Tony Green started with the best hand against Trung Tran during the stud hi/lo round. He completed his / and was called by Tran, who had started with / . It was disaster for Green on the turn when Tran caught the case nine, against Green's blank, . Even worse, Green caught the on fifth street to makes his own two pair, nines and deuces. Neither player improved from there, but Green called a bet from Tran on every street only to see the bad news at showdown. He's now down to 13,700, while Tran improved to 7,500.
Tony Bloom is turning the screws on Martin Harvey. Harvey was the preflop aggressor, putting in a raise that Bloom and big blind Brandon Leeds called. Only Bloom called after Harvey bet the flop. When the turn came , Harvey checked and then folded to Bloom's bet despite retaining only 950 chips. Bloom is up to 81,00.
James Obst has been eliminated from the tournament. He started with kings in the hole in a hand of stud, and made trips by fourth street. However he wasn't able to improve to a full house, as his opponent made a flush after starting with three clubs and improving by the river.
Eric Sclavos was seen scooping in a pot and eliminating Jan Suchanek. Suchanek was in the lead with two pair on the turn, nines and fives, but Sclavos spiked an ace on the river for two pair of his own, aces and fours.
"I only called because he seemed frustrated," admitted Sclavos after Suchanek had left the table. Mel Judah agreed.
"It looked like he'd had enough."
The very next hand, Billy "The Croc" Argyros raised and was called by Sclavos out of the big blind. Sclavos checked to The Croc after the flop came .
Croc fired a bet into the pot. "Come in, the water's fine," he implored. Sclavos did make the call. Both players checked the turn. On the river , Sclavos seemed to think better of firing out a bet, then did so anyway.
"He's either got a monster or missed everything," said Argyros. He called and was shown . "Well done," Argyros nodded. "A monster. I called him with ace high."
A huge pot saw five players reach sixth street, with three going to showdown on the river. Ryan Hurst bet on sixth and the river with Joe Meissner making the call, as did Lee Nelson for his tournament life.
Hurst: ()
Nelson: ()
Meissner: ()
Hurst took the high with a straight, beating Meissner's trip nines. Meanwhile Nelson collected half for an eight-low as Oliver Gill bemoaned folding what would've been the best low.
Tim Marsters and Martin Comer just got into a raising war in a recent razz hand. Comer bet third street, before his bet on fourth street was raised by Marsters. Comer called and led fifth street but again Marsters raised. On sixth street, Comer checked and Marster's bet was enough to take it down as Comer gave it up.
Comer: (X-X)
Marsters: (X-X)
Marsters, who took out the H.O.R.S.E title at this year's Melbourne Championships at Crown Casino, is up to 7,000 as Comer is heading towards another early elimination as he slips to 1,200.
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Grant Levy - eliminated
Grant Levy's new shirt didn't help him today. Down to his last 1,500, he was eliminated during the razz round by Ross Boatman who showed a 6-5 low. Levy had 10-A-6-2 showing on his board but was unable to improve to a hand that beat Boatman.
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Like each of the previous two fixed-limit events, today's H.O.R.S.E. tournament is making for extremely slow going. With two split-pot games in the mix, and two other stud games (never a bastion of action), it takes a while for chips to change hands in any significant way. Some players stay far, far away from H.O.R.S.E. events for that very reason.
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and was called by Tran, who had started with 
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. It was disaster for Green on the turn when Tran caught the case nine, 
against Green's blank, 
. Even worse, Green caught the 
on fifth street to makes his own two pair, nines and deuces. Neither player improved from there, but Green called a bet from Tran on every street only to see the bad news at showdown. He's now down to 13,700, while Tran improved to 7,500.
, Harvey checked and then folded to Bloom's bet despite retaining only 950 chips. Bloom is up to 81,00.
turn. On the river 
. "Well done," Argyros nodded. "A monster. I called him with ace high."
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