In a battle of the blinds, Robert Mizrachi raised from the small, and Konstantin Puchkov called from the big.
Mizrachi followed up his raise with a bet on the flop, and Puchkov wasted no time calling. The landed on the turn, and Mizrachi checked this time before calling one of Puchkov's bets. He called one more on the river.
At showdown, Puchkov turned over his for Broadway, and... Mizrachi held his cards. For maybe fifteen or twenty seconds, he sat absolutely still, staring down at his two hole cards. Finally, he released them into the muck with a big frown.
Mizrachi is all the way down to just 71,000 after dropping that significant pot.
It took more than two hours of play, but we finally found our first elimination from the final table. Robert Mizrachi opened from middle position and was called by big blind Dustin Leary. Leary led into the short-stacked Mizrachi on a flop of . Mizrachi raised 11,000 more and was all in with . Leary called, having out-flopped Mizrachi with . Leary's pair of kings held firm over Mizrachi's queens as the turn and river blanked out.
Dustin Leary opened the pot with a raise, and both blinds called -- Andrew Revesz from the small and Konstantin Puchkov in the big.
The flop came out , and the blinds checked to the raiser. Leary bet, Revesz called, and Puchkov ducked out of the way. Revesz check-called another bet on the turn, and one last bullet on the river, though the last call was accompanied by a big sigh and a reluctant flick of the wrist.
He was right to be reluctant. Leary tabled for tens full of aces, good enough to win him that big pot.
Revesz is now getting short with less than 220,000 chips in front of him.
Al Barbier seems to be losing small pots and winning big ones. That's a great way to build a chip stack. He three-bet the button after Hani Awad opened with a raise. Awad was the only caller.
Awad checked and called a bet on the flop and another on the turn. When the board paired nines on the river, , both players checked. Awad had nines and fours with ; that wasn't good enough against Barbieri's tens and nines, with two other cards.
Barbieri and Dustin Leary are threatening to blow away the rest of this final table.
Most pots at this stage are contested heads-up. And so it was with Ken Lennaard, who opened pre-flop for a raise that was re-raised by Dustin Leary. Everyone folded back to Lennaard, who was the only caller.
The flop came queen-high, . Lennaard checked to Leary, then raised after Leary bet. Leary called that raise, called another bet on the turn, and then faced a third bet on the river. He thought things through for about 20 seconds before calling. Lennaard showed top set, , to collect the pot and give himself a little breathing room from the bottom of the counts.
Under the gun, Al Barbieri raised, and Dustin Leary reraised two seats over. Konstantin Puchkov called from the big blind, and Barbieri called the extra bet as well.
The flop came out , and Leary was allowed to continue out with a bet. Puchkov folded and Barbieri called to see the on fourth street. Barbieri check-called a bet there, and one more on the river to see the showdown.
Leary:
Barbieri shuffled his cards in between his hands, studying the board and his opponent's cards very intently. Finally, he flashed a useless and flopped all four cards back into the muck. That's a scooper for Leary, extending his chip lead and pushing his stack close to 1.5 million.
Ah, the pain of bricks in razz. Blake Cahail completed the bring-in showing a 4 and was called by Konstantin Puchkov with a trey. Cahail caught running bricks on fourth and fifth streets, a king and a jack. Puchkov caught an 8 and a 10 and bet fifth street. Cahail only had roughly 50,000 behind, but clearly couldn't call the bet. He shook his head in disgust before mucking his hand.
There were no bricks this time for Blake Cahail. He was all in during the razz round against Ken Lennaard. By the time the chips were in, Cahail showed 10-3-5-8-A, a made ten. Lennaard was drawing at a 6 with 4-6-2-A-K. Each player paired on sixth street; on seventh Lennaard caught a face card, which meant Cahail wouldn't need to sweat it. He improved with a 6 anyway, making and 8-6 low to double up.
Andrew Revesz had a three up, and he called the bring-in before Konstantin Puchkov raised, also with a three showing. Dustin Leary called with an eight, and Revesz put in the rest of the bet to proceed three-handed.
Leary bet fourth street, fifth street, and sixth street with both of his opponents calling bets the whole way. Everyone checked the river, and Leary exposed his down cards. That was good for an eighty-six, and nobody could beat that.
Leary is really starting to assert himself and his chip stack now.
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flop, and Puchkov wasted no time calling. The 
landed on the turn, and Mizrachi checked this time before calling one of Puchkov's bets. He called one more on the 
river.
for Broadway, and... Mizrachi held his cards. For maybe fifteen or twenty seconds, he sat absolutely still, staring down at his two hole cards. Finally, he released them into the muck with a big frown.
. Mizrachi raised 11,000 more and was all in with 
. Leary called, having out-flopped Mizrachi with 
. Leary's pair of kings held firm over Mizrachi's queens as the turn and river blanked out.
, and the blinds checked to the raiser. Leary bet, Revesz called, and Puchkov ducked out of the way. Revesz check-called another bet on the 
river, though the last call was accompanied by a big sigh and a reluctant flick of the wrist.
turn. When the board paired nines on the river, 
; that wasn't good enough against Barbieri's tens and nines, 
. Lennaard checked to Leary, then raised after Leary bet. Leary called that raise, called another bet on the 
river. He thought things through for about 20 seconds before calling. Lennaard showed top set, 
river to see the showdown.
and flopped all four cards back into the muck. That's a scooper for Leary, extending his chip lead and pushing his stack close to 1.5 million.
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