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Victor Ramdin is sitting directly in front of our table, so we've got a pretty good eye on him. In fairness to his opponents, Ramdin is catching some pretty nice draws over here. One player in particular has had enough.
The man to Ramdin's left just stood up to talk to his friend on the rail next to the table. "I mean, do you see this?" he asked his buddy. "Eighty-five, number two, number three. It's ridiculous." He turned back to the table, patted Ramdin on the shoulder and said, "You're nuts! Keep riding the whale's ass, Victor. Keep riding it!"
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Justin "Boosted J" Smith is another one of our latecomers, and he's already working the prop bets. Erick Lindgren is at one of the tables adjacent to Smith, and a conversation was struck up between the two.
"How much you got?" asked Smith. Lindgren had 7,000 to Smith's 8,400. Boosted J offered a last longer to Lindgren, and he said he'd give him 1.2 to 1 odds to cover the chip difference. E-Dog took just a minute to glance at his chips and his table before turning it down. "I have a tough table," lamented Lindgren. "Gonna pass this one."
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A player in the cutoff seat opened with a raise, and Shawn Sheikhan made it three bets from the button. The cutoff was the only caller, and it was heads up to the draw.
Sheikhan took two cards, and his opponent drew three. The cutoff checked and called a bet from Sheiky, and both players took just one card on the second draw. "One? Really?!" asked Sheikhan. Still, he bet and his opponent called.
On the last draw, Sheiky stood pat and his opponent pulled one card. He bet again, and his opponent once again called. Sheikhan showed an eighty-seven low, and it was good for the win.
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C.K. Hua raised from under the gun, and Sam Grizzle, Gioi Luong, and Nam Le all came along for two bets.
Grizzle drew three while his opponents each took two. After the draw, everyone checked and called a bet from Sam.
On the second draw, Luong only needed one card while the other three each drew two again. Gioi Luong decided to lead out from the small blind this time. Le folded from the big, and Hua made the call. Grizzle still wanted to play for more though, and he made it two bets. Luong called, and Hua surprisingly three-bet it. That was enough to fold his two opponents and ship him the pot.
He may not have wanted to take it down right there though. He opened up his 7-5-4-3-2. Just the nuts.
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Gavin Smith
We pick up a hand just after the first draw was completed on the toughest table in town. Chino Rheem and the cutoff player checked, and Gavin Smith made a bet from the button. Both opponents called.
Rheem took one card while the cutoff and Smith drew two, and all three players checked it around.
On the last draw, Smith was the only one drawing two, with Rheem and the cutoff only taking one, and it checked around again. "Pair," said Rheem. The cutoff spoke next, "Pair, too." Smith tabled A-7-6-3-2, and his ace low was good enough to pick up the pot.
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Max Pescatori went to showdown drawing just one card the whole way. He was heads up against a player who drew three, two, and one on the successive drawing rounds. The two men each got two bets in before the first draw, one bet after that, and two each on the second draw. On the final draw, Pescatori stood pat and fired another bullet. His opponent had made 8-7-6-4-2 and put in the call. Pescatori showed a 3-3-7-4-5 to drop down to about 1,500 chips.
But he'd get them back on the very next hand. The Italian Pirate got three bets in before the draw with two opponents coming along. He would take one card on the first draw, and his bet was called by both opponents. On the second draw, Pescatori took one card again before betting. One opponent raised, the second called, and Pescatori called all in for his last 200 chips. He'd stand pat on the final draw.
After his two opponents had checked on the end, Pescatori tabled 7-6-5-3-2. His seventy-six low was plenty good to win him the pot and chip him back up into contention. He's on 4,500 now.
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Facing a raise and a reraise in front of him, John Juanda made it four bets from the button. The original raiser ducked out, and it was heads up for the rest of the hand.
Both men drew one card before check-checking on the first round.
On the second draw, Juanda took one card while his opponent stood pat and bet. Juanda came along with the call.
Juanda took another card while his opponent stood pat again. He led out once more, but Juanda raised this time, and his opponent called. John showed down number one: 7-5-4-3-2, good for the win. He's up to 15,250 having doubled up his starting stack in the first three levels or so.
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