George Guzman Poker Tournament Updates

Omaha High-Low - Heads Up Play Begins

Jun 05, '08

Players Left: 2

Big Hands:

Chris Falconer Eliminated in Fifth Place ($64,243)

Chris Falconer raised all in for his last 80,000 in the cutoff and was called by both Thang Luu and George Guzman in the blinds. Both players checked down a board of 1095A5 and Luu turned over J762 for a flush, which scooped the pot. Falconer mucked his cards and was eliminated.

James Pritchard Eliminated in Fourth Place ($78,456)

James Pritchard was getting short and had to make his move. He got the rest of his chips in the middle holding 10654 against Thang Luu's KQ92. The board ran out JJ4K7 and Luu's turned king sent Pritchard home in fourth place.

George Guzman Eliminated in Third Place ($93,806)

George Guzman moved all in preflop holding KQ97 and was up against Spencer Lawrence's AAQ9. The board came 433A6 and Lawrence's turned aces full was enough to send Guzman home and begin heads up play.

NOTE: Heads up play has begun.

 

Player Tags: Spencer Lawrence,   Thang Luu,   Chris Falconer,   George Guzman

Omaha High-Low - Lost Two Players

Jun 05, '08

Players Left: 5

Big Hands

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Craig Sabel Eliminated in Seventh Place ($39,228)

Craig Sabel had the rest of his chips in the pot in the big blind. The flop came K54 and Spencer Lawrence and George Guzman checked. The turn was the Q and Lawrence bet. Guzman folded and the two remaining players turned up their hands.

Lawrence - QQ64
Sabel - AJQ6

Lawrence was in the lead with a set of queens and Sabel needed a low card to split or a ten to scoop. The river was the 4 and Sabel was eliminated in seventh place.

Greg Jamison Eliminated in Sixth Place ($50,598)

Greg Jamison was all-in in the big blind for his last 25,000 and had to deal with three unfortunate limpers. All three limpers checked down a board of A6310Q and everyone revealed their hands.

George Guzman turned over 8-4 which was good enough for the low and Spencer Lawrence's set of tens took the high. Jamison mucked his hand and was eliminated from the tournament.
 

 

Player Tags: Spencer Lawrence,   George Guzman,   Craig Sabel

Omaha High-Low - Mark Wilds Eliminated

Jun 05, '08

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Blinds: 15,000-30,000

Players Left: 7

Big Hands:

Spencer Lawrence Hits a Four-Outer to Survive

On a board of Q9810, Spencer Lawrence is all in against Mark Wilds. Both players turn over their hands:

Lawrence - A982
Wilds - AJQ5

Lawrence is drawing to the four remaining nines and eights to stay alive and the river is the... 8. Lawrence makes his full house and doubles up to over 300,000.

Mark Wilds Eliminated in Eighth Place ($30,700)

Mark Wilds was all in for his last 10,000 in the small blind. Thang Luu and George Guzman were also in the hand and checked a flop of Q107. The turn was the 7 and Guzman bet 60,000. Luu folded and Guzman revealed AJ97. Wilds showed J942 and needed an an eight or a king to survive with a straight. The river was the A and Guzman improved to a full house, sending Wilds to the rail in eighth place.

NOTE: The players are now on a 20-minute break.

Player Tags: Mark Wilds,   Spencer Lawrence,   Thang Luu,   George Guzman,   Craig Sabel

Omaha High-Low - Double Up Madness

Jun 05, '08

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Players Left: 8

Big Hands:

James Pritchard Chips Up With 3/4 of the Pot

On a flop of J53, James Pritchard bets and is called by Craig Sabel. The turn is the 10 and once again Sabel calls Pritchards bet. The river is the 6 and Pritchard is all in. Sabel calls and the players turn up their hands.

Sabel - AK92
Pritchard - AJ102

Sagel rivered the nut low, but so did Pritchard. In addition, Pritchard has the high with jacks and tens. He takes 3/4 of the pot and chips up to 170,000.

