Saturday, June 7, 2008 8:12 PM Local Time
Farzad Rouhani is the winner of Event 10's $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Freezeout, taking home a whopping $232,911 for his troubles.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 8:07 PM Local Time
Stud-8
After a little back and forth, there was an exciting moment when Chambers was all in on fifth street, but they chopped it and play continued.
Omaha-8
Back to Omaha, and the tension was mounting, both players now standing up out of their chairs, and a huge crowd gathered to watch the David and Goliath chip stacks battle it out.
Rouhani called on the button, and Chambers raised. Call.
Flop:
and Chambers bet. Rouhani raised. Chambers reraised, and they agreed that he was all in right there.
Chambers:
Rouhani:
Turn:
River:
And making quads on the river, Tom Chambers is eliminated in second place, and Farzad Rouhani wins first place and that coveted bracelet.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 7:56 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Moments later, Chambers finds himself nearing the felt and trapped in his own chamber of horrors with just 145,000.
On a flop of
, Rouhani's bet is raised by Chambers. "Uh-oh," says Rouhani as he calls.
A
turn leads to more aggression from Chambers, and again Rouhani calls.
Both players check down the
river, leading to Rouhani taking yet another pot down with
.
Chambers is in dire straits now, but there's no money for nothing in this game, and it's not over until that final chip is gone.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 7:51 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
The two players reach a river of a
board after Chambers had bet through the streets.
As Chambers checks, Rouhani comments, "Ah, check on the river, interesting, eight-seven doesn't check the river. I bet!"
Reluctantly, Chambers makes the call, to which Rouhani responds, "Three kings, I got lucky," showing
in the process.
Chambers mucks and is now down to 300,000.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 7:46 PM Local Time
Stud-8:
After conceding a hand to Chambers on fourth street, muttering, "Take this one down," as Chambers boasted three hearts up, the two tangled in a more serious manner.
Chambers was the aggressor all the way down until sixth street, when he made a pained call to Rouhani's bet upon making a pair of tens up.
Chambers:
Rouhani:
Rouhani bet seventh street, and Chambers folded instantly.
Down to 500,000.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 7:41 PM Local Time
Heads up, Rouhani says to Chambers, "All right buddy, it's just you and I. We chuck all the enemies out, we don't have to be any more."
Chambers takes the initial lead, turning a set of fives in stud to beat Rouhani's flopped set of fours. "Wow!" he concedes. "Nice hand." Chambers moves up to around 650,000 -- still behind, but closing in.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 7:36 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Rouhani raises from the button, and both Tom Chambers and John Cernuto call from the blinds.
Flop:
and it checks to Miami John, who bets. Rouhani raises, Chambers gets out of the way, and Miami John calls.
They agree that Miami John is all in on the
turn, and they flip over their cards.
Cernuto:
Rouhani:
River: a punch-in-the-gut
, sending Cernuto to the rail in third place.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 7:29 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
The action is faster than a cheetah on roller skates now, Yueqi Zhu falling at the hands of Farzad Rouhani after numerous failed attempts.
One of those missiles that went astray was fired the very hand prior to his exit, Rouhani taking a shot at his foe with
versus
.
Sadly for the chip leader, the board didn't oblige, coming
for the split pot.
"What the hell was that?" joked Rouhani. "I read somewhere that this hand was meant to be good."
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Moments later, Zhu was finally gone after the pluckiest of performances that would have made Rocky Balboa look like a quitter.
All in once again against Rouhani, Zhu had
but found himself up against the foreboding sight of Rouhani's
. No help on the board and Zhu was gone
"I guess I got it," finsihed Rouhani as Zhu left to a polite applause.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 7:22 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Joy for John Cernuto who has doubled up what was looking like a very short stack indeed thanks to neighbor and chip daddy Farzad Rouhani.
Cernuto raised the button, Rouhani, after asking for a count on Zhu's stack in the big blind, announced reraise, and a pot-committed Cernuto called.
