On a flop of , Scotty Nguyen checked, Michael DeMichele bet, Nguyen raised, DeMichele three-bet, Nguyen four-bet and DeMichele called. The turn was the . Nguyen led out, DeMichele raised and Nguyen called. The river was the and both players checked.
Nguyen showed for a flush and DeMichele mucked. No low was possible and Scotty scooped the pot, increasing his stack to 1,120,000. DeMichele was down to 1,260,000.
In a massive four-way pot Ralph Perry raised to 36,000 from under the gun and Joseph Michael reraised to 54,000. Lyle Berman and Farzad Bonyadi called and when Perry did the same they saw a flop. It was checked around before Berman led out, with Perry and Michael calling after Bonyadi folded.
The turn was the and now Perry came out betting, with Michael folding and Berman called. Berman also called Perry's 36,000 bet when the fell on the river, and that's when Perry rolled over for the nut straight and the nut low to scoop a huge pot.
Michael Mizrachi was all in on sixth street against Raymond Davis, who had already made a 7-6 low by fifth. Mizrachi couldn't catch Davis, ending up with an 8-4 low and he hit the rail
After a flop Raymond Davis, Daniel Negreanu and Michael Mizrachi each put in three bets, with Mizrachi making the final raise. The turn was the , Davis bet the last of his chips and Negreanu and Mizrachi both called.
The two remaining players checked after the fell on the river and Davis turned over for top set. Mizrachi showed his and losing set of kings and Negreanu just mucked. Davis is now up to 540,000 while Mizrachi fell to 225,000. Negreanu still has 960,000.
Huck Seed raised from middle position, Patrick Bueno three-bet from the button, Scotty Ngyuen four-bet, Seed capped, Bueno called and Nguyen called. The flop was . Nguyen checked, Seed bet, Bueno called and Nguyen folded. The turn was the and both Seed and Bueno checked. The river was the . Seed bet and Bueno called.
Seed rolled over for aces and threes, Bueno showed for kings and jacks, and Seed dragged the monster pot, increasing his stack to 660,000. Bueno was left with 760,000.
James Mackey raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and Farzad Bonyadi reraised on the button. That was enough to set Mackey all in and he made the call with to Bonyadi's .
Bonyadi's aces held up on the board and with his better low he scooped the pot, and Mackey was out in 22nd place.
As we're dealing with serious space constraints today due to Day 1 of a sold-out $1,500 NLHE event running concurrently with the $50K H.O.R.S.E., our players have asked to take their break about 10 minutes early as to avoid the hallway traffic jams that ensue when 2,700 players simultaneously leave the Amazon Room.
We'll be going to break in about 15 minutes and the clock will be paused with about 10 minutes remaining in Level 17.
David Bach made a button raise and Doyle Brunson called from the big blind. The flop was . Brunson checked, Bach bet, Brunson raised and Bach called. The turn was the . Brunson led out and Bach called. The river was the . Brunson checked, Bach bet and Brunson called.
Bach turned up and Brunson mucked. After the hand Bach was up to 940,000 while Texas Dolly slipped to 660,000.
Gabe Kaplan was crippled the hand before when he folded on the river in a three-way pot with Scotty Nguyen and Michael DeMichele. "You got two pair, you got it, baby," Nguyen said to DeMichele, who turned over trip eights to scoop the pot.
When Kaplan folded, he was left with just 80,000 chips and he lost those on the next hand. He committed the last of his chips showing a pair of fives, and when they never improved he lost to Huck Seed's pair of jacks. Kaplan didn't make a low hand and the last of Kaplan's chips went Huck's way.