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Erick Lindgren
Deuce-to-Seven Draw isn't a game you'll find spread in many places. It's little wonder then that some of the dealers -- who are doing their best and performing admirably -- are having the occasional problem dealing the game.
In a recent hand at Erick Lindgren's table, Huck Seed opened with a raise to 600 that was called by Greg Mueller, Lindgren and Tim Phan. Steve Zolotow, also at the table, pointed out that the dealer didn't burn before dealing Lindgren (first to act) his one draw card.
"You're supposed to burn, and call out how many cards each player takes as you deal them," said Zolotow. "One, Two, Pat, One" he pointed around the table at Lindgren, Phan, Seed and Mueller. Phan was a bit confused as to what was going on -- Lindgren tried to back up one of Phan's draw cards (after giving his own draw card, untouched, as the burn card). Neither Phan nor Lindgren was sure which card was the correct one that Lindgren should have received but both decided they didn't care.
After the draw, Lindgren bet 2,200, folding all other players. Zolotow went off in search of a floor person to request that the dealers be instructed as to proper drawing protocol for this game.
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You can all stop holding your breath now... Tom "durrrr" Dwan has arrived and is seated at Table 248 alongside Andy Bloch, Phil Ivey, Ville Wahlbeck and David Grey.
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We went back to Erick Lindgren's table to see another big pot developing. The action was against four-ways, with Freddy Deeb drawing first. He threw away four cards. Then Huck Seed also threw away four cards. Greg Mueller took two and Erick Lindgren took one.
After the draw, action checked to Lindgren. He bet 1,600, inducing folds from Deeb and Seed. Mueller, however, responded by raising to 9,725, a raise that won him the pot.
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We have our first casualty of the evening. Yan Chen was recently crippled down to 3,800 chips. He's now out of the tournament.
Greg Raymer also recently took down an 18,000 pot from Gus Hansen after showing down 10-8-x-x-x. Raymer is up to 37,000 while Hansen is down to about 19,000.
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This is a no-limit style game, but that doesn't mean all the pots are huge. The small pots have to be fought over as well. Daniel Negreanu recently took a stab by raising to 800 pre-draw. He was called by Brett Richey from the button. Both players drew one card.
After the draw, Negreanu check-called a bet of 1,600 from Richey. He mucked his hand upon seeing Richey show down 10-7-5-4-2.
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With the conclusion of Level 3, the add-on period is officially over. The clock has been paused so all the unredeemed red 10K add-on chips can be cashed in for tournament chips.
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On the first hand after the pause, "Seat open!" was called. We looked up to see that Daniel Negreanu had been eliminated from the tournament. He quickly headed to the rail, posed for a few photos, signed a few autographs and then left the Brasilia Room.
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Max Pescatori
Max Pescatori bounced out of his seat and approached floor supervisor Kevin Ferguson. "Are we in the money yet?" Pescatori asked.
"Almost," replied Ferguson with a chuckle.
On a nearby table, John Juanda opened the action with a raise to 900. Dario Alioto reraised to 3,500 and was called by big blind Nikolay Evdakov. Juanda got out of the way.
On the draw, Evdakov stood pat and Alioto drew one. Both players checked after the draw, with Evdakov showing down 10-9-7-4-2. Alioto sighed and mucked.
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Tom "durrrr" Dwan has been busy opening lots of pots at Table 248. He opened one to 1,050, then called a reraise by David Grey to 3,700. Grey was pat on the draw; Dwan took two cards. After Grey checked the post-draw action, Dwan grabbed 10,000 in chips and thought about betting them. Then he seemed to give up and checked.
Grey opened 8-7-4-3-2. "You got it," said Dwan.
A few hands later, Dwan again opened to 1,050. He was called in one spot. His opponent drew one card to Dwan's two. After the draw, Dwan's opponent bet 1,500 and was surely surprised to see Dwan raise to 5,700. He called with 8-7-x-x-x; that was no good against Dwan's 8-6-5-4-2.
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