David Oppenheim was all in preflop but managed to profit after winning half of a three-way pot against Annie Duke and Abe Mosseri.
Mosseri and Duke fought for the side pot, as Mosseri bet/3-bet the flop of before firing again on the turn. Duke made the call and when Mosseri checked the river, Duke fired with a bet.
"I don't see how you can scoop me," quipped Mosseri before making the call but he was wrong as Duke showed for a set and low.
Oppenheim revealed to collect half for a better low to stay alive with around 25,000 chips.
Michael Saltzburg (X)(X) (X)
Erik Sagstrom (X)(X) (X)
We caught up to this hand on fifth street, with Erik Sagstrom leading the betting and Michael Saltzburg calling him down.
Saltzburg showed for two pair, kings and sevens, but Sagstrom had the best hand with for trip aces. With neither player making a low, Sagstrom won the whole pot, taking his stack up to 228,000. Saltzburg is down to 200,000.
On fourth Pat Bueno led before Jerry Buss fired on fifth. Sixth street was checked around before things got busy on the river.
Gus Hansen was the first to bet on the river before Jim Bechtel put in a raise. Buss and Bueno were forced to fold as Hansen put in another raise. Bechtel put in a fourth bet and Hansen flat called.
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Bechtel: ()
Hansen made a low but his nut flush wasn't any good for the high as Bechtel collected with his full house.
All of us up in media row are quite jealous of the frozen treat Phil Ivey is enjoying over on Table 72. Doyle Brunson in particular seems to be eyeing his ice cream...which, from our vantage point, appears to be of the chocolate chip variety.