Subject: Reno Hilton World Poker Challenge - Day 6
From: greatbrit <pwestley@pacbell.net>
Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker
Date: Fri, Jan 11, 2002 3:22 AM
Message-ID: <3C3ECB03.39901EB7@pacbell.net>

Well apparently I was wrong, not ANY four cards can win, I didn't play
very well in today's $330 Omaha hi lo, had one bad beat and was short
stacked, then went for it with a medium hand that had lots of potential
on the flop, but none on the river.  There were about 200 players so
that was good, but it will be interesting to see how many we have once
the bigger events start up, rumor has it a large group of Europeans will
be arriving for the pot limit next week.

The sponsor today was Oasis Casino and Resort in Mesquite, NV, they gave
away two prizes of $120+100 entries to an upcoming tournament, plus a
free room for the week, plus there were some smaller prizes.

Satellite action was fast and furious, they had 4 or 5 going constantly
tonight, don't know what brought on the sudden flurry.  I did OK in
those, chopping one for less with JohnnyD who had me 2 to 1, splitting
one evenly, and losing two for a slight profit for the day.  I got to
meet quite a few rgpers too, even watched Bob Skutelsky (sp?) win a
satellite.

A very interesting situation arose at the final table of the 7 stud
hi/lo.  Andy Gamboa and Christina (?) checked a hand down in the dark to
the river, except Andy (in last position) made a full house with his
last card.  When they turned them over Tom McEvoy (I think it was him)
protested that they had soft played eachother, and Andy was given a 20
minute penalty, that's a heck of a long time when there are only four (I
think) players left.  I spoke to Andy tonight and he gave what seemed
like legitimate reasons for checking it down (he has a pair of 5s, she
had a pair of 6s showing, plus he didn't have a low).  Of course they
can't allow slow playing and collusion but I think in this case it may
have been borderline that there was anything going on.  Anyone know any
more about this incident?

My tip of the day is to not go for all you can eat sushi with friends
when it is only the friends having the all you can eat sushi; it turns
out you finish your chicken teryaki long before they finish their sushi,
plus you get dirty looks from the sushi chef.

Tomorrow is the Omaha Pot limit $540 + rebuys, and also the seniors no
limit holdem event (it's like a normal event except they have nap breaks
every 20 minutes) with the vig going to charity.

Paul