With Froehlich's elimination, we are on the money bubble.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 8 - $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event
Day: 2
With Froehlich's elimination, we are on the money bubble.
Michael DeMichele: (x-x)
Eric Froehlich: (x-x)
On third street Ali Eslami brought it in with a jack, DeMichele called, Eric Froehlich completed, Eslami folded, and DeMichele called.
On fourth and fifth streets Froehlich bet and DeMichele called.
On sixth street Froehlich bet, DeMichele raised and Froehlich called.
On seventh street Froehlich checked, DeMichele bet and Froehlich called.
"Sixty-five" announced DeMichele, indicating a 6-5 low. Froehlich mucked and DeMichele dragged the pot.
After the hand Froehlich was down to 27,000 while DeMichele sat on 270,000.
Vanessa Rousso got the rest of her chips in on a flop of vs. Tom "durrrr" Dwan. Vanessa turned up for middle pair, but Dwan had her in bad shape with . The turn was the , the river was the and a dejected Rousso hit the rail, but not before wishing her fiance Chad Brown good luck.
After the hand Dwan was up to 60,000.
Matt Glantz 312,000
Gus Hansen 290,000
Johnny Chan 232,000
Lee Watkinson 223,000
Mike Sexton limped in from early position, Sam Farha raised to 11,000, Marcel Luske moved all in for 49,000, Sexton called all in for 11,000 and Farha called as well. On their backs...
Sexton:
Luske:
Farha:
Mike Sexton immediately began calling for low cards as the dealer burned and turned.
"I sure wish this was Omaha-8!" he said.
The flop came down . The turn was the and the river was the . Though Sexton made a six-high straight on the river, it was bested by Farha's flush. Both Sexton and Luske were eliminated while Farha's stack jumped up to 210,000.
Level: 14
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Russell Salzer raised predraw, and both Eli Elezra and Doyle Brunson called. Salzer and Elezra drew two apiece while Brunson drew three. Salzer bet, Elezra raised, Brunson called and Salzer called. On the second draw, Salzer and Elezra each drew one while Brunson drew two. Salzer checked, Elezra bet, Brunson called and Salzer called. On the third draw Salzer took one, Elezra rapped pat and Brunson drew one. All three players checked.
Elezra showed 8-7-5-3-2, both Brunson and Salzer mucked and Elezra raked in the pot.
On the next hand, Salzer was all in predraw against Minh Ly. Ly made an 8-6 low, besting Salzer's 9-8 and he was eliminated.
After picking up the blinds and antes the next hand, Chad Brown raised from middle position to 6,500 and was reraised by Matt Glantz from the cutoff to 23,500. Brown called.
The flop came and Brown checked. Glantz bet 33,000 and Brown called. The turn came the and both players checked.
The river was the and brown checked again. Glantz bet 37,000 and Brown called. Glantz showed for the best hand.
Matt Glantz: 250,000
Chad Brown: 94,000
Tom Dwan raised to 5,500 from UTG and Sam Farha called from the big blind. The flop was . Farha led out for 12,000 and Dwan called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Farha checked, Dwan bet 28,800 and Farha called.
Dwan rolled over for a queen-high straight, Farha mucked, and Dwan took it down. "Durrrr" is now up to 280,000 and is the chip leader while Farha slipped to 110,000.