A few moments ago Christopher Amaral was down to just 2,700. After scooping a stud 8/b pot against Andrew Robl and Matthew Vengrin, as well as winning a few more all-in hands, he has found himself up to 43,000 and a few chips to work with.
After drawing one card Michael Mizrachi bet with Justin Smith calling after drawing two. Mizrachi stood pat on the next draw and Smith drew one.
Mizrachi led out with another bet and stood pat after Smith called and drew one. After the final draw it was Smith who bet with Mizrachi making the call and folding upon seeing Smith's .
Mizrachi currently has 41,000 while Smith has 131,000.
Dario Minieri had raised to 3,500 when Jeremiah Degreef shoved all in. Minieri made the call and we were off to the flop.
Minieri:
Degreef:
The flop came leading Minieri to say, "I like it," before the turn of came down. At that time, Minieri changed his opinion to "Maybe I like it." His mind was made up with the on the river and Minieri confirmed for us all that, "I like it."
Minieri is now up to 89,000 while Degreef will have to wait for his next shot at a bracelet.
Matt Vengrin and Chris Amaral saw a flop of . Vengrin bet 2,000 and Amaral called. The turn brought the and both players checked. The river completed the board with the and Vengrin fired 4,500. Amaral folded the and Vengrin scooped the pot showing the for the bluff.
A monster PLO pot recently occurred between Alexey Makarov and Brandon Cantu which saw Cantu stumble down in the chip rankings with Makarov shooting upwards.
Makarov had checked on a board of when Cantu bet 21,000. Makarov countered by going all in for 48,000 total and Cantu made the call.
Cantu:
Makarov:
Cantu was ahead with a straight, but Makarov was drawing to a higher straight and a flush. He found the flush with the on the river leading an expletive to be shout across the room.
Brock Parker was short on chips when he went all in preflop from middle position, getting called by Kirk Morrison.
Parker:
Morrison:
Parker fell way behind on the flop when it came down and got no help on the on the turn. But when the came on the river Parker found his set and doubled himself up to 30,000.
On the flop of , Ben Yu and Brock Parker both checked.. After the turn brought the , Yu check-called a bet of 5,400 from Parker.
The river completed the board with the and Yu check-called a bet of 11,500 from Parker this time. Yu then tabled the for a club flush and Parker mucked, dropping down to just 3,000 in chips. Yu moved up to 55,000.
Brock Parker was all in against Yueqi Zhu in a hand of triple draw where Parker drew one card on each drawing street. Zhu stood pat on each street. Zhu held a and Parker paired. Parker was eliminated on the hand while Zhu moved back to 40,000 in chips.
Ben Yu didn't have a ton of chips when he called Alex Kamberis's all-in shove preflop.
Kamberis:
Yu:
Kamberis needed to improve if he were to have another shot at making the money, but despite picking up a sweat on the turn, he was unable to as the board ran out .
Yu is now up to 45,000 chips as we get closer to the money.