R1: Judah draws one, Juanda draws one. Judah bets and Juanda calls.
R2 and R3: Judah pat, Juanda pat. Judah bets and Juanda calls. Judah shows 8-6-4-3-2 and Juanda flashes a ten low and mucks. Juanda's down to 7,800 and Judah has 11,000.
In R1, Max Pescatori draws three and his opponent draws two. Pescatori checks and the opponent bets. Pescatori check-raises all in and the opponent calls.
R2: Pescatori and the opponent both draw one.
R3: Pescatori draws one and the opponent stands pat. Pescatori shows 8-7-5-3-2, but the opponent has 8-5-4-3-2 and Pescatori is out.
Play is halting just before 3 a.m., local time, at the end of this level. That's not the odd part, though -- we're coming back at 4 p.m. PDT, not 3 p.m., because of the large $1,500 NL event. This is supposed to be a two-day event, but with a 4 p.m. restart and at least half the field still here, it will either go all night or be bumped to three days. We'll see!
Chad Joseph Brown, no relation to the Bluff Player of the Year, shows 7-6-5-3-2 and loses the pot to Denny Axel, who has the wheel -- 7-5-4-3-2! Axel's at 16,000 and Brown is at 24,000.