Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

Omaha Eight or Better

Owais Ahmed raised after action folded to him in the small blind, and Tom Schneider made the call.

Ahmed bet every street as the board came down      , and Schneider finally folded the river. Ahmed turned over the   and   for quads.

Owais Ahmed

385,000

-35,000

Hold'em

In the race for all the chips, Tom Schneider is taking a sizable lead.

He opened from under the gun in a recent hand and got calls from David Singer (button), Rep Porter (small blind) and Owais Ahmed (big blind).

The flop came    , and the blinds checked to Schneider, who kept the lead. Singer and Porter called. Schneider kept betting on the   turn, and both opponents again called. After a   river, Schneider bet a final time and saw both players fold.

Tom Schneider	960,000	255,000
Rep Porter	470,000	-235,000
David Singer	81,000	-84,000

Stud Eight or Better

Before the break, David Bach's stack had been dwindling of late, and he was now all-in on third street against three players, Rep Porter, Tom Schneider, and George Rechnitzer.

On fifth street, Schneider bet out, Rechnitzer called, and Porter raised. Both other players called, then all checked sixth street. Schneider bet again on the river, prompting a fold from Rechnitzer and a call from Porter. The players revealed their hands:

Schneider:    /    
Porter:    /    
Bach:    /    

Schneider won the high with his tens-full, Porter won the low with his seventy-five, and Bach was the odd man out. He has been eliminated in 12th place, earning $12,998.

After the hand, both Schneider and Porter sit with 705,000 in chips.

Hold'em

Eddie Blumenthal raised from middle position, and Dan Heimiller called from the big blind.

Heimiller the check-raised on the     flop. Blumenthal made the call. The turn paired the board with the  , and Heimiller bet again. Blumenthal again called. The river brought the  , double-pairing the board. Heimiller checked, and Blumenthal bet.

"Now that's a bad beat," Heimiller said. He thought briefly before turning over    and then mucking.

Eddie Blumenthal	500,000	57,000
Dan Heimiller	130,000	-16,000

Players at one of the remaining tables have requested a new deck after multiple cards have had to be replaced due to markings. Some players have voiced concerns that the table's automatic shuffling machine is damaging the cards and creating the marks.

Razz

Rep Porter completed showing the  , and Tom Schneider called with the  . Porter bet fourth street after being dealth the  , and Schneider ( ) called. Porter received the   on fifth street, while Schneider got the  . Schneider bet out and Porter called. Porter was dealt the   on sixth street, while Schneider received the   and checked. Porter bet and Schneider called, and then on the river Porter bet again and Schneider called again, bringing a showdown.

Porter:    /    
Schneider:    /    

Porter won the pot with eighty-seven, while Schneider's perfect nine was no good.

Tom Schneider	645,000	-110,000
Rep Porter	550,000	271,000

Omaha Eight or Better

Tom Schneider raised from middle position, and Michael Cooper made the call from the button.

The flop was    . Schneider continuation-bet, and Cooper called. The turn was a  , and Schneider kept firing. Cooper called once more. Schneider bet a final time on a   river. Cooper raised, and Schneider called immediately.

"Nothing," Cooper said, tossing out     . Schneider rolled over      for top set and took the pot.

Tom Schneider	755,000	480,000
Michael Cooper	91,000	-133,000

Hold'em

David Bach checked and called a bet from Owais Ahmed after a flop of    . He checked again when the   turned, and Ahmed checked it back. Bach then led out on the   river. Ahmed made the call.

Bach:   
Ahmed:   

Bach took the pot with top two pair.

"At least it's not no-limit," Ahmed said. "I would have doubled you up."

Owais Ahmed	200,000	-43,000
David Bach	140,000	-50,000

Hold'em

On a flop of    , David "Gunslinger" Bach checked, and Rep Porter bet. Bach then check-raised, and Porter called. The turn was the  , and Bach bet out. Porter called, and the dealer brought the  . Bach again bet out, and Porter again called. Bach asked what Porter had, and Porter turned over   . Bach mucked his cards, and Porter won the pot

Stud Eight or Better

In wave of wild pre-flop action, Mark Klecan raised showing the  , Frankie O'Dell ( ) three-bet, Dan Kelly ( ) 4-bet, Klecan called the four bets, and O'Dell raised to five bets. Dan Kelly called all-in for 43,000, and Klecan called the fifth bet as well.

Klecan paired his six on fourth street and bet out, and O'Dell quickly raised after receiving the  . O'Dell bet out each street the rest of the hand, with Klecan calling him down, and setting up the following showdown.

Kelly:    /    
O'Dell:    /    
Klecan:    /    

No player had a qualifying low, and O'Dell won the high with three aces. After the hand, Frankie O'Dell was up to 360,000, and Dan Kelly was eliminated in 16th place for $8,378.