Is That a Real Hand?
Well don't say that Michael Mizrachi isn't having fun tonight. Action started with an early position raiser making it 3,000 to go. He was called by a middle position player, and the action folded to another player, who moved all in for 8,000. Mizrachi peaked down at his cards and quickly moved all in, easily having all the players involved covered.
Mizrachi was nice enough to show one card, the 
, while his opponent tanked. Mizrachi was goading his opponent into a call, laughing and smiling the whole time. Eventually, both players folded, and the all in cards were revealed.
When Mizrachi's opponent tabled 
, Mizrachi joked, "Is that a real hand? Is that a hand that people get in this game?" Mizrachi told the table he only looked at the ace, and showed 
.
Mizrachi was well behind, but that didn't last long, as the flop came down 
. The table burst out in laughter at the Grinder's good fortune, and his hand held up, as the turn brought the 
, and the river brought the 
.
After that hand, Mizrachi is out in front of the pack, sitting on 48,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
, and indeed, The Mouth was drawing very slim. He would need some sort of straight draw, or the last eight in the deck to claim a majority of the pot. Well he did just that, as the flop came down 
. The board completed 
, but was in a world of hurt as he ran into the 
. The board completed 
and 
, and Baker secured the double up to 23,000.
. Tristan Wade was already all in pre flop, and two other players were in the process of getting their chips in when we got there. When the cards were tabled, we saw that Wade was in big trouble.
