Doyle Brunson is hanging on as he's just found another double up to stay alive. This time the game was Omaha-8 with Brunson's last chips in preflop with , but he'd run into the of John Hanson.
The flop was very safe for Hanson when it fell . However Brunson caught running kings with the turn and river giving him the scoop. He's back to 60,000.
On a flop of , Jani Sointula checked from the big blind, David Bach bet from the button, Sointula raised and Bach called. The turn was the . Sointula bet and Bach called. The river fell the and Sointula fired again, Bach making the call.
Sointula tabled for a king-high flush. Bach mucked and Sointula dragged the pot.
Patrik Antonius (X)(X) (X)
Daniel Alaei (X)(X)
Gus Hansen (X)(X) (X)
Gus Hansen had the bring-in, Antonius completed, Alaei raised, Hansen called, Antonius reraised, Alaei called, Hansen four-bet, and both Antonius and Alaei called. Antonius led out on fourth street and Alaei made a rather disciplined fold, saving his last 21,000 in chips. Hansen called. Antonius led on fifth street, Hansen called, and Antonius led again on sixth.
"Hmmm. This is hi/low right?" asked Hansen, half-joking, half-serious. He made the call.
Antonius bet in the dark on the river. Hansen hemmed and hawed a bit before giving up his hand and conceding the pot to Antonius.
Alaei was eliminated on the next hand, while Hansen fell to 740,000 in chips.
David Benyamine completed, Gus Hansen raised and Benyamine made the call. On fourth, Benyamine moved all in and Hansen made the call. The boards fell...
Benyamine: () ()
Hansen: () (X)
Hansen started with split kings and Benyamine never caught up. Benyamine departs as Hansen is now over 800,000 chips.
Both Justin Smith and Barry Greenstein were all in against Erick Lindgren.
Smith
Greenstein
Lindgren (?)
Though Greenstein started with buried aces and made aces up by the river, Justin Smith made a Broadway straight on seventh street to send him to the rail.
Mikhail Tulchinskiy (X)(X) (X)
Jason Gray (X)(X) (X)
John Monnette (X)(X) (X)
John Monnette brought it in on third street, Mikhail Tulchinskiy completed, Jason Gray called all in and Monnette called as well. Monnette and Tulchinskiy continued betting on the side.
Tulchinskiy led out on fourth and fifth streets, Monnette making the calls. Monnette, however, folded to Tulchinskiy's sixth street lead bet.
After the river cards were dealt, Gray showed for a pair of jacks, but Tulchinsky had him with for two pair, sending him to the rail.
Tony G completed on third street and Martin Vallo called. Vallo led out on fourth, fifth, and sixth streets, Tony G calling him down. Vallo check-called a bet on the river.
Tony G showed for a 8-6-5-3-2 low while Vallo tabled for a 8-7-4-3-A low. The G-Man took down the pot and increased his stack to 401,000 while Vallo was left on fumes with 26,000.
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, Hanson flopping a straight to send Big Papa to the rail.
, but he'd run into the 
of John Hanson.
river giving him the scoop. He's back to 60,000.
, Jani Sointula checked from the big blind, David Bach bet from the button, Sointula raised and Bach called. The turn was the 
. Sointula bet and Bach called. The river fell the 
and Sointula fired again, Bach making the call. 
for a king-high flush. Bach mucked and Sointula dragged the pot. 
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(X)
(X)
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for a 8-6-5-3-2 low while Vallo tabled 
for a 8-7-4-3-A low. The G-Man took down the pot and increased his stack to 401,000 while Vallo was left on fumes with 26,000.