Spencer Lawrence Doubles Up

Spencer Lawrence is all in for his tournament life and is called by Greg Jamison. Lawrence turns over AK72 and Jamison shows JJ42. The flop comes J76 and Jamison takes a big lead in the hand, but the turn and river come 10Q giving Lawrence a broadway straight and the whole pot. After the hand, Lawrence is sitting with 75,000 in chips.

George Guzman Won't Go Quietely

After getting crippled to next to nothing, George Guzman has refused to bust, chopping and scooping his way to a stack of 180,000 courtesy of several double ups from the rest of the table.

Player Tags: Greg Jamison,   Spencer Lawrence,   George Guzman,   Craig Sabel

Omaha High-Low - Scott Clements Out

Jun 05, '08

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Blinds: 8,000 - 15,000 switching to 10,000 - 20,000

Players Left: 8

Big Hands:

Scott Clements Eliminated in Ninth Place ($22,172)

After being crippled on an earlier hand, Scott Clements is all in for his last 12,000. James Pritchard calls in the small blind and Thang Luu checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes JJ9 and both players check it down. The turn and river come 28 and Pritchard shows KJQ2 to take the pot with jacks full. Clements claims to have aces, and he is eliminated from the tournament.

Don't worry, for posterity, we will continue to cover this tournament. After all, there is a gold bracelet on the line.

George Guzman Picks Up A Big Pot

Greg "Fargo" Jamison limps, as does Chris Falconer and Geogre Guzman. Spencer Lawrence checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes J107 and Jamison bets 15,000. Guzman is the only caller and the turn is the 8. Both players check and the river is the J. Jamison bets 30,000 and Guzman makes the call. Jamison can only turn over pocket deuces and Guzman's AKQQ is enough to take it down.

NOTE: The blinds then went up to 10,000-20,000 and the 1,000 denomination chips were raced off the table.

The players then went on a 20-minute break.

Player Tags: Greg Jamison,   Scott Clements,   Spencer Lawrence,   Thang Luu,   Chris Falconer,   George Guzman

Omaha High-Low - Scott Clements Going Backwards

Jun 05, '08

Blinds: 6,000 - 12,000 switching to 8,000 - 15,000

Players Left: 9

Eliminations: None

Big Hands:

Thang Luu and Spencer Lawrence Chop One

Thang Luu raises preflop, as he has done 60 percent of the time, and Spencer Lawrence calls in the big blind. The flop comes J53 and Luu continues with a bet of 12,000. Lawrence raises to 24,000 and Luu calls. The turn is the 9 and Lawrence leads out for 24,000. Luu calls. The river is the A and Lawrence thinks for a while before deciding to bet once again. Luu beats him into the pot and both players turn over their hands.

Thang Luu - A622
Spencer Lawrence - A9J10

Lawrence takes the high with Aces up and Luu claims the low with his 6-2.

Chris Falconer Takes It All

Chris Falconer raises under the gun and James Pritchard makes the call. The flop comes Q107 and Falconer checks. Pritchard bets and Falconer calls. The turn is the 10 and both players check. The river is the J and Falconer bets 24,000. Pritchard calls and sees the bad news when Falconer turns over AK42 for the second nut flush.

NOTE: At this point, the blinds increase to 8,000 - 15,000

Thang Luu Takes 3/4

Spencer Lawrence raises and Thang Luu calls in the big blind. The flop comes 986 and both players check. The turn is the A and Luu bets. Lawrence calls and the river is the J. Luu bets again and Lawrence makes the call as the players reveal their hole cards.

Thang Luu - 9643
Spencer Lawrence - AQ43

Luu wins the high with his nines and sixes and both players share the same 4-3 low. As a result, Luu wins 3/4 of the pot.

