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Shorr and his empire of chips
Stud Hi/Lo:
Brodie: x-x / / x
Shorr: x-x / / x
Richard Brodie and Shannon Shorr have been playing a bunch of pots together during the Stud Hi/Lo round. Most have been split, but Shorr finally got the better of Brodie.
There had to be close to 50,000 chips in the middle when Shorr bet the river. Brodie called to see Shorr open in the hole, a straight to the ten for high with no low. Brodie had no low of his own and couldn't beat the straight.
Shorr is up to more than 200,000 in chips now and appears to be the chip leader.
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These players will each receive $4,330:
41st - David Singer
42nd - Keith Sexton
43rd - Eddie Fishman
44th - David Schneyer
45th - David Taylor
46th - Ryan Plusch
47th - Thor Hansen
48th - Jeff Wagner
James Van Alstyne: (X-X) (X)
Andy Black: (X-X) (X)
Fabrice Soulier: (X-X) (X)
After seventh street, Black checked showing a pair of fives and then Soulier fired a bet. Van Alstyne made the call and then Black called as well.
Van Alstyne turned up his hole cards of , mentioning that he was rolled up with queens to begin the hand. Soulier turned up for a perfect eight low. Black mucked his hand and the two chopped up his money.
"I almost puked when you bet." Van Alstyne said to Soulier after the hand.
Here's how the chips looked after the hand:
Soulier - 190,000
Van Alstyne - 130,000
Black - 73,000
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Now that we're down to six tables, the pace of elimnations has finally slowed (somewhat substantially, we might add). Now might be a good time to put on that pot of coffee.
Even the mighty Thor was most likely destined to bust out of this tournament. Thor Hansen is out with six tables remaining. He called Ron Schifman all the way down on every street, finally calling all in on sixth street. Schiffman rivered an unnecessary full house to take down the pot and eliminate Hansen from the tournament.
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The pace of eliminations hasn't slackened. These players are all leaving with $3,689:
49th - Peter Feldman
50th - Damon Shrader
51st - Frank O'Dell
52nd - Adam Kipnis
53rd - Amir Nematinia
54th - Ari Bluman
55th - Keith Ezykowich
56th - Marco Traniello
Maier: x-x / / x
Opponent: x-x / FOLD
O'Dell: x-x / / x
Iverson: x-x / / x
I came to Brasilia 189 to see one of the PokerNews reporters standing over a four-way pot on fourth street that had lots of bets in the middle already.
"Stud-Eight?" I asked.
"No, Stud High," he replied with some surprise. He recounted the action for me. Maier opened by completing. She was called by one opponent with the before O'Dell raised. Iverson called two bets cold, Maier called and the fourth player called.
On fourth street, O'Dell had first action and bet all in. Iverson called before Maier raised. That raise drove out the fourth player, but Iverson called.
Maier bet fifth street and was called. On sixth street and seventh street, both Maier and Iverson checked.
"I have 8-7 low," said Maier. And then an expletive slipped out of her mouth as she realized that the game was Stud. O'Dell started shouting at the dealer and the floor person about... something, we're still not sure what, and in the confusion we missed Iverson's hole cards. But his open pair of queens was enough to take down the pot.
Maier's blunder has knocked her back to 130,000 in chips. Iverson is up to 105,000. And O'Dell was eliminated on the hand.
Nematinia was all in on fifth street against Soulier. Soulier was able to pull an eight-five low when all Nematinia could muster was a ten-seven low. Amir was eliminated on the hand and Soulier moved up to 168,000.
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in the hole, a straight to the ten for high with no low. Brodie had no low of his own and couldn't beat the straight.
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, mentioning that he was rolled up with queens to begin the hand. Soulier turned up 
for a perfect eight low. Black mucked his hand and the two chopped up his money.
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