"Wow, you must live right, brother," said Mitch Schock, clapping his hands after Bryan Micon dragged a pot to double-up without showdown. Micon was in the small blind and three-bet preflop after Paul Evans raised the button. Evans four-bet, drawing a capping raise from Micon. Evans called.
The flop came down . Micon bet and Evans called. It was the same action on the turn. Before the river fell, Micon announced "All in dark for 6,000." The river was the . Evans peeked back at his cards once... and then mucked! Micon dragged the 142,000-chip pot with a grin like the cat that ate the canary.
Don't count out Paul Evans just yet. He played a pot with Bryan Malcolm, calling bets on fourth and fifth street then checking the lead on sixth street. Malcolm checked behind.
Down the river, Evans led out. Malcolm called and then arched his eyebrows in surprise when Evans opened in the hole for a full house.
"Full house!" said Malcolm. "Wow! I did not see that coming." Malcolm had no low, allowing Evans to scoop the pot.
It took two hands, but Chris Bjorin is out. First he tangled with Bryan Malcolm, raising third street after Malcolm completed and then calling single bets on fourth, fifth and sixth streets. At the river, Bjorin folded.
"Thank you," said Malcolm. "Long time coming. Had to wait until sixth street before I liked it."
That loss left Bjorin with 24,000. The next hand, he caught the bring-in with the and completed to 8,000. Paul Evans raised the , clearing everyone else out. Bjorin put his last chips in and Evans called. The boards ran out:
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Evans doubled up (he had almost an identical stack to Bjorin) and sent Bjorin to the rail in 16th place.
Sebastien Sabic just involved himself in a pot with Fabrice Soulier. Soulier paired his nine door card and after he bet and Sabic folded on seventh, Soulier said, "I've never had this before, ever."
He turn turned up four nines that he made with his first four cards after being rolled up.
Sabic was able to fold seventh and save himself about 35,000 in chips.
One hand of Stud Hi/Lo equals one pot to Lana Maier. It's quickly turning into her favorite game. Maier called after Malcolm completed third street, then called additional bets on fourth and fifth streets.
She took the betting lead on sixth street and checked. Malcolm checked behind, then called one bet on the river from Maier.
"Nines and threes," said Maier, a hint of hope in her voice suggesting that she knew her hand was weak.
"Nines and threes are good," replied Malcolm. He mucked, allowing Maier to scoop the pot.
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The button is in Seat 8 at each table. The staff re-draw for the game and we are starting with Stud Hi/Lo. Cards are back in the air with 30 minutes remaining in this level.
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The tournament is briefly paused while the staff reseats the players at the final two tables. There is also a color up going on. Be back in a few minutes.
In a round of stud, Joe Serock stuck the last of his chips in against Ron "Schifty" Schiffman. By the end of the hand, Serock could only muster two pair, tens and eights. His hand wasn't powerful enough to take down Schiffman's aces and nines, which he made on fourth street, and Serock was eliminated in 17th place.
Alan Myerson was all in on fourth street against Shannon Shorr. Shorr had the lead with a pair of aces against Myerson's kings. Myerson pulled three pairs on sixth street, holding a pair of kings, tens, and eights. Shorr had aces and queens by that time though and Myerson couldn't fill up. He was eliminated in 18th place.
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. Micon bet and Evans called. It was the same action on the 
turn. Before the river fell, Micon announced "All in dark for 6,000." The river was the 
. Evans peeked back at his cards once... and then mucked! Micon dragged the 142,000-chip pot with a grin like the cat that ate the canary.
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, clearing everyone else out. Bjorin put his last chips in and Evans called. The boards ran out:
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