Scott Clements Going Backwards

Craig Sabel calls under the gun and both George Guzman  and Scott Clements come along in the blinds. The flop comes A53 and Clements bets 15,000. Both of his opponents call and the turn is the 4. Everyone checks and Guzman leads the 3 on the river for 30,000. Both Clements and Sabel fold.

After the hand, Clements is down to about 100,000.

Player Tags: Scott Clements,   Spencer Lawrence,   Thang Luu,   George Guzman,   Craig Sabel

Omaha High-Low Level 18

Jun 04, '08

Players left: 18 of 833

Average chips: 119,000

Chip Leaders:

Thang Luu - 240,000
Jac Arama - 193,000
Spencer Lawrence - 175,000
Mark Gregorich - 160,000
Mark Wilds - 160,000
Jose Razo Cabrera - 151,000
Frank Kassela - 138,000
George Guzman - 130,000
Craig Sabel - 115,000
Mallory Smith - 101,000

Eliminations:

Denis Ethier
Gregory Giannokostas
Joseph Bunevith

Hands:

Clements knocks out Bunevith in 22nd

After Scott Clements raises and one player calls, Joseph Bunevith calls off his remaining chips. After the flop comes 835, Clements bets and the third player in the pot folds. Clements shows 6254 while Bunevith has A9KJ. The turn is the A, giving Clements both the high and low. After the hand clements has over 160,000 chips.

Last female takes down pot on river

Shirley Graham, the last female left in the tournament, called a preflop raise out of the big blind and then check called after the flop came QT5. After the 3 came on the turn both players checked, and then Graham bet out when the 3 came on the river. Her opponent stalled before calling, and Graham showed A-2-3-T to take the pot. She currently has over 50,000 chips.

Out many times, Guzman now thriving

George Guzman is one of three players to put 12,000 chips in the pot preflop and see the flop come K85. After a player bets out, he raises and both others call. After the 8 turn and 9 river Guzman checks and both players call. Guzman flips over a pair of fives for a full hosue to take the monster pot. Currently Guzman has over 200,000 chips and is among the chip leaders with two tables remaining.

Player Tags: Scott Clements,   George Guzman,   Shirley Graham

Omaha High-Low Level 17

Jun 04, '08

Blinds: 3,000-5,000

Players left: 27 of 833

Average chips: 92,000

Chip Leaders:

Thang Luu - 240,000
Mark Wilds - 235,000
Jac Arama - 202,000
Mark Gregorich - 160,000
Frank Kassela - 155,000
Stephen Bennette - 106,000
John Shirk - 94,000
Harold Heckethorn - 73,000

Eliminations:

Richard Ashby
Bob Mangino
Denny Marinack
Chris Hyong Chang
Mark Scott
Wing Wong
Allyn Shulman
Linda Johnson

Hands:

Guzman survives over and over

In a hand against two others, George Guzman goes all in without seeing his hole cards. When one of the other two players goes all with the board showing K-8-6-J, everyone's hand is turned up. Guzman finds out he has Q-Q-T-7 and needs an ace or nine on the river. Amazingly, the nine comes on the river, and Guzman triples up.

Denny Marinack goes out in rough fashion

Marinack was all in on a flop of A-6-5 and in good shape to catch at least the low pot, holding T-7-3-2. However the 2 came on the turn, giving his opponent a six-high straight and nut low with the 4-3 in his hand. As a result, Marinack was out in 29th place and took home $5,230.

Allyn Shulman goes out

On an A-K-K board, Allyn Shulman gets her remaining chips in the pot with K-J-9-6, and is up against an opponent who already has a full hosue with two aces. She didn't catch the one king left on the turn and river and was eliminated.

Gregorich thriving late in level

On two hands in the last orbit, Mark Gregorich has taken down pots with bets on the flop. He has over 160,000 chips as the field makes its way from three to two tables.

