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Carlos Mortensen refuses to die. After Jim Bechtel raised from the cutoff to 11,000, Mortensen reraised on the button to 28,000. Bechtel called.
Both players drew one card. Bechtel checked to Mortensen, who bet 10,000 in the dark, without looking at his draw card. Bechtel called. Mortensen exposed an 8-5 and scooped the pot. Mortensen now has rebuilt his stack, a second time, to 130,000.
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When you're running hot, even ace-high looks like a winning hand. Layne Flack raised to 8,000 before the draw. Tom Dwan reraised him to 30,000, but Flack made the call. Flack drew first and drew one card. Dwan then drew two cards.
After the draw, Flack bet 25,000. Dwan pondered his action, then ultimately called and tabled ace-high(!). His call was correct; Flack had paired his deuces.
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Tom 'durrrr' Dwan has busted Howard Lederer. Dwan raised to 8,700 before the draw. Nick Schulman made the call, before Lederer reraised to 43,700. Dwan raised again, this time all in. His bet folded Schulman, but Lederer called all in for about 75,000.
Lederer drew one; Dwan stood pat and exposed 8-6-5-4-2. Lederer showed 2-4-6-7 and then peeled his draw card... another deuce. He is out, and Dwan is up to 460,000.
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David Benyamine raised to 9,000 from early position. Robert Mizrachi was next to act and he made the call. Action folded around to Mike Matusow in the big blind and he made the call as well.
Each player drew two cards and then checked. Mizrachi took down the pot with a queen-nine.
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Mark Dickstein opened for a raise to 6,000. Action folded to Doyle Brunson and he reraised to 25,000. Dickstein made the call and both men stood pat. Dickstein bet 20,000 and got a quick call from Brunson. Dickstein tabled the powerful which had Brunson quickly mucking. With that hand, Mark Dickstein climbs to about 145,000 while Doyle Brunson slips to approximately 65,000.
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In a strange play that drew quite a bit of discussion at Green #12, Mickey Appleman moved all in for his last 8,000. He was called by Tony G and overcalled by Robert Mizrachi.
Appleman stood pat; Tony G drew one; and then Mizrachi also stood pat. The two live players, Tony G and Mizrachi, checked the action after the draw. Mizrachi showed J-5-4-3-2 to take the pot and eliminate Appleman.
After the hand was completed, Mizrachi, Tony G, Mike Matusow and David Benyamine got into an animated discussion about every player's decision on the draw. Matusow thought that Appleman made a bad decision to stay pat with what had to be a jack, due to the fact that his raise was called and over-called. Benyamine took issue with Mizrachi's comment that he couldn't bet his hand, no matter what he drew. All players agreed that Tony G had no choice but to check to Mizrachi after Mizrachi stood pat as last to act. If he had bet into Mizrachi, Mizrachi most certainly would have had to fold a jack.
Mizrachi defended his decision to stay pat and then check after the draw. "I'm not making any more money on the hand," he said.
"Are you crazy?" Benyamine responded. "What if you draw into the wheel, and Tony makes number two?"
The discussion continued long after Appleman departed.
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The players in today's field are out there to have a good time. Tom Dwan raised to 7,700, and Howard Lederer reraised him to 27,700. Dwan gave it some thought, acted like he was going to put Lederer all in, then smiled and mucked his hand.
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which had Brunson quickly mucking. With that hand, Mark Dickstein climbs to about 145,000 while Doyle Brunson slips to approximately 65,000.