Ziv Bachar raises pre-flop and is called by Grant Levy. Both players then checked the flop. The turn is the and Bachar checks. Grant Levy bets and Bachar instantly raises to 15,000. Levy was having none of it and raises to 40,000. Bachar folds and Levy shows .
After betting and lots of table chatter on all streets, Scotty leads out for a bet of 8,000 on the river with a straight on the board of . Scotty says "I don't bluff baby!" and Eric says "I know but I gotta raise" and bumps it up to 24,000. Scotty folds and Eric flashes a jack.
On the board of Greg Raymer leads at the pot for 14,000 and Eric Assadourian re-raises all in for 85,000. Grant Levy gets out of the way and Greg goes into the tank.
Eric chats away at Greg and he bites back saying "I'm trying to put you on a hand". Eric replies "You know it could be anything from 2-7 to pocket aces!"
Greg decides to makes a huge call and the cards are tabled:
Eric:
Greg:
Eric wasn't lying and his aces are in the lead. The river is the and Eric doubles up to about 190,000 and Greg takes a decent hit to his stack.
The blinds are now up to 1500/3000 and our level durations have been reduced to only 30 minutes. This should speed up the action considerably as the short stacks start to feel the pressure.
Our chip counts have now been updated and Joe Hachem maintains a healthy lead over the rest of the table with around 240,000 in chips. Ziv Bachar has been unable to get going today and is the short stack with 63,000 in chips.
On a flop of the money went into the middle and the following cards were shown:
Eric Assadourian:
Brett Parise:
Brett holds the lead with a pair of kings and Eric jokes about waiting all day for a chance to lay a bad beat on someone as he is looks for a club to eliminate Brett.
The on the turn and on the river means Eric misses his draw, and Brett gets a handy double up in a pot worth around 190,000.