Michael Mizrachi raised from UTG and David Oppenheim called from the button. Oppenheim check-raised Mizrachi's bet on the flop, then led out when the hit the turn. Mizrachi raised and Oppenheim called. The river was the and Oppenheim check-called Mizrachi's bet.
Mizrachi showed for the win and is up to 1.26 million.
Eli Elezra has responded in the best way possible by taking down a nice pot against Vladimir Schmelev. Elezra raised from early position before Schmelev re-raised from the big blind. Elezra called and they saw a flop.
Schmelev checked and Elezra fired a bet. Schmelev made the call to see the land on the turn. Schmelev decided to lead out with a bet but Elezra raised it up. Schmelev called, and again check-called on the river.
Elezra tabled for a Broadway straight to collect the pot and climb back to 620,000. Schmelev takes a hit to his empire to fall to 1.2 million.
Erik Sagstrom just went from short-stacked to on the rail in the space of two hands. And it happened in what is probably the Swede's best game-- limit hold'em.
Sagstrom open-raised from late position and James Van Alstyne defended his big blind. The flop came down and Van Alstyne check-called a bet from Sagstrom. The turn was the and Van Alstyne turned around and led out. Sagstrom called and they went to the river which fell the . Van Alstyne bet and Sagstrom folded.
A few hands later, David Oppenheim raised, Sagstrom three-bet all-in and Oppenheim called. Sagstrom's did not improve against Oppenheim's and he made a quiet exit.
It's been a rough resumption of play for Eli Elezra as a couple of big Limit Holdem hands have gone against him.
In the first hand Elezra led the betting on a queen-high board, only to find his pipped by David Baker's pocket kings.
A few minutes later Elezra raised on the button followed and under-the-gun limp from Abe Mosseri and the two took a flop of . Mosseri checked, Elezra bet and Mosseri called. The turn was the and again Mosseri checked and Elezra bet, however this time Mosseri replied with a check-raise.
"Hmmmm," sighed Elezra and after a minute or so in the tank, he flashed the and folded his hand before going for a little walk to cool off. He's down to 450,000.
David Oppenheim raised the button with Michael Mizrachi making the call in the big blind. "Grinder" drew three as Oppenheim took two. Mizrachi led out with a bet before Oppenheim raised it up. Mizrachi made the call and both players drew one card each.
Mizrachi checked and then called the bet from Oppenheim. Mizrachi took another card as Oppenheim stood pat. However Mizrachi came out betting with Oppenheim looking him up.
Mizrachi tabled to narrowly better Oppenheim's -X.
Erik Seidel opened for a raise from UTG and David Baker called from the button. Both players took two cards. Seidel bet, Baker raised and Seidel called. Seidel stood pat while Baker drew one card. Again Seidel bet, Baker raised and Seidel called. Both players rapped pat on the third draw, Seidel check-calling a bet from Baker.
Baker showed the wheel, 7-5-4-3-2 and took his stack up to 550,000. Seidel is down to 670,000.
A few hands later, Baker open-raised from middle position and Eli Elezra called from the hijack. Both players drew two. Baker bet and Elezra called. They each took one card on the second draw and Baker led out again. Elezra called, and they both rapped pat. Baker bet again and Elezra called.
This time, Baker showed 7-6-5-4-2 and took it down, his stack now up to 720,000. Elezra is down to 610,000.
We haven't mentioned Kirk Morrison much today, as his overnight chip lead has slowly slipped away, but he's just found a much needed double up at the expense of Mikael Thuritz.
Morrison's last chips were in the middle on the turn on a flop of . Thuritz tabled -X-X for top set but would need to fill up on the river as Morrison showed for a flopped straight.
The river bricked the and Morrison doubles to 640,000 as Thuritz slides to 600,000.