Mark Gregorich brought it in with a , Mike Wattel completed with a , Minieri raised, Bloch reraised, both Gregorich and Wattel folded, and Minieri called all in for 23,000.
Though Minieri started with A-2-5 and Bloch with 2-3-5, the bricks started falling for both players on fourth street and continued until the river. Bloch ended up with 8-5-3-2-A, besting Minieri's 9-8-5-2-A and eliminated the young Italian scarf aficionado from the tournament.
After the bring in, Stephen Wolff completed showing a . Matt Glantz raised showing an and Wolff called all in. When all the cards were out, the best five card hand each could make were:
Wolff:
Glantz:
Glantz stacked the pot and Wolff headed for the rail.
Joe Bunevith committed the last of his chips on a razz hand vs. Edwin Ting. Though he was drawing to a 6-4-2-A, he bricked and made two pair, while Ting made a 10-low, good enough to take down the pot and eliminate "JoeTall."
After the bring in, Stephen Wolff completed showing a . Matt Glantz raised showing an and Wolff called all in. When all the cards were out, the best five card hand each could make were:
Wolff:
Glantz:
Glantz stacked the pot and Wolff headed for the rail.
Action folded to Phil Ivey in middle position and he raised. Layne Flack was next to act and he called as did Barry Greenstein from the big blind.
The flop came . Greenstein checked and Ivey bet. Flack called and Greenstein passed. The hit the turn and Ivey bet again. Flack went nowhere. The river came the and Ivey put the brakes on. He check-called Flack's bet and Layne showed him the . Ivey mucked and was left with just 103,000. Flack is now sitting on a stack of 240,000.
Several of our colleagues from Down Under have pointed out that only four H.O.R.S.E. tournaments have ever been held on the Australian mainland and Billy "The Croc" Argyros has won three of them. This reporter witnessed two of those victories-- in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. at the 2008 Aussie Millions and the $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. at the 2007 Poker News Cup, both held at Melbourne's Crown Casino.
Isabelle Mercier was all in on third street showing the . Justin Bonomo and Ralph Perry were heads up on the side. When the last card was dealt, neither Perry nor Mercier could beat Bonomo's () () () .
Mercier mucked her (X) (X) (X) and Perry did the same with his (X) (X) (X).
Rob Hollink completed on third street and Gabe Kaplan made the call. On fourth Hollink checked, Kaplan bet and Hollink called. On fifth Kaplan bet out showing a pair of sixes, Hollink raised all in for 36,000 and Kaplan called.
Hollink showed for a pair of sixes and a busted flush draw while Kaplan rolled over for two pair, sixes and deuces. Kaplan dragged the pot, increasing his stack to 370,000 and Hollink was eliminated.
The exact action is unclear, but Keith Sexton and Mark Gregorich played a hand to showdown and when all was said and done, Gregorich had no answer for Sexton's () () (). Sexton took the high and the low and now works with a stack of about 130,000.
Lyle Berman and Layne Flack just got mixed up in a hand that saw a showdown. On a board of , Berman tabled . Flack mucked and Berman scooped the pot with his flush and low.