Raymond Stuwe raised under the gun and it folded right around to Avi Mukherjee in the small blind, who reraised with just 1,500 behind. Big blind Ilya Sheyn four-bet and Stuwe called; Mukherjee stuck his last in by way of an almost-cap.
"You're not gonna fold, are you?" joked Stuwe.
"No I am not going to fold," replied Sheyn humorlessly.
Both players called, and they saw a flop.
Flop:
Sheyn bet out and Stuwe gave it up. Sheyn and Mukherjee turned their cards over.
Sheyn:
Mukherjee:
Turn:
River:
The turn and river both blanked out for Sheyn, despite him ordering, "Queen!" of the deck on both streets, and Mukherjee tripled up to 15,000 or so as Stuwe told the table, "The ace saved me!"
Sheyn is in no trouble though - he's still at 70,000.
Paul Evans had his last 5,500 in the middle preflop, and things weren't looking good when his opponent's had his beat. However, the board came , allowing Evans to find one of his outs and giving him an excuse to buy at least one more dinner at the Rio.
Sure, we may have been standing by to see if either Phil Ivey or Marco Traniello decided to get involved in a big hand or two, but we ended up getting treated to a big one with Avi Mukherjee and Kevin Iacofano.
Mukherjee raised from middle position and Iacofano was the only one to make the call. On a flop of , Iacofano check-raised Mukherjee, who called.
The turn fell and this time Iacofano led out with a bet, and then called after Mukherjee raised. The river was the and Iacofano check-called one last bet from Mukherjee, who showed . Iacofano took a 10,500 hit with the lost pot.
Gary Bogdanski was nursing an awfully short stack when he raised from the cutoff, and later called Marco Traniello's re-raise, putting Bogdanski all in.
Bogdanski:
Tranielle:
The board ran out , giving Bogdanski no help whatsoever, sending him to the rail. It was a small pot for Traniello, but we're sure he's happy to have won it.
Jim Geary raised under the gun and it folded all the way around to Ylon Schwartz in the big blind who made the call. Schwartz check-called the bet from Geary on the flop, but check-folded on the river. Geary moved up to 35,000 or so, while Schwartz was left with around 20,000.
Schwartz took another hit a few minutes later, when Eric Rivkin raised under the gun and Tom McCormick reraised out of the small blind. Schwartz called in the big blind, Rivkin called too, leaving himself just 300 behind, and they saw a flop.
Flop:
McCormick bet out and Schwartz called. Rivkin called all in, and they proceeded to the turn.
Turn:
McCormick bet out again and Schwartz called once more. Onwards.
River:
This time McCormick and Schwartz checked it, and they went to showdown.
Rivkin: to triple up to 11,000
McCormick: to take the side pot and put him at 28,500
Schwartz: mucked and was down to 12,000
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flop to Mizzi, who bet. Gryglik raised, Mizzi called all in for his very last, and they were on their backs.
, allowing Evans to find one of his outs and giving him an excuse to buy at least one more dinner at the Rio.
, Iacofano check-raised Mukherjee, who called.
and this time Iacofano led out with a bet, and then called after Mukherjee raised. The river was the 
, giving Bogdanski no help whatsoever, sending him to the rail. It was a small pot for Traniello, but we're sure he's happy to have won it.
