Crippled to only 23,000 on a previous stud hand, Robert Williamson III finally met his end on a hand of stud-8. "Miami" John Cernuto made queens up for high, Gabe Kaplan made an 8-low and Williamson mucked as he headed for the rail.
On a flop of , Alexander Kostritsyn checked, Kenny Tran bet, Kostritsyn raised and Tran called. The turn was the . Kostritsyn bet and Tran called. The river was the . Again, Kostritsyn bet and Tran called.
Kostritsyn turned up for top two pair and Tran mucked. "Sick Call Kenny" is now down to only 30,000.
Chad Brown raised from under the gun and action folded around to Marcel Luske in the big blind who called. The flop came . Luske check-called Brown's bet.
The turn came the and again Luske check-called. The river fell the and this time Luske was the one doing the betting. Brown called and Luske showed . Brown flashed as he mucked.
George Lind will get an early dinner break. He was just sent home courtesy of Raymond Davis in a hand of Omaha-8. Lind was all in before the flop and the players showed:
Davis:
Lind:
The community cards improved Davis the most as they came . Davis had nut low as well as three fives. Lind could beat neither and he was eliminated.
Barry Greenstein completed on third street with split nines and a jack in the hole and Phil Ivey made the call with a jack up. Fourth street came down a six for Greenstein and another jack for Ivey. Before Ivey could even reach for his chips, Greenstein mucked his cards.
"Let that be a lesson to you, Barry!" laughed Ivey as he raked in the small pot.