We picked up the action on fifth street, with Phil Hellmuth and David Oppenheim showing inverse boards. Hellmuth bet, and Oppenheim called. The Poker Brat bet again on sixth, and Oppenheim flatted again. Both checked the river, and brace yourself for an explosion on showdown. Oppenheim had for kings and nines with an ace. Hellmuth threw down the , meaning he had kings and nines as well but was outkicked. Don't see that too often, and you know how much Hellmuth loves it when he gets unlucky. He mucked his cards with some serious force and got out of his seat to get some added volume into his ranting.
Oppenheim is building nicely and on 330,000. Hellmuth looks less healthy with 95,000.
Dario Alioto's stack has been in a death-spiral for most of the afternoon. He moved all in for his last 8,500 from middle position and was called by Eli Elezra from the button and Noah Boeken from the big blind. Boeken and Elezra checked a flop. When the turn fell a third spade, , Boeken led out for 12,000. Elezra flashed the and mucked, leaving the all-in Alioto alone with Boeken. Alioto was in need of serious help; his had been overtaken by Boeken's . The river blanked to end Alioto's run.
A bluff gone awry has left previous $50K winner Freddy Deeb nursing the shortest of stacks. Hasan Habib limped under the gun before Deeb, to Habib's immediate left, raised to 4,600. Only Habib called.
Both players checked a flop of . On the turn , Habib led out for 6,800. Deeb called to the river. Habib checked that card, inducing a bet of 17,000 from Deeb. Habib made a gutsy call with , two pair jacks and tens. That was enough to win the pot.
Todd Brunson got his short stack in before the flop with but unfortunately ran smack into Roman Yitzhaki's . Yitzhaki flopped a set and rivered a boat, sending Brunson to the rail.
Daniel Alaei 335,000
Steve Zolotow 265,000
Joe Cassidy 190,000
Rafe Furst 190,000
David Singer 185,000
Josh Arieh 180,000
Chad Brown 165,000
Phil Galfond 140,000
John Monnette 135,000
Mike Watson 110,000
David Steicke 105,000
Jason Mercier 95,000
Tom Chambers 68,000
David Bach 55,000
John Hanson 38,000
Shawn Buchanan looked like he was determined to just bulldoze his way to a winner in a multi-way stud pot. He completed on third street and was called by each of Patrik Antonius, Alexander Kostritsyn and Carlos Mortensen. Buchanan led fourth street and fifth street, then raised sixth street when Antonius made an open pair. Antonius finally folded to Buchanan's river bet, but Kostritsyn did not. He called with in the hole, two pair, jacks and tens. Buchanan could only muster for a pair of aces.
That very nice pot pushed Kostritsyn up to 315,000 in chips. Buchanan is down to just 35,000.
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David Singer (X)(X) /
Mike Watson (X)(X) / / (X)
Justin Bonomo completed on third street, David Singer raised, Mike Watson called and Bonomo called. All three players checked on fourth street. Watson made trip threes on fifth and led out, Bonomo called and Singer folded. Bonomo bet sixth and seventh streets, Watson calling him down.
Bonomo revealed in the hole for a a flush and a 6-5-4-2-A low and scooped the pot. He's up to 160,000.
Matt Glantz completed to open the action, and Phil Hellmuth raised. Glantz called. On fourth, Glantz led, and Hellmuth called. Same action on fifth. Ditto on sixth. David Oppenheim provided commentary with each action. "Bet. Call. Think." Then he threw in some Emril-esque bams and booms for good measure. Glantz checked the river, and Hellmuth checked behind, mucking soon after when Glantz turned over 3 4 6 for an 8-6. "How do I lose this pot?!" Phil ranted. Guessing it's because you can't beat an 8-6.
Phil Galfond got a little out of line during the razz round and Jason Mercier took advantage of it. Galfond completed a 9, with Mercier's 5 still to act behind. Mercier raised, of course, and Galfond was forced to call.
Galfond took the lead on fourth street and bet; Mercier called. The roles were reversed on fifth and sixth streets, with Mercier leaing and Galfond calling. Down the river, Mercier fired one more bet that Galfond called. Mercier's 8-7 dragged the pot.
Greg Raymer busted but seems to be in no rush to leave Orange 320. He was seated in an empty seat next to Ted Forrest for a solid ten minutes, chatting with everyone at the table. They finaly started prop betting on whether Raymer could throw an empty water bottle into a garbage can fifteen feet away. Forrest laid three-to-one at $100; Raymer missed, tried again, and missed again. The former Main Event winner pulled two hundos out of his wallet without even breaking his stream of chatter.
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for kings and nines with an ace. Hellmuth threw down the 
, meaning he had kings and nines as well but was outkicked. Don't see that too often, and you know how much Hellmuth loves it when he gets unlucky. He mucked his cards with some serious force and got out of his seat to get some added volume into his ranting.
flop. When the turn fell a third spade, 
, Boeken led out for 12,000. Elezra flashed the 
and mucked, leaving the all-in Alioto alone with Boeken. Alioto was in need of serious help; his 
. On the turn 
, Habib led out for 6,800. Deeb called to the 
river. Habib checked that card, inducing a bet of 17,000 from Deeb. Habib made a gutsy call with 
, two pair jacks and tens. That was enough to win the pot.
. Yitzhaki flopped a set and rivered a boat, sending Brunson to the rail.
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for a pair of aces.
in the hole for a a flush and a 6-5-4-2-A low and scooped the pot. He's up to 160,000.