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We find our two rivals once again tangled up in a heads-up battle. Rodman was the pre-draw raiser, and Mosseri called out of the big blind. He took two cards and check-called after Rodman took one and made a continuation bet.
On the second draw, each player took one card and check-checked. Mosseri checked dark as he drew one final card. Rodman took one as well and checked behind.
Mosseri was kicking himself for the dark check. To nobody's surprise, he quietly announced, "Number One," and showed down 7-5-4-3-2. It's hard to run good in a draw game, but Mosseri is finding the way.
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Abe Mosseri leads the way now
Masayoshi Tanaka raised from the cutoff, drawing a three-bet from Abe Mosseri in the next seat over. Tanaka called the extra bet, and he would pat it all the way down. Mosseri took one card on the first draw, and he called after his opponent led out into the pot.
Both men were done drawing, and Mosseri would call bets from Tanaka on each of the final two betting rounds. In the end, Mosseri turned over 9-5-4-3-2, and his smooth nine was the best hand. With that, he has taken over the chip lead from Tanaka.
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John Juanda has taken the first step toward a monster comeback. He was the pre-draw raiser from the small blind, and big blind Brad Libson made the call.
Juanda drew one card and bet, and Libson called after pulling two. On the second round, both players took one card, and Juanda bet all in for his last 18,000. Libson was right there with the call to put Juanda at risk.
Both men were happy with their hands and stood pat on the final round. Juanda had 8-6-4-3-2, and that was the lucky winner. He's notched a crucial double up, back to 108,000 but still pretty low on checks. He's ahead of the 85,000-chip stack of Libson now though.
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A few hands after his double up, John Juanda gave those chips back in a tangle with Julie Schneider. Juanda open-raised, and Schneider called from the blinds. Juanda drew two-one-one, and he bet after the first and second rounds. Schneider swapped two-two-one, and she was check-calling as her opponent bet. Both players checked the last round, and Schneider had the winner with 9-7-5-3-2. That dropped Juanda down to 48,000 but he wasn't out the door just yet.
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On the next hand, Juanda raised from the hijack seat, and both Schneider and Masayoshi Tanaka came along with him. Schneider and Tanaka took two and three cards respectively, and they checked to Juanda. He stood pat and bet, Schneider folded, and Tanaka called.
Juanda was done drawing, and he bet all in for 12,000. Tanaka took two cards and called, and he would draw two again after the betting was closed. He was holding 7-6-5 and drew Q-7 on the end to make a bad pair. Juanda was pat with his 9-8-6-4-3, and that pot brought him back up to 120,000.
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Abe Mosseri raised before the draw, and Blair Rodman three-bet it from the button. Abe called, drew two cards and checked. Blair drew one and bet, and his opponent called.
On the second round, Mosseri and Rodman drew the same cards, and Mosseri again check-called a bet. Mosseri was pat for the last draw, and Rodman drew one again. Both players checked, and Mosseri turned over J-6-5-4-3. Rodman double-checked his cards and shook his head with a big scowl on his face. He flung a jack out onto the table as well, then flung the rest of his cards, scattering them across the felt. We couldn't see what he hand, but it was a worse jack low of some sort.
He's all the way down to just 58,000 now while Mosseri is flirting with 1,000,000.
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John Juanda came in raising under the gun, and Blair Rodman reraised in position. Juanda called and both men drew one card. Juanda checked, and Rodman bet all in for his last lonely 10,000 chips. John called him down, and he would take one card two more times while Rodman stood his ground.
In the end, Rodman showed 8-6-4-3-2, and that was good enough for a critical double up. He's now up to 110,000 and Juanda is the one riding the short stack of 47,000.
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Brad Libson - 6th Place
Julie Schneider raised before the draw, and Brad Libson, down to just 35,000, moved all in. Schneider called the extra few thousand to put Libson officially at risk.
Both players would draw two cards on the first two rounds. Schneider stood pat on the last round while Libson still needed one good card.
In the end, Schneider showed up J-9-5-3-2, and Libson regrettably couldn't beat her jack low. He held on to 8-7-4-2, but an ace on the last draw would spell the end of his day.
With that loss, Brad Libson exits in 6th place. He was the chip leader when the final table began, but he was unable to get anything going down the stretch. He'll head for the door, but not before stopping by the clerk's desk to grab nearly $25,000.
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John Juanda made a raise under the gun, and both Julie Schneider and Abe Mosseri wanted to play. Each of them took two cards on the first round, and Mosseri made the first bet of 15,000. Juanda then moved all in for just 2,000 on top, and both opponents called.
They would check it down the rest of the way, drawing one card to the end. Juanda drew one more card before patting on the last round. He turned over 8-6-4-3-2, and his eighty-six will keep him around a little longer. He's tripled his way up to 141,000.
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Blair Rodman - 5th Place
Blair Rodman was mixed up with John Juanda, and it ended up costing him the rest of his chips.
We pick it up on the first draw as Rodman pulled one card. Juanda checked to him, he bet, and Juanda check-raised to two bets. Rodman called the extra small bet and decided it was time to draw two cards. Juanda patted and bet out this time, and Rodman made the call, committing his final 20,000 chips to the pot.
Juanda patted again on the final round while Rodman drew one last card. He slapped his cards with his free hand and tabled 6-5-4-3-2, his straight not looking too good. Juanda turned over 8-7-5-4-2, his eighty-seven sealing Rodman's fate.
Blair Rodman put on a good show today and for the past three days, but his tournament comes to an end with four people still remaining. He'll take home $31,818 for his work.
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