HUFF AND PUFF UNTIL YOU (FINALLY) BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN

The guy looked like an 8,000 lb. Gorilla had been lifted off his back.

DOWN THE UP STAIRCASE

With eight tables left in the 7 Card Stud High-Low Split Eight or Better, there was a remarkable absence of name players. Stud eight or better is not spread everywhere, and the people who play it tend not to play much of anything else. So, it often is a game dominated by specialists when it's run in tournaments.

Only very close followers of poker would know names like Don Holt, Andy Blumen or Jeff Pierce. Better known would be Ted Forrest, Scotty Nguyen, Tommy Hufnagle, Howard Mann, Danny Newman and of course, Mike Caro. All these players had chips with 60 players left. Most were still around when we got down to four tables.

Then it got interesting. They were paying 24, three tables in Stud. The most famous player of the remaining group was Mike Caro. He fell just short at 26th and didn't show his hand when he left. His opponent went high with 9's and sixes.

Caro, along with Ted Forrest, Bill Byers and John Sutton formed the "almost, but not quite" club.

Phil Tanner, Mickey Appelman, Bruce Migdal, Howard Mann, Scotty Nguyen and Chuck Thompson were members of the "just made it" club.

Most of these players were short-stacked though and the rigors of increasing antes and bring-ins soon sent them to Jack for their pay. None were to make the final table.

EIGHT IS ENOUGH

Mickey Appleman may look a little strange, like a modern day Harpo Marx, but don't be fooled. Mickey can play cards. Surviving into the money he went on a rush that almost got him to the finals. A very hot Jeff Pierce put Mickey out 11th when he caught a 7 high straight for a scoop.

The cajun, David Halpern, ended the run of Robert Gingras (whose having a hell of a World Series) with a full house on the river. Robert was 10th

One of the nicest men in the business, Howard Mann, got the news he could sleep in the next day from Andy Blumen. Howard went all-in with split Kings. Andy called from the bring in with a deuce showing. A deuce on fourth street turned Howard into a eunuch. Andy had trip 2's. Howard was 9th.

We all finally got to go home.

SEVEN LITTLE PIGGIES AND A BIG BAD WOLF

This was the final table.

Seat 1	Farzad Bonyadi	$23,500	LA CA
Seat 2	Andy Blumen	58,500	Las Vegas
Seat 3	Dave Scharf	51,000	Saskatoon, Canada
Seat 4	Jeff Pierce	83,000	Las Vegas
Seat 5	Ira Schwartz	61,500	Edison NJ
Seat 6	Don Holt	32,500	Henderson NV
Seat 7	David Halpern	28,000	Merarie LA
Seat 8	Tom Hufnagle	39,000	Fountain Hills AZ

Prize Money

1st	$139,305
2nd	71,535
3rd	35,768
4th	22,590
5th	18,825
6th	15,060
7th	11,295
8th	7,906

In the hand that starts Don Holt on a serious final table rush, he catches four 9's. David Halpern said later. "If I'd called rather than raised, the four seat catches the Nine and I win." That's how Stud players think, don't ya know. We know David finished 8th in seven minutes flat. Hardly worth showing up for.

In a brutal beat, Andy Blumen, an executive for the Stratosphere Casino and Eyesore. went all-in with a 7 6 5 low only to lose to a 7 6 4 and Ace high. Andy deserved better with third stack at the get go, but got 7th.

Tommy Hufnagle is too tough to be intimidated by first event winner and "scary' person, Freddy Bonyadi. Maybe he didn't know that Bonyadi had made over $400,000 already at this WSOP. He called Freddy all-in, in any event. Tommy caught a five on seventh street to go with his Jacks to scoop Bonyadi's 7 6 and no pair. Bonyadi took home some chump change, $15,060 for 6th.

Dave Scharf publishes a monthly poker magazine in Canada. He'll be the star of the next issue, having made the final table on his first trip to the WSOP. Tommy Hufnagle was the new hot guy and he rivered his second straight victim in Scharf, catching a second pair on seventh street. Dave's fantasy ride was over in 5th.

Hufnagle's third body found dead in the river was Jeff Pierce. Aces up on sixth street looked pretty good for at least a split, until Tommy caught a third deuce on seventh. Jeff, chip leader at the start, just couldn't get it going at the final table, finishing 4th.

When would it stop?

Ira Schwartz didn't know. When it got to three handed, he asked the other two if they wanted to deal. Maybe he knew something. Maybe they did too. They ignored him.

Soon thereafter his pair of Kings was no match for the Tommyknocker. Hufnagle had a nine high straight and turned Ira's mood black. That's four straight players eliminated by Tommy Hufnagle. Only one to go - Don Holt.

When Jack McClelland called a 10 minute break, Tommy and Don went out for a little talk. They must have said sweet things to each other, because the atmosphere was considerably lighter when they returned.

We have it on good authority (trust us on this one) that a deal was struck for most of the money. A little was saved to make the quest for the bracelet juicier.

In the final confrontation, Don Holt wanted to get it over with, while Tommy Hufnagle wanted to extend the proceedings in hopes of testing Don patience.

Tom's strategy worked. Don started loosening up on his starting requirements and was soon allowed to go home as he wished.

Holt missed his Ace high straight draw and Tommy knocked out his fifth straight competitor with 10's and 3's.

Don Holt already had a bracelet. After nearly 20 years of trying, Tommy Hufnagle now has one also. The grin on his face said that an 8,000 lb gorilla had just been lifted from his shoulders. Tommy Hufnagle was the big bad wolf today. He huffed and he puffed and he blew all the little piglets' houses down.

