Jeff Calkins Eliminated in 8th Place ($18,837)
Jun 07, '07
A few hands into the action after the break. Jeff Calkins moved in for his last $15,000. He had been crippled on the preceding hand. Both J.R. Reiss and Bryan Devonshire called. They then both checked down a board of J
6
5
4
Q
. Devonshire flipped over A
10
6
3
and Reiss showed J
10
9
2
. Calkins mucked his hand and got up from the table. He was eliminated in eighth place and will take home $18,837 in prize money.
Player Tags: Jeffrey Calkins, Bryan Devonshire
Hour One Log
Jun 07, '07
Here is how things looked when action got underway at the final table:
Seat 1: Alex Kravchenko
Seat 2: John Varner
Seat 3: Bryan Andrews
Seat 4: Yueqi “Rich” Zhu
Seat 5: Bryan Devonshire
Seat 6: Jordan Morgan
Seat 7: Jeff Calkins
Seat 8: J.R. Reiss
A Slice of Sarcasm
“The final table sucks,” said Bryan Devonshire sarcastically a few minutes into the action. He was by far the most outgoing player at an otherwise quiet affair. Devonshire then raised to $30,000 preflop and John Varner made the call. The flop was dealt 1073 and Devonshire fired out $15,000. Varney called and the turn card was the 7. Devonshire once again led out, this time for $30,000 and Varney called. The river brought the 10 and Devonshire bet $30,000. Varney went into the tank for a minute then folded his cards. Devonshire picked up a nice pot to start his day.
Devonshire now passed his cell phone around to Jordan Morgan and Jeff Calkins and he was generally having a good time laughing it up. He also bantered with Brandon Cantu, who made a railbird appearance from his perch upon the ‘No Limit Lounge.’
Early Blows
Back in the action Alex Kravchenko had bet $15,000 on a flop of A98. J.R. Reiss made the call and the turn was the A. Reiss checked and Kravchenko bet $30,000. Reiss called and the river brought the 4. Reiss jumped on the offensive this time and fired out $30,000. Kravchenko called and flipped over AQ52 to take the low. Reiss flipped over A1042 to take the high.
The next hand brought a board of 8636 and Kravchenko raised $30,000. Yueqi “Rich” Zhu called and Morgan folded. The river card was the 2 and Kravchenko fired out $30,000. Zhu raised to $60,000 and Kravchenko made the call. He flipped over A653 to scoop the pot, and Zhu was crippled with only $28,000 remaining.
Three players saw a flop of Q109 and Morgan bet $15,000. Varner made the call and the 5 was dealt on the turn. Morgan checked and Varner bet $30,000. Morgan called and the 2 fell on the river. Morgan fired out $30,000 and Varner reraised to $60,000. Morgan called and both players had now committed $120,000 into the pot since the preflop round of betting. Varner turned over A963 and Morgan silently mucked his hand. He looked distraught as he stared at his remaining chip stack, a few hands later he had Bryan Andrews all-in bet covered with J65Q3 out on the table. Andrews turned over AJ109 and Morgan flipped over A652. Andrews doubled up through Morgan on the hand and he now had only $38,000 remaining.
Dealer School
Omaha High-Low must be one of the advanced classes at dealer school. It can produce some pretty dicey pots at times. The board read J32 and Devonshire bet $15,000. Morgan raised to $30,000 and Varner made the call. The turn brought the 9 and a $30,000 bet from Devonshire. Morgan and Varner each called and the river card was the 8. Devonshire fired out $30,000 again and both opponents called.
Devonshire: A1042
Morgan: AJ43
Varner: AQ42
Devonshire won the high with the nut flush, but the low pot was an entirely different matter. The dealer split the low pot up three ways for all the players, who had all made an 8-4 low.
The players were then sent to a fifteen minute break.
Player Tags: Jeffrey Calkins, John Varner, Jordan Morgan, Bryan Devonshire, Yueqi Zhu, Bryan Andrews
