Lester checked on his final card and Thayer fired out a bet. Lester called and Thayer slapped down for the wheel. It was good enough to take both the high and the low.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 33 - $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship
Day: 2
Lester checked on his final card and Thayer fired out a bet. Lester called and Thayer slapped down for the wheel. It was good enough to take both the high and the low.
Benyamine: (X) (X) (X)
Rasmussen: (X) (X) (X)
On fourth street, Rasmussen led out, and Benyamine made the call. On fifth, Thayer again bet, and this time had to call a raise from his opponent. On sixth street, Thayer paired his five and bet yet again. When Benyamine took his last card on seventh street, he took the lead as well, betting out and getting a call from Rasmussen.
Benyamine: ( ) ()
His two pair was good enough to scoop him the pot, and bring him up to 90,000. Rasmussen, meanwhile, came up on the wrong end and is down to 23,000.
Steve Sung: (X) (X) (X)
Luske bet on each street and got a call from Sung all the way. Right before receiving his final card, Luske fired a dark bet. Sung called.
Luske turned up to go with his three spades on board to scoop the pot. Sung claimed he needed a diamond and didn't get it on seventh.
Hasan Habib: () () (X)
Tad Jurgens: () () (X)
Shak completed on his bring-in option, Habib called, and then Jurgens raised. Both Habib and Shak called. On fourth, Jurgens bet, Shak raised, Habib called, Jurgens reraised, Shak called all in, and Habib made the call.
On fifth, Habib bet, Jurgens raised, and then Habib said, "I can't throw this away," and put Jurgens all in. Jurgens tossed his last 900 in the middle.
The dealer ran the cards and gave Shak the , making him the wheel and nut low. Habib pulled a third six on his last card. Jurgens flipped up his last card and couldn't find a third king to best Habib's trip sixes and was eliminated.
Shak scooped the main pot with both a high and the low. Habib scooped the side pot.
Matusow was unimpressed. "Didn't have to check-raise," he said.
Alioto responded, "I wanted to be the last one betting."
When the cards were all drawn and the hands turned over, the pot was split. Matusow tabled ( ) to lock up the high half with his sevens up. Alioto took the low with ( ) .
Level: 12
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Shortly after that hand, however, McKenna was knocked back down and out of here.
Michael McKenna: (X) (X) (X)
Doug Ganger: (X) (X) (X)
Jacob completed on third and then both he and Ganger called when McKenna raised all in. Jacob and Ganger checked the hand down on the remaining streets.
Jacob mucked at the showdown when Ganger revealed an seven-four low with . McKenna took the high with .
McKenna is now up to 2,700, but still extremely short.