Event 40 - $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-24-2008 15:43 UTC-7

Players Are on a Break

[user75032]

Play will resume in twenty minutes.

06-24-2008 15:51 UTC-7

A couple of tough ones for Robert Mizrachi before the break.

In the first, Mizrachi bet, and John Phan called behind him. Both drew two, Mizrachi bet, and Phan called. On the second draw, Mizrachi drew one and Phan took two. Again, Mizrachi bet and Phan called. On the last draw, Mizrachi stood pat and Phan took one. Both checked.

Phan showed 8-7-6-4-2, and Mizrachi mucked.

Then, in the last hand before the break, Gioi Luong raised, and Mizrachi three-bet from the button. Luong called. Luong took one, and Mizrachi two. Both checked. On the second draw, both took one, and both checked again. On the last draw, both again drew one card. This time Luong bet, Mizrachi raised, and Luong called. Luong showed 8-7-5-4-3, and Mizrachi mucked in disappointment. He's now down to 69,000.

06-24-2008 16:03 UTC-7

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Cards are back in the air.

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 0

06-24-2008 16:03 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

[user75032]

John Phan - 545,000
Gioi Luong - 411,000
Shun Uchida - 181,000
Robert Mizrachi - 69,000

06-24-2008 16:10 UTC-7

Picking Up Where He Left Off

Shamus

On the first hand back from break, John Phan raised from the button, Gioi Luong three-bet from the big blind, and Phan called. Luong stood pat, and Phan took two. Luong bet and Phan called. On the second draw, Luong stood pat again, and Phan again drew two. Once more, Luong bet and Phan called.

On the third draw, Luong again stuck with his original five, and Phan took one card. This time Luong bet, and Phan tossed out the bet of 16,000. Luong called.

Phan spread out his 7-6-5-3-2, and Luong mucked. Phan is now up to 609,000, and Luong -- his nearest competitor -- has 347,000.

06-24-2008 16:15 UTC-7

Mizrachi Squeaks One Out

[user75032]

Robert Mizrachi is currently last in chips, desperately looking to pick up a pot. He raised the button, and The Razor, John Phan was his lone customer.

Both players drew two on the first pass. Phan led into Mizrachi, who just called. On the second pass, Phan took one and again Mizrachi took two. This brought another bet from Phan, and another call from Mizrachi.

On the final draw, Phan stood pat against Mizrachi's one. Both players checked it down. Phan opened 10-7; Mizrachi showed 10-6, drawing a disappointed sigh from Phan. If Mizrachi had lost the hand, he would have had only about 20,000 left in his stack. Instead he jumps to 110,000.

06-24-2008 16:16 UTC-7

Don't Bother

[user75032]

First to act, Robert Mizrachi mucked. That's when everyone else at the table noticed that the dealer had only dealt four cards. She tried to push Mizrachi's cards back at him, but he sent them into the muck again. Shrugging, the dealer dealt out the final card to each player, making sure to deal Mizrachi's card, in turn, directly into the muck.

06-24-2008 16:21 UTC-7

Mizrachi Folds to Pressure Again

[user75032]

It's been a busy couple of minutes for Robert Mizrachi. He mixed it up again, this time calling a raise on the button from Gioi Luong. Luong drew three on the first pass, with Mizrachi taking two. Luong check-called Mizrachi's bet.

On the second draw, Luong took two cards to Mizrachi's one. Again Luong checked, and again Mizrachi bet. This time, Luong fired out a raise. Mizrachi shook his head and mucked. This is at least the fourth time today he has folded to a check-raise after the second or third draw.

Tags: Gioi Luong Robert Mizrachi

06-24-2008 16:27 UTC-7

Phantastic

Shamus

John Phan continues to apply the pressure -- and make hands.

Shun Uchida raised and John Phan called from the big blind. Both drew two cards on the first draw, and both checked. Phan then took one card, while Uchida took two. This time, Phan bet, and Uchida called.

Phan stood pat on the last round, while Uchida drew one. Phan bet, and Uchida made the call.

Phan showed 7-6-5-4-2. Uchida looked back at his cards for a moment, and tossed them in the muck.

Uchida has slipped to 118,000. Meanwhile Phan's stack is now so high it is nearly touching his chin as he leans over the table. He has vaulted up over 630,000.