Imre Leibold met his tournament end in this hand against chip leader Martin Harvey.
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On third street, Leibold completed and Harvey called. On fourth Harvey checked, Leibold bet his last 2,500 and Harvey called.
Leibold turned up a draw to a seven low with no high while Harvey showed a draw to an 8-7 low and ace high. Fifth street made Leibold's seven low and Harvey's eight low and gave both players open-ended straight draws. Sixth street brought the for Leibold, making his seven-high straight to go with his 7-6 low, but Harvey caught the on the river, making him an eight-high straight and 7-6-5-4-A for low, besting Leibold's 7-6-5-4-2. Harvey scooped the pot and Leibold was eliminated, collecting $3,150 for his finish.
Karib Karib moved all in for 2,500 from the cutoff, Martin Harvey called on the button, Paul Taylor completed the small blind and Rainer Quel checked his option in the big blind. The flop was and the action was checked around. The turn was the and everyone checked again. The river was the and everyone checked one more time.
Karib showed , but Taylor had for a rivered pair of kings, and he raked in the pot as Karib headed to the rail in 6th place. He earned $3,780 for his efforts today.
With the board reading on the turn, Billy "the Croc" Argyros bet the last of his chips and was called by Martin Harvey. Harvey turned up for top pair, but the Croc held the mighty for two pair. The river was the and Argyros doubled his stack to 18,500.
'Crocy's back in town!" sang Argyros, as he did a little dance and stacked his chips.
Paul Taylor raised from the cutoff and Sam Khouiss called from the big blind. The flop was . Khouiss bet and Taylor called. The turn was the . Khouiss checked, Taylor bet and Khouiss tanked for several minutes before finally folding. Taylor showed for a stone bluff. Khouiss was left with only 10,000 in chips after the hand.
On the next deal, Paul Taylor and Khouiss saw a flop of . Khouiss bet the last of his chips on the flop and Taylor called. Taylor showed for top pair while Khouiss tabled the for a straight draw. The turn was the , the river was the , and Khouiss hit the rail in 5th place, collecting $5,040.