Irish Mike's Poker

THE YOUNG AND THE DEBTLESS

In the end, it looked like a friendly little game between aprosperous physician and his pool man.

GETTING THERE

With 8 tables left in today's Seven Card Stud, the chip leadbelonged to someone you've already heard plenty of thisWSOP - Doyle Brunson. But sitting behind Doyle and playingmaniacally was Gene Lang.

Others with big stacks at the time were Don Barton, MaxStern, Kirk Morrison, Mike Caro, David Rabbi, Humberto Brenesand Ken Flaton.

In less than two hours, Brunson, Caro, Rabbi, Brenes andFlaton would be gone.

Gene Lang personally took care of Doyle. Observers said thatLang went up against Brunson six times, with the worst hand,and caught every one. The Bear undoubtedly had some welldirected growls about that.

Caro, Rabbi, Brenes and Flaton were more democratic, givingtheir chips to whomever asked for them - with the best hand.

Finally, it came down to four players, only two of whomwould make it into the money.

Peter Brownstein, Bill Randels, Phyllis Meyers and LeonZewin were on the bubble. When the chips fell where they may,Peter Brownstein and Bill Randels were in, Phyllis Meyersand Leon Zewin were out.

MAY WE SHOW YOU TO YOUR TABLE

Kimberly Bye, who if she weren't outrageously beautiful,would just be outrageous, had hung on through 254 players.Finally she surrendered to the Kirk Morrison machine when hecaught a flush. Kim was 13th.

Gene Lang had taken all of Doyle Brunson's chips as far ashe could take them. 12th. He couldn't get any of his threeovercards to hit and Dan Levinson's 10's held up.

Frank Thompson fell to Max Stern when his 10's missed andMax's eight found two eights and two deuces on board.

Barry Furman was the next baby to light Morrison's fire whenhis up and down straight stayed four long. Kirk had Acesagain.

Finally, there was one player to be eliminated before goingto the final table. But there were no volunteers. Jong Kimhad to be convinced not to come back the next day, when helost to a better hand. Jong's A K Q couldn't beat TommyHufnagle's pair of fours.

This was the setting at the final table:

Jeffrey Lowenhar and Sooyoung Kim started out with about thesame amount of money. Jeff was unlucky enough to catch agood starting hand first. Why was that unlucky? Because KirkMorrison was at the table to clean him out of thetournament.

Lowenhar's two pair found Morrison's King high straight.Jeff was 8th. Kirk, who could pass as a Malibu Beach surfer,continued to dominate this table as he has every one he'sbeen at. Yesterday, the players were joking about having himpaged, to get him away for a while, so someone else could wina pot.

Sooyoung Kim is the only player so far this year to comeback for a second final table. He was out even earlier thistime when Rod Pardey caught a Queen on the river for Queensover 5's. Sooyoung now has a seventh to go with his fifth.He may be needing more fifths if this keeps up.

Dan Levinson didn't have a lot of chips when he raised DonBarton. So Barton called with a deuce showing and another inthe hole. Don hit his second hole card on fifth street towin. Dan finished 6th.

At 5 p.m. with antes at 1k and the bring in at 2k, thecontest had gone from a one man race to a two man race. DrMax Stern was starting one of his patented final tablerushes. Kirk had $200,000, Max $115,000. The rest to thestacks looked like an elephant had stepped on them.

Tommy Hufnagle has been in Las Vegas since the very firstWSOP. He's THAT old. When Don Barton caught a 10 on theriver for a straight, Tommy needed a six or a five for afull house. Those cards took the fifth. So did Tommy.

Too young lions met on the next confrontation. Neither isover 26.

Rod Pardey Jr is the son of a professional player. Hisfather has won two bracelets. This is the son's first finaltable. At 21 it's unlikely to be his last.

Rod's Kings over fours couldn't overcome Kirk Morrison's gutshot straight. Rod finished 4th.

In a rather ignominious ending to a great tournament run,Don Barton couldn't beat a pair of sixes in Kirk Morrison'shand. Don got Third place.

When Don Barton went out so did Kirk and Max. Don went topick up the $38,040 for third place. Kirk and Max went outto talk deal. At this point the chip count was:

Morrison $232,000
Stern $168,000

Kirk Morrison hardly ever speaks. He wears large headphonesand watches every card fall on every board. If he bluffs, heis seldom caught. He usually has the hand that he'srepresenting, or better.

