We've got quite a table going over in the corner of the room at Orange 63. Four players in particular have a noteworthy history here at the Rio. Greg Mueller was recently moved over to this table, taking his seat two spots down from Steve Billirakis. You may remember the very first event of the 2007 WSOP, the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em event that was broadcast on ESPN. Billirakis won it, making him the youngest bracelet winner ever; Mueller had to settle for runner up.
That's not the only pair of one-two finishers we have at that table. Fu Wong played this same event last year, taking home more than $250,000. That was only good for second place though. The man three seats down from him, Eric Brooks was the only man who bested him, pocketing more than $415,000 and topping Wong for the bracelet.
We don't know what either player had, but it looked to us like Johnny Chan took one shot at betting Steve Zolotow off a pot and then shut down. Chan was the bring-in with the and called Zolotow's completion with the . Chan caught an ace on fourth street against Zolotow's and bet it, but Zolotow wasn't budging. The hand checked the rest of the way to the river, where Zolotow's bet showing (X-X) / / (X) was enough to take the pot away from Chan's (X-X) / / (X). Chan did not call.
Ivan Schertzer completed with the , and Daniel Negreanu made the call showing the .
Schertzer: (X-X) / / (X)
Negreanu: (X-X) / / (X)
On fouth and fifth streets, Schertzer was the one doing the betting. Negreanu called on fourth but stuck in a raise on fifth. Schertzer check-called on sixth and seventh streets.
Negreanu was the first to show his cards, tabling for the baby full house. Schertzer had a pair on board, but he couldn't top kid poker's boat. After a long two days down near the bottom of the heap, Negreanu is finally making some headway. He's up to 64,000 after that last boost.
It's a good start to post-dinner play for Jeff Lisandro. He started with three spades and picked up a fourth and a fifth by sixth street against Mel Judah. Judah then paid Lisandro off at the river, mucking his hand when Lisandro showed down / / .
The two biggest stacks in the field, those of Fu Wong (runner-up in this event last year) and Greg Mueller, are now at the same table. We can only hope that something interesting and/or entertaining will happen to liven up the proceedings.
On fourth street, Dehkharghani bet it, and both opponents called. Fifth street saw him fire again, but Richey raised it up this time. Both Adams and Dehkharghani called. They let Richey bet again on sixth, both calling once more. On the last card, Richey bet, Adams folded, Dehkharghani raised, and Richey called the extra bet.
Dehkharghani showed , having made his Broadway straight on sixth. It was the winner of this massive pot, as Richey couldn't show anything better. After that huge hit, he has slipped all the way back to 50,000.
Daniel Negreanu hasn't had chips to play with all day. In a recent pot, he was all in for ~10,000. He pulled off a ten-high flush to earn a much needed double up.
and called Zolotow's completion with the 
. Chan caught an ace on fourth street against Zolotow's 
and bet it, but Zolotow wasn't budging. The hand checked the rest of the way to the river, where Zolotow's bet showing (X-X) / 
/ (X) was enough to take the pot away from Chan's (X-X) / 
/ (X). Chan did not call.
, and Daniel Negreanu made the call showing the 
.
/ (X)
/ (X)
for the baby full house. Schertzer had a pair on board, but he couldn't top kid poker's boat. After a long two days down near the bottom of the heap, Negreanu is finally making some headway. He's up to 64,000 after that last boost.
/ 
.
, having made his Broadway straight on sixth. It was the winner of this massive pot, as Richey couldn't show anything better. After that huge hit, he has slipped all the way back to 50,000.
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