The action was capped four ways before the first draw, Eli Elezra, Erik Sagstrom, Nikolay Evdakov, and Phil Ivey putting in five small bets apiece. Elezra and Ivey drew two while Sagstrom and Evdakov each drew one. Elezra checked, Sagstrom bet and everyone called. All four players took one card each on the second draw and the action was checked around.
Elezra, Sagstrom, and Ivey drew one on the final drew while Evdakov rapped pat. Elezra checked, Sagstrom bet, Evdakov called, Ivey folded and Elezra raised. Sagstrom made it three bets, a move that folded Evdakov but earned a call from Elezra. Sagstrom rolled over a wheel, 7-5-4-3-2 and took down the massive pot. He's the new chip leader with 635,000.
We really don't know how Hoyt Corkins and Mikael Thuritz got all the chips in the middle. There was 53,000 that had been pulled into the pot and the cards were already on their back with the turn on board. Corkins showed against Thuritz's . Corkins was drawing and didn't get there with the river. It turned out that Thuritz's 287,800 chips just barely had Corkins covered. He's now out and Thuritz has about 650,000.
Erik Sagstrom opened for a raise from UTG and Eli Elezra defended his big blind. Elezra drew two and Sagstrom drew one. Elezra check-called a bet from Sagstrom, then drew another two. Sagstrom drew one. Elezra check-called another bet and took one card on the third draw. Sagstrom did the same. Again, Elezra check-called a bet.
Elezra had the winner with T-9-5-4-2 and took his stack up to 230,000. Sagstrom is still near the top of the leaderboard with 515,000.
Despite a three-way all in at John Cernuto's table, nobody busted. Scott Dorin was first all in, for 23,400, with . Steve Billirakis was next in for 48,,500 with . Then Cernuto called with the worst hand . The board rolled out , giving each of the short stack part f the pot.
Andy Bloch came prepared. Looking quite trim from a recent prop bet, Bloch brought along a bag of sugar snap peas for a late-night snack. Not wanting to be rude, he offered his tablemate, Robert Williamson III the bag.
Williamson, a man who seems more satisfied by steaming a plate of ribs rather than a raw veggie snack surprisingly fell in love with the crunchy crudite and began devouring the bag's contents.
However, Williamson was pulled from his snap-pea rapture when he got the rest of his chips in pre-flop on a PLO hand with and found himself up against Bloch's .
The board ran out , Bloch turning a flush to snap off Williamson's aces. Ouch.
"Wow. That's brutal," was all Bloch could offer by way of consolation. He's up to 560,000 while Williamson was left on life support with 1,300. Williamson was eliminated on the next hand when Justin Bonomo rivered a straight flush. Ouch again.
In a battle of the blinds, Huck Seed and Hasan Habib each put in 27,000 to see a flop. They paid for the , the , and the . Seed bet 6,500, and Habib potted. Seed called all in with the drawalicious . Habib needed to fade Seed's straight and backdoor diamond draw to knock him out with . And fade he did with the and that ran out. Habib is up to 170,000 while Seed is stuck going to bed early.
Michael Binger managed to nearly double up without the hassle of showdown. On a flop, Isaac Haxton bet out. Binger raised, and Ike called. The turn brought the , ending the possibility of a low, and Haxton check-called a bet. After the on the river, Haxton checked again. Binger moved all in for 200 chips shy of a full bet. Haxton couldn't call, and Binger scooped the 80k pot.
Earlier in the day, Chris Ferguson was joking with his table that, "If I'm in there, I have the nuts." So when Ferguson led into Allen Bari for 11,000 on the turn of a after both players checked the flop, Bari had to pause. Bari did call though, then called another 28,000 on the river. Ferguson had a busted draw, . Bari's pocket tens, , took down the pot.
The energy in the Amazon Room has subsided significantly over the lats hour. Now that we're past 1am, the spectators have almost completely cleared out from the rail. The only other table in action is the Casino Employees Event at the front of the room. After playing poker for 10 hours, the remaining nine tables here in the back of Orange are much less talkative than they were earlier in the day.
Justin "Boosted J" Smith opened for a raise from UTG, Doyle Brunson called from middle position, John Juanda called from the small blind and Lyle Berman called from the big blind. Juanda drew two, Berman took one, Smith rapped pat and Brunson drew two. Juanda and Berman checked to Smith, who bet. Brunson called, Juanda folded, Berman raised, Smith folded and Brunson called. On both the second and third draws, Berman rapped pat and Brunson drew one, Brunson paying off a bet each time.
Berman showed 7-6-4-3-2 and raked in the pot, increasing his stack to 290,000. Brunson is down to 265,000.
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against Thuritz's 
. Corkins was drawing and didn't get there with the 
river. It turned out that Thuritz's 287,800 chips just barely had Corkins covered. He's now out and Thuritz has about 650,000.
. Steve Billirakis was next in for 48,,500 with 
. Then Cernuto called with the worst hand 
. The board rolled out 
, giving each of the short stack part f the pot.
and found himself up against Bloch's 
, Bloch turning a flush to snap off Williamson's aces. Ouch.
, the 
. Seed bet 6,500, and Habib potted. Seed called all in with the drawalicious 
. Habib needed to fade Seed's straight and backdoor diamond draw to knock him out with 
. And fade he did with the 
that ran out. Habib is up to 170,000 while Seed is stuck going to bed early.
flop, Isaac Haxton bet out. Binger raised, and Ike called. The turn brought the 
after both players checked the flop, Bari had to pause. Bari did call though, then called another 28,000 on the 
. Bari's pocket tens, 