Dr Max Stern, is the polar opposite. He is as friendly andvoluble as anyone in the business. He bluffs all the time,and is caught frequently. When caught, he'll shrug hisshoulders and laugh the loudest at his own embarrassment.

The final table looked like the prosperous physician playinga friendly Heads up game with his pool man.

Chain smoking and looking over the top of his Ben Franklinstyle glasses - like Berry Johnston - to see if you'rebluffing, Max Stern can be stern to the max, but seldom is.Stern is one of only four players to make as many as threefinal tables in last year's WSOP. Not wasting any time whilethere, Dr. Stern operated for two firsts and a third.

The players return. We are told by those who know that a'fair' deal was in fact made.

That would probably mean that Kirk Morrison got about $120kand Max Stern, 100k. Typically, the chip leader has to givethe trailer a premium over their chip count to lay downtheir chips.

Often, after a deal is made the remaining players choose toeliminate a level or two to speed up the ending. In thiscase, Kirk and Max decided to stay at $1k/2k.

Because they both had so many chips, in relation to the anteand bring in, this could mean that we were in for aprotracted battle.

After about an hour, Dr Stern's baby straight loses to KirkMorrison's Ace high flush to give Kirk the title. Doorswill now be opening for Morrison.

The Young and the Debtless becomes the Debtless Times Two.

$1,500 7 Card Stud - 267 Entries

(Patty Hughes and Rudy Lotief)

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

WSOP SUPER SATELLITE #9 Saturday 4/25/98

ALL NEW AND IMPROVED

For the first time since the Super Satellites began on April17th, we had a final table with no repeaters (except for thefirst one of course, don't be a smart ass). We also, for thefirst time, gave away 6 seats. I have a lot of fun spoofingthe No-Limit play in the Supers, so I have to be fair. Thesewere the best Players we've had so far. I'll tell you why Ithink so in a little while. Tonight, 164 players bought 168 rebuys bringing the prizepool to, $66,400.

The following were the rewards for making the final table:

Places 1 thru 6 A $10,000 entry into the Championshipevent plus $270 ($10,270)
7th 4 tournament chips and $560 ($2,560)
8th 2 tournament chips and $460 ($1,460)
9th 1 tournament chip and $260 ($760)

Some of the 'names' who competed were:An Tran
Louis Asmo
Brad Daugherty
John Strzemp
Barbara Enright
Luis Santoni
Peter Vilandos
Jesse Jones
Andre Boyer
O'Neil Longson
Pat Callahan
Brent Carter
Ron Stanley

None of these esteemed players made the final table.

With 12 players left, Asher Darei only had one chip left. Hewent all-in when Pete Dixon raised. Asher had A 7 ofDiamonds. Pete had K 6 off. You know the rest of the story.Yes a six hit the river.

John Spadavecchia was third to Russ Hamilton a few yearsago. There he played three handed for over six hours at thefinal table before they made a deal. Tonight, he couldn'tquite make it to the finals. Raising with A 9 of Clubs, heran into chip leader David Rubin's A K. End of story in11th.

Every night we have a player who can't get that one key cardthat would get them in the money. Tonight that player wasM.E. Mack who didn't show his hand when a Queen rivered.Ralph Hoots had A Q. M.E. looked like he was hit by a truck,flattening him in 10th.

The final table:

'Did you tell them I was only kidding?' Diana Allen asked. Iwould have if I'd known, I told her.

Diana was upset that I quoted her as saying that she had played badly andstill finished 19th. I'm telling them now, Diana. She says she was onlykidding.

Diana wasn't kidding when she went all-in with A K of Spadesfrom early position. John Gledhill was even more seriouswhen he called with Q's. No joke, Diana was 9th.

From the small blind, Pete Dixon thought that the button wason a steal. He had an A 8 off. David Rubin was on a stealof sorts, with 9 7 of Diamonds. But as we've seencontinuously, hot players stay hot, until they're not. DavidRubin caught a 9 on the flop. Pete Dixon caught 8th.

