Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi made a Broadway straight against Men "The Master" Nguyen to cripple him in a massive pot. Mizrachi is now up to 33,000 and Nguyen is down to 4,500.
The clock has been paused and players are taking their last 20-minute break of the night, during which the T25 green chips will be raced off and colored up.
James "mig.com" Mackey has just been knocked out at the hands of Dutch Boyd. Mackey completed the bring-in with the up, and Dutch raised him with the in the door. Mackey made the call.
Boyd: (X) (X) (X)
Mackey: (X) (X) (X)
Mackey bet on fourth and fifth streets, with Boyd calling both times. On sixth street, he picked up his second ace and bet out once more. Boyd raised, and Mackey made the call all in, putting himself at risk. When the hands were turned over, he realized his two pair still needed to improve with one card to come:
Boyd: ( ) ()
Mackey: ( ) ()
Dutch had his straight and his low made on sixth street. That was good enough to scoop the pot and eliminate mig.com from the tournament field.
After getting a few "lessons" from Mike Matusow, Andrew Brown was involved in another pot. This time against Tad Jurgens.
Brown: (X) (X) (X)
Jurgens: (X) (X) (X)
Brown was applying his usual aggressive style and betting away in the hand with Jurgens staying right with him. At the showdown, Jurgens held aces up when he turned over to go with his board of . Brown mucked his hand after flashing a pair of jacks.
Brown is down to 22,000 and Jurgens is up to 29,000.
Right next to us, at table 15, Mike Matusow has been his usual opinionated self, offering his input to anyone who will listen -- and to anyone who won't, for that matter.
Matusow has been buddy-buddy with young gun Andrew Brown for several hours now, commenting on his play and the play of the table. The Mouth has been quietly conversing at times, and at other times he has jumped out of his chair to yell at his table, or at his old pal Shawn Sheikhan, seated at the adjacent table.
In a recent pot, Andrew Brown and another player were headed for a showdown, and when the hand was over, Matusow turned to give the youngster a piece of his mind. "What was his seventh street? Do you understand there's no way his seventh street could be anything other than an eight?! OK, I just wanted to make sure you were aware (*chuckling*). What'd you expect it to be, a friggin' four?!"
The two shared a laugh and a lesson, and both men are up near the top of the leader board. Something must be working right over at table 15.
Brunson completed and both Rich and the other player called. Brunson then bet on every street, with Rich folding on fifth.
After the seventh card was dealt, Brunson bet again and his opponent raised. Brunson tossed out another raise and his opponent called.
Brunson showed for a six-high straight and also a six-five low. But his opponent turned up a better straight, which he caught on the river, .
Brunson let out a big sigh of disappointment as the pot he needed a lot was chopped up instead of being shipped over to him. He is stuck hovering around 7,000.