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At the 6 handed high stakes poker table is Allen Cunningham and Eric Liu. Allen raises to $600.00 and Eric Liu reraises him to 2k. Allen Cunningham then four bets him to $5,800! Eric Liu re-raises to $12,600 and in what I think is a questionable raise, Allen raises to 29k. I think this is defiantly a tourny play. The only thing that calls him here is AA KK or AK, so why not just call the 12k and see what the flop is? Eric Liu then leaves the table in disgust as I would.

Full Tilt Poker Game #7855973018: Table Canosa (6 max) - $100/$200 - No Limit Hold’em - 21:56:04 ET - 2008/08/29
Seat 1: OneUponAStar ($16,548.50)
Seat 2: SamH133 ($45,194)
Seat 3: play2kill ($19,900)
Seat 4: AllenCunningham ($29,329.50)
Seat 5: Eric Liu ($31,427.50)
Seat 6: xDRAGONLADYx ($4,000)
AllenCunningham posts the small blind of $100
Eric Liu posts the big blind of $200
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
OneUponAStar folds
SamH133 folds
play2kill folds
AllenCunningham raises to $600
Eric Liu raises to $2,000
AllenCunningham has 15 seconds left to act
AllenCunningham raises to $5,800
Eric Liu has 15 seconds left to act
Eric Liu has requested TIME
Eric Liu raises to $12,600
AllenCunningham has 15 seconds left to act
AllenCunningham raises to $29,329.50, and is all in
Eric Liu calls $16,729.50
AllenCunningham shows [Qs Qd]
Eric Liu shows [Ac As]
*** FLOP *** [2s Qh Js]
*** TURN *** [2s Qh Js] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [2s Qh Js 3d] [Ks]
AllenCunningham shows three of a kind, Queens
Eric Liu shows a pair of Aces
AllenCunningham wins the pot ($58,656) with three of a kind, Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $58,659 | Rake $3
Board: [2s Qh Js 3d Ks]
Seat 1: OneUponAStar didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 2: SamH133 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 3: play2kill (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 4: AllenCunningham (small blind) showed [Qs Qd] and won ($58,656) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 5: Eric Liu (big blind) showed [Ac As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: xDRAGONLADYx is sitting out

Full Tilt Poker Game #7856043109: Table Canosa (6 max) - $100/$200 - No Limit Hold’em - 22:01:45 ET - 2008/08/29
Seat 1: OneUponAStar ($19,240.50)
Seat 2: SamH133 ($44,294)
Seat 3: play2kill ($20,200)
Seat 4: AllenCunningham ($56,961)
Seat 5: Isaac Baron ($20,000)
Seat 6: xDRAGONLADYx ($3,400)
SamH133 posts the small blind of $100
play2kill posts the big blind of $200
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
AllenCunningham folds
xDRAGONLADYx has 15 seconds left to act
xDRAGONLADYx folds
OneUponAStar raises to $600
SamH133 folds
play2kill calls $400
*** FLOP *** [5d 6c 6d]
play2kill has 15 seconds left to act
play2kill checks
OneUponAStar has 15 seconds left to act
OneUponAStar bets $804.50
play2kill has 15 seconds left to act
play2kill raises to $2,450
OneUponAStar has 15 seconds left to act
OneUponAStar has requested TIME
OneUponAStar raises to $5,775.75
play2kill has 15 seconds left to act
play2kill calls $3,325.75
*** TURN *** [5d 6c 6d] [Kh]
play2kill checks
OneUponAStar has 15 seconds left to act
OneUponAStar bets $4,444
play2kill has 15 seconds left to act
play2kill has requested TIME
play2kill folds
Uncalled bet of $4,444 returned to OneUponAStar
OneUponAStar shows [Qd 7s] a pair of Sixes
OneUponAStar wins the pot ($12,848.50)
play2kill adds $6,175.75
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12,851.50 | Rake $3
Board: [5d 6c 6d Kh]
Seat 1: OneUponAStar (button) collected ($12,848.50)
Seat 2: SamH133 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: play2kill (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 4: AllenCunningham didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: Isaac Baron is sitting out
Seat 6: xDRAGONLADYx didn’t bet (folded)

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Some of you may have watched the most prestigious poker event this past Tuesday. The event is a 50k entry fee H.O.R.S.E. tournament where to win it, you must defeat the best players in the world at Holdem, Omaha hi low, Razz, Stud, and Stud eight or better, at slow blind intervals over 5 days. Scotty was swearing at one of the players and swearing at the waiter who was taking too much time bringing his Michelob which they had to cover with electrical tape to not piss off the sponsors.

Scotty Nguyen made a public apology for his actions that was posted on Cardplayer and Two Plus Two.

I’m not posting the lengthy apology, but I’ll show you a snippet:
I would like to ask for understanding of what really took place. Keep in mind this was a five day event, with an almost fourteen hour final table that was reduced to two hours of air time including all the commercial breaks.

People have to understand that poker is a business and that Scotty is only human and is playing for 2 million dollars. Scotty does deserve respect for winning this considering he is who I regard as the most under estimated and under rated players in poker. Let us also remember that Scotty Nguyen donated 50k the widow and unborn baby of a WPT cameraman Paul Hannum.

