Bill Chen was last to act on third street and made a strong raise after Andrew Goesch completed an ace and Alexander Luneau called an ace. Goesch and Luneau both stuck around to fourth street, where Luneau caught a brick. Chen had the low board and bet it, with only Goesch calling.
Chen bet again on fifth street after catching another baby. "Two pair?" said Goesch as he folded. "Show them. It's good for the game."
"I didn't ahve two pair," said Chen.
"You did! I saw it in your eyes."
Chen smiled. "Believe me, if I had two pair I'd show it."
Why not? I mean, it's been a whole hour since the last one. Back in twenty and then we'll play another two levels before getting some much needed shuteye.
Tran: X-X / / X
Phillips: X-X / / X
Luneau: X-X / / X
The split-pot games seem to generate the most action in H.O.R.S.E. and, at this stage, the most eliminations. Loi Tran, Dale Phillips and Alexandre Luneau played a three-way pot all the way to showdown. Luneau bet every street until Tran was all in on sixth. Luneau and Phillips then checked down the river.
At showdown, Phillips table for queens and deuces, which was good for the high half. Luneau tabled , which made a 7-4 for low. Both hands left Tran's , a pair of eights and a 7-6, as "monkey in the middle". Phillips and Luneau split Tran's chips while Tran headed off to the cage.
The decisions are becoming weightier and weightier as we push deeper into the money. Short-stacked Adam Hourani faced a big one in a pot against Kenneth Aldridge. Hourani checked sixth street and called a bet from Aldridge. On seventh street, Hourani checked again and Aldridge bet again. Hourani tanked for about a minute before making the call, leaving himself only 26,000 behind. Aldridge opened for a full house, treys full of aces. It was good.
Juanda: X-X / 6-2-5-5 / X
Bonyadi: X-X / 7-2-A-J / X
John Juanda's been quietly building a stack all day. He played a recent hand of razz against Farzad Bonyadi and took it down uncontested. Juanda completed third street, bet fourth street and bet fifth street, with Bonyadi calling each time. On sixth street, Bonyadi took over the betting lead when Juanda paired fives. Both players checked to the river.
At the river, Bonyadi checked again. Juanda, ever aggressive, fired out a bet. Bonyadi tanked for about forty seconds before finally folidng his hand.
Clayton Mozdzen was the bring-in, with Adam Hourani completing. Kenneth Aldridge, Zachary Milchman and Mozdzen all made the call.
On fourth street, Hourani was all in for his last chips with Aldridge and Milchman calling as Mozdzen stepped aside.
Aldridge led out with a bet on fifth, with Milchman calling, before the roles were reversed on sixth. On the river the two live players decided that a check was correct and the cards were tabled.
When all was said and done, no one could show a low and Aldridge's pair of aces was good enough for the high. He scooped the monster pot to move up to 180,000 with Milchman back to 95,000 and Hourani on the rail.
Steve Sung has been perilously short-stacked for the better part of an hour. On a board of , Scott Siever checked to Sung. Sung bet and was raised by chip leader Ryan Hughes. Seiver called the raise cold and Sung also called all in. When the river fell , Seiver check-folded to a single bet from Hughes.
At showdown, Hughes tabled the nuts, . Sung mucked and was off to get paid.
David Baker raised the button and Phil Ivey made the call in the big blind. They saw a flop of and Ivey checked to Baker who fired a bet. Ivey made the call.
The turn was the and this time Ivey led out with a bet. Baker made the call. The same sequence went down on the river as Ivey showed for the wheel which was good for the high and the low.
Baker mucked and Ivey scooped to move up to 229,000, with Baker back down to 205,000.
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and both players checked. The 
hit the turn and Makowsky bet out to force a fold from Reslock.
. Reslock was eliminated in 33rd place for a collect of $6,807.
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for queens and deuces, which was good for the high half. Luneau tabled 
, which made a 7-4 for low. Both hands left Tran's 
, a pair of eights and a 7-6, as "monkey in the middle". Phillips and Luneau split Tran's chips while Tran headed off to the cage.
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for a full house, treys full of aces. It was good.
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for the wheel which was good for the high and the low.