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Jeff "No-Peek" Lisandro
Jeffrey Lisandro completed the on third street, then called when Dutch Boyd raised the . Boyd caught running eights on fourth and fifth and bet both streets, with Lisandro calling. Lisandro caught an eight of his own on sixth street, setting up these boards:
Boyd: x-x /
Lisandro: x-x /
Lisandro bet sixth street, with Boyd check-calling, then bet again on seventh. Boyd check-called again. Lisandro dramatically turned all off his cards over and threw them down on the table. He had in the hole for two pair, aces and sixes.
After Boyd mucked, Lisandro remarked, "I didn't look."
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Simon Yee has been crippled by Mitch Schock. Yee took over the betting lead when he made an open pair of tens on fifth street (Schock's board showed ). Yee bet again on sixth, then checked the river. Schock checked behind, showing down / / for two pair, aces and fours. Yee mucked.
Yee now has only 6,500 chips. Schock now has 170,000.
Seat 1: Eric Pardey
Seat 2: Nick Frangos
Seat 3: Mitch Schock
Seat 4: Steven Stencil
Seat 5: Simon Yee
Seat 6: John Cernuto
Seat 7: John Juanda
Seat 8: Jason Mercier
Table 182
Seat 1: Mike Rocco
Seat 2: Dutch Boyd
Seat 3: Rod Pardey
Seat 4: Thor Hansen
Seat 5: Gerard Rechnitzer
Seat 6: Daniel Studer
Seat 7: Jeff Lisandro
Seat 8: Max Troy
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It's been a flurry of eliminations here in the pink section of the Brasilia room. Charlie Townsend was rocking the short stack for a long time; he finally made a stand with / and was called by Jason Mercier, who started with / . When neither player improved, Mercier's lowly pair of threes was enough to eliminate Townsend.
The tournament has once again paused for another re-draw. Two tables remain.
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Helmut Koch is the next player out. He started with buried jacks and was all in with them by fifth street; unfortunately for Koch, Steven Stencil started with buried kings and improved to a full house, fives full of kings.
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Even a small double-up through Dutch Boyd was not enough to save Barbara Enright in the end. A few hands later she was all in again, this time with split queens. Jason Mercier got in there with split eights. Once all the cards were out, Mercier rivered three eights and Enright had two pair, aces and queens. It was a tough hand to exit on for one of the class acts of poker.
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John Juanda
Chips upon chips were splashing into the pot on Brasilia #181. The action was started by Nick Frangos, who completed the . Dutch Boyd and John Juanda called. Boyd raised fourth street after Frangos bet, earning a call from Juanda and Frangos both.
Fifth street is where everything went crazy. Boyd's board showed x-x / . He bet and was raised by Juanda's x-x / . That raise folded Frangos but brought a three-bet from Boyd. Juanda put in the fourth bet with another raise; this time Boyd just called.
Boyd check-called sixth street ( for him, for Juanda) and the river. Juanda showed down in the hole for a full house, nines full of eights. That massive pot pumped him up to 138,000 in chips and dropped Boyd all the way to 58,000.
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The winner from this event in 2008, Mike Rocco, is still in the field. He started the day with 7,500 chips and has worked those chips up to 85,000, about an average stack. He remarked that he feels the field this year is tougher than last year.
On the other end of the room are Eric and Rod Pardey. Eric is the nephew of Rod; Rod is a former bracelet winner, having taken down the $2,500 Seven-Card Stud event in 1991 and 1994. Not only are the two Pardeys related, they're sitting next to each other!
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At one time today, Fabrice Soulier was the chip leader. Now he's out. He started with three spades, / , but never improved from there. Jeffrey Lisandro started with split aces and took down the pot to knock Soulier out.
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on third street, then called when Dutch Boyd raised the 
. Boyd caught running eights on fourth and fifth and bet both streets, with Lisandro calling. Lisandro caught an eight of his own on sixth street, setting up these boards:
in the hole for two pair, aces and sixes.
). Yee bet again on sixth, then checked the river. Schock checked behind, showing down 
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for two pair, aces and fours. Yee mucked.
and was called by Jason Mercier, who started with 
. When neither player improved, Mercier's lowly pair of threes was enough to eliminate Townsend.
. Dutch Boyd and John Juanda called. Boyd raised fourth street after Frangos bet, earning a call from Juanda and Frangos both.
. That raise folded Frangos but brought a three-bet from Boyd. Juanda put in the fourth bet with another raise; this time Boyd just called.
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