Chad Brown (X)(X)
Joe Cassidy (X)(X) (X)
Freddy Deeb (X)(X) (X)
Chad Brown completed on third street, Joe Cassidy raised, Freddy Deeb called and Brown called. Brown checked on fourth street, Cassidy bet, Deeb raised, Brown folded, and Cassidy made it three bets to go. Deeb called and they went to fifth street. Deeb led out and Cassidy called. Same deal on sixth street. On seventh, Deeb bet the rest of his chips and Cassidy looked him up.
Deeb showed for two pair, sevens and sixes. Cassidy could only manage a pair of kings with in the hole and Deeb took down the pot, more than doubling his stack to 82,000.
Yosh Nakano opened for a raise from middle position, Tony G three-bet from the cutoff, Pat Pezzin four-bet all in from the button, Mike Wattel called from the big blind, Nakano called, and Tony G called.
The flop was . Wattel checked to Nakano, who bet. Tony G raised, Wattel folded, Nakano three-bet, Tony G four-bet and Nakano called. Nakano fired again on the turn, but Tony G came at him again with a raise. Nakano flatted and they saw the his the river. Nakano check-called a bet from Tony G.
Nakano showed , cracking Tony G's . Pezzin was eliminated.
After the hand, Nakano was up to 150,000 while Tony G was on 195,000.
Jerry Buss raised from middle position and Howard Lederer called from the big blind. Lederer checked the flop over to Buss, who bet. Lederer raised and Buss called. Both players checked the on the turn. The river was the and Buss called Lederer's bet.
Lederer showed for a nine-high straight and Buss mucked. Lederer is up to 97,000 while Buss fell to 105,000.
Justin Bonomo was all in on sixth street against Joe Cassidy. Cassidy turned up for a flush and a 8-7-5-3-2 low. Bonomo couldn't beat either hand and he headed to the rail.
On a flop of , Bill Chen checked from the small blind and Ralph Perry fired a bet from the big blind. The action was then with Max Pescatori, who raised all in for his last chips. Both opponents made the call.
The turn was the , and Chen this time fired a bet into the side pot with Perry making the call. The on the river was checked and the cards were tabled.
Pescatori:
Perry:
Chen:
Pescatori took the high with his flush as the three players chopped up the low.
David Bach raised from under the gun and John Juanda reraised all in from late position for his last 7,500. Scotty Nguyen called in the big blind and Bach also called.
They saw a flop of and Nguyen checked to Bach, who bet out into the side pot with Nguyen making the call.
The turn was the , and this time Nguyen led with a bet. Bach called and both players checked down the river.
Nguyen flipped for a seven-low, Bach revealed for a set of aces for the high. Juanda could beat neither as he flashed -X-X and headed for the exit.
Ralph Perry opened for a raise from the cutoff, Chris Ferguson called on the button, Hasan Habib called from the small blind and Max Pescatori called all in.
Habib, Perry and Ferguson all checked the flop. When the turn came the Habib led out, Perry called and Ferguson folded. The river was the and Habib check-called a bet from Perry.
Perry showed for a flush and won the pot, eliminating Pescatori. Perry is up to 200,000 in chips.
Eli Elezra has succumbed during a hand of Omaha-8. Elezra's last chips were in the middle on the flop with the board spread , however Daniel Negreanu and another player chopped up the spoils as they both showed for the seven-high straight.
After the race-off of the 100-denomination chips is completed, our 77 remaining players will be on a one-hour dinner break. Action will resume at 8:30 p.m.