Erik Seidel opened for a raise from the hijack seat, Abe Mosseri three-bet from the cutoff and David Baker four-bet from the big blind. Seidel folded and Mosseri called. Both Baker and Mosseri drew one card each. Baker checked and Mosseri checked behind. Each player drew one again. Baker bet, Mosseri raised and Baker called. Baker rapped pat on the third draw while Mosseri drew one more card. Baker led out and Mosseri tossed in another 50,000.
Baker showed 9-7-6-5-2, but Mosseri caught up on the final draw, showing 9-7-5-4-2 to take down the pot. He's up to 1.72 million and the new chip leader while Baker slipped to 680,000.
Daniel Alaei raised it up from under the gun before Lyle Berman re-raised from the cutoff position. The blinds folded and Alaei made the call.
Both players drew one, and a bet from Alaei followed. Berman made the call. Alaei was happy to stand pat as Berman took one again. Alaei fired a bet and Berman made the call.
On the final draw Alaei stood pat as Berman discarded one for the third time in the hand. Both players checked and Alaei tabled which was good to take it down. He's up to 1.43 million with Berman now on the short stack with 480,000.
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James Van Alstyne opened for a raise, Michael Mizrachi three-bet and Van Alstyne called. Each player drew one card. Van Alstyne led out and Mizrachi called. Van Alstyne stood pat on the second draw while Mizrachi took another card. Van Alstyne bet again and Mizrachi called. Both players rapped pat on the third draw. This time, Van Alstyne checked to Mizrachi, who bet. Van Alstyne must have sensed something about the strength of the Grinder's hand and decided to muck.
Allen Bari opened for a raise and Alexander Kostritsyn made the call. Bari drew one card and Kostritsyn drew two. Bari bet and Kostritsyn called. Bari was pat on the second draw while Kostritsyn took one card. Again, Bari bet and Kostritsyn called. Bari rapped pat once more and Kostritsyn drew one. Both players checked.
Bari turned over 8-7-4-3-2 and Kostritsyn mucked. Once one of the leading stacks in the tournament, Kostritsyn is now on the short stack with only 310,000.
David Baker is off to a good start on Day 4 after getting the better of Vladimir Schmelev in some early no-limit hold'em action.
Baker had three-bet over the top of Schmelev's opening raise for the second time today. Schmelev made it 30,000 from the button, before Baker popped it to 95,000 from the small blind. Schmelev made the call but instantly folded to the continuation bet of 125,000 on the flop.
Baker is up to 830,000 with Schmelev falling to 1.09 million.
Six players- Alexander Kostritsyn, Michael Mizrachi, Brett Richey, Allen Bari, James Van Alstyne, and John Juanda limped in for 12,000 apiece and saw a flop. The action checked over to Mizrachi, who bet 55,000. Richey, Bari, Van Alstyne and Kostritsyn folded and John Juanda called from the big blind. The turn brought the and Juanda led out for 150,000. Mizrachi called. The river was the and Juanda checked to Mizrachi, who bet 175,000. Juanda looked him up.
Juanda showed for the rivered flush.
"Three aces," said Mizrachi as he mucked his hand. Our overnight chip leader is down to 1.1 million while Juanda increased his stack to 1.3 million.
As already mentioned, we'll be playing right through today until a final table lineup is determined. This morning, one intelligent member of media row raised the interesting question, "How many will actually be on the final table?"
Of course this year, the final table of this event will be played solely as No Limit Hold'em rather than the mixed game format. This means that potentially the final table could be played ten or nine-handed, rather than the eight-handed tables required for mixed games.
However we are of the understanding that the final table will indeed remain eight-handed for consistency. There is also no payout jump from 10th to 9th place.
So when will we reach the final table? Some in media row have optimistically said four levels while some have said as many as six. Five levels seems to be a good line...
Nick Schulman opened for 30,000 from the hijack seat and Daniel Alaei called from the big blind. Alaei checked the flop over to Schulman, who made a 40,000 continuation bet. Alaei called. The turn was the and Alaei checked again. Schulman bet 75,000 and Alaei decided it was too rich for his blood and made the fold.
Schulman is up to 690,000 after that pot while Alaei is down to 1.15 million.
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which was good to take it down. He's up to 1.43 million with Berman now on the short stack with 480,000.
flop.
flop. The action checked over to Mizrachi, who bet 55,000. Richey, Bari, Van Alstyne and Kostritsyn folded and John Juanda called from the big blind. The turn brought the 
and Juanda led out for 150,000. Mizrachi called. The river was the 
and Juanda checked to Mizrachi, who bet 175,000. Juanda looked him up.
for the rivered flush.
flop over to Schulman, who made a 40,000 continuation bet. Alaei called. The turn was the 
and Alaei checked again. Schulman bet 75,000 and Alaei decided it was too rich for his blood and made the fold.