$1,500 7 Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better
251 Entries - $376,500 Prize Pool

1.	Tom Hufnagle	Fountain Hills AZ	$139,305
2.	Don Holt	Henderson NV	71,535
3.	Ira Schwartz	Edison NJ	35,768
4.	Jeff Pierce	Las Vegas	22,590
5.	Dave Scharf	Saskatoon CAN	18,825
6.	Farzad Bonyadi	Los Angeles CA	15,060
7.	Andy Blumen	Las Vegas	11,295
8.	David J. Halpern	Meraire LA	7,906
9.	Howard Mann	Martinsburg WV	5,271
10.	Robert Gingras	Ottawa CANADA	5,271
11.	Mickey Appleman	Ft. Lee NJ	5,271
12.	Rick Widdis	Kitchener CAN	5,271
13.	Don Johnson	Atlanta GA	3,765
14.	Frank Major	Farmington Hills MI	3,765
15.	Bruce Migdal	Rancho Cucamonga CA	3,765
16.	Scotty Nguyen	Henderson NV	3,765
17.	Fernando Bracelli	Poschiano ITALY	2,259
18.	Esther Rossi	Las Vegas	2,259
19.	Harvey Goldstein	San Antonio TX	2,259
20.	Phil Tanner	Springfield IL	2,259
21.	Bonnie McHugh	Las Vegas	2,259
22.	Chuck Thompson	Santa Cruz CA	2,259
23.	Danny Newman	Birmingham ENG	2,259
24.	John Yarmosh	Canidensis PA	2,259

(Patty Hughes and Rudy Lotief)

The No-Limit Super Satellites start each evening at 8:40 PM in the Satellite area. The Entry Fee is $220 for $200 in Tournament chips and there are unlimited $200 re-buys during the first hour, if you have less than $200 in Tournament chips. You may also make a single or double add-on at the end of the re-buy period. Blinds start at $5/$10 and increase every 20 minutes. Available monies will be converted into non-negotiable, non-transferable, non-refundable seats in the $10,000 World Championship event, with at least $5,000 in cash and $500 Lammers being divided among the final table players.

WSOP SUPER SATELLITE #11 Monday 4/27/98

IS GOD DEAD?

The recreational players took it on the chin tonight as the "Big Boys" started warming up for the "Big Dance." Tonight, 153 players bought 165 rebuys bringing the prize pool to, $63,600.

The following were the rewards for making the final table:

Places 1 thru 5 - A $10,000 entry into the Championship event plus $490 ($10,490)
6th 10 tournament chips and $440 ($5,440)
7th 6 tournament chips and $130 ($3,130)
8th 2 tournament chips and $630 ($1,630)
9th 1 tournament chip and $450 ($950)

Some of the "names" who competed were:

An Tran
Louis Asmo
Brad Daugherty
Kathy Liebert
Pat Callahan
Men Nguyen
Mel Judah
Kathy Kohlberg
Rod Peate
Dean Stonier
Kevin Song

None of these esteemed players made the final table.

In 14th was Ron McMillan (dare I call him Big Mac?) the owner of several Burger Kings. John Spadavecchia ate him up with an A 5 when an Ace fell.

John Inashima was next to go, when his 6's met Jan Lundberg's Kings.

Lou Miller was running low on chips so a Q 10 off didn't look so bad. John Cernuto didn't have to call. His big blind was enough. John turned 6's and 8's to send Lou to the rail in 12th.

John Spadavecchia was the enforcer all night and dumped Robert Faldenberg's A K with pocket Q's for 11th place.

Our booby prize tonight went to Paul Fischman. He had NO chips for the last hour and hung on. Finally, his all-in for an intimidating one chip, was overpowered by O'Neil Longson's K 10. It's too embarrassing to tell you what Paul had.

The final table:

Seat 1	Thor Hansen	$9,500	Oslo Norway
Seat 2	O'Neil Longson	13,000	Salt Lake City UT
Seat 3	Paul Rowe	4,500	Las Vegas
Seat 4	Greg Alston	3,000	Walnut Creek CA
Seat 5	Bill Gazes	5,000	Berkeley CA
Seat 6	Jan Lundberg	8,000	London ENG
Seat 7	John Cernuto	8,000	Las Vegas
Seat 8	John Spadavecchia	11,500	Miami FL
Seat 9	Tiff Johns	1,500	Jackson MS

Paul Rowe is a wonderful poker player. Sometimes he can't catch a break, though. Sound familiar? (I mean the "can't catch a break" part!)

His all-in A Q suited found another pair of Kings in Jan Lundberg's hand. Paul was 9th,

Thor Hansen is on some run. This is his third final table in as many days. He had chips, he had bad luck. Maybe god is dead? O'Neil Longson caught a gut shot straight on the river to send Thor back to his mythical residence in 8th.

In the hand of the night, John Spadavecchia, always the aggressor, put both Tiff Johns and Jan Lundberg all-in. John had A K. Tiff who had survived repeated all-ins had 5's. Jan Lundberg had yet another pair of Kings.

Well, you can't win forever with Kings, right? An Ace has to fall sometime. This was the time. John made four other players very happy. He eliminated two on one hand.

The winners for Super Satellite #11 were:

Greg Alston
Bill Gazes
Miami John Cernuto
John Spadaveccia
and O'Neil Longson for the second time

(Becky Kerber, Barbara Lotief and Terry Vanderlip)

Single Table Satellites are run continuously 21 hours every day (8:00 AM until 5:00 AM) and usually last around 90 minutes. There are featured Satellites each day for the next day's event, as well as other Satellites depending on demand. Single Table Satellites for the $10,000 Main event and for the next no-limit Holdem event are spread frequently. Binion's charges $10 per player in a Satellite.

For the $220 buy-in No Limit Holdem Satellites, ten Players start with $800 each in chips. The blinds start at $10/$25, increase every 15 minutes, and the winner gets four $500 Lammers plus $100 in cash.

No Single Table Satellites for the $10,000 Championship Event have been run yet.

The Temperature sign atop Binion's Horseshoe read 77 degrees at 3:00 PM on Monday. Hardly any wind and a blue sky. Very nice weather.

	1998	1997
$2000 Holdem	5:32	2:36
$1500 Razz	4:37	4:02
$1500 Omaha	3:00	3:59
$1500 Stud	3:58	2:39
$1500 PL Omaha	3:41	5:06
$1500 Stud Hi/Lo 8	3:08	3:51

Dave is in Las Vegas for the CARD PLAYER Conference and decided to use part of his $9,040 first place money in a recent No Limit tournament in Canada, to play in a WSOP Event. The one that fit his schedule best was the 7 Stud 8 or Better tournament, so that's the one he played. He had never before played a single hand of 7 Stud 8 or Better. Now it's probably his favorite game.