Player Tags: Allyn Jaffrey Shulman,   Linda Johnson,   George Guzman

Omaha High-Low - Heads Up Play Begins

Jun 05, '08

Players Left: 2

Big Hands:

Chris Falconer Eliminated in Fifth Place ($64,243)

Chris Falconer raised all in for his last 80,000 in the cutoff and was called by both Thang Luu and George Guzman in the blinds. Both players checked down a board of 1095A5 and Luu turned over J762 for a flush, which scooped the pot. Falconer mucked his cards and was eliminated.

James Pritchard Eliminated in Fourth Place ($78,456)

James Pritchard was getting short and had to make his move. He got the rest of his chips in the middle holding 10654 against Thang Luu's KQ92. The board ran out JJ4K7 and Luu's turned king sent Pritchard home in fourth place.

George Guzman Eliminated in Third Place ($93,806)

George Guzman moved all in preflop holding KQ97 and was up against Spencer Lawrence's AAQ9. The board came 433A6 and Lawrence's turned aces full was enough to send Guzman home and begin heads up play.

NOTE: Heads up play has begun.

 

Player Tags: Spencer Lawrence,   Thang Luu,   Chris Falconer,   George Guzman

Omaha High-Low - Lost Two Players

Jun 05, '08

Players Left: 5

Big Hands

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Craig Sabel Eliminated in Seventh Place ($39,228)

Craig Sabel had the rest of his chips in the pot in the big blind. The flop came K54 and Spencer Lawrence and George Guzman checked. The turn was the Q and Lawrence bet. Guzman folded and the two remaining players turned up their hands.

Lawrence - QQ64
Sabel - AJQ6

Lawrence was in the lead with a set of queens and Sabel needed a low card to split or a ten to scoop. The river was the 4 and Sabel was eliminated in seventh place.

Greg Jamison Eliminated in Sixth Place ($50,598)

Greg Jamison was all-in in the big blind for his last 25,000 and had to deal with three unfortunate limpers. All three limpers checked down a board of A6310Q and everyone revealed their hands.

George Guzman turned over 8-4 which was good enough for the low and Spencer Lawrence's set of tens took the high. Jamison mucked his hand and was eliminated from the tournament.
 

 

Player Tags: Spencer Lawrence,   George Guzman,   Craig Sabel

Omaha High-Low - Mark Wilds Eliminated

Jun 05, '08

NOTE: CardPlayer TV – Erik Seidel Talks About Omaha Hi-Lo


Blinds: 15,000-30,000

Players Left: 7

Big Hands:

Spencer Lawrence Hits a Four-Outer to Survive

On a board of Q9810, Spencer Lawrence is all in against Mark Wilds. Both players turn over their hands:

Lawrence - A982
Wilds - AJQ5

Lawrence is drawing to the four remaining nines and eights to stay alive and the river is the... 8. Lawrence makes his full house and doubles up to over 300,000.

Mark Wilds Eliminated in Eighth Place ($30,700)

Mark Wilds was all in for his last 10,000 in the small blind. Thang Luu and George Guzman were also in the hand and checked a flop of Q107. The turn was the 7 and Guzman bet 60,000. Luu folded and Guzman revealed AJ97. Wilds showed J942 and needed an an eight or a king to survive with a straight. The river was the A and Guzman improved to a full house, sending Wilds to the rail in eighth place.

NOTE: The players are now on a 20-minute break.

Player Tags: Mark Wilds,   Spencer Lawrence,   Thang Luu,   George Guzman,   Craig Sabel

Omaha High-Low - Double Up Madness

Jun 05, '08

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Players Left: 8

Big Hands:

James Pritchard Chips Up With 3/4 of the Pot

On a flop of J53, James Pritchard bets and is called by Craig Sabel. The turn is the 10 and once again Sabel calls Pritchards bet. The river is the 6 and Pritchard is all in. Sabel calls and the players turn up their hands.

Sabel - AK92
Pritchard - AJ102

Sagel rivered the nut low, but so did Pritchard. In addition, Pritchard has the high with jacks and tens. He takes 3/4 of the pot and chips up to 170,000.

