Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
Razz
Mitch Schock completed and David Singer called before it was raised by Ryan Hughes. Both Schock and Singer called.
On fourth street, Hughes had the lead and bet. Schock came along and Singer folded. Hughes had the lead again on fifth street and bet and was called by Schock.
On sixth street, Schock took the lead and check-called a bet by Hughes. The last round of betting saw Schock bet, only to be raised by Hughes. Schock called all in and was at risk.
Hughes showed: () for a seventy-six to eliminate Schock who held () for a ninety-seven.
Omaha-8
Dale Phillips was all in on the flop, with the resurgent Ming Reslock looking to end his tournament. Phillips tabled , with Reslock showing . There was only one low card on the flop, and when another high card came to give Reslock a made hand on the turn, Phillips was drawing dead. He leaves in 20th place and will collect $9,604.
Omaha-8
Things didn't go well very Jordan Siegel today at all. He was continually run down by some slim draws. He finally made a stand in the Omaha round with . Chad Brown was there to take him on with . Each player paired the flop, , but Brown's jacks were best. Siegel caught a great turn, , to give himself a number of ways to claim at least half. But the river bricked to end his tournament in 19th place.
Omaha-8
On a flop of , Ming Reslock bet from the small blind. Phil Ivey raised from the big blind and John Juanda called from the button. Reslock made the call as well.
The turn brought the and it was checked to Ivey who bet. Juanda folded and Reslock raised. Ivey raised all in and Reslock made the call.
Ivey:
Reslock:
With both players making a wheel, they chopped the pot. Ivey is sitting on 125,000 and Reslock has 180,000.
Razz
David Singer was crippled in a hand against Bill Chen. We caught the action on fifth street where Chen check-called a bet by singer. The two then checked sixth and seventh street.
Chen showed () for a ninety-eight. Singer was showing and mucked his remaining cards.
Razz
Brown: X-X / 2-10-A-J / X
Seiver: X-X / 4-6-A-Q / X
Scott Seiver's board drew better and better, but he couldn't shake Chad Brown. Seiver completed third street and then bet every street all the way to showdown. Seiver tabled 8-6-3 at showdown for an 8-6; Brown flashed 8-7-3 for an 8-7 and mucked.
Brown is down to 190,000. Seiver, after a rocky start, is back up t0 195,000.
Stud
Ryan Hughes is up to 550,000 and is sitting just behind the chip lead after making quad eights in a stud hand against an unhappy Daniel Makowsky who called him down.
Makowsky is sitting behind a stack of 350,000.
Razz
Farzad Bonyadi's stack, never big to begin with, slowly was whittled down and down and down. Finally, he was all in during the razz round after John Juanda completed. Juanda showed three to a wheel, A-5-4, a favorite over Bonyadi's 2-10-4. Bonyadi could only muster Q-10 by the river, a hand Juanda easily bested by drawing into a 9-7.
Bonyadi leaves with $9,604 in prize money.
Stud-8
David Singer doubled up once earlier, to go from critically short to just short. He was soon all in again. Dan Makowsky completed on third street, then called after Singer raised. On fourth street, Singer made an open pair and bet it. Makowsky raised, Singer re-raised, and then Makowsky put in the fourth bet, enough to put Singer all in. He called and opened / , a pair of sevens. Makowsky showed / . Singer's board bricked out the rest of the way, and , to finish with a pair of sevens and no low. That made Makowsky's heart flush, , a bit of overkill.
Singer walks away with $9,604 in prize money. The tournament is now on a pause to re-draw to two tables.