Over on Table #150, Dario Alioto just took a sizable pot off of Eric Crain. Crain had led the betting through seventh street, then Alioto raised him on the end, and Crain called.
Crain had showing, and turned over a queen and two treys for two pair. Alioto had showing, and turned over for the flush.
Alioto is up to 270,000, while Crain has slipped to 45,000.
There was some crazy betting going on in a Stud hand between Adam Friedman, Layne Flack, and Jeff Tims. As we picked up on the action, Tims was showing two sixes on a board of against Flack's .
Friedman ducked out on fifth street saying, "Come check out this fold." to his buddies on the rail. He was showing three diamonds at the time.
"We all know you have a flush." said Flack. Friedman then showed Jon Turner next to him and flung in his hand.
After Flack received his sixth card, the , Friedman threw his arms up in the air and jumped out of his seat. The tournament director warned him now to do such a thing and be conscious of the other players in the hand for the future.
On seventh, Flack bet in the dark after Tims checked dark. Flack turned over in the hole, revealing that he was rolled up. His last card was the . Tims couldn't beat his full house and mucked his hand. The pot was worth well over 100,000 chips and was shipped Flack's way.
Rami Boukai, winner of Event No. 10 ($2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha), had a hard time keeping his stack from slipping during the first level-and-a-half today. Having slipped below 50,000, Boukai finally found a Stud/8 hand to which to commit, having picked up A-3-4. He also found an opponent in Trai Dang who had Q-Q-9.
All of Boukai's chips were in on third street. Dang would eventually draw another pair -- sixes -- to go with his queen, while Boukai couldn't draw either a low hand or a high to beat Boukai's two pair.
Boukai is out, and Dang is now back up to 165,000.
Eric Crain pushed his last 27,500 in the middle from under the gun, and it folded back around to Jimmy Fricke who made the call, turning over . Crain tabled .
The flop was , giving Crain two pair but Fricke the gutshot. The turn was the and the river the , and Crain doubled up. He's now at 60,000, while Fricke is still doing well with 370,000.
Chris Klodnicki raised the action from middle position and action folded to Eric Crain in the big blind. Crain moved all in for 51,500 more than Klodnicki's raise. The move sent Klodnicki into the tank for some time. Trai Dang finally called the clock, but almost immediately after that, Klodnicki folded. Crain showed only the . He is now up to 88,000 chips.
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Jerrod Ankenman continues to maintain the chip lead. He now has 674,000.
As a side note, the co-author of The Mathematics of Poker also is carefully maintaining some of the neatest-looking, easiest-to-count stacks one is likely to find sitting in front of a chip leader.
Layne Flack raised to 17,000 from the small blind against Andrew Radel in the big blind. Radel made the call. The flop came down and both players checked.
The turn brought the and Flack led for 20,000. Radel raised to 50,000. Flack made the call.
The river was the and both players quickly checked. Flack tabled for top pair and won the hand. Radel did not show.
After a four-way limped pot, the flop came , and it checked to Eric Crain who bet 15,000. Only Trai Dang called from the small blind.
The turn was the , and Dang promptly bet the pot, leaving himself just a few thousand behind. Crane raised enough to put Dang all in, and Dang called.
Dang showed for the flopped set and a heart flush draw, while Crane had for a club flush draw. The river was the , giving Crain his flush and knocking out Dang.
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Andrew Radel - 11th PlacePot-Limit Omaha
Layne Flack raised the action to 16,000 from middle position before Andrew Radel called from the cutoff. On the button, Jerrod Ankenman reraised the pot, 55,500 more. Flack ducked out of the way and then Radel made the call. After he made the call, Radel had slightly over 70,000 chips behind.
The flop came down and Radel pushed. Ankenman quickly called.
Showdown
Radel:
Ankenman:
The turn brought the and the river came the . Ankenman made a straight and busted Radel in 11th place.
showing, and turned over a queen and two treys for two pair. Alioto had 
showing, and turned over 
for the flush. 
in the hole, revealing that he was rolled up. His last card was the 
. Tims couldn't beat his full house and mucked his hand. The pot was worth well over 100,000 chips and was shipped Flack's way.
.
, giving Crain two pair but Fricke the gutshot. The turn was the 
and the river the 
for a flush draw and a pair of threes against Crain's 
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
to give Crain the double up.
and both players checked.
for a club flush draw. The river was the 