$2000 Holdem	Deal unlikely
$1500 Razz	Deal unlikely
$1500 Omaha	Deal probable
$1500 7 Stud	Deal probable
$1500 PL Omaha	Deal probable
$1500 Stud Hi/LO 8	Deal probable

After winning a few hands, with no callers, when he had the short stack, Canadian Dave Scharf quipped "You guys are letting the short stack push you around." Jack responded "They're going to send the Mounties after you sooner or later."

After Dave Scharf took one of his bows and got some onlooker applause, Jack said "I see that both of your fans are here." Dave responded "Thank you Mom and Dad."

In addition to the money and a gold bracelet, each winner of a WSOP Event will get free rooms at next year's WSOP.

Any player abusing employees or other players, either verbally or physically (swearing, throwing cards, etc.) or disrupting the tournament will be penalized. The following will be the MINIMUM penalty imposed:

FIRST OFFENSE - 20 minutes away from the table. (Blinds and/or antes to be forfeited)
SECOND OFFENSE - 40 minutes away from the table.
THIRD OFFENSE - Disqualification

The WSOP Floorpeople will be strictly enforcing the rules, with zero tolerance. Every player starts each Event with a clean slate as far as penalties are concerned.

SCOREBOARD

Unknown	20 Minutes
Barry Shulman	20 Minutes
Ray Dehkharghani	20 Minutes
Unknown	20 Minutes
Unknown	20 Minutes
Unknown	20 Minutes
Phil Tanner	20 Minutes

Jack McClelland is assisted by Steve Morrow and Jeff Vanderlip as Assistant Tournament Coordinators.

The 1998 WSOP continues the two-day format that was inaugurated last year, for most of the tournaments. Also, all two-day events start one level lower than in past years, and each level at the Final Table has been lengthened from 60 minutes to 80 minutes. Limit Holdem and Omaha events have two new levels of betting. First day play continues until the field is reduced to the Final Table, and Final Table play begins at 4:00 PM on the second day.

Shift Supervisors Jimmy Stefan, John Buchanan, Tony Shelton and Cathy Wood run the Poker room where the lower limit games are played.

A recent check showed the following games being spread:

2 - 1/4/8 Holdem	1 - 10/20 Omaha8
2 - 4/8 Holdem	4 - 15/30 Holdem
2 - 4/8 Omaha Hi	1 - 20/40 Holdem
1 - 1/5 7Stud	1 - 20/40 Omaha8
1 - 4/8 Omaha8	1 - 30/60 Holdem
3 - 10/20 Holdem	1 - 20/40 Razz/Omaha8/7Stud8

Shift Supervisors John "Scoff" Sheffield, Kathy Hudson and Marshall Kassoff run the higher limit games on the south end of the Tournament Pavilion.

A recent check showed the following games were being spread:

1 - 5/5/10 PL Omaha/PL Holdem	1 - 50/100 7Stud8
1 - 25/25 PL Holdem	1 - 75/150 Holdem
1 - 25/50 PL Holdem	1 - 75/150 7Stud8
1 - 25/50 PL Omaha	1 - 150/300 Razz
1 - 50/100 7Stud	1 - 200/400 HORSE
1 - 50/100 Holdem	1 - 100/200/400 2 to 7
2 - 50/100 Omaha8	1 - 150/300 ROE

Updated through Saturday Noon 25 April 1998

1.	Brent Carter
2.	Randy Holland
3.	Gary Lent
4.	Hieu Ma
5.	Milt Meyers
6.	Marsha Waggoner
7.	Michael Pancer
8.	Bob Walker
9.	David Tagg
10.	Barbara Enright
11.	Steve Rydel
12.	Joe Baumgartner
13.	R. London
14.	Paul Hoenke
15.	Allen Cunningham
16.	John Bonetti
17.	Frank Hernandez
18.	Men Nguyen
19.	Casey Kastle
20.	J.C. Pearson
21.	John Morgan
22.	Peter Vilandos
23.	Bill Lester
24.	Cliff Davis
25.	Debbie Burkhead
26.	Jim Brown
27.	Jack Green
28.	Peter Brehm
29.	Don Barton
30.	John Richman
31.	Luis Santoni
32.	O'Neil Longson
33.	Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
34.	Flan "Irish Mike" Pilkington
35.	Jack Fox
36.	Thor Hansen
37.	Frank Landen
38.	Greg Turk
39.	John Gledhill
40.	Ralph Hoots
41.	David Rubin
42.	John Juanda
43.	Mario Esquerra
44.	Doug Seegers

Alphabetized:

Don Barton
Joe Baumgartner
John Bonetti
Peter Brehm
Jim Brown
Debbie Burkhead
Brent Carter
Allen Cunningham
Cliff Davis
Barbara Enright
Mario Esquerra
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
Jack Fox
John Gledhill
Jack Green
Thor Hansen
Frank Hernandez
Paul Hoenke
Randy Holland
Ralph Hoots
Casey Kastle
John Juanda
Frank Landen
Gary Lent
Bill Lester
R. London
O'Neil Longson
Hieu Ma
Milt Meyers
John Morgan
Men Nguyen
Michael Pancer
J.C. Pearson
Flan "Irish Mike" Pilkington
John Richman
David Rubin
Steve Rydel
Luis Santoni
Doug Seegers
David Tagg
Greg Turk
Peter Vilandos
Marsha Waggoner
Bob Walker

The man who proudly says he brought Seven Card High-Low Split to Las Vegas 24 years ago finally won his first World Series gold bracelet in it. Tommy Hufnagle, 54, who has attended almost every WSOP since it began, took his first title and with it $139,305, having finished in the money eight times previously. His earnings now total $259,655.

"It's very exciting," he said. "I'm relieved to win the bracelet. I felt pretty comfortable all day at the final table, but it's the thickness of a card sometimes..."

Hufnagle said he had played eight-or-better stud in the U.S. Army and in private games in Pennsylvania, then introduced it here in 1974. A dedicated poker player, he said with a grin, "I'll play higher" when asked what he would do with the prize money.

Hufnagle had a three-to-two chip advantage when he was finally heads-up against his longtime friend and poker foe, Don Holt. They sparred for 20 minutes before Hufnagle scooped a big pot with nines full of deuces and then took two smaller pots to amass a four-to-one lead. Ten minutes later it was all over when Holt failed to make a pair or a low against Hufnagle's tens and threes.

