Gilbert Gains Traction In $1.5K Stud H/L
by Rachel on 06.29.09, 6:34 am
Zak “traction” Gilbert (pictured at left) will begin day two of the $1.5K Stud Hi-Low event with one of the biggest stacks in the field. He bagged 36.3K in chips at the end of the night.
Gilbert and fellow PocketFiver Brett “Gank” Jungblut played this hand during the final level of the night with the limits set at 500/1K. The boards:
Gilbert: X-X-T
7
64
-X
Jungblut: X-X-34
TJ-X
Jungblut bet on fifth street when we caught up with the action and Gilbert called. On sixth and seventh streets Jungblut check-called bets from Gilbert who turned over AT2 to win the low half of the pot. Jungblut tabled 734 for two pair and the high half of the pot. Jungblut will return with 9.7K.
Scott “gunning4you” Seiver will also return tomorrow with is 15.3K in chips. He won a matchup with Max Pescatori toward the end of the night. The hands:
Seiver: X-X-{Ks]93J-X
Pescatori: X-X-56J6-X
Seiver checked on fourth street, Pescatori bet and Seiver called. Seiver led out on fifth street on and Pescatori called. Pescatori was first to act on sixth street. He checked, Seiver bet and Pescatori called. We missed the action on seventh street but do know that Seiver turned over T95 and scooped the pot.
Other chip counts:
Barry “barryg1″ Greenstein - 28K
Jon “PearlJammer” Turner - 27.7K
Matt “SamENole” Smith - 23.4K
Justin Bonomo - 6.6K
Jim Geary - 5.1K
WSOP EVENT #51: $1.5K NLHE
Josh “SDouble” Schlein (pictured at left) raised to 37K during the final round of play for the night in the $1.5K NLHE event. The player in the big blind, who — like Schlein — sported a big stack, made the call. Both players checked the flop of 886 before seeing the Q on the turn. The other player bet 45K and Schlein made the call. The river was the 3. The big blind thought for a bit before betting 110K. It was Schlein’s time to think. He contemplated his options for a while before making the call. His opponent mucked immediately and Schlein turned over AJ for ace high.
“Wow,” the other player said. “Very nice call, sir.”
On the very last hand of the evening, a player open shoved 150K under the gun and action folded to Schlein in the big blind. Josh sweated his cards and made the call, tabling JJ. His opponent looked at Schlein’s hand but did not turn his over. Instead, he rubbed the two cards on the felt.
“C’mon,” Josh poked. “Show your two aces.” His opponent slowly turned over two red queens. “Or…slow roll me…,” Schlein said.
A flock of people surrounded the table, and they all gasped when the flop fell AJ9. The dealer wrapped the table, burned a card and proceeded to spike the Q on the turn. The player holding queens shouted and so too did his fans. The 2 on the river was meaningless and Josh lost the pot.
His opponent hailed from Germany and apparently did not know what a slow-roll was. While the players were bagging and tagging, Josh explained to him why he was a little upset. Schlein still has a big stack, ending the night with 875K.
Owen “ocrowe” Crowe (1,002,500) and Alex Jacob (274K) will also return tomorrow at 1 p.m. to play down from the 30 remaining players to a winner.
