06-10-2009 12:15 UTC-12

Lunkin Chops With Sugar Bear

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Omaha-8

Omaha-8 is a tough game and it's a game where you try your best to scoop pots. Most of the time though, pots will be chopped as this one was.

The flop came down {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{6-Spades}

{4-Clubs}

between one of the big stacks, Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri, and one of the shorter stacks, Vitaly Lunkin. Barbieri bet out and was called by the Russian. The turn was the {2-Spades}

{2-Spades}

and Barbieri checked. Lunkin fired a missile and Barbieri called.

The river paired the pair with the {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

and Barbieri check-called another bet from Lunkin. Lunkin tabled {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{9-Diamonds}

{5-Clubs}

{4-Hearts}

for the low half of the pot. Barbieri scooped the high with a flush, showing {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{6-Diamonds}

. As happens so often in split games, the pot was chopped.

Tags: "Sugar Bear"Al barbieri Vitaly Lunkin