Sometimes you play a hand and you don't want to show your cards because you don't want anyone to see how you played it. Something like that just happened with Michael DeMichele, who exchanged three-bets with Ralph Perry on third and fourth street showing to Perry's . DeMichele's picked up a on fifth and sixth street and when they finally went to showdown Perry said, "I have a pair of queens" and DeMichele showed for two pair, deuces and treys.
Not sure if DeMichele had the in the hole to start, but afterwards he said, "That must be the most embarrassing hand I've played all tournament", and, later, "How bad do I play?". Still, he didn't refuse the chips that were pushed his way at the end of the hand.
Andy Bloch was all in with in the hole and the showing. But he was up against Matt Glantz and his and when Bloch's hand didn't improve the rest of the way he was out in 15th place.
Joseph "bigjoe2003" Michael just lost about half of his stack to Barry Greenstein on a razz hand where Greenstein made a 7-6-4-3-A low and Michael bricked up, ultimately making three tens. He's down to 200,000 while Greenstein has rebounded to 1,020,000.
In a big pot Barry Greenstein was drawing to a 5-low but missed, and Huck Seed took it down with a . Losing that pot reduced Barry's stack to 760,000 while Seed is up to 1.58 million.
Doyle Brunson was all in on third street against Barry Greenstein and Phil Ivey. Action continued on the side between Ivey and Greenstein, Ivey betting out on fourth streets and Greenstein calling him down, check-calling Greenstein's fifth and sixth street bets, and then leading out on seventh, Greenstein calling once more.
Ivey had the winner-- a pair of kings with an ace kicker-- and both Greenstein and Brunson mucked. Texas Dolly's third $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament was at an end, and he made his exit to an ovation from the rail.
Four players that are still alive in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event still have a shot at taking over the lead in the WSOP Player of the Year race from Jacobo Fernandez-- Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren, and Andy Bloch.
To take over the lead, Greenstein would need to finish at least 6th, Lindgren 5th, Negreanu 2nd, and Bloch would have to win the bracelet.
A short-stacked Andy Bloch was all in against Raymond Davis on a board of . Bloch turned up for a full house and a 7-5-4-3-A low, besting Davis' for the nut flush and a 7-6 low. Bloch scooped the pot and is up to 184,000.