Now for the play of the Super Satellite Final Tables. Whenthe blinds went up from 2 and 4 chips to 4 and 8, ThorHansen looked down at his stack and counted 14 chips. Hecould get through the blinds with 2 chips to spare. Behindhim Gregg Turk and Harvey Goldstein both had 12 chips. Bothof them would have to win a hand to beat him if he didn'tplay.

The test came with Thor in the small blind. David Rubin onthe button raised. Thor didn't hesitate, he threw away an AJ off. Would the gamble pay off in a Championship entry? Hewouldn't likely be able to stand another blind.

The gamble didn't work at first, as Gregg Turk got throughhis big blind when no one called it.

Harvey Goldstein was next. When Frank Landem raised, Harveyhad a decision to make. He only had enough chips for thesmall blind. It was going to be this hand or the next.Harvey called all-in. Landem turned over A J off, Harvey a10 9 off. The gamble worked for Thor Hansen when nothingcame for Goldstein. Harvey was 7th, Thor got pats on theback from the railbirds. He was in the Big Dance.

The winners for Super Satellite #9 were:

Thor Hansen
Frank Landem
Gregg Turk
John Gledhill
Ralph Hoots
David Rubin

(Becky Kerber, Barbara Lotief and Terry Vanderlip)

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

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

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

The Temperature sign atop Binion's Horseshoe read 61 degreesat High Noon on Saturday. It was overcast, and there werescattered rain showers. The wind was 15/25 mph, gusting to40 mph. By 3:00 PM, there was some sun and a lot of blue inthe sky with the temperature around 70 degrees.

Oklahoma Johnny Hale informed me that the fifth edition ofthe Senior's Poker Tournament will be held this year atHarrahs in Las Vegas. Details to be announced later.

At todays's Final $1500 7 Stud Table, Dr. Max Stern lost aHeads up hand to Kirk Morrison's straight, took off hisjacket and told Jack McClelland that it was too hot. Jackreplied that he probably wouldn't be so hot if Kirk hadn'tmade his straight. We were discussing the internet during a break in finaltable action, and someone said that the internet isaddictive. Jack said, 'Yep, the internet is like a fishnet.It's easy to get trapped by both of them.'

This year, the grey $500 chips were replaced with yellowchips. Jack McClelland said that this was done because thegrey chips had gotten worn down, they were easy to mistakefor the $100 chips, and because the yellow chips areprettier.

Any player abusing employees or other players, eitherverbally or physically (swearing, throwing cards, etc.) ordisrupting the tournament will be penalized. The followingwill 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.

SCOREBOARD

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

The 1998 WSOP continues the two-day format that wasinaugurated 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 from60 minutes to 80 minutes. Limit Holdem and Omaha events havetwo new levels of betting. First day play continues untilthe field is reduced to the Final Table, and Final Tableplay begins at 4:00 PM on the second day.

Shift Supervisors Jimmy Stefan, John Buchanan, Tony Sheltonand Cathy Wood run the Poker room where the lower limitgames are played.

A recent check showed the following games being spread:

Shift Supervisors John 'Scoff' Sheffield, Kathy Hudson andMarshall Kassoff run the higher limit games on the south endof the Tournament Pavilion.

A recent check showed the following games were being spread:

Updated through Saturday Noon 25 April 1998

Alphabetized:

Don Barton
Joe Baumgartner
John Bonetti
Peter Brehen
Jim Brown
Debbie Burkhead
Brent Carter
Allen Cunningham
Cliff Davis
Barbara Enright
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson
Jack Fox
Jack Green
Frank Hernandez
Paul Hoenke
Randy Holland
Casey Kastle
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
Steve Rydel
Luis Santoni
David Tagg
Peter Vilandos
Marsha Waggoner
Bob Walker

In a dominating final-table performance in which herelinquished the chip lead for only a few moments in justunder three hours, Kirk Morrison captured the $1,500 SevenCard Stud title and promptly burst into tears of joy.

Morrison, 26, has been a poker professional since 1994, theyear he placed third in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event, hisonly previous finish in the money at the World Series. 'I'mreally elated,' Morrison said. 'I've been praying for thisand I give all praise to God. Even when I lost the chiplead, which happens at those levels, I had inner peace andkept the faith.'

