Stud is treating Chad Brown a little better this time around. He completed third street and was called by Dan Makowsky and by bring-in Ken Aldridge. Brown checked the lead to Makowsky on fourth street. Makowsky's bet was called by Aldridge and Brown in turn.
Brown still had the best board but checked fifth street. This time Makowsky's bet folded Aldridge, but Brown stuck around long enough to call all in on sixth street. Makowsky had made tens and sixes, but Brown showed aces and deuces. Each player bricked the river.
John Juanda completed, Phil Ivey raised and Ryan Hughes made the call. Juanda also came along to fourth street.
Hughes took the lead on fourth, Juanda stepped aside, but Ivey made the call. Hughes continued to fire on fifth, sixth and seventh with Ivey calling him down reluctantly.
Juanda: (X-X) /
Ivey: (X-X-X) /
Hughes: () /
Hughes showed down two pair which was good as Ivey sighed and mucked. Hughes extends his lead to 740,000 with Ivey slipping back down to 120,000.
The game switched back to hold'em at Table 316 and immediately caused problems for Dan Makowsky. Chad Brown raised the button before Makowsky, in the small blind, made it three bets. Brown called.
Makowsky continued on the flop and the turn. Brown called each bet, then fired a bet of his own when Makowsky checked the river. Makowsky called but couldn't beat Brown's two pair, kings and eights, . The hand seemed to steam Makowsky. He slammed sme of his chips onto the felt, then got up and took a short walk away from the table to stare out over the Amazon Room.
The end for Dan Makowsky was just as brutal as some of the hands that made him short to begin with. He raised pre-flop before David Baker three-bet from the small blind. Makowsky made it four bets and Baker called.
On a flop of , Baker led into Makowsky, then called Makowsky's all-in raise. Baker showed unimproved and was drawing thin against Makowsky's pocket queens, . An promptly spiked on the turn, causing an anguished Makowsky to immediately put his hands on top of his head, turn around, and took a few paces away from the table. The on the river did not improve Makowsky. He's been eliminated in 11th place.
Bill Chen raised it up from the button and Phil Ivey defended with a call in the big blind.
The flop landed and Ivey check-called the bet from Chen. The hit the turn and Ivey decided to lead out. Chen made the call and the hit the river.
Ivey checked and Chen quickly checked behind tabling for a busted straight-flush draw, that ended with a lonely pair of nines. It was enough as Ivey tossed his cards into the muck.
Ivey is down to 180,000 with Chen approaching 700,000.
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. The hand seemed to steam Makowsky. He slammed sme of his chips onto the felt, then got up and took a short walk away from the table to stare out over the Amazon Room.
turn before both players checked the 
, Baker led into Makowsky, then called Makowsky's all-in raise. Baker showed unimproved 
. An 
on the river did not improve Makowsky. He's been eliminated in 11th place.
for a busted straight-flush draw, that ended with a lonely pair of nines. It was enough as Ivey tossed his cards into the muck.
