Ly is now down to about 120,000 in chips.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 14 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship
Day: 3
Ly is now down to about 120,000 in chips.
Eric Brooks is mostly staying out of the way of the big guns and playing very selectively. Minh Ly seems to be gunning a lot for Kostritsyn, as they have tangled in several pots already, but Kostritsyn seems willing to tangle. Fu Wong's play thus far has been very similar to Seidel with the exception of playing a few more pots.
Stay tuned an see how things progress.
Kostritsyn:
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Paluszek:
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Kostritsyn makes tens and eights to eliminate Paluszek in 6th place for a payday of $74,260.
Paluszek is down to 20,000 after the hand.
Level: 21
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Kostritsyn played his hand aggressively, but Seidel was having none of it, re-raising on 3rd street and getting it all in by 6th street.
Seidel: () ()
Kostritsyn: () (X)
Kostritsyn took a shot at knocking out Seidel, and had some outs on the river, but couldn't hit as Seidel survives yet another all in confrontation to move to close to 300,000 chips.
On fourth, Kostritsyn caught the for a pair on board and made a double bet. Minh Ly, who caught a , beat him into the pot for the call. Fifth street came the for Kostritsyn and the for Ly. Kostritsyn bet and Ly called.
On sixth street Ly caught the and immediately bet out with his hand. Kostritsyn, who caught the , looked back at his hand, shook his head slightly and mucked his hand. Ly had a sly grin on his face as he takes down the pot.
Oppenheim: ( ) (X)
Kostritsyn: ( ) ()
Kostritsyn showed the on the river for three fives and Oppenheim tapped the table.
He has been relentlessly aggressive all day and is catching the cards to match it - a lethal combination.
Kostritsyn stack is ballooning out onto the table and is over the 1.5million chip mark, with Minh Ly the next biggest stack on around 400,000.
On 4th street Wong bet out after hitting the and Seidel made the call with the .
On 5th street Wong bet the and Seidel tossed his last 10,000 into the middle on the . The cards were revealed and the boards ran out as follows:
Seidel: () ()
Wong: () (X)
Wong needed help on the river and squeezed his card but couldn't pair up as Seidel's pair of tens held. Seidel is now up to about 150,000 and back in contention, in another remarkable comeback for Seidel in this tournament.