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The November Nine are set for WSOP Main event final table
Final nine players in the 2008 main event and their respective chip counts:
Dennis Phillips 26,420,000
Ivan Demidov 23,920,000
Peter Eastgate 19,300,000
Scott Montgomery 19,300,000
Ylon Schwartz 13,040,000
Darus Suharto 13,020,000
David ‘Chino’ Rheem 10,880,000
Craig Marquis 10,120,000
Kelly Kim 2,900,000

Dennis Phillips is a 53 year old commercial account manager from Cottage Hills, Illinois. He entered the main event after winning a satellite held at Harrah’s Casino in St. Louis. He will be the starting chip leader when the final table starts on November 9.
Ivan Demidov is a 27 year old semi-professional poker player from Moscow, Russia. He has only been playing poker for two years and bought into the Main event directly with $10,000 cash.
Peter Eastgate is a 22 year old professional poker player from Isser, Denmark. He plays middle and high stakes poker for a living and has won several tournaments in Europe.
Scott Montgomery is a 26 year old professional poker player from Perth Ontario, Candada. He was a former English teacher in Japan until he discovered online poker and has been playing poker for a living since.
Ylon Schwartz is a poker player from Brooklyn, New York.He has over $250,000 in live tournament earnings and also excels at chess.
Darus Suharto is a 39 year old accountant from Toronto, Canada. He won his main event seat through a $650 Pokerstars online qualifier.
David “Chino” Rheem is a 28 year old professional poker player from Los Angeles, California. This would mark his second final table at this series, having finished 5th in the $5,000 Mixed Holdem event in June.
Craig Marquis is a 23 year old college student from Arlington, Texas. He is considered to be the least experienced player of the final nine, with less than two years of poker playing under his belt. However, he does play some big cash games online under the poker screen name: CraigMarq
Kim Kelly is a 31 year old professional poker player from Whittier, California. He was a former business analyst, but quit when he became good enough to play poker full time. He will start off the final table as the shortstack, but don’t count him out just yet.

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This years’ $10K World Championship Omaha Hi-Low (Event 37) kicked off with 235 players and featured a prizepool of $2.2 million. Half of the players at the final table were Full Tilt Poker pros and the rest were players who have had live tournament successes. The final 9 players were Eugene Katchalov, Greg Jamison, David Benyamine, Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow, David Chiu, Toto Leonidas, Ram Vaswani, Jason Gray, Hieu ‘Tony’ Ma. David Benyamine dominated much of the final table with a chip lead and finally sealed the deal after five hours of play.

Tony Ma Eliminated in 9th Place ($55,225)
Tony Ma is the first one to be eliminated from the final table after commiting his last chips on the turn against Toto Leonidas, who scoops both high and low pots.
Board ( 3 4 7 10 A )
Tony Ma ( 3 4 5 8 ) for Eight high flush and (A-3-4-5-7) low
Toto Leonidas ( A 2 8 9 ) for Nine high flush and (A-2-3-4-7) low

David Chiu Eliminated in 8th Place ($71,792)
David Chiu was out in 8th place when he called the rest of his chips preflop against Greg Jamison’s raise.
Board ( J 7 10 8 Q )
David Chiu ( 3 4 5 5 ) for a Pair of fives
Greg Jamison ( A 10 K K ) for an Ace high straight

Ram Vaswani Eliminated in 7th Place ($88,360)
Ram Vaswani commited himself after getting into a preflop raising war against Greg Jamison. Vaswani’s two pair with no possible low draw was outmatched by Jamison’s low wrap hand.
Board ( A 8 2 7 4 )
Ram Vaswami ( Q 6 Q 6 ) for a Pair of queens and no low
Greg Jamison ( A 2 7 8 ) for Two pair, aces and eights, and (A-2-4-7-8) low

Eugene Katchalov Eliminated in 6th Place ($110,450)
Eugene Katchalov finds himself all in against Jason Gray, but Gray scoops both pots
Board ( 6 4 3 Q J )
Eugene Katchalov ( 6 7 8 9 ) for a Pair of sixes and (3-4-6-7-8) low
Jason Gray ( A 2 3 J ) for Two pair, jacks and threes, and (A-2-3-4-6) low

Mike Matusow Eliminated in 5th Place ($138,062)
After chipping away fast, Mike Matusow went all in on a flop against Toto Leonidas. Matusow would miss his low draw andn be out in 5th place.
Board ( K A 8 J 8 )
Mike Matusow ( A 3 6 Q ) for Two pair, Aces and eights
Toto Leonidas ( A K 7 6 ) for Two pair, Aces and kings

Toto Leonidas Eliminated in 4th Place ($171,197)
After Toto Leonidas went all in from the big blind, David Benyamine and Jason Gray called. It was checked down to the river and Benyamine turned up the second nut flush, knocking out Leonidas.
Board ( Q 6 K 10 9 )
Toto Leonidas ( A 2 5 J ) for a Straight, Ace high
David Benyamine ( 5 7 9 K ) for a Flush, king high

Jason Gray Eliminated in 3rd Place ($209,855)
Jason Gray was eventually pot commited on a flop after David Benyamine bet out. Gray missed his low draw and didn’t catch a high hand, sending him out in 3rd place
Board ( K J 8 2 J )
Jason Gray ( A 2 3 Q ) for Ace high
David Benyamine ( J 10 10 9 ) for Three of a kind, jacks

Greg Jamison Eliminated in 2nd Place ($331,350)
David Benyamine wore down Greg Jamison’s chip stack until finally Jamison was commited preflop to his hand.
Board ( 9 J 10 J 3 )
Greg Jamison ( Q K 6 2 ) for a Straight, king high
David Benyamine ( 10 10 Q 3 ) for a Full house, tens full of jacks

David Benyamine wins Event 37: World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
David Benyamine is a professional poker player with more than 1.7 million dollars in tournament cashes and 2 Word Poker Tour titles. He takes home $535,687 for 1st place and his first gold bracelet.

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