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[QUOTE="DESSERTLADY, post: 414717, member: 1240"] [b][PLAIN][Event 12] $5000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split (Day 2) Update[/PLAIN][/b] [B][Event 12] $5000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split (Day 2) Update Continued[/B] [B]Recap from overnight continued:[/B] [B]Fri Jul 07 00:09:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Lisandro Eliminated[/B] Jeff Lisandro is all-in preflop for $1,100 and Bill Gazes along with 2 other players call. The flop is K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] and it checks around. The turn is the 6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]. Seat 8 bets and both Seat 9 and Gazes call. The river is the 4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]. This time Seat 8 checks and Seat 9 bets. Gazes calls and Seat 8 folds. Gazes shows A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]9[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG] and his opponent shows 6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] for a split pot. Gazes A-3 took the low while his opponent's 6-4 took the high. Lisandro mucks and it out of the tournament. [B]Fri Jul 07 00:24:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Players Take a Break[/B] The remaining Omaha players have taken a 15-minute break and are also coloring up their chips. [B]Fri Jul 07 00:37:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Players Return From Break[/B] The Omaha players have returned and now enter Level 10 with $500-$1000 blinds. There are 60 players remaining. [B]Fri Jul 07 00:52:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Ferguson Fills Up[/B] Chris Ferguson ($17,000) raises from early position. It's called by three players. The flop comes K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]10[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]. Ferguson leads out and the player from the button calls. Both blinds fold. The turn is the 5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]. Ferguson bets and the button calls. The K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] falls on the river. Ferguson again leads out, but this time the button raises. Ferguson quickly reraises and the button calls. Ferguson flips over the K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]10[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] and wins with a full house. Ferguson wins the $27,000 pot and increases his stack to $44,000. His opponent has $10,000. [B]Fri Jul 07 00:58:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Victor Ramdin Eliminated[/B] Victor Ramdin has been eliminated from today's Omaha High-Low event. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:02:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Grinder Loses With Boat[/B] With the board reading 8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]9[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG], Ryan Hughes shows 9-9. Michael Mizrachi looks at his cards and looks very surprised he lost. He has 9-7 for a smaller full house. The Grinder has $9,000, while Hughes has $50,000. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:10:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Mike O'Malley Busts Perry Friedman[/B] Perry Friedman limps preflop and Richard Ashby raises. Mike O'Malley calls from the big blind and Friedman calls. The flop is K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]. O'Malley bets and Friedman calls and is all-in. Ashby also makes the call. The turn is the 6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] and O'Malley bets again. Ashby raises and O'Malley makes the call. The river is the Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG] and both players check it down. Friedman shows K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] and O'Malley flips over A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]10[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG] for a straight. Ashby mucks and Friedman is eliminated. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:11:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Play Continues[/B] There are currently 41 players remaining in today's Omaha High-Low 8/OB, play will continue until we reach 27 players. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:22:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Ivey, Smith Quartered by Farha[/B] Sam Farha raises ($2,000 total) before the flop from late position and both Phil Ivey (from the button) and Gavin Smith (from the small blind) call. The flop comes A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]T[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]. Farha bets ($1,000) and both opponents call. The turn is the 7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG], making straight and flush draws possible and completing possible lows. Again, Farha bets ($2,000) and both Ivey and Smith call. The river is a 7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]. Once again, Farha bets and both Ivey and Smith call. Farha shows A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG] for the second-nut high (Aces full of 7's) with no low. Ivey shows 5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] for the nut low. Smith shows 8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG] for a shared nut low. Farha splits the $22,000 pot for $11,000. Ivey and Smith are quartered for $5,500 each. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:27:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Honesty Costs Gavin[/B] Gavin Smith, Sammy Farha and another player are in a hand. The other player is all-in preflop. The flop comes 10[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]. Farha checks and Smith bets $1,000. Farha calls. The turn is the K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]. Farha bets $2,000 and Smith calls. The river is the A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]. Farha bets and Smith calls. Smith turns over J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG] for three 2's. Farha mucks. The dealer gives the whole pot to Smith and he immediately tells the dealer that his opponent had a straight, and therefore the winning hand. Smith did win the side pot. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:32:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Harman Doubles Up[/B] Greg Mascio limps from the small blind and Jennifer Harman checks. The flop comes Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]9[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]. Mascio bets and Harman calls. The turn is the 7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]. Mascio bets again and Harman raises putting herself all-in. A King comes on the river. Harman shows K-J-10-4 for a straight and Mascio shows a set of 3's. Harman doubles up and Mascio went out a few hands later. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:36:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Stakes Increase[/B] The stakes have increased to $1,500-$3,000 with blinds of $1,000-$1,500. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:38:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Tony G Doubles Up from the Big Blind[/B] Tony G moves all in from the big blind with J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] and sweats a board of K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]9[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]. Tony G makes a pair of Jacks to double up. He now has $10,000 in chips. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:42:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Recent Eliminations[/B] Greg Mascio and John Gale have been eliminated out of the money. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:45:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Blair Rodman Eliminated[/B] Blair Rodman has been eliminated out of the money. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:47:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Smith and Farha Take Out Tony G[/B] In a 3-way pot between Sammy Farha, Gavin Smith and Tony "Tony G" Guoga, the board is 10[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]9[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] - 5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG], on the turn. Farha bets, and Smith and Tony G both make the call. The river brings the 3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG] where Farha checks to Smith, Smith bets, Tony G calls all-in, and Farha ends up calling as well. Smith shows A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]10[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]9[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] for the high hand, and Farha flips over A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]10[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG] for the low hand. Tony G is eliminated by the hands of Sammy Farha and Gavin Smith. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:51:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Amir Vahedi Gets Quartered[/B] Amir Vahedi raises to $3,000 from mid-position. Seat 1 calls from the cutoff. The flop comes J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]. Vahedi checks, his opponent bets ($1,500), and Vahedi raises all in for $3,000 total. Seat 1 calls and shows A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]. Vahedi shows A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]. The turn and river bring the 6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] and the 8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]. Seat 1 wins the high with Aces while they chop the low with 8-6-3-2-A. Vahedi is left with $4,000 in chips. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:57:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Richard Tatalovich Doubles Up[/B] Jeff King raises ($3,000 total) from mid-position and seat 9 calls. Richard Tatalovich then calls off his last $2,500. The board comes 8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG] while King and his opponent battle for the side pot. Tatalovich shows J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]T[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]T[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] for a pair of full house (5's full of Jacks). King shows A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]T[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG] for the nut low, while his opponent shows A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] for a pair of Aces. King and his opponent split the side pot while King and Tatalovich split the main pot. Tatalovich doubles up to $5,000. [B]Fri Jul 07 01:59:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Cousineau Makes Quads to Double Up[/B] Tony Cousineau makes quad 4's to double up to $4,000. Think about that one for a minute. [B]Fri Jul 07 02:03:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Gavin Smith Scoops a Pot[/B] Gavin Smith takes a huge pot with the nut low and a pair of Tens against his opponent's second-nut low with no pair. Smith is currently the chip leader with $156,000 in chips. [B]Fri Jul 07 02:09:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Cousineau Gets Eliminated[/B] Tony Cousineau and Richard Tatalovich are both all-in pre-flop for $2,000 against Chris Ferguson and Richard Ashby. Ferguson and Ashby checked the hand down the entire way. The