We finally found a hand for Thor Hansen. After Gary Benson brought it in with the and Hansen completed the , William Buckley raised the . Benson folded and Hansen made the call.
Hansen had the lead on fourth and fifth streets and bet both of them. On sixth street, Buckley took over the betting lead and check-called a bet, bringing the two players to the river with these boards:
Buckley: x-x / / x
Hansen: x-x / / x
They both checked, with Hansen's (a pair of tens) taking the pot.
Sometimes short stacks can make things interesting. Gerard Rechnitzer started the day with just 2,700 in chips but he's up to 26,500 after beating Eli Elezra in a recent pot. Elezra bet sixth street and seventh street showing x-x / / x and Rechnitzer called each bet.
"You win," said Elezra once Rechnitzer called. Rechnitzer anyway showed down in the hole for a pair of queens. Elezra mucked, slipipng to 13,000 chips in the pocess.
Sam Grizzle, no longer serving his penalty for... whatever it was, is back mixing it up at his table. He was in a three-way pot with John Juanda and Chris Reslock on sixth street. The boards were:
Juanda: x-x /
Grizzle: x-x /
Reslock: x-x /
Grizzle led out with a bet that Reslock raised, folding Juanda. Grizzle called. Both players checked the river, with Grizzle revealing two diamonds in his pocket to match the three on his board. Reslock flashed the (trip fours) and remarked that he had a pair and a spade draw on sixth street.
After the hand, Juanda was down to 39,000, Reslock was down to 16,500, and Grizzle was up to 29,000.
It shouldn't ever be a surprise, but it'a always impressive to see. In the first one hour and twenty minutes of play today, we've already lost 25 players -- a quarter of the field.
Jason Mercier seems to be slowly falling into the danger zone of players who might join the ranks of the eliminated on the rail. His stack is down to about 20,000 from the 40,000+ that he started with today.
Brutality for David Bach's opponent. Bach bet fifth street and called a bet on sixth street. Everything went haywire on the river, with Bach showing x-x / / x and his opponent showing x-x / / x. Bach's opponent bet; Bach raises; his opponent reraised; and Bach just called. His opponent showed down in the hole for an ace-high flush. The only problem was that Bach had one of those as well, , and Bach's flush was higher. He dragged the pot.
Well, that's it for Allen Kessler. We didn't see the betting action, but we saw the boards. Kessler made two pair kings and sixes, but Edouard Mignot made trip sevens, . Kessler has therefore left the Brasilia Room.