$1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout - Level 8
Jul 01, '08
Players are now on a 20-minute break. Three tables remain, and play is beginning to threaten the scheduled start for the second round of the shootout, slated to commence at 10 p.m. Chips stacks at one table appear to be virtually even. Also, the big blind only increased from 500 to 600 in the last level.
Blinds: 300/600
Table Winners: Jesse Martin, Duane Graff, John Pires, Imari Love, Coralee Grebe.
Eliminations: Scott Seiver, Justin Bonomo, Michael Binger.
Storylines/Big Hands
Big Hands
Vaswani Hangs Tough for Awhile
Ram Vaswani, the defending champion of this event, has been all-in on a few occasions but continues to stave off elimination. Vaswani was down to his final 2400 in chips, including his big blind, and all went in preflop, Vaswani with 2
2
and his opponent with K10. The flop came Q
75, with the 8 on the turn and 6 on the river to double Vaswani's meager holdings.
The next hand Vaswani and his opponent capped the betting preflop at 2400. After the flop came A85, a Vaswani bet took it down.
Later in the level, Vaswani was down to 4000 in chips. Both players went to 1800 preflop and saw the board come 432. Vaswani bet 600 and was called. The turn was the 7 and Vaswani bet 1200, again getting called. After the 7 on the river Vaswani bet his final 350 and was called. Vaswani showed A6 for an ace-high, and that was enough against his opponent king-nine offsuit.
The luck finally ran out when Vaswani had his king-high cracked by a jack on the river hit by his opponent.
Seiver Eliminated
Scott Seiver, a bracelet winner earlier in the WSOP, was getting whittled down. After committing 1200 preflop, an opponent's bet on a board of K7
4 was enough to take it down. That left Seiver with just 1450, and it all went in preflop with Seiver holding 93. His opponent held K7. The board finished J6442 and Seiver was busted.
Tables Turn on Tran
Theo Tran had the upperhand on Allen Le, with Le down to just 5,000 after Tran held five-four offsuit and flopped a straight on a 7-6-3 board. But that momentum changed abruptly, after a flop of Q97. Tran bet 600 and was raised. He called, and the 6 came on the turn. Tran bet, was raised, then put in a reraise of his own to put Le all-in. Tran held QJ for top pair, but Le had 108 for a straight. Le took that momentum and eventually went on to eliminate Tran.
Kovar Advances
Robert Kovar pick a fine time to pick up cowboys. His KK was enough to crack his opponent and advance to the second round.
Player Tags: Ram Vaswani, Robert Kovar, Theo Tran, Scott Seiver
