Russell Salzer raised predraw, and both Eli Elezra and Doyle Brunson called. Salzer and Elezra drew two apiece while Brunson drew three. Salzer bet, Elezra raised, Brunson called and Salzer called. On the second draw, Salzer and Elezra each drew one while Brunson drew two. Salzer checked, Elezra bet, Brunson called and Salzer called. On the third draw Salzer took one, Elezra rapped pat and Brunson drew one. All three players checked.
Elezra showed 8-7-5-3-2, both Brunson and Salzer mucked and Elezra raked in the pot.
On the next hand, Salzer was all in predraw against Minh Ly. Ly made an 8-6 low, besting Salzer's 9-8 and he was eliminated.
Mike Sexton limped in from early position, Sam Farha raised to 11,000, Marcel Luske moved all in for 49,000, Sexton called all in for 11,000 and Farha called as well. On their backs...
Sexton:
Luske:
Farha:
Mike Sexton immediately began calling for low cards as the dealer burned and turned.
"I sure wish this was Omaha-8!" he said.
The flop came down . The turn was the and the river was the . Though Sexton made a six-high straight on the river, it was bested by Farha's flush. Both Sexton and Luske were eliminated while Farha's stack jumped up to 210,000.
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Vanessa Rousso, just shy of the money
Limit hold'em:
Vanessa Rousso got the rest of her chips in on a flop of vs. Tom "durrrr" Dwan. Vanessa turned up for middle pair, but Dwan had her in bad shape with . The turn was the , the river was the and a dejected Rousso hit the rail, but not before wishing her fiance Chad Brown good luck.
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E-Fro
After being crippled in a previous razz hand by Michael DeMichele, Eric Froehlich's short stack finally succumbed on... you guessed it... another razz hand, this time to Jeff Madsen.
With Froehlich's elimination, we are on the money bubble.
A short-stacked Jeff Madsen was all in on third street vs. Johnny Chan. After both boards were run, Madsen made trip eights, besting Chan's pair of nines and doubled up to 38,000.
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. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
. Though Sexton made a six-high straight on the river, it was bested by Farha's flush. Both Sexton and Luske were eliminated while Farha's stack jumped up to 210,000.
for middle pair, but Dwan had her in bad shape with 
, the river was the 
and a dejected Rousso hit the rail, but not before wishing her fiance Chad Brown good luck. 
