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$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.- Day 2 - Level 11 Recap

Jun 12, '08

Limits:
Hold’em/Omaha8b:  1,200-2,400, 600-1,200 blinds
Razz/Stud/Stud8b:  1,200-2,400, 300 ante, 300 bring-in,

Players Left:  73 of 414

Chip Leaders:
Doug Ganger - 94,000
Jennifer Harman-Traniello - 68,000
Mark Wilds - 64,000
James Mackey – 59,000
Joshua Woolsey - 58,000
David Levi - 56,000
Kevin Saul - 55,000
Marco Traniello - 54,000
Eric Froehlich - 53,000
Farzad Rouhani - 45,000
Billy Argyros - 44,000
Loi Tran – 41,000

Average Stack: 34,050

Eliminations:
Felipe Tavares
Mike Sexton

Big Hands and Storylines:

It Just Keeps Getting Worse

Table 48 continues to add superb players to its ranks. The latest to be moved over to the table is Michael Binger. He joins Marco Traniello, Max Pescatori, James Mackey, Ted Forrest, and Steve Zolotow.

Hold’em

Mackey Making His Mark

Marco Traniello raised pre-flop from middle position and James Mackey three-bet him from the small blind. Traniello made the call. Mackey led out at the A84 flop and Traniello swiftly called. Mackey checked the 7 turn and Traniello bet 2,400. Mackey made it 4,800 and Traniello called. Mackey again bet out on the river 3 and Traniello called. Mackey showed 88 for the flopped set and Traniello, perhaps thinking he had won the pot, momentarily flipped over A-K then scrambled to return his cards face down. Traniello is still in no danger of elimination with nearly 55,000 in chips, but Mackey has him beat with 59,000.

Razz

Tran-tastic

Todd Brunson: A3K2
Loi Tran: 2446

Todd Brunson raised with the A showing and Loi Tran called him with the 2. On 4^th street, Brunson led out and Tran quickly called. Brunson check-called on 5^th street when he was dealt a king, then again on the river. On the end, Brunson again checked and Tran continued his pattern of betting. Brunson took more time to make this decision but ended up making the call. Tran showed (7-5-3) for 6-high and that was enough to win the pot, boosting him to 41,000. Brunson has 28,000.

Stud

Gracz vs. Glantz Part II

Glantz: T366
Gracz: Q2JQ

Matthew Glantz raised with the T showing and Michael Gracz called him with the Q. Gracz check-called on 4^th street and checked again on 5^th. Glantz too checked on 5^th street, slowing down a bit. 6^th street paired both players, sixes for Glantz and queens for Gracz. Gracz bet out and Glantz dejectedly folded. After the hand Glantz was left with a meager 6,000.

Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani,   Michael Gracz,   David Levi,   Max Pescatori,   Ted Forrest,   Todd Brunson,   Steve Zolotow,   Marco Traniello,   Jennifer Harman,   Loi Tran,   Mike Sexton,   Mark Wilds,   James Mackey,   Matthew Glantz,   Eric Froehlich,   Kevin Saul,   Billy Argyros,   Joshua Woolsey,   Doug Ganger,   Felipe Tavares