When he got down to heads-up against tournament veteranDr.Max Stern, Morrison said, 'I knew I'd have my work cutout.' They duelled for exactly 70 minutes, with Stern takingmost of the small pots and finally wresting the lead fromMorrison. On the next hand, a monster pot developed whichwas won by Morrison's two pair when Stern missed his flushdraw. Morrison took the next pot and with it the chip lead,which he kept for the final ten minutes. The tournamentended with Morrison making an A-K-Q-10-7 heart flush onsixth street while Stern made a small straight. Amid theroars of excitement and the victor's tears, few noticed thatMorrison missed his unneeded gutshot royal flush.

For Stern, a 58 year-old retired Costa Rican pediatrician,this was the 10th in-the-money finish in 10 years at theWorld Series. He has three gold winner's bracelets, two ofthem earned last year when his wife, Maria, captured thisStud event to make WSOP family history.

'I am very pleased to be runner-up,' said Stern, 'becauseKirk was a wonderful opponent, a very noble young man. Heplayed very well. If this title can't be in our family, I'mconfident it is in very good hands.' Stern's WSOP earningsnow total $636,180.

Third place went to Don Barton, 49, a real estate broker whonow has five money finishes at the WSOP, including a thirdplace in this event two years ago. 'I feel terrific,' Bartonsaid. 'I got lucky to get third - I put my money in at theright spots.' He has now won $90,568 in eight years of playat the World Series.

Rod Pardey Jr., 21, a self-described 'unserious collegestudent' and regular poker player, took fourth place atthis, his first World Series. 'Getting this far wasremarkable to me,' he said. 'I was really surprised.' Hewas eliminated with kings and fours, missing the full househe needed to beat Morrison's straight. Pardey's father, Rod,has two World Series gold bracelets.

Another tournament veteran, Tom Hufnagle, finished fifth,his eighth in-the-money finish achieved while attendingalmost every World Series since the beginning. 'I'm a littledisappointed, but I'm also happy to finish where I did,'said Hufnagle, 54, who was all-in with small cards and lostto Barton's high straight.

Sixth place went to Dan Levinson, a 54 year-old real estatedeveloper who, as a 'strictly recreational poker player' hadnever before won anything at the WSOP. 'It's fantastic,' hesaid. 'I would have loved to do better, but it was awonderful experience.' Levinson was knocked out when hispair of queens did not improve against Barton's nines andsevens.

Onlookers broke into applause for the seventh-placefinisher, Sooyoung Kim, who made the second final table inthe three events he had entered at this World Series. Kim, a44 year-old Korean-born CPA who lives in the state ofWashington, said, 'The World Series is very challenging andI am pleased. But just as the other day (when he finished5th in the $2,000 Limit Hold'em event), I couldn't catch acard at the final table. I had only one playable hand.'Short-stacked, Kim was all-in and made no pair, losing toPardey's two pair.

Jeffrey Lowenhar, 52, a management consultant and formereconomics professor, bowed out in eighth place, his two pairlosing to the first of several Morrison straights. 'I'mthrilled,' said Lowenhar. 'Last year I finished 34th in thisevent, and now eighth.' This was his first time in the moneyat the World Series.

The Final Table
Card by Card and Bet by Bet
1998 WSOP Event #4: $1,500 7 Card Stud
267 Entries, $400,500 Total Prize Pool and chips in play

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 thefirst player that put money into the pot in that bettinground. A check is usually not reported as the first actionin a betting round. Folds are not always reported. If thereare four players at the beginning of a betting round, andit's reported that one player bets and is called by oneother player, then the remaining two players folded.

