Maria Ho was down to just 1,200 chips, and she got them all in there in a three-way pot against Tom Schneider and Peter Gelencser. Ho was drawing the whole way, and a sour look crossed her face when she pulled her final card from the dealer.
Gelencser's final bet was enough to fold Schneider, and Ho already had her cards hovering above the muck. She watched her opponent turn over a ten-six low, she returned her cards to the dealer quietly, gathered her purse and possessions and headed to the rail.
Scott Seiver may be one of the hottest players in the poker world right now, but he couldn't get past Michael Binger on this hand.
Seiver began by raising the button and Binger called in the small blind. Bryan Devonshire was in the big blind and also called. Binger drew three, Devonshire drew two and Seiver drew two. Action checked to Seiver and he fired a bet. Binger raised, Devonshire folded and then Seiver called.
On the second draw, Binger stood pat and Seiver drew two. Seiver then folded his hand after Binger bet and dropped to 40,000. Binger increased to 28,000.
Steve Zolotow raised from the button, and Christopher Fargis made the call from the small blind to go heads up the rest of the way.
Both players drew two cards on the first round with Fargis check-calling a bet from Zolotow. The betting action repeated on the second draw, though Zolotow only required one card to Fargis' two this time. Both men drew one more card on the final draw and checked it down. Fargis showed up , and his ace-six was good enough to beat Zolotow's miss.
Overnight chip leader Slim Hanna completed from the small blind before Scott Fischman raised from the big blind. Hanna called. On the first two draws, Hanna drew two cards each time and then check-called bets from Fischman, who stood pat on both of the first two draws. On the third draw, both players stood pat and then checked.
Fischman tabled the and won the hand. He's up to 17,300 and Hanna dropped back to 58,500, giving up the chip lead.
Shunjiro Uchida raised from under the gun, Scott Seiver reraised from the button, Bryan Devonshire called all in for 2,300 from the big blind and then Uchida made the call as well. Devonshire drew three and both the other players drew one each. Uchida checked, Seiver bet and Uchida called.
On the second draw, the all-in Devonshire drew two and the other players drew one again. Uchida then check-called another bet from Seiver. Devonshire tossed away two on the third draw while the other two both tossed away one card. The two active players in the hand both checked and the hands were revealed.
Uchida:
Devonshire:
Seiver: -X-X-X
Seiver dropped to 34,000 and continued his slide for the day while Devonshire was sent to the rail. Uchida on the other hand, moved to a field-leading 65,000.
Musa Mustafa was in the cutoff seat and raised before Eli Elezra reraised from the button. Mustafa called and then drew one. Elezra also drew one. Mustafa checked after the draw and called when Elezra bet.
On the second draw, Mustafa drew one and Elezra stood pat. Check, bet, raise, call was the action with Mustafa acting first and opting to check-raise Elezra.
On the final draw, both players stood pat. Mustafa bet his last 400 chips and Elezra called. Mustafa tabled the for a very good hand, but was one-upped by the of Elezra.
Mustafa was sent to the rail and Elezra moved up to 25,000 chips.
From the small blind, Jon "PearlJammer" Turner raised and Don McNamara called from the big blind. Turner drew two and McNamara drew three. Turned checked, McNamara bet and Turner called.
Turner then drew two and McNamara stood pat. Turner checked after the draw, McNamara bet, Turner raised and McNamara called.
Turner and McNamara both stood pat and then Turner fired another bet. McNamara called and Turner spread the to move up to 21,000 chips. McNamara dropped back to 40,000.
William McMahan made a button raise, and he called a three-bet from big blind Tom McCormick to go heads up to the drawing rounds.
McCormick drew one card and bet out on the first round, and McMahan raised after drawing two. McCormick made it three bets, McMahan made it four bets, and McCormick called to put himself all in and at risk. The two men would stand pat the rest of the way out.
Whatever McCormick had, it wasn't better than number one. McMahan showed the to take down the pot and send another player packing.
Tom Scheider was ont he button and raised. Ted Forrest reraised from the small blind and then Peter Gelencser called from the big blind. Schneider also called, having position and both players. On the first draw, everyone drew two cards. After the draw, Forrest bet, Gelencser raised, Schneider called and then Forrest called.
On the second go around, everyone took one less card, drawing one each. Forrest bet out and was called in both spots.
For the final drawing round, Forrest stood pat while Gelencser and Schneider both took one. Everyone then checked their action.
Forrest spread the and both Gelencser and Schneider mucked their cards. Schneider dropped to 23,500 and Gelencser dropped to 39,000. Forrest moved up in the world and now has 46,000.
Steve Billirakis just made number one to take a nice pot off two opponents. One of the opponents was Sanjay Pandya and the other was Salim Hanna. Pandya was eliminated on the hand and Hanna dropped to 58,000. Billirakis moved up to 19,000.
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, and his ace-six was good enough to beat Zolotow's miss.
and won the hand. He's up to 17,300 and Hanna dropped back to 58,500, giving up the chip lead.
