Maria Ho raised, and Mike Watson called to see the flop. Watson check-raised, and Ho called the extra bet. Watson bet the on the turn, and Ho tanked a bit before calling. The river meant there would be no low half. Watson checked, and Ho checked behind. She had for aces and kings with a queen. Watson's was no good, and Ho scooped the hand.
Justin Smith bet into fellow Full Tilt Red Pro Eli Elezra on a flop, and Elezra called. On the turn, Smith checked, and Eli bet. Smith called. It went check, bet, call again after the river. Elezra tabled for a wheel to scoop.
Elezra was approaching the danger zone, but he's back up to 75,000. Smith is down to 50,000.
Maria Ho has finally taken a hit to her stack after playing a hug pot with the other player at the table who had chips to play with, Robert Campbell.
The action was played out with Ho leading most of the way until Campbell threw in a check-raise on fourth street. More bets were exchanged on fifth and sixth street as the pot continued to build
With the pot already one of the biggest of the night, Campbell then checked seventh and Ho bet. Campbell made the call.
Ho announced she had three-aces, having in the hole.
Campbell then turned over his hole cards to reveal he had . Quad threes were good enough to take the chip lead and with no low qualifiers it was a scoop for Campbell. But it was after the hand that all the excitement occured with the sleepy table pepping up to talk about the hand for the next few minutes.
No one could understand the check-call with quads, all the players coming up with theories as to why it occured, while Ho was also licking her wounds as Campbell had caught the runner-runner to take down the pot.
After some time Campbell came out and admitted he thought he had a small full house and was worried that Ho had a bigger full house.
It really is getting late.
Campbell now has the chip-lead with 175,000 while Ho moves down to 125,000.
Eli Elezra has been grinding the short stack for awhile. No limit was going to be a make or break round for him. He raised one hand to 8,700 and took down the blinds. Then he raised the next hand the same amount, and Andy Bloch defended his big blind. Bloch checked the flop, and Elezra bet 12,500, knocking the stacked bet toward Bloch. Andy made the call.
Bloch checked the turn to allow Elezra to stick in the rest of his 29,000-chip stack. Elezra took his time about it, shuffling the whole thing for a minute before putting it in the middle. Bloch called.
Elezra: - aces with a jack kicker
Bloch: - aces with a six kicker and an open-ended straight draw
Bloch had plenty of outs to eliminate Elezra, but the river was a brick. Elezra doubled to 95,000, leaving Bloch with just 32,000.
Another round of No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha has taken place with not much incidence. Some chips were shared around and a few flops were seen but we are no closer to our bubble player then before.
Currently there are three relatively short stacked players at the table, with Eli Elezra slipping just below 50,000 and Watson and Bloch hovering just above that level.
The bubble has finally burst with Eli Elezra the unfortunite player sent home after all those hours with nothing but a bubble boy story.
Eli Elezra only started the hand with under 20,000 in chips and when he looked at his cards he liked them enough to put in the raise to 10,000. Justin Smith, Robert Campbell and Andy Bloch would like their hands enough to try and eliminate a player.
Elezra was allin on the next round, drawing two while Bloch would be the aggressor drawing one. The other two player called, each drawing three. The next round saw Elezra again draw one, while Bloch would bet again while standing pat. By the last rounds it was down to just Elezra and Bloch as the other two stopped tangling with Bloch.
Elezra continued to draw to one card until the last round when Bloch turned over . Elezra found no luck and mucked his hand as he became the bubble boy after almost 15 hours of play.
Mike Watson was the shortest stack at the table when the hand started. All of his money went in on the turn of a board reading . Watson held for flopped jacks with a gutshot, but Andy Bloch's had turned a set. The river was of no consequence, and after grinding it out for several hours, Watson collects $20,000.