Robert Mizrachi isn't in as bad shape as the now-eliminated Dan Shak, but he had been trending downwards into five-figure land for a while. He recently re-raised the button in triple draw after Tuan Le opened under the gun with a raise. Le called and drew two; Mizrachi took one.
Le check-raised Mizrachi after the first draw but couldn't shake his opponent. Mizrachi called to the second draw, taking one after Le rapped pat. Le bet, then faced a raise from Mizrachi. Le called. Both players rapped pat on the last draw and then checked. Mizrachi's 8-6-5-4-2 was enough to drag the pot. Mizrachi inched back above 100,000 with that win.
Tony G completed the bring-in before Robert Williamson III raised it up. The G called, and the two men were heads up the rest of the way.
Tony G: (X) (X) (X)
Williamson: (X) (X) (X)
Williamson kept the betting lead on fourth street, but Tony G made a raise, and Williamson smooth called. On fifth street, Williamson's ace drew another bet from him, and Tony G just called there, and he did the same on sixth street. Both players checked seventh street.
Tony G flipped up () for two pair, and that was good enough to take down the pot and get him right back to his starting stack.
First in from the button, Brian Townsend opened the pot with a raise. Alex Kostritsyn and Daniel Alaei called from their respective blinds, and the three men went off to a flop of . The blinds checked, and Brian Townsend followed up his preflop aggression with a post-flop bet. Kostritsyn called, Alaei made it two bets, and both players called the raise.
The turn came the , and both opponents called another bet from Alaei. They action repeated on the river, and the cards were on their backs:
They call seven-card a "race to two pair" but that's not much comfort for Justin Smith after a pot against Dario Alioto. We caught up with the two at sixth street, with the players showing these boards:
Alioto: x-x /
Smith: x-x /
Smith led with a bet that Alioto called. The same thing happened on the river. At the reveal, Alioto showed in the hole for three aces. But in this particular "race to two pair", that wasn't enough. Alioto had as two of his hole cards for a king-high straight.
The pot was four-handed to the turn on a board of . After Ralph Perry bet 8,000, however, it was down to heads-up. Steve Zolotow was the only caller.
The river fell . Zolotow was out of position and checked to Perry. Perry made a healthy bet of 18,000. Zolotow pondered his decision and asked the dealer to spread the pot.
"Pay off your ten-deuce?" Zolotow asked Perry. Finally he called saying, "Just the nut flush." He tabled . That was enough to drag the pot.
Another smattering, for your statistical pleasure:
Phil Ivey - 140,000
Ted Lawson - 143,000
David Benyamine - 135,000
Pat Pezzin - 135,000
Chau Giang - 195,000
Scotty Nguyen - 160,000
Yuval Bronshtein - 128,000
Freddy Deeb - 205,000
Tim Phan - 130,000
Josh Arieh - 155,000
Chris Ferguson - 152,000
Steve Zolotow - 165,000
Ralph Perry - 125,000
Andrew Brown - 145,000
Marc Karam - 125,000
David Steicke - 163,000
David Oppenheim - 155,000
Vitaly Lunkin - 160,000
Tuan Le - 170,000
John D'Agostino - 170,000
David Baker - 145,000
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(X)
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) for two pair, and that was good enough to take down the pot and get him right back to his starting stack.
, and both opponents called another bet from Alaei. They action repeated on the 
river, and the cards were on their backs:
(full house)
(sixty-five low)
as two of his hole cards for a king-high straight.
. After Ralph Perry bet 8,000, however, it was down to heads-up. Steve Zolotow was the only caller.
. Zolotow was out of position and checked to Perry. Perry made a healthy bet of 18,000. Zolotow pondered his decision and asked the dealer to spread the pot.