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Omaha 8/b:
Phil Ivey opened for a raise from the button and Eli Elezra three-bet from the small blind. Ivey called and they saw a 
flop. Elezra led out and Ivey called. The turn was the 
and Elezra fired again. Ivey came along and they saw the 
hit the river. Elezra led a third time, Ivey raised, and Elezra declined to call the additional bet, sending his cards into the muck.
Ivey has a just-above-average stack of 230,000 while Elezra is down to 120,000.
Stud 8/b:
Berman: 
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Perry: 
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The pot was four ways to fifth street. That's where Ralph Perry moved his last 6,200 into the middle. Lyle Berman, next to act, raised, driving James Van Alstyne and Kirk Morrison out of the pot. By the time all seven cards were out, Bermans made a pair of jacks for high and 7-5 for low. Perry was beat both ways with ace-high for high and a 7-6 for low. He is busto.
Pot-Limit Omaha:
Sorel Mizzi limped under the gun, and Michael Mizrachi limped from middle position. From the small blind, David Benyamine asked Mizzi how much he was playing before clicking the pot button. Mizzi called, leaving himself around 30,000 behind, and Mizrachi called as well.
The flop fell 
, and Benyamine checked. Mizzi moved all in, and the Grinder flatted. Action back on the Frenchman, he moved all in over top for just over 100,000. Mizrachi wasn't thrilled about it, but he shrugged and made the call. "I hope you have aces," he said to Benyamine. "I do."
Showdown
Mizrachi: 
Benyamine: 
Mizzi: 
"I got outs," said Sorel, who was covered by both players. Mizrachi's bottom two pair was in the lead, but Benyamine was far from dead yet. The 
on the turn gave Mizzi a host of extra outs. But he got there without them when the 
on the river made him a set. "See, outs, outs. That's all I need." Mizzi came from behind to triple up. And Mizrachi took what was left of Benyamine's stack. When the giant pot was sorted, Benyamine was already halfway to the parking lot, Mizzi was back in the mix with around 100,000, and the Grinder restacked 340,000.
Robert Mizrachi quickly came over to check on his brother, asking him in Hebrew how much he had, but the Grinder said he wasn't exactly sure and kept on stacking.
Pot-Limit Omaha
Robert Mizrachi's stack just got a lot healthier after a successful PLO round where he claimed two huge pots.
On a flop of 
, Nikolay Evdakov checked from the big blind, Mizrachi bet 15,200 and Evdakov called. Evdakov check-called another 33,000 when the 
fell on the turn, but folded to Mizrachi's 80,000 bet when the 
hit the river.
The next hand saw Mizrachi open for 8,400 from middle position and Jeff Lisandro three-bet to 25,000. Mizrachi called, then checked the over to Lisandro. He checked behind. The turn was the 
and Mizrachi bet 50,000. Lisandro called. The river was the and Mizrachi pulled out his big chips, betting 150,000. Lisandro gave up his hand and Mizrachi took down the pot, his stack climbing to 480,000.
Stud 8/b:
Jason Mercier predicted a "heater" earlier after he slipped below 50,000 chips. The heater never came. He was all in on third street against Eugene Katchalov. Mercier's split fours with a jack were in bad shape against Katchalov's split queens with a ten. Mercier never improved his hand and didn't make a low draw. He shook a few hands, picked up his bag and left the tournament floor.
No-Limit Hold'em:
Mindset coach or not, Phil Hellmuth has been jawing at Isaac Haxton all afternoon. The two have played numerous pots together, although as of yet they've all been relatively small.
In a recent hand with a dead small blind, Hellmuth opened to 8,000 from middle position. Haxton, the big blind, re-raised to 29,000 and drew a speech from Hellmuth.
"I love you, kid," said Hellmuth. "I just wish I could play more no-limit with you. You have no stop button." Hellmuth, it turned out, hit the stop button in this hand. He folded.
Stud:
Jason Mercier's chip stack is on life support after this hand with Cole South.
Cole South (X)(X) / 
Jason Mercier (X)(X) /
South completed on third street, Mercier raised, South reraised and Mercier called. Mercier made the high board on fourth street and check-called a bet from South. Mercier checked again on fifth, South bet and Mercier called. When South caught an ace on sixth street he took the lead and led out, Mercier folding after a short think.
South is up to 310,000 while Mercier is down to 18,500.
2-7 Triple Draw:
Some people think triple draw is a fantastically fun game. Most find it incredibly boring. It's hard to make it seem really great, except when we see someone consistently improve three draws in a row. Andy Bloch was in the big blind for a small-blind raise by Tuan Le. Bloch called and drew three to Le's one. Le bet; Bloch called.
Le was pat on the second and third draws, with Bloch drawing two and then one. Le bet after the second draw, but after the third draw he decided to check. Bloch also checked with 8-7-6-4-3; that was better than Le's 9-5.
Their stacks are now almost even. Bloch has 230,000; Le is down to 250,000.
Now seated at Table 327:
Doyle Brunson - cowboy
Alex Kostritsyn - Russian
Vitality Lunkin - Russian
Hoyt Corkins - cowboy
Vladimir Schmelev - Russian
Someone should bring Brett Richey a big belt buckle so he can balance out the sides.
It's that time of the night, when the hour is late, your bloggers are a little punchy, and we take a look at the fashion dos and don'ts of your favorite poker pros.
Today's most obvious blunder came in the form of Scotty Nguyen's gaudy Los Angeles Lakers superfan get-up. Nguyen topped off his purple and gold warm-up suit with several layers of gold chains, two gold bracelets, a gold watch and a gold Lakers hat.
Also deciding to turn up the volume on his personal style today was Robert Williamson III, who donned a pair of jeans with a large embroidered tiger on the left leg along with pink, black, and green striped socks. While Jeff Lisandro was positively muted yesterday, he was back to his old tricks today, clad in a poker-themed black button-down with embroidered cards on the front and the words "All-In" over an image of the state of Texas on the back.
However, with Nguyen seated across from him in the five seat, you hardly notice Lisandro behind the glare of Scotty's blinding bling.
