Simultaneously, we had two players all in during the PLO round -- and both were from Team Australia. David Saab, with no voice, shoved against Robert Mizrachi on a board of . Mizrachi eventually folded.
One table away, Tony G made a move against Kido Pham. Tony G had top set; Pham called with a huge wrap-and-flush draw combo with one card to come. Team Vietnam crowded around for the river and celebrated jubilantly when it came as one of Pham's outs. Losing that pot knocked the G all the way down to 2,000 chips and gave Pham a huge double-up.
"It's the first time I've seen Tony G this quiet in a long time," quipped Robert Williamson III.
We're having difficulty keeping up with the substitutions. Plenty of seats have turned over at the outer tables. Team Australia seems to have rotated players at three tables, with Mel Judah taking Tony G's seat, Tony G taking David Saab's seat, and David Saab taking Steve Topakas' seat.
Team England has made several subtitutions as well. Other players who had been subtituted out at the beginning of the PLO round -- players like Maria Ho for Team China and Jen Harman for Team USA -- are milling around the rail, craning their necks to catch the action.
The current chip leader at the captains' table is Eli Elezra. "Right now," appended Johnny Chan.
At Outer Table 2, Robert Mizrachi was check-raised on the river by one of the world's premier Omaha players, Mike Matusow for Team USA. Team Israel captain Eli Elezra came to the table and looked at Mizrachi's hand. Mizrachi then stood up, and he and Elezra could be seen whispering to each other. Whatever was said prompted Mizrachi to muck his hand.
Across the set, at Outer Table 3, the players took a 7-way raised flop. David Saab, for Team Australia, was the first player to move at the pot. The player to Saab's immediate left, David Chiu of Team China, raised, folding all other players.
Saab called to the turn, then pushed all in. Chiu quickly called the shove, which brought all of Team China running to the table. Both players had the same two pair on the turn, but Chiu, who had Saab covered, was on a freeroll to a straight or a flush with a river 8, 9 or spade. The river fell ace of spades, eliminating Team Australia from contention on Outer Table 3.
Just a few minutes after the elimination of Team Australia (in the form of David Saab) from Outer Table 3, Mike Matusow of Team USA and Mel Judah of Team Australia went to war at Outer Table 2. The two were all in pre-flop, with Matusow tabling against Judah's connected cards, . Matusow flopped a set of kings and dodged Judah's straight outs on the turn and river to eliminate Team Australia from a second table.
Team Australia is down to 3 players. Each other team still has 5.
Team Australia has been eliminated from a third table. Jeffrey Lisandro got all in with a pair of nines and found himself up against ace-king. The flop was clean, but a king on the turn was a terrible, terrible card for Team Australia. When the river blanked, Team Australia had been eliminated from the captains' table.
Team Australia only has two tables left in action. Each other team still has five.
The tournament is on another extended break. Right before the break, Team Vietnam was eliminated from one of the outer tables. It was the first Team to lose a table other than Team Australia.
During the break, Phil Hellmuth came running into the room wearing a bath robe over his clothes. We're not sure what that's all about, beat fellow Team USA member Chris Ferguson walked over the Hellmuth and started vigorously rubbing Hellmuth's arms.
"Gone, gone, gone," said Dave Ulliot. Not entirely, but he's pretty close.
Things have gone just horribly for Team Australia today. On an outer table, Steve Topakas of Team Australia got the the chips in on a queen-high, two-club flop against Team Brazil. Topakas tabled for an overcard and the nut flush draw. Team Brazil showed for top pair. The turn and river blanked out, eliminating Team Australia again. The Aussies are down to just one remaining table, where David Saab is currently representing the team.
"Who made the most side bets, Team Australia?" asked Mike Matusow. Nobody responded.
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. Mizrachi eventually folded.
against Judah's connected cards, 
. Matusow flopped a set of kings and dodged Judah's straight outs on the turn and river to eliminate Team Australia from a second table.
for an overcard and the nut flush draw. Team Brazil showed 
for top pair. The turn and river blanked out, eliminating Team Australia again. The Aussies are down to just one remaining table, where David Saab is currently representing the team.