Cernuto =
Rouhani =
Board =
A nice friendly board for Cerntuo sees the veteran shoot up to the 160,000 mark.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 7:18 PM Local Time
Stud-8
Showing
, Rouhani forces Tom Chambers to fold his
. "I wanted more chips, buddy!" he cries.
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His wish soon comes true as he absolutely cripples Miami John Cernuto, scooping a stud hand with a flush on seventh street -- Cernuto, who had
up, mucked.
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Omaha-8
Down to just 50,000 after losing that hand, Cernuto raised preflop from the small blind and Rouhani called -- they actually agreed all in in for Cernuto preflop, and flipped their cards.
Rouhani:
Cernuto:
Board:
They chop it up, and Cernuto stays in, hanging by the skin of his teeth.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 7:00 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Plenty of action on this Omaha hi-low round, including the exit of Greg Pappas.
Board =
Chambers eliminates Pappas with
for the flush, Pappas mucking but later claiming he'd made a straight.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:55 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
All in on the
flop.
Zhu =
Chambers =
Turn =
"Sick," says Chambers.
River =
"Yes!" roars Zhu
Yet another chop, and the table still can't rid the table of Zhu.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:54 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Pappas calls an UTG raise from Chambers, but then folds to a bet on the
flop, reducing him to just 120,000.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:53 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Refusing to die, Zhu doubled through Rouhani.
Rouhani raised the cutoff and Zhu called from the button. Zhu bet all in on the
flop out of turn; Rouhani decided to call anyway, muttering, "I have to call," and then, "Ahh, I get what I deserve," as Zhu scoops the pot on the river.
Zhu:
Rouhani:
Turn:
River:
Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:45 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
With blinds of 10,000 and 20,000, John Cernuto raises it up to 40,000, before being called by Yueqi Zhu in the small blind and Tom Chambers in the big.
A
flop sees Chambers bet out for 20,000, Cernuto fold and Zhu call.
Chambers also bets the
turn, this time 40,000, and again Zhu makes the call.
Both men then check the
river, the lack of any low giving the whole pot to Chambers who wins with
. Zhu held
and is now down to the felt with just 60,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:41 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Still just keeping his head above water, Yueqi "Rich" Zhu has doubled through Farzad Rouhani. Blind on blind, Rouhani asked to see the size of Zhu's stack before he decided what to do preflop. He opted to call, and then bet out the
flop. Zhu raised, and Rouhani called.
"How much?" Rouhani enquired, before checking the
turn. Zhu stuck in his last 51,000, and Rouhani called.
Zhu:
Rouhani:
"Oh no," sighed Rouhani, "I need some low."
River:
"Not that kind of low."
Zhu doubled up to around 210,000, although he lost a few of them back the next hand, calling Tom Chambers as far as fourth street in a stud hand.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:30 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Yueqi Zhu must be a closet Star Trek fan, as he's been a real "cling on" of late, recently finding himself all in on the turn of a
board with only Grag Pappas standing in his way.
Pappas made the call and showed
. Zhu had
.
"Two of clubs would be my perfect card," announced Pappas.
"Bingo!" he exclaimed as the
hit the river, but it wasn't not a scoop, Pappas taking the high with a flush, but losing out to Zhu's A-3-4-6-7 low.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:23 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
To quote a famous Bee Gees' LP, Yueqi Zhu is stayin' alive, committing a large proportion of his stack on a
. Fortunately for Zhu, Chambers released his hand.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:22 PM Local Time
Our chip leader at the start of the day Farzad Rouhani is racing ahead, increasing his stack to around 900,000 at the moment. The next biggest stack is John Cernuto, on around 400,000. Cernuto had more, but just lost a massive Omaha pot to Rouhani, who rivered a small flush to scoop.
Looking a bit deperate currently is Yueqi "Rich" Zhu, on just 70,000.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:17 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Chambers raises it up preflop and Cernuto calls in the blind. Chambers takes it down with a bet on the
flop. Chambers now up to 370,000