Spencer Lawrence Doubles Up

Spencer Lawrence is all in for his tournament life and is called by Greg Jamison. Lawrence turns over AK72 and Jamison shows JJ42. The flop comes J76 and Jamison takes a big lead in the hand, but the turn and river come 10Q giving Lawrence a broadway straight and the whole pot. After the hand, Lawrence is sitting with 75,000 in chips.

George Guzman Won't Go Quietely

After getting crippled to next to nothing, George Guzman has refused to bust, chopping and scooping his way to a stack of 180,000 courtesy of several double ups from the rest of the table.

Player Tags: Greg Jamison,   Spencer Lawrence,   George Guzman,   Craig Sabel

Omaha High-Low - Scott Clements Out

Jun 05, '08

NOTE: CardPlayer TV – Erik Seidel Talks About Omaha Hi-Lo


Blinds: 8,000 - 15,000 switching to 10,000 - 20,000

Players Left: 8

Big Hands:

Scott Clements Eliminated in Ninth Place ($22,172)

After being crippled on an earlier hand, Scott Clements is all in for his last 12,000. James Pritchard calls in the small blind and Thang Luu checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes JJ9 and both players check it down. The turn and river come 28 and Pritchard shows KJQ2 to take the pot with jacks full. Clements claims to have aces, and he is eliminated from the tournament.

Don't worry, for posterity, we will continue to cover this tournament. After all, there is a gold bracelet on the line.

George Guzman Picks Up A Big Pot

Greg "Fargo" Jamison limps, as does Chris Falconer and Geogre Guzman. Spencer Lawrence checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes J107 and Jamison bets 15,000. Guzman is the only caller and the turn is the 8. Both players check and the river is the J. Jamison bets 30,000 and Guzman makes the call. Jamison can only turn over pocket deuces and Guzman's AKQQ is enough to take it down.

NOTE: The blinds then went up to 10,000-20,000 and the 1,000 denomination chips were raced off the table.

The players then went on a 20-minute break.

Player Tags: Greg Jamison,   Scott Clements,   Spencer Lawrence,   Thang Luu,   Chris Falconer,   George Guzman

Omaha High-Low - Scott Clements Going Backwards

Jun 05, '08

Blinds: 6,000 - 12,000 switching to 8,000 - 15,000

Players Left: 9

Eliminations: None

Big Hands:

Thang Luu and Spencer Lawrence Chop One

Thang Luu raises preflop, as he has done 60 percent of the time, and Spencer Lawrence calls in the big blind. The flop comes J53 and Luu continues with a bet of 12,000. Lawrence raises to 24,000 and Luu calls. The turn is the 9 and Lawrence leads out for 24,000. Luu calls. The river is the A and Lawrence thinks for a while before deciding to bet once again. Luu beats him into the pot and both players turn over their hands.

Thang Luu - A622
Spencer Lawrence - A9J10

Lawrence takes the high with Aces up and Luu claims the low with his 6-2.

Chris Falconer Takes It All

Chris Falconer raises under the gun and James Pritchard makes the call. The flop comes Q107 and Falconer checks. Pritchard bets and Falconer calls. The turn is the 10 and both players check. The river is the J and Falconer bets 24,000. Pritchard calls and sees the bad news when Falconer turns over AK42 for the second nut flush.

NOTE: At this point, the blinds increase to 8,000 - 15,000

Thang Luu Takes 3/4

Spencer Lawrence raises and Thang Luu calls in the big blind. The flop comes 986 and both players check. The turn is the A and Luu bets. Lawrence calls and the river is the J. Luu bets again and Lawrence makes the call as the players reveal their hole cards.

Thang Luu - 9643
Spencer Lawrence - AQ43

Luu wins the high with his nines and sixes and both players share the same 4-3 low. As a result, Luu wins 3/4 of the pot.