*** 4:08 PM Saturday 25 April 1998

*** 35 minutes remaining at 3,000/6,000 Level with $500 ante and $1,000 bi.

1. 3: 3d 8c Qh 5c Ac 7d Qd Qc. bi DL-3d, SK-Ac and KM-7d limp. 4: 9s Tc 5s. SK bets and all fold.
2. 3: 9s 4h Qh 7c 6d Ts 3s Th. bi DB-3s, TH-Th completes and all fold.
3. 3: 4s 7h Qs 3d 4c Qd 8h Qc. bi RP-3d, KM-Qd completes and all fold.
4. 3: Js 3h Ah 4s Ac Jh 9s 7h. bi MS-3h, KM-Jh completes and MS calls. 4: 5c Ad. KM bets and MS folds.
5. 3: 4h Kd As 6d Qs Qc Jh 6s. bi DL-4d, MS-Kd completes and TH-6s calls. 4: Kh 7d. TH folds before MS has a chance to bet.
6. 3: 5h 3c As Jh Jc Tc 3d 2h. bi TH-2h, JL-As completes and KM-Tc calls. 4: 7s Qs. JL bets and KM calls. 5: Kh 8s. JL bets and KM calls. 6: 7c Qc. KM bets and JL calls. 7: KM bets and JL calls 1,000 all-in. KM wins with (Jd 9c Td). JL shows (4c 4s).

   *** Jeffrey Lowenhar finishes 8th at 4:15 PM.

7. 3: 7h Qh Kd 6c Ad 4d Qc. bi DB-4d, TH-Qc completes, KM-Ad raises and TH calls. 4: Ah 6d. TH folds before KM can bet.
8. 3: As 8d Td 6s 2c 4h Jc. bi KM-2c, TH-Jc completes and all fold.
9. 3: 8h 5d Kh 4h Ac Ad Td. bi SK-4h, TH-Td completes, MS-5d raises and TH calls. 4: 7d Jc. Both check. 5: 8s 3h. TH bets and MS calls. 6: 7h 4c. MS bets and TH folds.
10. 3: Qc Qd 7s Th Ks As 9c. bi RP-7s, SK-Th completes and all fold.
11. 3: 9c 6c Th Jd Qc Kh 7s. bi MS-6c, SK-Jd completes, KM-Qc and TH-7s call. 4: Kc 2s 9s. TH bets and SK calls. 5: 5d Ts. TH bets SK folds.
12. 3: Tc 7d 8h 9d 3s Ad 3d. bi TH-3d, DL-Tc completes and all fold.
13. 3: Ts 8c 6d Jc 9d 4h Qc. bi DB-4h, DL-Ts completes, MS-8c calls, RP-6d raises and DL calls. 4: 5d 7s. RP bets and DL folds.
14. 3: Js 4h Qh 5h 9h 7h 4s. bi MS-4h, DB-7h completes and MS calls. 4: Tc Qd. DB bets and MS calls. 5: Ts 5s. MS bets and DB folds.
15. 3: Ad 7h 7s 8d 6c Qh 3h. bi TH-3h, KM-6c completes and all fold.
16. 3: 6c Ks 9c Kc Ad Qd Jh. bi DL-6c, TH-Jh completes, DL raises and TH folds.
17. 3: As 2h Js 4h Td 6d 4c. bi MS-2h, RP-Js completes and all fold.
18. 3: 4h 5h 2s Tc Js 9s 8s. bi RP-2s, DB-9s completes, TH-8s raises and DB calls. 4: Qc Ks. TH bets and DB calls. 5: 6s Jd. TH bets and DB folds.
19. 3: 2s 9d Tc Ks 7d Qd Jd. bi DL-2s, TH-Jd completes and all fold.
20. 3: 3h 9h 7h Jd As 7c Kh. bi DL-3h, MS-9h completes and DL calls. 4: 2d 5d. MS bets and DL calls. 5: 9d 2h. MS bets and DL calls. 6: 6c 8h. MS bets and DL calls. 7: MS bets and DL calls. MS wins with (9c Ad 2s) and DL shows (3s Kd Ks).
21. 3: 5h 7d Jc Ad 3s Kh 4d. bi KM-3s, RP-Jc completes and all fold.
22. 3: 2c 3d 7h 6s Qd 3s 2s. bi DL-2c, RP-7h completes, KM-Qd raises, TH-2s raises and KM calls. 4: 8c 9c. TH bets and KM calls. 5: Ah 5d. KM bets and TH calls. 6: Th Ac. KM bets and TH calls. 7: KM bets and TH calls. KM shows (Tc Ts 4d) and TH mucks.
23. 3: Kh 9h 8h 5d Jc Qh Js. bi SK-5d, DL-Kh completes and all fold.
24. 3: Kh Qh 3s 2s 7d 9d Th. bi SK-2s, DB-9d completes and TH-Th calls. 4: 8s Jc. DB bets 500 all-in and TH calls. DB has (8h 8d) and TH has (Ts 6s). 5: Ac Qs. 6: Js 2c. 7: 7h 3d. DB wins.

