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$5,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud 8/b - Day 2 - Level 18 Recap

Jun 18, '08

Note: The players are now on a 20-minute break

Limit: 6,000-12,000, 1,500 ante, 2,000 bring in

Players Left:  13 of 261

Chip Leaders:
Steve Sung - 350,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg - 280,000
Annie Duke - 250,000
Marcel Luske – 250,000
Chris Ferguson - 225,000
Robert Lauria - 212,000
David Benyamine - 170,000
Howard Lederer - 160,000
Robert Beveridge - 155,000
Allen Cunningham - 125,000
Alessio Isaia - 120,000

Average Stack: 200,750

Eliminations:
14^th – Barry Greenstein
15^th – Matt Grapenthien
16^th – Aliaksandr Dzianisau
17^th – Jan Suchanek
18^th – Kirill Gerasimov
19^th – William Kohler
20^th – Thang Duc Nguyen

Big Hands and Storylines:

Full House Over Full House

Jan Suchanek got his money into the pot with fours full of aces and assumed he was ahead of his opponent, who was showing only a pair of queens and two low cards. Suchanek was quite surprised to see his opponent show up with a full house of his own: queens full of fives. With that, Suchanek was eliminated in 17^th place, taking home $11,040.

What Would King Solomon Do?

A shortstacked Barry Greenstein was eliminated by Steve Sung, leading Greenstein to begin his post-bustout routine of taking out his book and signing it for his assassin. Howard Lederer leaned over from the other table and asked, “What happens when it’s a split pot?” This garnered a nice chuckle out of Chris Ferguson, but Greenstein did not seem to be in a laughing mood. Perhaps in the future Barry should bring two copies of his book to high-low events.

The Flying Dutchman

Marcel Luske just scooped a massive pot when he made a six-high straight and six low in a four-way pot. Luske was all-in on 6^th street and action checked around on 7^th street, so Luske scooped the main pot, and the miniscule side-pot went elsewhere. “Gimme all da money.... except the side-pot,” exclaimed Luske. Even without the side-pot the Dutchman is up to a healthy 250,000.

And We Play On

The players just voted nearly unanimously in favor of playing down to 8 players instead of stopping for the night. The lone dissenter was Allen Cunningham, who, unlike the rest of the remaining players, does not seem too excited about the $10,000 Omaha high-low event beginning tomorrow.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   Annie Duke,   Barry Greenstein,   Matt Grapenthien,   Allen Cunningham,   Howard Lederer,   David Benyamine,   Kirill Gerasimov,   Marcel Luske,   Steve Sung,   Jan Suchanek,   Sebastian Ruthenberg,   Aliaksandr Dzianisau,   Robert Beveridge,   William Kohler,   Alessio Isaia,   European Report