Scott Clements Going Backwards

Craig Sabel calls under the gun and both George Guzman  and Scott Clements come along in the blinds. The flop comes A53 and Clements bets 15,000. Both of his opponents call and the turn is the 4. Everyone checks and Guzman leads the 3 on the river for 30,000. Both Clements and Sabel fold.

After the hand, Clements is down to about 100,000.

Player Tags: Scott Clements,   Spencer Lawrence,   Thang Luu,   George Guzman,   Craig Sabel

Omaha High-Low Level 18

Jun 04, '08

Players left: 18 of 833

Average chips: 119,000

Chip Leaders:

Thang Luu - 240,000
Jac Arama - 193,000
Spencer Lawrence - 175,000
Mark Gregorich - 160,000
Mark Wilds - 160,000
Jose Razo Cabrera - 151,000
Frank Kassela - 138,000
George Guzman - 130,000
Craig Sabel - 115,000
Mallory Smith - 101,000

Eliminations:

Denis Ethier
Gregory Giannokostas
Joseph Bunevith

Hands:

Clements knocks out Bunevith in 22nd

After Scott Clements raises and one player calls, Joseph Bunevith calls off his remaining chips. After the flop comes 835, Clements bets and the third player in the pot folds. Clements shows 6254 while Bunevith has A9KJ. The turn is the A, giving Clements both the high and low. After the hand clements has over 160,000 chips.

Last female takes down pot on river

Shirley Graham, the last female left in the tournament, called a preflop raise out of the big blind and then check called after the flop came QT5. After the 3 came on the turn both players checked, and then Graham bet out when the 3 came on the river. Her opponent stalled before calling, and Graham showed A-2-3-T to take the pot. She currently has over 50,000 chips.

Out many times, Guzman now thriving

George Guzman is one of three players to put 12,000 chips in the pot preflop and see the flop come K85. After a player bets out, he raises and both others call. After the 8 turn and 9 river Guzman checks and both players call. Guzman flips over a pair of fives for a full hosue to take the monster pot. Currently Guzman has over 200,000 chips and is among the chip leaders with two tables remaining.

Player Tags: Scott Clements,   George Guzman,   Shirley Graham

Omaha High-Low Level 17

Jun 04, '08

Blinds: 3,000-5,000

Players left: 27 of 833

Average chips: 92,000

Chip Leaders:

Thang Luu - 240,000
Mark Wilds - 235,000
Jac Arama - 202,000
Mark Gregorich - 160,000
Frank Kassela - 155,000
Stephen Bennette - 106,000
John Shirk - 94,000
Harold Heckethorn - 73,000

Eliminations:

Richard Ashby
Bob Mangino
Denny Marinack
Chris Hyong Chang
Mark Scott
Wing Wong
Allyn Shulman
Linda Johnson

Hands:

Guzman survives over and over

In a hand against two others, George Guzman goes all in without seeing his hole cards. When one of the other two players goes all with the board showing K-8-6-J, everyone's hand is turned up. Guzman finds out he has Q-Q-T-7 and needs an ace or nine on the river. Amazingly, the nine comes on the river, and Guzman triples up.

Denny Marinack goes out in rough fashion

Marinack was all in on a flop of A-6-5 and in good shape to catch at least the low pot, holding T-7-3-2. However the 2 came on the turn, giving his opponent a six-high straight and nut low with the 4-3 in his hand. As a result, Marinack was out in 29th place and took home $5,230.

Allyn Shulman goes out

On an A-K-K board, Allyn Shulman gets her remaining chips in the pot with K-J-9-6, and is up against an opponent who already has a full hosue with two aces. She didn't catch the one king left on the turn and river and was eliminated.

Gregorich thriving late in level

On two hands in the last orbit, Mark Gregorich has taken down pots with bets on the flop. He has over 160,000 chips as the field makes its way from three to two tables.

Player Tags: Allyn Jaffrey Shulman,   Linda Johnson,   George Guzman