Craig "MrCasino" Gray and James Van Alstyne had been circling each other for some time when they finally locked horns in a pretty big hand.
Gray came out the better of the two -- he bet every street of his hand, and Van Alstyne called him all the way down holding . Gray flipped over for the wheel, and Van Alstyne just mucked.
Ethan Werner exits in 34th. He three-bet every street of a board before succumbing to Sam Silverman's for a straight to the nine and an A-2-5-6-7 low. Werner mucked.
Alan Boston busts out, going in with a pair of eights against Farzad Rouhani's pair of queens. Boston picked up a low draw but it failed to materialize. Rouhani meanwhile made a full house.
Omaha-8:
Robert Sherer busts out courtesy of Greg Pappas -- Sherer's low draw didn't come through for him either.
Also OUT is Donald McNamara, courtesy of Claude Cohen.
I joined the action very late in the day, but one glance at the monster pot waiting patiently in the middle informed me that the hand was most certainly worthy of note.
After the players had received their final card, the line-up was as follows:
Hieu Ma = with
Matt Graham = with
Adam Glassman = with
With Ma and Graham splitting the low and high respectively, Glassman's aces up wasn't enough to grab a slice of the pie, meaning he's gone in 39th.
Whilst Dana adds the latest chip counts, I've being scouring the tables for any early action. I didn't notice any hands of note, but I did spot a variety of chair strategies.
For example, Scott Clements has gone for the inverted chair tactic, his legs sprawled on either side. Meanwhile, Salim Hanna remains the only double-stacked chair sitter amongst us. On another table, one player has resisted the temptation to add another chair, simply opting to kneel for the duration of the event. Personally, that would give me a cramp, but everyone has their different styles and sitting techniques. Only time will tell which is the most effective though. More chair news later...
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