Holt, a 71 year-old retired businessman and former Life Master in bridge which he played at high level for 25 years, said, "I'm very, very pleased. This is not my best game, and Tommy is one of the foremost players in the world. When we were heads-up, we showed mutual respect." Holt, whose five money finishes at the WSOP include a winner's bracelet in the $5,000 Seven Card Stud event in 1989 and three runner-up placings, has now earned $660,385.

Third place went to Ira Schwartz, 39, owner of a home improvement firm and a regular in New Jersey cardrooms. "I feel very good about my first World Series win," he said. "I got to the final table with a major rush - five hands in a row - and then I did a super grind (folding pairs on three cards). He was eliminated in a huge pot when his pair of kings did not improve to beat Hufnagle's straight.

Jeff Pierce, 42, a 10-year poker professional and former busboy, took fourth place when he was all-in with J-8/A-J-K-9-A, which lost when Hufnagle caught three running sevens to 3-5-8-9. "I don't feel very good - I was chip leader and finished fourth," Pierce said. "It could have been worse. Tell 'em I'll be here tomorrow."

CANADIANPOKER Monthly publisher Dave Scharf, 33, a radio disk jockey and former lawyer, finished fifth on the fifth time he went all-in. This was his first WSOP and the result was "absolutely the highest point of my poker life," he said. Scharf was knocked out when his deuces with a king high were overtaken when Hufnagle, who had deuces with a jack, caught another jack on the river.

Farzad Bonyadi, the 38 year-old Iranian-born player who had won the richest limit Hold'em tournament ever last Wednesday, took sixth place when he missed a flush draw and his made low was drawn out on by Hufnagle. He said he felt he was "overdue" to win at the World Series, which he has now done in two of the five events he has entered.

Seventh place went to Andy Blumen, 46, the Executive Vice President of the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino, who said "I'm disappointed" when, all-in, he missed a low and lost to Scharf's ace high.

David Halpern, 43, a longtime poker-playing attorney, finished eighth, eliminated, as the audience gasped, when his rolled-up aces became a full house while Holt made four nines on fifth street. He was philosophical, saying, "I'm disappointed I didn't get to play - just two hands and it's over."

The Final Table
Card by Card and Bet by Bet
1998 WSOP Event #6: $1,500 7 Card Stud High/Low 8 or better
251 Entries, $376,500 Total Prize Pool and chips in play

Seat 1	Farzad Bonyadi	23,500	[FB]
Seat 2	Andy Blumen	58,500	[AB]
Seat 3	Dave Scharf	51,000	[DS]
Seat 4	Jeff Pierce	83,000	[JP]
Seat 5	Ira Schwartz	61,500	[IS]
Seat 6	Don Holt	32,500	[DH]
Seat 7	David Halpern	28,000	[DX]
Seat 8	Tom Hufnagle	39,000	[TH]

3rd Street ( 3: )
4th Street ( 4: )
5th Street ( 5: )
6th Street ( 6: )
7th Street ( 7: )
Bring-in bi

Up cards are listed in Seat # order for each Street.

First action reported in a betting round, normally means the first player that put money into the pot in that betting round. A check is usually not reported as the first action in a betting round. Folds are not always reported. If there are four players at the beginning of a betting round, and it's reported that one player bets and is called by one other player, then the remaining two players folded.

*** 4:07 PM Monday 27 April 1998

*** 38 minutes remaining at 3,000/6,000 Level, with $500 ante and $1,000 bring in.

1. 3: As 5h 9c Ah 7c 6s Ac Qs. bi AB-5h, JP-Ah completes, DH-6s calls and DX-Ac calls. 4: 8h 3s Qc. JP bets and DH calls. 5: 4c 9d. JP bets and DH calls. 6: Ts 9h. Both check. 7: Both check. JP shows (Kc 8c 2s) and DH scoops with (7d 8s 4d).
2. 3: 7d Jh Kd 5c 5h 9s 4s Kc. bi DX-4s (As Ad), JP-5c completes, DH-9s (9c 8d) raises, DX re-raises and DH calls. 4: 9d 6d. DH bets and DX calls. 5: 9h 2s. DH bets and DX calls. 6: Ks 6c. DH bets and DX calls 6,000 all-in. 7: 2h Ac. DH wins.

   *** David Halpern finishes 8th at 4:14 PM.

3. 3: 9h Td Kd 4s 7d Ac 4d. bi TH-4d, DS-Kd completes and TH calls. 4: 4c 5s. DS bets and TH calls. 5: 3d Qh. DS bets and TH folds.
4. 3: Qd 2c 5c 3s 8c Kd As. bi AB-2c, IS-8c calls, DH-Kd calls, TH-As completes, AB, IS and DH call. 4: 2h Tc 8d Ks. AB bets and all call. 5: Th Jc 2s 4h. IS bets, TH and AB call. 6: Jd 9h Td. All check. 7: IS bets, TH raises and IS calls. IS shows (7c 5s 3c) and TH scoops with (6s 4s 9s).
5. 3: 9d 4s 2h 7c 5h 3s Qc. bi DS-2h, DH-3s limps, TH-Qc completes, DS and DH call. 4: 7d 7s 6c. DH bets and all call. 5: Kd 2d 7h. DH bets and all call. 6: 8d As Ac. DH bets, TH calls, DS raises, DH re-raises, and DS calls. 7: Both check. DH shows (Ah 2s 6d) and DS mucks.
6. 3: 8h Ah 7h 6c Kd Jh 6h. bi JP-6c, IS-Kd completes, AB-Ah raises, and IS calls. 4: 9h Qc. AB bets and IS calls. 5: 3d 9d. Ab bets and IS calls. 6: Qs 7s. Both check. 7: IS bets and AB folds.
7. 3: 3c Ks 3d Tc 6h 6s 3s. bi FB-3c, DH-6s completes and TH-3s calls. 4: 2c 9c. DH bets and TH folds.
8. 3: 7h Kc 9c 2s 6d 7s 5h. bi JP-2s, DH-7s completes and all fold.
9. 3: As 2h 9c 9d Kc 7h 8c. bi AB-2h, DH-7h limps, FB-As completes, AB and DH call. 4: 8s 6h Th. FB bets and AB calls. 5: 2s 7d. FB bets and AB folds.
10. 3: Qs 7d Ks Js 2s Jd 4d. bi IS-2s, TH-4d completes, AB-7d and IS call. 4: 8h Ad 5h. All check. 5: 5d 7h 8c. IS bets and AB calls. 6: Ts Jh. IS bets and AB calls. 7: IS bets and AB calls 4,500 all-in. AB shows (2c 6c 3h) and IS scoops with (6d 4c Qc).

