Barbara Lewis Poker Tournament Updates

Stud Eight Or Better - Hour Two

Jun 28, '07

With only a $5 ante and $30-$60 betting limits, the $2,000 starting stacks will be large enough that it will be very unlikely for anyone to bust this early in the tournament.  With that in mind, gigantic hands do not come down ofter.  It seems that in a split-pot limit game such as this, a tournament is a war of attrition and cannot be won in any one battle.  Some soldiers have entered the fray late, including Ted Forrest, Chad Brown and Scotty Nguyen.  Forrest joined Mike Wattell and Barbara Lewis, making for a tough stud table. 

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Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   Ted Forrest,   Michael Wattel,   Barbara Lewis

Just Can't Get Enough

Jun 08, '07

Phil Ivey is an unstoppable force. Within two hours of finishing second in the $5,000 World Championship of Seven Card Stud, Ivey is already playing in today's $1,500 stud event.  Thor Hansen and Barbara Lewis are also playing today after making it deep in the Championship event last night.

Though the limits are low, some interesting hands have arisen.  In one, Shawn Sheikhan completed showing the 8 and was raised by a player showing the Q.  Sheikhan paused for a moment, the mucked his hand.  Sheikhan asked his opponent to show one card, and he revealed the 2.  Jean Gaspard chuckled a bit and said, "I like this guy."

John Juanda and Barbara Lewis got involved in a big pot with the player in seat four.  Juanda's board read 101067, Seat four's read KJ93, and Lewis' read 8985.    On sixth street Juanda bet, seat four raised, Lewis called, and Juanda reraised. After the other players called, the river was dealt.  Juanda checked, seat four bet, Lewis raised, Juanda folded, and seat four reraised.  Lewis called the third bet, and the player in seat four quickly revealed his hole cards, (KK9) for kings full. Lewis mucked, and was left short stacked as her opponent raked in the sizable pot.

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Player Tags: John Juanda,   Shawn Sheikhan,   Phil Ivey,   Barbara Lewis

Oppenheim Steamroller

Jun 07, '07

David Oppenheim has amassed a gigantic stack in the time since two-table play began.  Even after losing a sizable hand to Marco Traniello, Oppenheim sits with roughly $350,000.  Oppenheim took down a gigantic pot against Ted Lawson when he reraised Lawson on the end with a board of 24J6 against Lawson's 4QJA.  After deliberating for some time, Lawson called and Oppenheim quickly rolled the 53 out from the hole for a straight. Lawson mucked his cards and Oppenheim raked in the monster pot.

Barbara Lewis was short stacked for about forty minutes before going out in 12th place ($12,267). She got the last of her money in with (105)10 9 against Phil Ivey's (73) 66.  Ivey caught a 7 for two pair, and though Lewis picked up a heart draw, she did not improve her hand by the end and was sent to the rail.

With only three more eliminations until the final table is set the tension is building. Keep it locked at Cardplayer.com to catch up on the action with highlights every hour.

Player Tags: David Oppenheim,   Ted Lawson,   Barbara Lewis