Hi) for Susie Genard. Genard starts one hand off with rolled up nines against Eric Tomberlin’s 7 on 3^rd street. Tomblerin goes on to catch two running sevens on both fourth and fifth street  to make trip sevens, but failing to further improve gives Genard the win with trip nines. The very next hand and Genard looks down at rolled up jacks against John Myung’s 8 in the door. Myung starts the hand off with a split pair of eights and catches another 8 on fourth street and the case eight on fifth street to make quads and trump Genard’s trip jacks turned full house.

Pat Poels nearly doubled up in hold’em when a mis-raise worked out in his advantage. The player in seat no. 3 comes in for a raise and Pat Poels calls from the big blind. The flop comes K 9 7 and Poels checks to seat no. 3 who bets out. Poels raises and seat no. 3 calls. The turn brings the 10 and Poels leads out this time getting a call from his opponent in seat no. 3. The river brings the 5 and once again Poels bets and seat no. 3 makes the call. Poels turns over Q J for the nut straight and the player in seat no. 3 mucks his hand in awe. Seat no. 3 makes it apparent that he was not impressed with Poels’ gutshot raise on the flop and Poels defends himself by explaining that he mis-raised by mistake which was evident by his bet on the turn which was for twice the actual limit. All Poels can do at this point is to offer his opponent his condolences by saying, “Sorry…but not really.”      

John Myung was just recently eliminated by Michael Craig when Myung got the rest of his chips in the pot with Q-J against Craig’s A-Q. The board failed to improve Myung’s dominated queen and he hit the rail in 18^th place earning himself $5,514.

We’ve had plenty of eliminations in the last hour or so and here’s our most recent list…

17^th Place Daniel Lown ($5,514)

18^th John Myung ($5,514)

19^th Michael Klarman ($5,514)

20^th Gregory Koseback ($5,514)

21^st  Justin Thomas ($5,514)

22^nd Bonnie Leinhos ($5,514)

23^rd Daniel Fishell ($5,514)

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Player Tags: Patrick Poels,   John Myung,   Susan Genard,   Michael Craig,   Eric Tomberlin

Omaha/Stud Update

Jul 02, '07

Levels 27 and 28 have come and gone and the remaining 23 players have just entered Level 29; Stud Hi.

During the most recent Omaha portion of the S.H.O.E. event, Raymond Davis got involved in a big pot with Susie Genard who ended up catching the wheel on the river and scooping the pot. Everyone folds to Raymond Davis who raises on the button and Susie Genard makes the call out of the small blind, followed by a call from the player in the big blind. The flop comes A K 9 and everyone checks to Davis who bets. Gerard calls and the big blind folds. The turn brings the 5 and both players check around. The river brings the 2 and Genard bets out, getting a call from Davis. Genard turns over 4 3 Q Q for the wheel; she scoops the pot.

Surprisingly enough, it was the most recent Stud Hi/Lo portion of the event that was responsible for most of the eliminations during the last hour. Hooman Nikzad was eliminated in 26^th place ($4,849) when his pair of fours failed to improve against his opponent’s pair fives after being forced all-in from the big blind. David Allison would be eliminated in 25^th place ($4,849), followed by CardPlayer’s own Diego Cordovez in 24^th place ($4,849). Cordovez was eliminated by Raymond Davis when his two pair ran into Davis’ trip fives, failing to improve on the river.

Chip Jett was having a tough time raking a full pot in the Omaha eight-or-better round this past hour, having to settle with a small profit from a few split pots. One of those pots, Jett called a raise from the small blind and saw a flop of 10 8 5. Jett checked to seat no. 4 who bet out, Jett calls. The turn brings the Q and once again, Jett checks to seat no. 4 who bets out. This time Jett raises and seat no. 4 makes the call. It wasn’t enough to get him off of the hand but it did slow him down quite a bit. The river brings the 6 and Jett bets out, getting a call from his opponent. Jett shows A J 10 9 for the nut straight while seat no. 4 turns over A Q 7 3 for the A-7 low. Jett has to settle for another split pot, but even a nominal profit is better than any loss.

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Player Tags: Raymond Davis,   Chip Jett,   Diego Cordovez,   Hooman Nikzad,   Susan Genard,   David Allison