    *** Andy Blumen finishes 7th at 4:32 PM.

11. 3: 2c 5c 2h 5s Th Kh. bi FB-2c, DS-5c completes and all fold.
12. 3: Kd 5s Ts 4h Ac Js. bi IS-4h, DH-Ac completes and IS calls. 4: Th Td. DH bets and IS folds.
13. 3: 2s Qs 9h 2h Ac 6d. bi IS-2h, DH-Ac completes, IS raises and DH calls. 4: Qh 9d. Both check. 5: Tc 2c. DH bets and IS folds.
14. 3: Ts Qh 3c Ad Ks Kc. bi JP-3c, DH-Ks limps. 4: 3s 4s. JP bets and DH folds.
15. 3: 9s 3s As Td 8d Kc. bi DS-3s, JP-As completes and all fold.
16. 3: 4h Ah 6d Qh Qd 6s. bi FB-4h, DS-Ah completes and all fold.
17. 3: Tc Jd Ac 6c Qd 2h. bi TH-2h, JP-Ac completes, IS-6c and TH call. 4: 8c Td 4s. TH bets and all fold.
18. 3: Qc 6s Qh As 9s 3d. bi TH-3d and all fold.
19. 3: 3c 3h Kh 2s 5h Ks. bi IS-2s, DS-3h completes and IS calls. 4: 6c 8c. DS bets and IS calls. 5: Kd Ad. IS bets and DS folds.
20. 3: Ah 7d 4s 9s 2c Td. bi DH-2c, FB-Ah completes and DH calls. 4: Ad 4h. FB bets and DH folds.
21. 3: 8s 5s 9c Qs Ks 8h. DS-5s brings it in for 3,000 and all fold.

    *** Break from 4:47 PM until 5:00 PM. JP wins the $500 chip race-off and Levels increase to 5,000/10,000 with $1,000 ante and $2,000 bring in.

22. 3: 3d 5d 4c Tc 9d 6h. bi FB-3d, DS-5d limps (DS put a 5,000 chip in the Pot to raise, but he neglected to say "raise"), and TH-6h limps. 4: Th 2c 3s. DS bets and all fold.
23. 3: Tc 7h 5h 4c Jd Jc. bi IS-4c, DS-7h completes and all fold.
24. 3: 3c 2h 4s Qh 4h Tc. DS-2h brings it in for 5,000 and all fold.
25. 3: 9d 3h Ks Qh 9c Ts. bi DS-3h, JP-Ks completes, DH-9c raises and all fold.
26. 3: As Td 7c Ac Qs 4s. bi TH-4s, FB-As completes and IS-Ac calls. 4: 5s 4c. IS bets and FB calls. 5: Qc 3h. IS bets, FB raises 1,000 all-in and IS calls. FB has (Ah 5c) and IS has (3s 6c). 6: Ks 7h. 7: (2s) (Jh). Split Pot.
27. 3: Ks 2h 8h 8c Qc 2d. bi TH-2d, JP-8h completes, TH raises and JP folds. TH shows (8d 8s).
28. 3: Kd 6s 5s 4h 5c Jc. bi IS-4h, DS-6s completes and all fold.
29. 3: 9c Jh 7c Kh 5d Js. bi DH-5d and FB-9c limps. 4: Ts 3d. DH bets and FB folds.
30. 3: 5c Tc 7s Ah Js 3h. bi TH-3h, JP-7s completes and all fold.
31. 3: 5d 2s Jh Ks 6h Kd. DS-2s brings it in for 5,000 and FB-5d calls. 4: 6c 9s. FB bets and DS calls. 5: 7d Kh. FB bets 3,000 all-in and DS calls. FB has (5s 9h) and DS has 3s 8c). 6: 3d 2d. 7: Qs 4d. FB scoops.
32. 3: As 8d Qs Th Jd 2c. bi TH-2c, FB-As completes, TH raises and FB calls. 4: 7s Jh. FB bets and TH calls. 5: 9h 7h. TH bets and FB calls. 6: 5h Jc. TH bets and FB calls 6,000 all-in. FB shows (3h 6h) and TH has (As 3d). 7: (Tc) (5d). TH scoops.

