Dario Alioto raised to 8,000 from under the gun. Action folded to Michael Mizrachi in the cutoff seat and he reraised to 28,000. Layne Flack made the call from the small blind and Alioto got out of the way. Flack and Mizrachi each drew one card.
Flack moved all in for 50,600 and Mizrachi made the call. Flack showed an low which barely bested the low of Mizrachi. Flack doubled to 170,000 leaving Mizrachi with a mere 1,800 chips.
The very next hand, Mizrachi tripled up against Michael Binger and Dario Alioto but is still very much on the short stack with just about 8,000 chips.
Action folded around to Brandon Adams in the cutoff seat and he bumped it up to 7,000. Tom Dwan made the call from the big blind. Adams drew just one card while Dwan stood pat.
Dwan bet 4,400 in the dark and Adams raised to 24,000. Dwan eventually made the call and Adams showed him a low. Dwan happily flipped up his low and took down the pot.
A short-stacked Michael Mizrachi moved all in for 16,000 and Layne Flack called. Phil Galfond came over the top for just 8,000 more and Flack called that as well. Mizrachi drew two cards and Flack and Galfond each took one. With no more action, the players showed:
Mizrachi:
Flack:
Galfond: (mucked)
Mizrachi tripled up to approximately 70,000 while Flack dropped to 93,000. Galfond was eliminated.
Is midnight approaching for Carlos Mortensen? After Brandon Adams raised to 7,000 on the button, Mortensen called from the big blind and drew two. Adams drew one.
After the draw, Mortensen checked to Adams, who followed with a bet of 17,000. Carlos gave the matter some thought, then called and mucked upon seeing Adams' 10-9.
Despite his repeated cries of bad luck yesterday, things may have finally turned around for Mike Matusow. Matusow said that he has been dealt an perfect four times already today. It shows too: he is our current chip leader with just shy of 280,000.
Mark Dickstein has doubled up. After Doyle Brunson raised to 8,000, Dickstein moved all in for 32,000. Doyle made the call and drew one. Dickstein stood pat with a 9-8. That was enough to win after Doyle squeezed out his cards.
Simultaneously, on a different table, Jon Turner made his stand against Michael Binger and was not so fortunate. He has been eliminated from the tournament.
After taking a few small hits to start the day, Tom Dwan has rebuilt his stack courtesy of Brandon Adams. Dwan raised before the draw to 7,600. Adams was the only caller from the small blind.
Adams drew one; Dwan stood pat.
After seeing Dwan stand pat, Adams checked the action to him. Dwan obliged Adams with a bet of 13,400. Adams quickly check-raised to 34,100.
Dwan went into the tank for a solid minute. Finally, he threw the extra 20,700 into the middle to make the call. Adams tabled 10-8, but it wasn't good enough when Dwan flipped over a smooth 10 to rake in a 90,000 chip pot.
Layne Flack put in a raise to 6,000 and Jon Turner made it 25,000 to go. Flack moved all in for 55,000 total and Turner obliged the call. Flack stayed pat while Turner drew a single card. Flack showed . Turner showed in disgust as he mucked, telling Flack he had him beat before the draw. Flack is on a roll and now sitting on a stack of 120,000 while Turner now has his work cut out for him with just 28,000 chips.
All the money went in before the draw for Steve Sung and Erick Lindgren, with Lindgren having Sung well covered. Both players drew one card, with Sung drawing to a rough 8 and Lindgren drawing to a smooth 9, making Lindgren a slight favorite. Sung drew an ace, while Lindgren drew a 6 to make a 9-6 and eliminate Sung.
After a raise from David Grey to 7,000, Mark Dickstein moved all in for 30,300. Grey made the call and opted to draw one card. Dickstein stood pat and the players showed:
Dickstein:
Grey:
Grey paired up and Dickstein took down the pot. He chips up to almost 69,000 while Grey slips to roughly 65,000.