    *** MS wins the $500 chip race off at 4:45 PM. and Limits increase to 5,000/10,000 with 1,000 ante, 2,000 bi.

25. 3: Jd 6d Qd 8d 2h 8s 9d. bi KM-2h, MS-6d completes and all fold.
26. 3: 6s Ah Ks Qd 3d 9d 2s. bi TH-2s, MS-Ah (Ac 4s) completes, DB-9d (7c 9c) raises 4,000 all-in and MS calls. 4: 6c 8d. 5: 2c 2h 6: 7h 6d. 7: (4d) (Th). DB wins.
27. 3: 8s 2d 7c 4h 3s Qh 4c. bi MS-2d, DB-Qh completes and all fold.
28. 3: Td 4c 6s 3c As 5h Jh. bi SK-3c. TH-Jh completes and all fold.
29. 3: Tc 7c 2s 6h Ts As 4c. bi RP-2s and MS-7c limps. MS put 5,000 chip in pot to raise, but didn't say 'raise'. 4: Th 6s. MS bets and RP folds. MS shows 7s.
30. 3: Jc 7h 5s 9d Kd 7s 9c. bi RP-5s (Jd Qc), SK-9d (Ah 5d) completes to 4,000 all-in, and is called by MS and RP. 4: Js 5c 8s. RP bets and MS folds. 5: Tc 7c. 6: 7d Kh. 7: (Qs) (5d). RP wins.

    *** Sooyoung Kim finishes 7th at 4:54 PM.

31. 3: 4h Qh 5s 2s 4c Jc. bi KM-2s, MS-Qh completes and is called by RP-5s and KM. 4: 9h Jd 5c. MS bets and all fold.
32. 3: 4d Qs 4s 2h 6d 8h. bi KM-2h, TH-8h completes and all fold.
33. 3: Jc Th 8s 6h 3h 4h. bi DB-2h (9c 2d), DL-Jc (2s Jh) completes, DB raises, DL raises 1,000 all-in and DB calls. 4: Kh 7d. 5: 5s 9h. 6: Qc 8d. 7: (Td) (5d). DB wins.

    *** Dan Levinson finishes 6th at 4:58 PM.

34. 3: 5d Th Ks 6d 3h. bi TH-3h, RP-Th completes and all fold.
35. 3: Ks 5h 7s 2h Ad. bi DB-2h, MS-Ks completes and all fold.
36. 3: 5d 6s Js 4d 2c. bi TH-2c, MS-5d calls and DB-4d calls. 4: 7h Qh 2h. MS bets and all fold.
37. 3: Js Ks Jc 7s 7d. bi TH-7d, MS-Js completes and all fold.
38. 3: 3h 2c Ts 9c 7c. bi RP-2c, KM-Ts completes and all fold.
39. 3: 6h 2s Th 5s 6c. bi RP-2s, MS-6h completes and all fold.
40. 3: 5d 5h Qd 3h Js. bi DB-3h, TH-Js completes and all fold.
41. 3: 6h 7h 4d Js 9d. bi KM-4d, TH-9d completes, MS-6h raises and all fold.

    *** Approximate Chip count

    KM 200,000
    MS 115,000
    RP 35,000
    DB 33,000
    TH 18,000
    

42. 3: 8h Kc As 6h 6s. bi DB-6h, KM-As completes and all fold.
43. 3: Kd 3d Ad Ac 7c. bi RP-3d, DB-Ac completes and all fold.
44. 3: 4d 2s 7d 9d 3h. bi RP-2s, DB-9d completes and all fold.
45. 3: 2d 4d Th Jd 6h. di MS-2d, DB-Jd (Qc 9c) completes, TH-6h (2s 6c) raises and DB calls. 4: Ks 5c. DB bets and TH calls 4,000 all-in. 5: Kh 3h. 6: Ts 8d. 7: Qd Ah. DB wins.

