Hold'em
Matt Glantz raised, and Ian Gordon three-bet from the big blind. Glantz called. The flop came [qh7h7hd], and Gordon bet out. Glantz raised, and Gordon flatted. Both players slowed down on the 
turn and checked to the 
river. Gordon bet on the end, and Glantz paid for showdown. He regretted it when he saw Gordon's 
and sent his cards into the muck.
Omaha-8
Eugene Katchalov raised under the gun, and Carlos Mortensen called. Matt Glantz joined them from the big blind to see the 
flop. Glantz checked it to Katchalov, who put out a bet. Mortensen called, and Glantz gave up. The 
turn earned another bet and call, and Katchalov got a third street of value from Mortensen after the river fell the 
. Katchalov tabled 
for the flopped nuts and scooped the low-less pot. Mortensen flashed a queen-high flush on its way to the muck.
They tangled again in the next big hand, which is on its way...
Omaha-8
Action folded to Eugene Katchalov who raised it up from the small blind. Carlos Mortensen defended in the big blind.
The flop landed 
and Katchalov fired a bet. Mortensen made the call. The turn was the 
and Katchalov didn't hesitate to release another bet. Mortensen thought for a moment before calling again as the 
paired the board on the river.
Katchalov fired for a third time in the hand but Mortensen wasn't interested as he sighed and open-folded 
. Mortensen didn't like the river but he was already behind as Katchalov flashed 
for a full house.
Mortensen is back to creating intricate structures with his chips - perhaps to disguise that he's down to his last 380,000 chips. Katchalov is up to 1.5 million.
Omaha-8
This has not been a great round for Carlos Mortensen. On an flop, Ian Gordon checked, and Matt Glantz bet. Mortensen and Gordon both called. They repeated the action on the 
turn. The river brought another low card, the 
, and Ian checked again. Glantz bet, and Mortensen folded as he grimaced and slammed his last 85k down in front of him. Gordon called and showed 
to take the low half. Glantz took the high with 
. for aces and eights.
After the hand, Marco Johnson told Gordon, "If you check-raise there, he folds." Glantz agreed, adding "unless I have a wheel, and then you can fold to the three-bet."
A hand later, Mortensen raised to 80,000, and in the big blind, Richard Ashby three-bet to get Mortensen's last 5,000 in the middle. Time to turn 'em up.
Mortensen: 
Ashby: 
The board fell 
, and they split it up, keeping Mortensen on ice for the moment.
Razz
Carlos Mortensen completed and Matt Glantz decided to make the call after bringing in. On fourth, Mortensen checked, Glantz bet and Mortensen called off the last of his chips. The boards fell:
Glantz: (
) / 
/ (
)
Mortensen: (
) / 
/ ()
Glantz flipped his river first and improved to a nine to leave Mortensen needing to squeeze. He got down low and squeezed out a deuce to make an eight and double up. He's up to 225,000.
Back in 20. Counts on their way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,950,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
||
|
1,710,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,655,000
745,000
|
745,000 |
|
||
|
1,170,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
510,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
280,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 0
Razz
Carlos Mortensen completed and the table folded around to Eugene Katchalov who called after bringing it in.
Mortensen fired on fourth before his last chips were committed on fifth, with Katchalov making the call. The boards ran out as follows:
Katchalov: () / 
/ ()
Mortensen: () / / ()
Mortensen started out in front, but once Katchalov caught a better eight-low on sixth, Mortensen was left to squeeze the river to improve. He bricked out and departed the tournament in 6th place for a collect of $102,237.
Stud
After the 20-minute refresher and the loss of Carlos Mortensen, the mood at the table has lightened considerably. They're all chatting in between hands and even joking about the action.
Richard Ashby: (X-X) / 
/ (X)
Marco Johnson: (X-X) / / (X)
Marco Johnson brought it in, and Richard Asbhy completed. Johnson called to see fourth and continued calling all the way down until seventh, when Ashby checked. Marco checked behind, saying "one pair." Ashby showed one pair too with 
.
"No improvement, no need," Matt Glantz interjected. "Why waste a good river?"
"Hey, hey now," said Marco. "One player per hand."