board comes 8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG] - K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] - J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]. Ashby shows J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] and wins the high hand. Tatalovich shows A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG] and wins the low hand. Ferguson and Cousineau get nothing, and Cousineau is eliminated. [B]Fri Jul 07 02:13:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]David Grey Eliminated[/B] David Grey has been eliminated. [B]Fri Jul 07 02:14:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Tony Cousineau Eliminated[/B] Tony Cousineau has been eliminated out of the money. [B]Fri Jul 07 02:23:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Grinder Out[/B] Michael Mizrachi raises before the flop. Brett Jungblut reraises and says, "Protection." Grinder calls and is all-in. Jungblut shows A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]. Mizrachi has the A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]10[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]. The flop comes K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]9[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG] giving Jungblut a set but Mizrachi a flush draw. The turn is the 7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG] and now Mizrachi can win the low. But the river is a blank on all levels for The Grinder (10[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]). Jungblut has $11,000 chips and says, "He was the only stack I could knock out I was so low." [B]Fri Jul 07 02:25:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Recent Eliminations[/B] Nick Schulman [B]Fri Jul 07 02:27:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Can Gavin Blow It All?[/B] With $142,000 and 37 players left, it's a virtual lock that Gavin Smith will finish in the top 27 and make the money. But don't be so sure Smith says. He told his table that includes Sammy Farha, "Probably me and Sammy are the only two people with my stack that wouldn't be guarenteed to finish in the money." [B]Fri Jul 07 02:32:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Ferguson Builds His Stack[/B] Chris Takes down a sizabel pot when the board comes down A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]9[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG], and after a fair amount of betting, Ferguson shows the A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]9[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG] for aces full of nines. His opponent flashes the A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] and mucks his hand, giving ferguson the pot and bringing him to roughly $62,000. [B]Fri Jul 07 02:36:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Players Break[/B] The players are on a fifteen minute break, during which the $500 pink chips will be colored up. When players return, blinds will be increased for the 12th level to $1,000-$2,000 with $2,000-$4,000 limits. [B]Fri Jul 07 02:56:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Amir Vahedi Doubles Up...During Break![/B] Amir Vahedi has one $500 chip left, but during the break the tournament directors are racing off the $500 chips. Vahedi doesn't have to worry as even if he loses the race-off he will be given a $1,000 chip. But Vahedi doesn't need the charity as he wins the race-off. Vahedi says, "I do it the right way. I want to earn it." [B]Fri Jul 07 02:57:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Stakes Increase[/B] After a 15-minute break, the stakes have increased to $2,000-$4,000, which means that the blinds are $1,000-$2,000. [B]Fri Jul 07 03:17:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Players Trying To Stay Alert[/B] During a 20 second span, three players including Phil Ivey and Chris Ferguson have yawned. Andy Bloch is holding his head up with his hand, and Mike Caro is doing the same, only with his eyes closed for five seconds at a time. However they won't go home anytime soon unless they lose all their chips. The tournament directors say they will play till there's 27 players left, and right now they have seven players to go. [B]Fri Jul 07 03:20:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Marcus Knocks Out Two[/B] Van Marcus knocks out both Scotty Nguyen and Bill Gazes in the same hand. [B]Fri Jul 07 03:24:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Scott Buler and Bill Shephard Eliminated[/B] Scott Buler and Bill Shephard have just been eliminated from the Omaha High-Low Split. [B]Fri Jul 07 03:26:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Jungblut Wins a Big Pot Without Any Callers[/B] Brett Jungblut takes a healthy pot without having to show his hand, but he wanted to anyway. Jungblut raises to $4,000 before the flop and the big blind calls. The flop comes Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG] and the big blind bets into Jungblut. Jungblut makes the call. The turn comes 10[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG], and once again, the big blind bets in Jungblut. This time Jungblut raises and the big blind mucks. Jungblut flips over A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG] and rakes the pot. Jungblut brings his chip count to $36,000. [B]Fri Jul 07 03:41:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Arguments Abound[/B] Due to the late hours and confusion caused by combining tables, numerous arguments arise about posting blinds and other small difficulties. Though small and relatively easy to resolve, these arguments display the fatigue the players are experiencing from playing long hours at high levels of intensity. [/QUOTE]
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