    *** Tom Hufnagle finishes 5th at 5:13 PM.

46. 3: 9c 8h 2c 2h. bi KM-2c, MS-9c completes and all fold.
47. 3: 6h 5d Js Ad. bi RP-5d, DB-Ad completes, MS-6h raises and DB calls. 4: Th 9h. Both check. 5: Kd Ks. Both check. 6: 7h 8h. MS bets and DB folds.
48. 3: 4s Qs 9d 6c. bi MS-4s, RP-Qs (Ks Kd) completes, KM-9d (6d 9h) raises, RP re-raises and KM calls. 4: Jc 7c. RP bets and KM calls. 5: 4c 8s. RP bets 5,000 all-in and KM calls. 6: 4d 5c. 7: 7d 5d. KM wins.

    *** Rod Pardey Jr. finishes 4th at 5:17 PM.

49. 3: 3d 9s 7s. bi MS-3d, KM-9s completes and all fold.
50. 3: 5d 7s Jd. bi MS-5d, DB-Jd completes and all fold.
51. 3: 7d 4d Qh. bi KM-4d, MS-7d completes and all fold.
52. 3: Ts 2s 5d. bi KM-2s, DB-5d completes and all fold.
53. 3: 2d 9h 4s. bi MS-2d, DB-4s completes, MS raises, DB re-raises and MS calls. 4: 5s Jd. DB bets and MS calls. 5: Qh 2s. MS bets and DB calls. 6: 9c 8d. MS bets and DB calls. MS checks in the dark. 7: DB checks. MS shows (Qc Td Ts) and DB mucks.
54. 3: Qs 8c Ah. bi KM-8c (7d 8h), DB-Ah (Kh 6h) completes and KM calls. 4: 2h 4c. DB bets and KM calls. 5: Js 9d. DB bets 3,000 all-in and KM calls. 6: Ad 7s. 7: (5c) (3d). KM wins.

    *** Don Barton finishes 3rd at 5:25 PM.

    Deal Break. Probable Deal.

    Chip count

    KM 232,000
    MS 168,000

55. 3: 8d Kd. KM completes and MS folds.
56. 3: 3s Kh. KM completes and MS folds.
57. 3: 3h Js. KM completes and MS calls. 4: 5d 5c. KM bets and MS calls. 5: 7h 4d. MS bets and KM calls. 6: 4h 4s. KM bets and MS calls. 7: KM bets and MS folds.
58. 3: Kc Td. MS completes and KM folds.
59. 3: KM brings it in for 5,000 and MS folds.
60. 3: Tc 8d. MS completes, KM raises and MS calls. 4: Ks 2h. KM bets, MS raises and KM calls. 5: Ad Kc. MS bets and KM calls. 6: 7s 3s. MS bets, KM raises and MS calls. 7: KM bets and MS calls. KM shows (6s As 2s) and MS wins with (Kd 4h Jc).
61. 3: 4c 7h. KM completes and MS folds.
62. 3: 8d 8h. Both limp. 4: Tc Kh. KM bets and MS calls. 5: 4s 7d. MS bets, KM raises and MS calls. 6: 4d 2s. MS bets and KM calls. 7: MS bets, KM raises and MS calls. MS shows (Td 8s Qs) and KM wins with (7h Js Jc).
63. 3: 5s 4c. KM brings it in for 2,000 and MS folds.
64. 3: Kc 5c. MS completes and KM calls. 4: Js 4h. MS bets and KM calls. 5: 7c Kh. MS bets and KM folds.
65. 3: 5c Kh. KM completes and MS calls. 4: 7c 2s. MS bets and KM calls. 5: 6c Th. MS bets and KM folds.
66. 3: Ts 4c. MS completes and KM folds.
67. 3: Td 7c. Both limp. 4: 3s 5s. MS bets and KM calls. 5: Ad Tc. MS bets and KM calls. 6: Qd 6s. MS bets and KM calls. 7: MS bets and KM folds. KM shows (6c Ac).
68. 3: Kd 2h. MS completes and KM folds.
69. 3: 6c Ac. KM completes and MS folds.
70. 3: Kd Ac. KM completes, MS raises and KM folds.
71. 3: 9c 5c. MS completes and KM folds.
72. 3: 8s 2s. MS completes and KM calls. 4: 7c 3d. MS bets and KM calls. 5: Ad 2h. Both check. 6: Jh 4c. KM bets and MS calls. 7: Both check. KM shows (As Ts 3c) and MS shows (Kh 5s 9h). KM wins.
73. 3: Qc 8h. MS completes and KM folds.
74. 3: 9s Js. KM completes and MS calls. 4: 5d Kd. KM bets and MS folds.
75. 3: Jc Tc. KM brings it in for 2,000 and MS folds.
76. 3: 2c Kd. KM completes and MS calls. 4: 8s 3h. Both check. 5: Qs 9s. MS bets and KM calls. 6: 7s 5d. MS bets and KM folds.
77. 3: Ks 2h. MS completes and KM folds.
78. 3: 7c 4c. MS completes and KM folds.
79. 3: 9c 5d. MS completes and KM folds.
80. 3: MS brings it in for 2,000 and KM folds.
81. 3: 2s 8d. KM completes and MS folds.
82. 3: 7h 8d. MS brings it in for 2,000 and KM folds.
83. 3: 5c 6c. KM completes and MS calls. 4: 5d Qs. MS bets and KM calls. 5: 9d 9s. MS bets and KM calls. 6: 3c Jc. MS bets and KM calls. 7: Both check. MS shows (4d 9c Qc) and KM mucks.
84. 3: 8d Kd. KM completes and MS calls. 4: 4h 6h. KM bets, MS raises and KM calls. 5: As 7s. MS bets and KM calls. 6: 2s Ks. KM bets and MS calls. 7: KM bets, MS raises, KM re-raises and MS calls. MS shows (Ac 8s 7c) and KM wins with (3d 4c 5s).
85. 3: 4c Qd. KM completes and MS folds.
86. 3: 3s 8d. KM completes and MS folds.
87. 3: 3s 8d. KM completes, MS raises and KM folds.

