Eduard Scharf Poker Tournament Updates

$10,000 Main Event - Huck Seed Goes Broke Early

Jul 05, '08

Blinds: 50-100

Chip Leaders:
Brian Townsend: 40,000
Joe Awada: 26,600
Greice Yamaguchi: 23,500
Dominic Tremblay: 21,500
Bill Chen: 21,000
Lee Childs: 20,350

Eliminations: Shawn Buchanan, Huck Seed

Big Hands:

Huck Seed Eliminated

On a board of 773Q, the player in seat 9 bet 6,000 on the turn and Seed went into the tank. Staring at his opponent and cocking his head, Seed ultimately moved all in for just under 16,00 total. Seat 9 went into the tank and eventually made the call, showing A7 for trip sevens, ace kicker. Seed turned over 97 for trip sevens with a weaker kicker. The 2 fell on the river, eliminating the former 1996 Main event world champion just minutes into the day.

Set Over Set, Shawn Buchanan Eliminated Early

Just minutes into Day 1c of the $10,000 NL Main Event, Shawn Buchanan got it all in with a set of sevens on a board of J7652. He was beaten by a set of jacks and lost almost his entire stack this hand, leaving himself with only 300 chips left. Crippled, the next hand Buchanan got it in with K-10 against K-Q and failed to improve. It was a very, very early day for Shawn Buchanan who has been eliminated from the tournament.

Clonie Gowen Misreads Hand, Eliminates Player

On a flop of A54, Alex Jacob bet 300 and Clonie Gowen raised to 800. The player in the big blind reraised to 2,000, Jacob mucked and Gowen reraised to 4,000. The big blind quickly moved all in and Gowen insta-called.

Gowen: A3
Big Blind: 54

Gowen flopped top pair and an inside straight draw but was trailing her opponent who made two pair on the flop. The 8 came on the turn, no help to either player, but the 3 hit the river, giving Gowen a better two pair and the win. Gowen raked the pot, doubling up early to about 40,000 as she elimianted her opponent. " I didn't double check," she said. "I thought I had ace-five." She then said that if she would have double checked her cards again she wouldn't have called.

Opponent Slow-Plays Aces, Binger Gets Trapped

In a three-way limped pot, the flop came 1083. The player in the big blind bet out 400 and Michael Binger made the call as the small blind folded. The turn borught the A, and the big blind bet 1,000. Binger thought for a moment before calling. The river was the 4, and the big blind bet 2,500. Binger made the call and the big blind turned over AA for top set. Binger mucked his cards and fell down to about 16,000 after the hand.

Scharf Practice

German Eddy Scharf has set about gathering chips at his table. The two-time bracelet winner bet around the pot of 4,000 on the river with the board reading Q107Q9 and got his opponent to lay down. He is now up to almost 25,000.

Parky Poker

Irishman Padraig Parkinson has been quite active at what he described as a "passive" table. He won a succession of small pots uncontested until one player played back at him, forcing him to fold to a bet and he is currently sitting on just over his starting stack.

Player Tags: Huck Seed,   Clonie Gowen,   Shawn Buchanan,   Eduard Scharf,   Padraig Parkinson,   Michael Binger

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 19 - Play Slows Down

Jun 30, '08

Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Players Remaining: 16 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 476,000

Chip Leaders:

Kido Pham - 1,240,000
Brandon Moran - 1,000,000
Peter Jetten - 860,000
Richard Harroch - 740,000
Josh Arieh - 560,000
Marty Smyth - 535,000
Michael Mizrachi - 535,000
Greg Hurst - 500,000
David Benefield - 445,000
Kenneth Matsson - 410,000

Eliminations:

Len Ashby - 20th place - $28,651
Dario Alioto - 19th place - $28,651
Rino Mathis - 18th place - $35,814
Eddy Scharf - 17th place - $35,814

Hands and Storylines:

Scharf eliminated, Buchanan nearly triples

Billy Argyros and Shawn Buchanan limped from early position, and then Eddy Scharf reraised all in from the small blind for 58,000. Argyros then reraised enough to put Buchanan all in. Buchanan had 111,000 left in his stack, and after a minute made the call.

Scharf: KKA7
Argyros: A765
Buchanan: JT98
Board: QT9T2

Buchanan flopped two pair and turn a boat to take down the pot of over 300,000 chips. After the hand Argyros was down to roughly 150,000 chips.

After setback, Argyros doubles up

On a QQ6 flop, Jimmy Tran made a pot-sized bet and then Billy Argyros moved all in. Tran made the call with A-J-6-6 for a full house, while Argryos needed held A-K-Q-7 and needed to catch a card to make a full house. He got the help right away when a seven came on the turn, and an ace came on the river to give him an even better full house.

Smyth catches Pham's bluff

With the board T328T, Kido Pham made a pot-sized bet of 146,000. Marty Smyth made the call and Pham immediately told him, "You win." Smyth flipped over A-A-6-3 for two pair, aces and tens to win the pot. 

Player Tags: Shawn Buchanan,   Eduard Scharf,   Billy Argyros,   European Report