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On a turn board showing , Justin Smith and Phil Ivey checked, and Pat Pezzin fired a bet. Smith check-raised, Ivey reraised, Pezzin folded, and Smith made the call.
The river card brought the . Smith checked, and Ivey put out a bet that covered his opponent. Smith had little choice, flicking his last couple chips into the pot. Ivey tabled , his nut low plenty good to take half of the pot. And as Smith mucked his hand, it was clear that Ivey's eights full had earned him the scoop and the knockout.
With that, Justin "Boosted J" Smith becomes our 28th-place finisher, and the remaining field has been re-drawn down to three tables.
MarcC
Toto Leonidas raised and only found a caller in Cameron McKinley before the flop came . Leonidas bet and was called at this stage, the turn of and the river of .
McKinley opened to take the pot as Leonidas mucked.
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Chau Giang - Out
Yueqi Zhu limped in from early position, then both he and Chau Giang called when Ben Boyd put in a raise.
Three-handed then, the flop came , and it checked around. The hit the turn, and Giang led out into the pot. Zhu raised, Boyd folded, and Giang reraised all in. The river was the .
Showdown
Zhu:
Giang:
Zhu scooped up the full pot with the nut low and a pair of sevens. Chau Giang (who was seen furiously smoking a cigarette a few minutes ago) has been sent home early.
MarcC
So we have two dramas on two different tables right now and the floor was called to deal with both.
Ted Lawson has been taking an awful long time over his decisions today and it's starting to rile his table as this is a Limit tournament where each decision should be easier to make. Daniel Negreanu started calling the clock and then asked the floor man to do something about it. Let's see if the fuss makes Lawson up the speed of his game.
On table Hellmuth the dealer drama continues. In trying to combat the previous problem where he wasn't releasing the deck properly he accidentally cut the deck twice, so could have theoretically put the cards back as they were. Ralph Perry mentioned this after Hellmuth had made an EP raise. The floor was called as Hellmuth thought the hand should be dead but as action had already been taken the hand had to continue. How much pressure is this dealer under right now?
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Phil Ivey - Ice Cold
Phil Ivey raised to open the pot, and Chris Bjorin three-bet him. Ivey called and saw a flop of . Bjorin bet out, and Ivey called. Fourth street brought the , and Bjorin fired again. Ivey raised this time, in doing so putting himself all in, and Bjorin put him to the test.
Showdown
Ivey:
Bjorin:
Ivey had the top half nearly locked up after catching his third-of-a-kind on fourth street. Needing to dodge only a non-spade ace or five to stay alive and a low card to scoop, Ivey found the on the river. He took down the full pot, doubling his way up to 110,000, now even with Bjorin.
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Bill Gazes opened with a raise, and Chris Bjorin reraised from the cutoff seat. Phil Ivey called in the big blind, and Bill Gazes made the call as well, the extra bet putting him all in.
The board came out . Ivey bet the flop, and Bjorin called. Both players checked fourth street, and Ivey led back out on the river. When Bjorin put in a raise though, Ivey heard the music and saved himself the extra bet.
Showdown
Bjorin:
Gazes:
Gazes took the high half with his nut flush, and he grabbed half of the low pot as well. Bjorin's nut low was only worth one quarter of the pot, sending a hunk of much-needed chips over to Gazes.
MarcC
Ville Wahlbeck raised from early position and Phil Hellmuth called as he did on every street when the Finn bet. The finished board was . Wahlbeck rivered a flush with and took the pot.
On a side note Hellmuth is complaining that his current dealer isn't separating his hands properly after he cuts the deck. Hellmuth has been known to complain about this before but it's always when he's on a losing streak!
The very next hand Wahlbeck eliminated the last Dutchman standing in Rob Hollink.
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After a preflop raising war with Ville Wahlbeck (a bad man to get in a raising war with), John Guth ended up committing his final 40,000 chips to the pot, and he was at risk of elimination.
Showdown
Guth:
Wahlbeck:
The community cards came . Wahlbeck's aces held up, taking down the whole pot. Failing to make a low, John Guth has been shown the door with 30 players remaining.
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, Justin Smith and Phil Ivey checked, and Pat Pezzin fired a bet. Smith check-raised, Ivey reraised, Pezzin folded, and Smith made the call.
. Smith checked, and Ivey put out a bet that covered his opponent. Smith had little choice, flicking his last couple chips into the pot. Ivey tabled 
, his nut low plenty good to take half of the pot. And as Smith mucked his hand, it was clear that Ivey's eights full had earned him the scoop and the knockout.
. Leonidas bet and was called at this stage, the turn of 
and the river of 
. 
to take the pot as Leonidas mucked.
, and it checked around. The 
hit the turn, and Giang led out into the pot. Zhu raised, Boyd folded, and Giang reraised all in. The river was the 
.
couldn't beat Monnette's 
on a 
board.
. Wahlbeck rivered a flush with 