    *** Farzad Bonyadi finishes 6th at 5:16 PM.

33. 3: Ah 8s 7c Kh Td. bi IS-7c, TH-Td limps, DS-Ah completes and all fold.
34. 3: 8s 8h Qs 2h 8c. bi DH-2h, JP-8h completes and all fold.
35. 3: 4c 9d 8d Js 6s. bi DS-4c, DH-Js completes and IS-8d calls. 4: Qs Tc. DH bets and IS folds.
36. 3: 4c 7d 7c Kh 3s. bi TH-3s, DH-Kh completes and TH calls. 4: 6s Qc. DH bets and TH folds.
37. 3: Ks 7h 6s Th 8c. bi IS-6s, JP-7h completes and IS calls. 4: 6d Kc. JP bets and IS calls. 5: 2s 9h. JP bets and IS folds.
38. 3: 5d 2d 9h 5h 6s. bi JP-2d, DS-5d completes and all fold.
39. 3: 4h 8s As 9s 2h. bi TH-2h, JP-8s completes and TH calls. 4: Td 6c. TH bets and JP folds.
40. 3: 6d 2d 7d 9c 9s. bi JP-2d, TH-9s completes and all fold.
41. 3: 6s 4s 8c Ks 5h. bi JP-4s, DH-Ks completes and all fold.
42. 3: 7d Kh 4s Jd 9c. bi IS-4s, JP-Kh completes and all fold.
43. 3: 7s 6s 4c Ad Th, IS-4c brings it in for 5,000 and all fold.
44. 3: Kh 9d 6c Th Ac. bi IS-6c, DH-Th limps, TH-Ac completes, IS and DH call. 4: 7d Ks Qh. IS bets and TH calls. 5: 4h 2c. IS bets and TH folds.
45. 3: Ts 7s Td 9d 5d. bi TH-5d, JP-7s completes, TH raises and JP calls. 4: 6c 4d. TH bets and JP calls. 5: Kc 5c. TH bets and JP calls. 6: 5h 2s. TH bets and JP calls. 7: TH bets and JP calls. JP has (Ah 2c 9h) and TH has (Qs Qd 3d). Split Pot.
46. 3: 4d Js Td Ah 5s. bi DS-4d, IS-Td limps, DH-Ah completes and IS calls. 4: 4s 3s. DH bets and IS calls. 5: 7h Jh. DH bets and IS calls. 6: 6s 2h. Both check. 7: Both check. IS has (6d 5d 2s) and DH has (As Kc 7c). Split Pot.
47. 3: As 4c 7d 5s 4h. bi JP-4c and DH-5s limps. 4: Qd 5c. DH bets and JP folds.
48. 3: 2s Ah Jc 9s Ks. bi DS-2s, JP-Ah completes and all fold.
49. 3: 3d Jd 9d As 8s. bi DS-3d and DH-AS limps (meant to raise, but didn't declare so). 4: Ks 4h. DH bets and DS folds.
50. 3: 8s 6c Tc 3h 6d. bi DH-3h, JP-6c completes and DH calls. 4: 3s Th. JP bets and DH folds.
51. 3: Qh Kh 3c Ac 9d. bi IS-3c, DH-Ac completes and IS calls. 4: Ad 3s. DH bets, IS raises and DH calls. 5: Kd Td. IS bets and DH calls. 6: 4h Qc. IS bets and DH calls. 7: IS bets and DH calls. IS has (As 6h 7h) and DH has (6d 2c 4s). Split Pot.
52. 3: 6c 7c Kc Qh As. DS-6c (5c 7d) completes to 5,000, TH-As (Ad 7h) raises, DS re-raises 3,000 all-in and TH calls. 4: Ks 3d. 5: Td 6d. 6: Ac 6d. 7: (4d) (Js). Split Pot.
53. 3: Qs 4c Th 3c 3h. bi DH-3c, JP-4c completes and all fold.
54. 3: Ks 6d Qc 3s Jd. bi DH-3s, DS-Ks (9c 9h) completes, JP-6d (As 5s) raises and DS re-raises 3,000 all-in, and JP calls. 4: Jc 3h. 5: Th 8h. 6: Qh 7d. 7: (4h) (2c). Split Pot.
55. 3: Jd 2h Ac 9d 3h. bi JP-2h, IS-Ac limps and DH-9d limps. 4: Ah 6s 4h. JP bets and IS calls. 5: As 5h. JP bets and IS calls. 6: Ks 7h. IS bets and JP calls. 7: IS bets and JP calls. JP has (2d 7d Ts) and IS scoops with (3d 4s Kd).
56. 3: 4h 4c 6c 5h 7d. bi JP-4c and IS-6c limps. 4: Ts Qs. JP bets and IS folds.
57. 3: Td 9c 3s 8d 4d. bi IS-3s, DH-8d limps, TH-4d completes and DH calls. 4: Jd Kh. TH bets and DH calls. 5: Ah 9s. DH bets and TH folds.
58. 3: Td 7c 4s Th Jc. bi IS-4s, TH-Jc (Qc Qd) completes, JP-7c (Ac 2c) raises and TH calls. 4: Ah Jh. TH bets and JP calls. 5: 6h 6c. TH bets and JP calls. 6: 3h 3d. TH bets, JP raises 3,000 all-in and TH calls. 7: (Tc) (5s). Split Pot.
59. 3: 5d 4s Qs 6c Kc. bi JP-4s, DS-5d completes and all fold. JP shows (Jc 9c).
60. 3: Th 6h Jc Ac 4s. bi TH-4s, DH-Ac completes and TH calls. 4: 4c Qs. DH bets and TH folds.

    *** Approximate Chip count

    DH 170,000
    IS 85,000
    TH 65,000
    JP 40,000
    DS 17,000

61. 3: Ad Kc 3c 4h Ah. bi IS-3c, TH-Ah completes and all fold.
62. 3: 9d 7s 7h Qd Kh. bi IS-7h, DH-Qd completes and all fold.
63. 3: Tc 2c Qh 2h Ac. bi JP-2c, DH-2h limps, TH-Ac completes and DH calls. 4: Kd 6h. TH bets and DH calls. 5: 5c Td. Both check. 6: Qc 5d. TH bets and DH calls. 7: TH bets and DH calls. TH shows (3d 6d 3c) and DH mucks. DH shows Ad.
64. 3: 5s 9h 2s Kc Ks. bi IS-2s, DH-Kc (Kd Jd) completes, DS-5s (Qc Qs) raises, DH re-raises and DS calls 4,000 all-in. 4: Qd 6c. 5: 4s 2h. 6: Tc 5h. 7: (4h) (Js). DS scoops.
65. 3: Jh 2c 3h Kc Qc. bi JP-2c, TH-Qc completes and all fold. JP shows (Ks Ts).
66. 3: 9c 8d 7s 6h 5h. bi TH-5h, DS-9c completes and DH-6h calls. 4: Jc 4c. DS bets and DH calls. 5: Qd As. DH bets and DS calls. 6: 4d 8c. Both check. 7: Both check. DS shows (Qh 9d 3d) and DH mucks. DH shows (8 6).
67. 3: Ts Td Ac 7h As. bi DH-7h, TH-As completes and DH calls. 4: 2d Jh. DH bets and TH folds.
68. 3: 8c Ad 9d 5c 2c. bi TH-2c, JP-Ad completes, IS-9d calls, DH-5c and TH call. 4: Ks 6d Js Jd. IS bets and DH calls. 5: 5h 2d. IS bets and DH calls. 6: Tc 8d. DH bets and IS calls. 7: DH bets and IS calls. IS has (Qd 3d 9h) and DH has (4c 6s As). Split Pot.
69. 3: 5s 4d 3s 9c 8c. bi IS-3s, TH-8c completes and IS calls. 4: 9h 6h. IS bets, TH raises and IS calls. 5: 2s Qd. IS bets and TH calls. 6: 3d 2c. IS bets and TH calls. 7: Both check. IS shows (Th 7s 9s) and TH mucks.
70. 3: 3d Ts 5s 8s Ad. bi DS-3d and DH-8s limps. 4: Jc Qd. Both check. 5: 3s 6d. DH bets and DS folds. DS shows (2d 4d).
71. 3: Jc 5h 6c Td 3s. bi TH-3s and all fold.
72. 3: Qs Th Js 5c 6h. bi DH-5c, TH-6h completes, IS-Js raises and TH calls. 4: 2c 4c. IS bets and TH calls. 5: 7h 8c. Both check. 6: Kh Ts. Both check. 7: TH bets and IS calls. TH scoops with (6c 6s 2s). IS shows (Jd 7s 8h).
73. 3: 2c 7h 8s 7d 9c. DS-2c completes, IS-8s calls, DH-7d raises, DS calls and IS calls. 4: 9d 5h Jd. IS bets and DH calls. 5: Jh 8d. DH bets and IS calls. 6: 4s Ks. DH bets and IS calls. 7: DH bets and IS calls. DH has (Ad 6d 3c) and IS has (2h 3d 8c). Split Pot.
74. 3: 3d 4h 8c Qs Jc. bi DS-3d, JP-4h completes and DS calls. 4: Qh Td. JP bets and DS folds.
75. 3: Ts Ah 2d Tc 5h. bi IS-2d and TH-5h limps. 4: Qd 5c. TH bets and IS folds.
76. 3: 9d 8s Qs Td 9c. bi JP-8s, TH-9c limps and DS-9d limps. 4: 7c Ad 6h. JP bets and DS calls. 5: Ac Qc. Both check. 6: Kh 7h. JP bets and DS folds.
77. 3: Jh 2h Th Qd Kh. bi JP-2h, TH-Kh completes and all fold.
78. 3: 5d 2d 4c Qh Tc. bi JP-2d, TH-Tc limps, DS-5d completes and all fold.

