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Eugene Yanayt, the player on Blue #4 who has already received several penalties today, was down to the felt against Fabrice Soulier. Soulier drew cards on every draw through the hand. Yanayt stood pat on the second draw, and put his last 300 chips in the pot after the third draw. Soulier made the call.
"I don't have a 6 or an 8 or a 2," said Yanayt, "but I have some other cards. I think they're pretty good." He showed 9-7-5-4-3, drawing peals of laughter from Tony G. Soulier mucked his hand, allowing Yanayt to survive and to continue to entertain his table.
Shamus
Maria Ho was all in and having to beat her opponent's 8-7-4-3-2. Unfortunately for her, she paired up on the third draw, and has been eliminated.
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Tom "DonkeyBomber" Schneider is out. His opponent stood pat with a 9-6-5-3-2. Schneider started with a deuce, a three and a four in his hand. He drew two on every round but couldn't stop pairing his hand.
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Players are continuing heated discussions with Tournament Director Jack Effel regarding his discard rules. Effel says the original source of the rules in use today is Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas, but that hasn't mollified any of the players.
Shamus
Just had a hand in which the cards were dealt and the first round of betting had made its way back around to the small blind. That's when the SB player noticed he had been dealt six cards.
The floor was called, and his hand was declared dead. And he lost his small blind.
Shamus
Marcel Luske just check-called a bet after the third draw and showed a six-high straight. His opponent also had a six-high straight, and they chopped.
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Gavin Griffin
Jimmy "gobboboy" Fricke raised, and was called by the cutoff, only to see Gavin Griffin three-bet from the button. The small blind called, as did Fricke and the cutoff. Each player drew two cards.
"This is the skill portion of the game," joked Fricke.
Action after the first draw checked to the cutoff, who bet. Griffin again raised, folding only the small blind. Fricke and the cutoff both called. On the second draw, Fricke drew two again, while the cutoff and Griffin both drew one.
Action checked to the cutoff, who led out with a bet again. For the third time, Gavin Griffin raised. Fricke called the raise, only to see the cutoff three-bet and Gavin raise for the fourth bet. Fricke deliberated, then called. The cutoff called as well.
"I'm sorry if I bad-beat you guys," said Fricke. "Well, not really."
He drew one; the cutoff and Griffin were pat. Action checked to Griffin, who bet. Fricke finally folded, but the cutoff called to see the bad news: Griffin made a wheel.
After the hand, Griffin was well over 14,000 in chips. Fricke is down to about 2,200.
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