Event #37: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.

Hold'em

The game switched back to hold'em at Table 316 and immediately caused problems for Dan Makowsky. Chad Brown raised the button before Makowsky, in the small blind, made it three bets. Brown called.

Makowsky continued on the       flop and the   turn. Brown called each bet, then fired a bet of his own when Makowsky checked the river. Makowsky called but couldn't beat Brown's two pair, kings and eights,    . The hand seemed to steam Makowsky. He slammed sme of his chips onto the felt, then got up and took a short walk away from the table to stare out over the Amazon Room.

Makowsky is down to 96,000.

Stud

Aldridge: X-X /       FOLD

Brown:     /         /  

Makowsky:     /         /  

Stud is treating Chad Brown a little better this time around. He completed third street and was called by Dan Makowsky and by bring-in Ken Aldridge. Brown checked the lead to Makowsky on fourth street. Makowsky's bet was called by Aldridge and Brown in turn.

Brown still had the best board but checked fifth street. This time Makowsky's bet folded Aldridge, but Brown stuck around long enough to call all in on sixth street. Makowsky had made tens and sixes, but Brown showed aces and deuces. Each player bricked the river.

Brown now has about 220,000.

Razz

Brown: 10-2 / 6-8-A-A / J

Lisandro: 6-2 / Q-4-10-8 / 10

Jeff Lisandro caught the bring-in, then called after Chad Brown completed from late position. Brown bet fourth street, then moved all in on fifth street. Lisandro called both times. Brown turned up a made 10, which held through the river to give him a double-up to 170,000.

Omaha-8

It was folded to Yuebin Guo in middle position who raised. Bill Chen reraised from the big blind and Guo called all in.

Chen:  

Guo:  

The board came down  . The two split the pot with Chen taking the high with a pair of kings and Guo's ace-three took the low.

Hold'em

Chad Brown raised from the button and Jeffrey Lisandro made the call from the big blind.

The flop came down   and Lisandro bet. Brown raised it up and Lisandro made the call.

The   fell on the turn and Lisandro check-called Brown's all in bet.

The river was the   and Brown's   bested Lisandro's [kc 19h].

Brown is up to 118,000.

Stud

Ryan Hughes completed and called Brent Wheeler's raise. Wheeler had the lead on fourth street and bet. Hughes called. On fifth street, Wheeler again had the lead and bet all in and was called by Hughes.

Hughes:   ( -X)

Wheeler:   ( )

Wheeler doubled to 150,000 with a flush.

Stud

Phil Ivey completed with three kings showing. Ryan Hughes made the call. The two checked fourth street. Ivey had the lead on fifth street and bet. Hughs made the call and on sixth street, Hughes again called Ivey's bet. Ivey again had the lead on seventh and he bet and Hughes called.

Ivey:   ( )

Hughes:   ( )

Ivey won the pot with aces up.

Not too long after that, Ivey won another stud hand against Brent Wheeler and chipped up to 315,000.

Stud-8

Two quick hands of stud hi/lo ended David Benyamine's tournament n a hurry. First, Benyamine had to fold sixth street, showing X-X /        , after Phil Ivey fired a bet on fifth street and sixth street, showing X-X /        .

Shortly thereafter, Benyamine completed third street with a   after Brent Wheeler brought it in with the  . Wheeler then raised and Benyamine called. When Benyamine made open fours on fourth street, a series of raises got the money all in. Wheeler was rolled up, bad news for Benyamine. The boards rolled out:

Benyamine:     /         /  

Wheeler:     /         /  

Benyamine made trip fours on sixth street, but Wheeler caught the case deuce to make quads. Benyamine had no low draw, leaving him one out to avoid elimination. It was Wheeler, however, who drew the case four on the river.

Benyamine is out.

Stud

Back-to-back hands of stud ended badly for Chad Brown, pushing his stack down to less than 100,000 chips.

Hand No. 1

Brown: X-X /         / X

Hahn: X-X /         / X

Albert Hahn completed third street and was called only by Brown. Hahn bet the lead on fourth street, then had to call when Brown picked up the lead and bet it on fifth street. Brown slowed down by sixth street, checking and then calling a bet. Both players checked seventh street, where Hahn produced       as his hole cards for two pairs, aces and tens. It was the winner.

Hand No. 2

Brown: X-X /         / X

Baker: X-X /         / X

The very next hand, David Baker completed third street and was called by Brown and by Dan Makowsky. Makowsky exited to Brown's fourth street bet. Baker called to fifth street, where he made open sixes. He bet, then called Brown's raise.

Baker checked and called sixth street, then checked and raised the river. That was very bad news for Brown, who made a crying call.

"I was rolled up," said Baker. he opened       for tens full of sixes. Brown flashed the   and mucked.

Razz

Kenneth Aldridge had the bring in and Daniel Makowsky called before Jeffrey Lisandro completed. Aldridge and Makowsky made the call.

Lisandro had the lead on fourth street. He bet, Aldridge folded and Makowsky made the call. On fifth street, Lisandro bet and Makowsky made the call. Makowsky and Lisandro both checked on sixth street. And on the final street, Makowsky had the lead and check-called Lisandro's bet.

Lisandro showed   -X- ( ) for a ninety-six. Makowsky was showing   -X and mucked.

Lisandro got to stacking his chips up to 625,000.