    *** Break from 6:21 PM until 6:31 PM. Limits increase to 10,000/20,000 with a $2,000 ante and $3,000 bring in.

79. 3: 3d 7c 9c Ks 5s. bi DS-3d and IS-9c limps. 4: Ac 6c. IS bets and DS folds.
80. 3: 7d Jd 9h 2s Ah. bi DH-2s, TH-Ah completes and all fold.
81. 3: Qd 5h 8h 6d Jc. bi JP-5h and DH-6d limps. 4: Qh 6s. bets and JP folds.
82. 3: 9d 8h 7c Ac Th. bi IS-7c, DH-Ac completes and all fold. DH shows (As 5d).
83. 3: 3d 9d Qh Qs 2s. bi TH-2s (As 3c), DS-3d (Ts Th) completes, JP-9d (Ah Ac) raises 7,000 all-in, TH calls and DS calls. 4: Kd Jd Tc. Both check. 5: 8d 6d Qd. Both check. 6: 4d 5c Ad. TH bets and DS calls 3,000 all-in. 7: (8s) (5s) (Kh). DS scoops the side Pot and JP scoops the main Pot.
84. 3: 5s As Qc Kd 7c. DS-5s (6c Jd) bi for 4,000 all-in and JP-As (3c 8d) completes. 4: 3d 3h. 5: 4d Th. 6: 5h 2d. 7: 8c Td. Split Pot.
85. 3: 8s 6s 3s 5h 6d. bi IS-3s, DH-5h limps, JP-6s completes and DH calls. 4: Jc 6c. DH bets and JP folds.
86. 3: 2c 5d Qh Jd Js. DS-2c (7d 8d) bi for 5,000 all-in, JP-5d calls, TH-Js (Td 8s) raises and JP folds. 4: Kh 2h. 5: 5c 2s. 6: 2h 6s. 7: (9d) (Jc). TH scoops.

    *** Dave Scharf finishes 5th at 6:43 PM.

87. 3: Kc Ac As Kd. All limp. 4: 6d 3c Qc 6h. IS bets and all fold.
88. 3: 7h Td Jh 3s. bi TH-3s, DH-Jh completes and all fold.
89. 3: Jc 6s 7s 2h. bi TH-2h and all fold.
90. 3: 8h 4c 2d 3s. bi DH-2d and IS-4c limps. 4: Td 6s. DH bets and IS calls. 5: 5h As. DH bets and IS calls. 6: Kc Jh. DH bets and IS folds.
91. 3: 5h 8s 9s Jc. bi JP-5h, TH-Jc completes and all fold. TH shows (7h 7d).
92. 3: 2h Qh As 4c. bi JP-2h, IS-Qh completes and all fold.
93. 3: Ah Ts Ks 9c. bi TH-9c, JP-Ah completes, IS-Ts raises and all fold.
94. 3: 3c Qh Qd 7c. bi JP-3c and DH-Qd limps. 4: 8c Ac. Both check. 5: 5h Ad. DH bets and JP folds.

    *** Approximate Chip count

    DH 200,000
    TH 100,000
    IS 70,000
    JP 7,000

95. 3: 4h Kd 6d Qc. JP-4h (2c 5d) bi for 5,000 all-in and DH-6d (Qs 3d) calls. 4: 2s 8d. 5: 2h 6c. 6: 6s 3c. 7: (Ts) (Th). JP scoops.
96. 3: 8d As Ad 4h. bi TH-4h, IS-As completes, DH-Ad raises and IS calls. 4: 5c Kh. IS bets and DH folds.
97. 3: 3s Td 2c 8h. bi DH-2c, JP-3s completes and all fold.
98. 3: Jh 2h Tc 8d. bi IS-2h, TH-8d (3s 5c) completes, JP-JH (8c Jd) raises and TH calls. 4: As 9d. JP bets 3,000 all-in and TH calls. 5: Ks 7c. 6: 9c 7d. 7: (Ad) (7h). TH scoops.

