$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.- Day 2 - Level 9 Recap
Jun 12, '08
Limits:
Hold’em/Omaha8b: 800-1600, 400-800 blinds
Razz/Stud/Stud8b: 800-1600, 200 ante, 200 bring-in,
Players Left: 112 of 414
Chip Leaders:
Kevin Saul - 57,000
Alexander Jung - 54,300
Christopher Gentile - 50,300
Shannon Elizabeth - 44,200
James Mackey - 42,900
Marc Goodwin - 41,500
Todd Brunson - 38,000
David Levi - 38,000
James Van Alstyne - 36,000
Linda Drucker - 36,000
Average Stack: 22,175
Eliminations:
Mark Vos
Todd Lundwell
Shinchi Chien
J.W. Smith
Big Hands and Storylines:
Hold’em
Oh the Zhu-manity
Mark Vos got the majority of his 9,000 chips in pre-flop against Yueqi Zhu and the rest went in on a K
5
3 flop. “That’s a good flop for me,” said Vos. It was indeed, as Vos turned over A
K. Zhu’s 7
7 was drawing to two outs. The J on the turn was unimportant, but the river was a stunning 7, eliciting an emphatic “Yes!” from Zhu and causing Vos to spring from his chair and leave the area in incredibly swift fashion. Zhu is now up to quite a hale 35,500.
Omaha/8b
Saul’s Solid Stack Skyrockets
Seated right next to one another, Todd Brunson and Kevin “bel0wab0ve” Saul tangled in a pot. Brunson raised from the small blind and Saul called from the big blind. The flop came AQ4 and Brunson bet into Saul. Saul called and the duo saw a 3 turn. Brunson checked this time, but called after Saul’s bet of 1,600. Brunson wasn’t so keen about the 6 on the river apparently, as he check-folded, dropping his stack down to 39,000. Kevin Saul’s stack of 57,000 is now top among the chip leaders.
Mark Roland Doubles Up
After a great deal of betting pre-flop and on the flop, Mark Roland found himself all in against Max Pescatori on a 1043 flop. Pescatori declared that he had nut-nut and flopped over A633, a decidedly non-nut hand but still good for a set of threes. Mark Roland showed the goods however (as good as a series of draws can be anyway), revealing AA72 for the nut flush draw, a gutshot straight draw and the nut low draw. The river was the 9, which didn’t help Roland at all. But the J on the river was Roland’s saving grace, giving him the entire pot and doubling him up to 14,000. Pescatori’s loss drops him to 18,000.
Player Tags: David Levi, Max Pescatori, Todd Brunson, James Van Alstyne, J.W. Smith, James Mackey, Mark Roland, Christopher Gentile, Kevin Saul, Marc Goodwin, Mark Vos, Shannon Elizabeth, Alexander Jung, Linda Drucker, Shinchi Chien
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