Barry Greenstein was still the short stack after doubling up, and he got his chips in again quickly with . He was dominated by Ayaz Mahmood's , but it wasn't an easy win for Mahmood. In a made-for-tv elimination, The flop gave Greenstein an open-ender. With the turn, Mahmood hit top pair but Barry added a clubs to his outs. But he bricked them all with the on the river.
Reigning WSOP Heads-Up Champion Mahmood is the last member of the Hearts and Clubs Brackets to move on to tonight's Round of 16, where he will play reigning WSOP Champion Jonathan Duhamel.
Barry Greenstein remains alive in his match against Ayaz Mahmood. Greestein opened all in pre-flop with ; Mahmood called with , a hand that was a slight favorite. Greenstein flopped best by making a pair of tens, . That pair held after a turn and river, but Mahmood still has the lead in the match.
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Ayaz Mahmood tries to blend into the crowd before the match begins.
Barry Greenstein had a slight edge over Ayaz Mahmood, but both players were feeling the pressure with 41 big blinds between them. Mahmood raised, and Greenstein moved all in to put him to the test. Mahmood quickly called with and had the Bear's dominated. The flop gave them both trips and put a chop possibility out there for Greenstein. But the turn and river neither paired the board nor Barry's kicker, and Mahmood doubled up, taking a sizable lead in the last match still going.
In a re-match of one of last year's quarterfinals, Doyle Brunson exacted a small measure of revenge against Dennis Phillips. The two played a back-and-forth match that ended on a flip: Brunson's against Phillips' . Brunson had a small lead going into the hand and all of the chips coming out of it after the board ran out .
"It was a 55/45," Phillips told his rail. "I was ahead both times but, you know, that's poker."
Doyle Brunson was at risk and behind with to Dennis Phillips' . But the flop put the veteran out in front. After the turn and river, Doyle doubled back to even.
In a tournament with a fast structure like the structure at play today, half of the battle is not getting unlucky at the wrong time. That's the story of Daniel Cates' demise at the hands of Chris Moneymaker. Moneymaker had the lead in their match and went for the kill by getting Cates all in preflop. Cates had the best hand with but Moneymaker's out-flopped him, . The turn gave Cates a few additional outs but he was out of the tournament after the river.
Moneymaker will play the winner of the Brunson-Phillips match in the next round.
Our much-anticipated Liv B. v. LivB match didn't last very long. Olivier Busquet raised, and Liv Boeree moved all in. Busquet called to put her at risk. The lovely lady had a pair of them: . Busquet may have heard that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but he was hoping his would switch the adage. He got his wish on the flop. Hard to beat the nuts, and Boeree was drawing dead after the turn failed to pair the board.
Busquet will go on to play Jason Mercier in the next round.
Perennial "first alternate" David Oppenheim is through to the Sweet 16. After forcing Carlos Mortensen to fold a set of kings on the river earlier, Oppenheim had command of the match. With his stack depleted, Mortensen open-shoved his button with . Oppenheim called with and stuck a sword in the Matador on a board of .
Dennis Phillips moved all in on the turn of a board reading , and Doyle Brunson was happy to call him with two pair. But the Godfather discovered that his had been out-turned by Phillips' . The on the river changed nothing, and Phillips doubled up.
The two have been moved to the feature table now that Jonathan Duhamel and Antonio Esfandiari are done playing. They are the elder statesmen of the event. Brunson is the oldest player at 77, and Phillips is second, just edging out Barry Greenstein.
Patrik Antonius is off the set and out of the tournament. He raised pre-flop to 4,000. Eugene Katchalov called that raise, then led 5,600 on a flop of . Antonius raised to 12,200, then called Katchalov's all-in shove. "God" showed for top pair, top kicker; Katchalov made two pair with . The turn and river were both blanks, and . He two men shook hands before Antonius ambled off-stage.
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