, and he was racing against his opponent's pocket sixes.The board came
, and Robl was eliminated.It was nonetheless a good WSOP for Robl, highlighted by his third-place showing in Event No. 4, the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em event.
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, and he was racing against his opponent's pocket sixes.The board came
, and Robl was eliminated.It was nonetheless a good WSOP for Robl, highlighted by his third-place showing in Event No. 4, the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em event.
and both blinds checked. Billirakis bet 3,500 and then Zinn raised to 13,500. Both blinds folded and Billirakis reraised all in and had Zinn covered. Zinn made the call.Billirakis held
for a big draw and Zinn held 
."Come on baby, turn that ten over!" yelled Zinn.
Just like that turn was the
and Zinn got his wish. The river completed the board with the .Zinn yelled out, "That's what I'm talking about!" as he clapped his hands together.
Billirakis dropped to 105,000.
and was reraised by one opponent who had him covered. ElkY called all in to find out he was up against 
. His sevens held up, to double ElkY up to 34,000.
, Nikolay Evdakov bet out, had an opponent raise him, then he pushed all in for 70,000 total. His opponent called, showing 
for the diamond flush draw. Evdakov had for top pair.The turn was the
and Evdakov was still ahead, but the 
on the river took the pot away. Evdakov has slipped to 46,000.
. His opponent must not have thought Rasmussen had very much, because he raised all in for about 19,000 holding 
. Rasmussen made the snap call with and won the pot when the turn and river fell 
. Rasmussen is up to 98,000 now.
and Joachin held 
. A 10 hit the flop, leaving Bloom needing one of the remaining sevens in the deck. A seven didn't arrive and Bloom is out of this year's main event.
Over in the Red section, Chuck Norris is sitting at Table #1. Our understanding is that Chuck Norris doesn't dodge bullets. Bullets dodge Chuck Norris.
Nearby at Table #13 is Steve Austin. When he pushes all in, we expect he'll have the stone cold nuts.
And just in case anything breaks out, UFC announcer Bruce Buffer is close by at Table #25.
A floorperson duly arrived and Eric Morris said, "So the question is, are you allowed to drop the F-bomb so long as it's not directed toward someone?"
Warily, the floor said, "Uh...yes."
Morris said, "Yes! $500!"
And that's when Carmel Petresco said, "Wait! So I can say f***?"
"So long as it's not toward someone, yes," was the reply.
Carmel looked completely shocked; her jaw dropped.
And then she said, "F***!!!"
The entire table started laughing as Carmel reached in her purse and pulled out $500. She tossed it toward Eric and he said, "Hey, you gotta give it to me nicely!"
Carmel picked up the bills, licked her finger, and counted out each one as she handed it over to Morris, with the table laughing the whole way.
, David Sklansky moved all in against Matt Ross and Ross called. Sklansky:
Ross:
The turn of the
gave Sklansky a full house and left Ross drawing dead. The river 
was irrelevant, and Sklansky moved up to 37,600 chips.
and the battle of the blinds had begun.Yildiz fired a bet of 4,000 and Chung made a raise to 8,000. Yildiz called.
The turn was the
and Yildiz came out with a blistering bet of 25,000. Chung then catapulted an all-in raise to 116,300. Yildiz made the call. Yildiz held , but Chung had him hanging with the 
.The river was placed down on the felt the
and Chung would be triumphant in this battle. Yildiz plummeted to 50,000 chips and Steven Chung skyrocketed well over 200,000.
