Brian Tate opened with a button raise, and he called a three-bet from small blind Michael Binger to go heads up the rest of the way.
Binger drew two cards on the first betting round before standing pat twice, while Tate drew two-two-one on the three respective rounds. Binger fired bets after each of the draws, and Tate called each step of the way.
At the end of it all, Binger showed , and his eighty-six was enough to win the pot and move his stack up to 36,000. Tate drops, but he's still doing all right with his count of 71,000.
From under the gun, Davidson Matthew raised. Huck Seed called from the small blind and Tony G called from the big blind. On the first draw, Seed drew one, Tony G drew two and then Matthew drew two. After the draw, Seed checked, Tony G fired, Matthew called, then Seed called.
On the second draw, Seed took one, Tony G took one and Matthew took two. Seed checked and Tony G bet again. Matthew folded, but Seed came along to the third and final draw.
Seed drew one and Tony G stood pat. Both players then checked. Tony G spread a and Seed mucked. He was left with 19,000 and Tony G improved to 26,000.
Jon Turner was the first raiser, opening this pot from the cutoff seat. On the button, Don MacNamara three-bet, and Michael Binger four-bet from the big blind. Both of the aforementioned opponents put in the calling chips, and the three men went off to the drawing rounds.
Each player drew one card on the first round, and each of them stood pat on the final two draws. On the first, Binger bet, Turner called, MacNamara raised, and Binger and Turner called. MacNamara got one more bet in on the second draw before the three of them checked it down on the last round of betting.
MacNamara tabled a pretty-good , but he was pipped by Binger's . We couldn't scribble Turner's cards down quick enough, but suffice it to say he couldn't beat Binger's eighty-six.
Tom Schneider raised and then Shunjiro Uchida called from the small blind. Jordan Siegel also called from the big blind. On the first draw, all three players drew two cards. Both blinds then checked to Schneider and he fired a bet. Both his opponents made the call.
On the second draw, Uchida drew one, Siegel drew two and Schneider drew one. Uchida checked, Siegel bet, Schneider called and Uchida folded.
On the third draw, Siegel stood pat and Schneider drew one. Both players then checked. Siegel tabled the and Schenider mucked his hand. With that pot, Siegel boosted himself to 126,000 chips and is leading the way over the rest of the field.
We joined the heads-up action after the first draw as Lisandro check-raised Jamie Kaplan and each player put two bets into the pot.
Both players stood pat on the second round, and this time Lisandro just check-called a bet. Kaplan stood pat again, and Lisandro took another card before check-calling one final bet.
Kaplan tabled , and that was good enough to drag the pot and boost his stack to 39,000. Lisandro is down to 13,000.
Alexander Kostritsyn was crippled down to just 300 little chips in a three-way pot with Raymond Davis and Jameson Painter. Raymond Davis was standing pat and leading the betting, and Kostritsyn was forced to fold after the last draw, saving his small remainder for another spot.
That spot came two hands later, but Kostritsyn was unable to make anything materialize, and he has been eliminated.
Danny Fuhs just busted Sorel Mizzi. Fuhs held a and Mizzi held a and needed to draw good to stay alive in the tournament. Mizzi peeled back his last card and revealed another deuce, pairing his hand and sending him to the rail.
On the last break, Greg Mueller offered to buy a salad for one of our bloggers who let him cut in line in order to make sure he made it back to the tournament on time. It looks like Mueller may have built up some good karma and that it's now paying off.
Mueller had Jim Meehan all in pre-draw for his last 6,500 chips. Mueller drew one on the first draw and Meehan also drew one. After that, both players stood pat. Mueller was able to beat Meehan's with his and moved up to 66,000 chips.
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, and his eighty-six was enough to win the pot and move his stack up to 36,000. Tate drops, but he's still doing all right with his count of 71,000.
