Event #36: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Thomas Taylor:    /      /  
Chris Papastratis:    /      /  

Jeff Madsen was the bring-in, Thomas Taylor completed, and Chris Papastratis called. Papastratis bet fourth street and Taylor called. On fifth street, Papastratis bet and Taylor called all in for his final 160,000.

Papastratis had four cards to a wheel and hit the gin card on sixth street to leave Taylor drawing stone dead both ways. Taylor didn't even bother looking at his river card, instead making his way off the table to collect his $30k and change for finishing fifth.

Chris Papastratis	4,280,000	880,000
Jeff Madsen	4,000,000	-100,000
Scott Lake	1,780,000	530,000
Ali Eslami	1,655,000	-20,000
Thomas Taylor	0	-700,000

Scott Lake:   /    / 
Ali Eslami:   /    / 

Scott Lake raised on third street after Ali Eslami completed, the latter called and then check-called a bet on fourth street.

Lake, with an open pair of deuces, bet on fifth street and was called.

The same action repeated on sixth street before Eslami bet on seventh street. Lake raised, putting himself all-in, and was called.

Eslami did not improve but thought he had half the pot guaranteed thanks to his two pair.

Lake peeled his river card and was buoyed to see it was the  , which gave him a wheel to scoop the entire pot.

Scott Lake	1,250,000	160,000
Ali Eslami	1,175,000	-855,000

John Holley:    /      /  
Jeff Madsen:     /     

Chris Papastratis was the bring-in. Jeff Madsen completed, Holley raised, Madsen made it three bets and Holley called. Madsen fired fourth and fifth street and Holley called twice. Both players checked on sixth street.

Holley checked the river to Madsen, who stuck in another bet. Holley paid it off but lost both ends of the pot against Madsen's     for a pair of sevens and a 7-6-4-3-A low. Holley flashed an eight-low before angrily mucking his hand.

Jeff Madsen	4,100,000	700,000
John Holley	200,000	-600,000

John Holley:    /      /   - folded on seventh street
Kenny Hsiung:    /      /  
Chris Papastratis:     /     

John Holley was the bring-in, Kenny Hsiung completed with the ace and Chris Papastratis called with his ace. Holley called as well.

Hsiung checked to Papastratis on fourth, who bet. Holley made it two bets, Hsiung cold-called, and Papastratis called.

Holley continued his aggression on fifth street, Hsiung called, and now Papastratis put in a raise. Two calls followed, with Hsiung taking his time. Papastratis bet sixth street, Holley snap-called, and Hsiung called after some thought.

Papastraitis bet the river and Holley quickly gave up. Hsiung, shaking his head, reluctantly called it off.

"Flush and a low," Papastratis triumphantly said as he rolled over three clubs with two babies to scoop the big pot.

Chris Papastratis	3,400,000	1,600,000
Kenny Hsiung	1,845,000	-755,000
John Holley	800,000	-550,000

Jeff Madsen:   /     - Folded on Sixth Street
John Holley:   /    

Jeff Madsen completed and was called by John Holley. The latter called bets on fourth and fifth street before raising on sixth street.

Madsen went into the tank but ultimately let his hand go.

Jeff Madsen	3,500,000	-390,000
John Holley	1,350,000	350,000

Jeff Madsen:    /    
John Holley:    /    
Kenny Hsiung:   /    - Folded on Fifth Street

Kenny Hsiung completed and was called by Jeff Madsen and John Holley. Action checked to the latter on fourth street and he bet. Both opponents called.

Holley fired a second barrell on fifth street which folded out Hsiung but Madsen stuck around. Madsen called another bet on sixth street and then bet again on seventh street after Holley checked.

Holley ended up making the call, but immediately wished he didn't.

"I knew I should have folded," he said, after seeing that Madsen had made an eight-high straight and seven-five low.

Jeff Madsen	3,300,000	500,000
John Holley	1,000,000	-500,000

John Holley:     /     
Thomas Taylor:     /     
Chris Papastratis:    /    - folded on fourth street
Jeff Madsen:    /    - folded on fourth street

Jeff Madsen open-completed with the four and received three callers. He bet fourth street, John Holley made it two bets, Thomas Taylor made it three bets, Chris Papastratis folded, as did Madsen. Taylor called the extra chips.

Taylor kept pounding all the way but Holley stuck around, with the latter ultimately showing jacks and sevens on showdown. Taylor flashed just the   and mucked his hand.

John Holley	1,500,000	710,000
Thomas Taylor	955,000	-905,000

Chris Papastratis:   /    / 
Scott Lake:   /    / 
Thomas Taylor:   /    - Folded on Fifth Street

Chris Papastratis completed and he was called by Scott Lake and Thomas Taylor.

Papastratis bet on fourth street and both of his opponents called. After making an open pair of tens on fifth street, Papastratis slowed down with a check. Lake then bet before Taylor folded. Papastratis made the call.

Papastratis then check-called bets on sixth and seventh street and was shown the bad news. Lake had an eight-high straight, which also was a low. Papastratis looked at his cards for a few moments before returning them to the dealer.

Chris Papastratis	1,800,000	-50,000
Thomas Taylor	1,650,000	-350,000
Scott Lake	1,200,000	300,000

John Holley:    /     - folded on fifth street
Kenny Hsiung:     /     
Chris Papastratis:     /     
John Bunch:    /      /  

John Bunch was the bring-in with the deuce. John Holley completed, Kenny Hsiung made it two bets, Chris Papastratis cold-called, Bunch came along from the bring-in and Holley called as well.

Papastratis caught an ace on fourth and bet out, followed by three calls. On fifth street, Hsiung was first to act and checked. Papastratis bet 100,000, Bunch called all in for 75,000, Holley folded, and Hsiung called. Papastratis then bet the remaining streets and Hsiung called it off.

Hsiung showed first and revealed aces and nines for high. Papastratis was second best with aces and treys and mucked his hand. Bunch then showed kings up and a flush draw before squeezing his final card, the  , which didn't help him to end his run in ninth.

Kenny Hsiung	3,250,000	850,000
Thomas Taylor	2,000,000	-100,000
Jeff Madsen	1,700,000	0
Chris Papastratis	1,655,000	-545,000
John Holley	1,200,000	200,000
Ali Eslami	1,100,000	150,000
Scott Lake	900,000	200,000
David Arganian	400,000	-50,000
John Bunch	0	-270,000