A king brings it in, David Benyamine declines to look at his hole cards and puts in a raise with a five up, another player holding a king calls Benyamine's raise and the bring-in folds.
On fourth street, Benyamine catches a ten and his opponent a five. Benyamine checks, his opponent bets, Benyamine raises, and he is called.
On fifth it's a seven for Benyamine and a deuce for his opponent. He bets, and is raised.
"I guess I have to look now," he says, before peering down at pocket queens in the hole. Benyamine shows them and mucks with a laugh.
After the second draw in 2-7 triple draw, Jan von Halle flipped his hand over and showed the 3-4-5-6-7. Johnny Chan saw this and bet to put von Halle all in. Von Halle was confused as he didn't realize there was another betting round. He called anyway and couldn't quite understand why the pot was shipped to the two-time Main Event champion Chan.
Von Halle must not have realized that straights count against you in 2-7 triple draw and was eliminated because of his mistake. Chan took the pot with a eight low.
Chris Reslock was extremely short-stacked and found himself all in in the big blind with against Mel Judah's . The board ran out , Judah scooping the pot with queens and jacks, and Reslock was eliminated.
He's now paying off his various last-longer bets around the room.
On the first draw, Rob Hollink took two, Michael DeMichele took three, Sam Farha took 2, and Sirous Jamshidi took two. After the draw, it was checked around to Jamshidi who bet. DeMichele and Farha called.
On the second draw, DeMichele drew two, Farha two, and Jamshidi stood pat. Again it checked to Jamshidi and he again bet. This time, only DeMichele called.
With Jamshidi standing pat once again, DeMichele drew another single card. And then, DeMichele called Jamshidi's bet.
Jason Lester and Tom "durrrr" Dwan were on the second draw of a 2-7 triple draw hand. Lester drew one card while Dwan opted for two. After drawing, Lester led and was raised by Dwan. Lester called.
Both players decided to act strong and stand pat for the third draw. At the showdown, Dwan showed first, 3-4-5-7-8. Lester was upset and reached into the middle of the table to the spread deck and grabbed the top card to see what he would have drawn had he taken another card. In disgust, Lester slammed his hand to the table along with the card he would have had.
Dwan increased to 23,000 and Lester dropped to 33,000.
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"A little to the left, please."
Greg "FBT" Mueller began the event today like everyone else, with 20,000 chips and a table full of fellow professionals. Since the first minute, Mueller has been found with the same massage therapist working out the aches and pains in his muscles. It's been over six hours now and we're all starting to feel for the beautiful woman's poor hands.
Mueller has been known to get massages for entire tournaments at times, from the same massage therapist every tournament. Superstition it may be, but as he continues to build a stack, why make a change?
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2006 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Madsen
Pot-limit Omaha:
The cutoff raised preflop and got three callers including Jeff Madsen in the small blind. The flop was . Madsen led out for 3,000 and only the big blind called. The turn was the . Madsen checked, the big blind bet the pot, Madsen re-potted, and the big blind called all in.
Madsen:
Big Blind:
The river was the and Madsen raked in the sizeable pot with his flush. He's now up to 62,500.
Four players limped in to see a flop of . The big blind led out for 1,000 and Patrik Antonius called from the cutoff. The turn was the . The big blind checked, Antonius bet 3,150 and the big blind called. The river was the . This time the big blind led out for 3,500 and Antonius called.
The big blind showed for the flush and Antonius mucked. He's down to 13,500.
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against Mel Judah's 
. The board ran out 
, Judah scooping the pot with queens and jacks, and Reslock was eliminated. 
. Madsen checked, the big blind bet the pot, Madsen re-potted, and the big blind called all in. 
and Madsen raked in the sizeable pot with his flush. He's now up to 62,500.
. This time the big blind led out for 3,500 and Antonius called. 
for the flush and Antonius mucked. He's down to 13,500.