Katja Thater, who also made the Ladies' final table yesterday, is back at play today. And Clonie Gowen, Kathy Liebert, Jon Friedberg, Eric Froehlich, Scott Fischman, Dutch Boyd, and Davidson Matthew.
Burt Boutin, who won a bracelet in Pot-Limit Omaha this year, is playing today. As are Greg "FBT" Mueller and Gavin Smith, who both have runner-up finishes in this year's World Series.
Maybe we should've listed who ISN'T playing in today's event, that might've been easier. Also in today's field are Antonio Esfandiari, Kido Pham, both Michael and Robert Mizrachi, Chau Giang, and Jerrod Ankenman.
Mike Sexton was in the hand against two opponents on a flop of . The turn came , the small blind bet 700, middle position called, Sexton raised to 3000, the small blind reraised 4000 more, Sexton called and the middle position player folded. The river came . The small blind pushed all-in and Sexton called. The small blind turned over pocket aces for a set, but Sexton turned over for a flush to take the pot. After the hand, Sexton was up to 22000 in chips.
After losing a big pile of chips to Michael Binger, Joe Sebok and Ryan Fair trade raises preflop until the rest of Sebok's stack was in the middle. Sebok's K-K led against Fair's A-K...until the Q-J-10 flop gave Fair the straight. Sebok didn't catch an Ace for the chop and was eliminated.
Under the gun, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow raised and two players called. The player in the big blind popped it to 1,110 and Matusow was his only caller. The flop came and Matusow called a 3,000 bet. The turn was the , the other player moved in for 5,250, and Matusow thought a long time before mucking.
Matusow said he folded Jacks; the other player said he had Queens. Last night Mike was knocked out when he ran Jacks into Devin Porter's Kings...Jacks aren't a lucky hand for "The Mouth" right now.