    *** Limits increase at 6:23 PM to 10,000/20,000 with 2,000 ante and 3,000 bring in.

88. 3: 5c 8h. KM completes, MS raises and KM calls. 4: 9s Ad. KM bets and MS calls. 5: Kd 6h. KM bets and MS calls. 6: 5s 6d. Both check. KM checks in the dark. 7: MS bets and KM folds.
89. 3: Js Th. MS completes, KM raises, MS re-raises and KM calls. 4: Ac 5c. MS bets and KM folds.
90. 3: 5h 3s. Both limp. 4: 6s 2s. MS bets and KM folds.
91. 3: Jd 6h. MS completes and KM folds.
92. 3: Ts 6s. Both limp. 4: Kd 5c. MS bets and KM folds.
93. 3: 8s Kh. KM completes and MS calls. 4: 6h Ad. KM bets and MS calls. 5: 8d 7h. MS bets and KM calls. 6: Qh 8c. MS bets and KM folds.

    *** Approximate Chip count

    MS 275,000
    KM 125,000

94. 3: 2s 3d. Both limp. 4: Tc 3d. MS bets, KM raises, MS re-raises and KM calls. 5: Kc 4h. KM bets and MS calls. 6: 8c 3h. KM bets and MS calls. 7: Both check. KM shows (2h 4s Th), and MS mucks after showing (9d Js).
95. 3: Jd 4s. MS completes and KM folds.
96. 3: Ad 3s. MS completes and KM calls. 4: 2c 7d. MS bets and KM calls. 5: Td Js. KM bets and MS calls. 6: Jh 8h. KM bets and MS folds.
97. 3: 5c 6d. KM completes and MS calls. 4: 3c Qh. MS bets and KM calls. 5: 2d Kh. Both check. 6: Td 6c. KM bets and MS calls. 7: KM bets and MS folds.
98. 3: 9h 8c. MS completes and KM folds.
99. 3: 2h 2d. KM brings it in for 3,000 and MS folds.
100. 3: 5s 8d. KM completes and MS calls. 4: 4d Kh. KM bets and MS calls. 5: Jd Th. KM bets and MS calls. 6: 3c Qc. KM bets, MS raises, KM re-raises, MS re-raises, KM re-raises and MS calls 10,000 all-in. MS shows (6d 7c) and KM has (Ah 7h). 7: (Qd) (3s). KM wins.

     *** Max Stern finishes second and Kirk Morrison wins the $1,5000 Limit 7 Card Stud Championship at 6:47 PM.