    *** Jeff Pierce finishes 4th at 6:58 PM.

99. 3: 7d 6h Kc. bi DH-6h and all fold.
100. 3: 6h Th 4c. bi TH-4c and all fold.
101. 3: Qs 9s Qh. bi DH-9s, TH-Qh completes and all fold.
102. 3: 9d Qd Jd. bi IS-9d, TH-Jd completes and all fold.
103. 3: 4s Ac 6h. IS-4s completes and TH-6h calls. 4: Ah As. IS bets and TH calls. 5: 3d 5h. IS bets and TH folds.

     *** Approximate Chip count

     DH 175,000
     TH 125,000
     IS 77,000

104. 3: 4s Th 7c. bi IS-4s and DH-Th limps. 4: 6s Ah. DH bets and IS folds.
105. 3: 4s As 6c. IS-4s completes and DH-As calls. 4: Qh Ah. DH bets and IS folds.
106. 3: 3s Qs 6s. bi IS-3s, DH-Qs completes and TH-6s calls. 4: Tc Ks. Both check. 5: 4d Ac. TH bets and DH folds.
107. 3: 7d 2h 4s. bi DH-2h and TH-4s limps. 4: 5c 3d. TH bets and DH calls. 5: Qs 6d. TH bets and DH folds.
108. 3: 2d Jd 7c. bi IS-2d, TH-7c completes, IS raises and TH calls. 4: Ac 5d. IS bets and TH calls. 5: Kc 8c. IS bets and TH calls. 6: Tc 9c. TH bets and IS calls. 7: TH bets and IS reluctantly calls 9,000 all-in. IS (Kh Qh 4h). TH (4d 5s 6d). TH scoops.

     *** Ira Schwartz finishes 3rd at 7:10 PM.

     Deal Break until 7:25 PM. Deal probable.

     Chip count:

     TH 222,000
     DH 155,000

109. 3: 2d 9d. Both limp. 4: 6c Jh. DH bets and TH folds.
110. 3: Ts 7s. Both limp. 4: 4d Qs. DH bets and TH folds.
111. 3: 2c Js. TH completes and DH folds.
112. 3: 5d 3c. DH completes and TH calls. 4: Ah Ts. DH bets and TH folds.
113. 3: Th Jh. TH completes and DH calls. 4: 9d Jd. TH bets and DH folds.
114. 3: 9s Ac. DH completes and TH calls. 4: 7c 6d. TH bets and DH calls. 5: 3c Qc. TH bets and DH calls. 6: 8s 2d. TH bets and DH calls. 7: TH bets and DH calls. TH has (Qs Qd Ts) and DH has (Ah 2h 7d). Split Pot.
115. 3: Kh 6h. bi TH and DH folds.
116. 3: 3d 9s. TH completes and DH calls. 4: 7s 7h. DH bets and TH calls. 5: Qd Th. TH bets and DH calls. 6: As 9h. TH bets and DH calls. 7: TH bets and DH folds. DH shows (Jd 8d Ks).
117. 3: Jc 2h. DH completes and TH folds.
118. 3: Jd Js. bi DH and TH folds.
119. 3: 8s Ts. bi DH and TH folds.
120. 3: 6h 7d. TH completes and DH folds.
121. 3: 9h Th. bi DH and TH folds.
122. 3: 5s 2h. DH completes and TH folds.
123. 3: 2h 8s. bi DH and TH folds.
124. 3: Kh 7s. DH completes and TH folds.
125. 3: 3c Jd. TH completes and DH folds.
126. 3: 4s Qd. bi DH and TH folds.
127. 3: Ac Jc. DH completes and TH folds.
128. 3: 3c 2c. bi TH and DH folds.
129. 3: 9c 8h. DH completes and TH calls. 4: Kd Js. DH bets and TH calls. 5: 3s 3h. TH bets and DH calls. 6: 5h 2d. Both check. 7: Th bets and DH calls. DH shows (Qd Qs Jd) and TH mucks.
130. 3: 2c Js. bi DH and TH folds.
131. 3: 7s Ac. TH completes and DH calls. 4: 3c Js. DH bets and TH folds.
132. 3: 7c Ac. TH completes and DH calls. 4: Js 9c. TH bets and DH calls. 5: Qh 2h. TH bets and DH calls. 6: 5d 8s. TH bets and DH calls. 7: TH bets and DH calls. TH shows (2s 9s 9d) and DH mucks.
133. 3: 9c Ad. TH completes and DH calls. 4: Kh Td. TH bets and DH calls. 5: Jh 9d. TH bets and DH folds.
134. 3: 7h 4s. DH completes and TH folds.
135. 3: Jc 7c. DH completes and TH calls. 4: 7h 9d. DH bets and TH folds.
136. 3: As Qh. DH completes and TH folds.
137. 3: 6d Js. bi DH and TH folds.
138. 3: 4s 3c. DH completes and TH folds.
139. 3: 8d 8c. DH completes, TH raises and DH calls. 4: 2d 5d. TH bets and DH calls. 5: 9h 3h. TH bets and DH calls. 6: Ac Qh. Both check. 7: TH bets and DH folds.

     *** Approximate Chip count

     TH 300,000
     DH 77,000

140. 3: Ah 8d. DH-Ah (4c 5s) completes, TH-8d (Td Ts) raises, DH re-raises and TH calls. 4: 7d 2h. DH bets and TH calls. 5: 2d Qs. DH bets 19,000 all-in and TH calls. 6: 6s 4d. 7: (Jd) (As). Split Pot.
141. 3: 7h 5d. bi TH and DH folds.
142. 3: Jd 7h. DH completes and TH folds.
143. 3: 8d 9h. Both limp. 4: 2d Th. DH bets and TH calls. 5: Ts Jd. TH bets and DH calls. 6: 8s 9d. TH bets and DH calls. 7: TH bets and DH calls. TH has (8h 6h 7d) and DH has (7s 3s 5h). Split Pot.
144. 3: 3d 6s. bi DH and TH folds.
145. 3: Ah 3s. DH-Ah (8c 5h) completes, TH 3s (Th Ts) raises and DH calls. 4: Qh 6s. TH bets and DH calls. 5: 4c 3d. TH bets and DH calls. 6: Kc 9h. DH bets 14,000 all-in and TH calls. 7: (Js) (Qd). TH scoops.

     *** Don Holt finishes second and Tom Hufnagle wins the $1,500 Limit 7 Card Stud High/Low 8 or better Championship at 7:58 PM.