A six-way limped pot brought a flop. One player's bet of 800 received two callers, including Robert Mizrachi. The hit the turn and the flop bettor fired again, this time for 3,000.
The first caller folded, but Mizrachi stuck around to see the hit the river. This time action was checked to Mizrachi and he bet 7,300. His opponent called after about two minutes in the tank, only to see Mizrachi table for a straight.
On a board, a four-way pot turned into a player being all in for his tournament life with against Manny Minaya's . The turn and river locked up the pot for Minaya and increased his stack to roughly 67,000.
A player in middle position opened with a raise (possibly to 1,050, but we didn't see for sure). In late position, Tommy Vedes three-bet shoved for his last 8,475 on top, and action came back to the initial raiser. He had a big stack of about 60,000, and he spent just a minute or so considering his options before announcing the call to put Vedes at risk.
Showdown
Vedes:
Opponent:
The flop was a big miss for Vedes' overcards, as was the turn. Not to worry, though, Mr. Vedes. The dealer dropped the life-saving down on fifth street, locking up the double for Vedes. Mark him down for just over 20,000 now.
"That's just one bet from the last hand," Vedes smirked as he stacked the pot. "Just getting a few back." It appears we may have missed another big clash between the two men a moment ago.
We just caught the tail end of this pot, joining the action as the river card arrived on a board. The player who had been leading the action kept the heat on with a final bet of 12,125 into a pot of close to 20,000.
Kevin Calenzo was the man with the decision, and he spent a couple minutes in the tank before splashing the call into the pot. It was not a good one. His opponent showed up for the straight, and Calenzo double-checked his hole cards and returned them to the muck.
That left him just 9,000 chips with which to try and mount a comeback, but he was eliminated just a couple hands later.
A few tidbits of action during the last hands of the level:
Dwyte Pilgrim raised from late position with two short stacks in the blinds. They both called, then check-folded when Pilgrim made a covering flop bet.
On the turn of a board, Josh Brikis checked, and his opponent bet 6,000. Brikis promptly check-raised to 16,000 total, and his opponent chatted for a minute before folding. Brikis is up to about 50,000.
Danny Suied is getting short on chips now too, and he opened one of the last pots to 3,400 from late position. Right next door, his opponent three-bet to 7,100, and Suied grabbed all of his remaining chips in one hand. It looked like he was contemplating a four-bet shove, but he elected to fold instead.
That's about as much action as we've seen in the last twenty minutes or so amongst our notable players.
flop. One player's bet of 800 received two callers, including Robert Mizrachi. The 
hit the turn and the flop bettor fired again, this time for 3,000.
hit the river. This time action was checked to Mizrachi and he bet 7,300. His opponent called after about two minutes in the tank, only to see Mizrachi table 
for a straight.
board, a four-way pot turned into a player being all in for his tournament life with 
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turn. Not to worry, though, Mr. Vedes. The dealer dropped the life-saving 
down on fifth street, locking up the double for Vedes. Mark him down for just over 20,000 now.
