Tam Hang opened for a raise from the hijack, David Baker called on the button and Eli Elezra came along from the big blind. Elezra drew two cards while Hang and Baker took two apiece. All three players checked, and took two cards each on the second draw. Elezra and Hang checked to Baker, who bet out. Both players called. All three drew one card on the final draw, Elezra leading out with a bet. Hang folded, Baker raised, Elezra reraised, Baker four-bet and Elezra called.
Elezra turned up number two, 7-6-4-3-2, but Baker had the wheel with 7-5-4-3-2 and raked in the pot. He's up to 250,000 and Elezra slipped to 95,000.
Phil Ivey inspires terror in his opponents, but it's a little easier to play against Ivey with a strong hand at least one way. Ivey raised pre-flop and was called by Baker from the big blind. Baker check-called an all-club flop, . Both players checked the turn. At the river , Baker led out with a bet that Ivey called. Baker got both halves of the pot with , the second nut-low and two pair for high.
Ashton Griffin must be blessed - it's rare that one pair scoops an Omaha Hi/Lo pot at a three-way showdown. Each of Griffin, Tony G and Scott Dorin put a raise in pre-flop. After the , Griffin led out and both players called. Griffin also led the turn. Again both players called. Everyone checked the river. Somehow, Griffin's , a single pair of aces, was good enough to grab the pot.
Elezra - x-x / A-4-A-4 / x
Alioto - x-x / 9-3-10-K / x
Eli Elezra completed on third street and led fourth and fifth streets. Each time Dario Alioto made the call. On sixth street, when Alioto caught a king against Elezra's second pair, he bet. Elezra made the call.
Alioto had first action on the river and bet again. This time Elezra raised with what turned out to be 8-7-4-3-A. The board-locked Alioto made the call and then mucked his hand.
Erik Seidel completed with the on third street, and Michael Binger called. Binger called twice more when Seidel led on fourth and fifth. But when sixth came around and Binger led, Seidel gave up. He showed for rolled up aces. Game change?
Eli Elezra (X) (X) (X)
Daniel Negreanu (X) (X) (X)
Phil Ivey completed with a five up, Eli Elezra raised, Daniel Negreanu called and Ivey folded. Negreanu led out on fourth street and Elezra called. Both players caught queens on fifth, Negreanu betting and Elezra making the call. Elezra made the low board on sixth street and bet out. Negreanu called. Elezra also bet the river and after a short tank, Negreanu made what appeared to be a resigned call.
Elezra turned up for a T-7-6-4-2 low and Negreanu mucked. Elezra is up to 155,000 while Negreanu is on 110,000.
After folding on fifth street in a hand against Hoyt Corkins, a short-stacked Tony G tried his luck against Jeet Shetty.
Shetty (X) (X) / / (X)
Tony G (X) (X) / / (X)
Shetty led the whole way, betting fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh street with Tony G calling him down. Shetty turned over 7-6-5-3-A and The G mucked, left with only 1,500 in chips.
Those chips went in the middle on third street on the next hand, Ashton Griffin making the call.
Griffin ()() / / ()
Tony G () () / / ()
After their river cards were dealt face-down, Griffin immediately turned over a wheel. Tony G didn't even look at his down card, the dealer left to expose the as Tony G grabbed his jumper and made his exit.
Steve Billirakis got the action started on third street with a 500-chip bring-in. John D'Agostino completed to 2,000, then found himself in a bit of a "spot" when Billirakis raised. D'Agostino called, then led every street until the river. Both players checked to showdown, with D'Agostino's two pairs, nines and seven, getting the whole pot when neither man could come up with a qualifying low hand.
Billirakis still has 205,000 chips. D'Agostino, meanwhile, is once again above the 100,00-chip mark.
We picked up a hand between Dario Alioto and Phil Ivey on fifth street. Alioto had the betting lead with the best hand and checked to "No Home Jerome". Ivey bet, then called a check-raise from Alioto.
Alioto fired on both sixth street and seventh street but he wasn't able to shake Ivey. As soon as Ivey tossed his chips into the pot on seventh street, Alioto said, "You win." Ivey showed in the hole for two pair, kings and fives.
Alioto also lost the next hand to Huck Seed and is down to 53,000 in chips.
Ashton Griffin got the last of his chips in the middle on fifth street, but his ace-high failed to improve against Scott Dorin's pair of queens, ending his run in the $50K.
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. Both players checked the 
turn. At the river 
, Baker led out with a bet that Ivey called. Baker got both halves of the pot with 
, the second nut-low and two pair for high.
, Griffin led out and both players called. Griffin also led the 
turn. Again both players called. Everyone checked the 
, a single pair of aces, was good enough to grab the pot.
on third street, and Michael Binger called. Binger called twice more when Seidel led on fourth and fifth. But when sixth came around and Binger led, Seidel gave up. He showed 
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(X)
for a T-7-6-4-2 low and Negreanu mucked. Elezra is up to 155,000 while Negreanu is on 110,000.
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in the hole for two pair, kings and fives.