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Gavin Smith moved in for his last 1,000 after a player under the gun opened for 800. "Ain't no shame in folding, Smoky," said Smith. Of course Smith's opponent called.
Smith: 
Opponent: 
The board rolled out 
to give Smith a full house. His opponent could not come up with a low. "There you go," said Smith. "I doubled through you." The talkative Smith is up to about 2,600, which is not very much at limits of 400 and 800.
After an early position limper, Daniel Negreanu raised. The button reraised, and both other players called to see a 
flop. The first player checked, and Negreanu bet. When the button raised, only Negreanu called. Daniel check-called a bet on the 
turn, and when the river fell a complete brick, the 
, Negreanu had no choice but to check-fold, leaving himself only 200 chips behind. He said he had the nut low draw and a flush draw, neither of which got there.
Next hand he was all in for a small blind against four other players. He didn't manage a miracle quadruple up and is on his way out. He tweeted to his fans, "Busto in the Omaha 8. Missed like 6 flush draws in a row. So far I have been running ugly but luckily there are a gazillion events left."
It was time for Barry Greenstein time to sign another book. In this edition of Barry's exit autograph, he gave a copy of Ace on the River to Ken Robinson. On an 
flop, Greenstein says he got it in with A-8-5-5 against Robinson's A-A-9-3. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, relegating Greenstein to the rail.
Busting out is never easy. It's even more painful when you have four cards in your hand and can't even beat a pair of deuces. "What's your high?" an all-in player asked at a table on the rail. "A pair of deuces? Unbelievable!" He picked up all four of his cards, stared at them accusingly, and then laid them out on the felt, hoping he had somehow missed a hand better than deuces. He had not.
At a nearby table, another player was overheard to say, "I miss the Party Poker days." So do we all.
Berry Johnston raised and picked up one caller, Cyndy Violette. The flop came 
, and Johnston bet. Violette folded, and as happens so often when a women folds, the big mean bully male felt obligated to show. With the 
he flashed, Johnston wasn't playing around.
A few hands later, Violette cracked Bryan Micon's aces with quad tens to send him home.
Jason Mercier was cruising earlier in the day but he's down to less than 3,000 after having to fold a recent three-way pot. Dario Minieri and one other player were along for the two bets pre-flop. All checked the 
flop. When the turn fell Mercier and Minieri folded for a single bet.
Tables are starting to break down in the back of the Blue section, which means people are continuing to bust. Bill Chen, Pat Pezzin, Matt Savage, Tony G and Jason Mercier were all recently sent to the rail.
Mercier's elimination came with an extra sting, as he had a last-longer bet with Dario Minieri. Mercier raised the cutoff and was called in two spots. Mercier continued his story with a bet on the 
flop that both opponents called. Mercier was all in on the 
turn and was called again. The river fell . Mercier's opponent turned up 
for aces up. It was enough to win.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 0
We've reached the last level of the night. One more hour until the chip bags are out. We're trying to figure out who the chip leader is at the moment, but with more than 300 players still in it's not an easy task.
Everyone folded to Carlos Mortensen in the small blind. He limped and the big blind let him see a flop for the minimum. It came 
, and both players checked to a free 
. Enough with the cheap poker already. Mortensen made the 1,000-chip big bet, and the big blind called. But it was back to check, check after the on the river. Mortensen rolled over 
and took the 3,000-chip pot with two pair. He's still short but up to 4,300 now.
