Matt Lefkowitz: (X-X) / / (X)
Scott Seiver: (X-X) / / (X)
Scott Seiver called a bet on every street to get to his final card. Matt Lefkowitz bet in the dark on seventh, and Seiver called that one too. Lefkowitz showed for the nuts, and Seiver sighed. "Seven-five I actually made," he said sadly. Seiver is down to 70,000 while Lefkowitz moved up to 140,000.
Scott Seiver's last chips went into the middle during stud against Cyndy Violette. The cards were on the backs when we arrived to the table and here's what we saw:
Seiver:
Violette:
Queens up for Violette was too much for Seiver and he was sent to the rail. Violette is now sitting behind a stack of 220,000.
Carlos Mortensen attempted to put his big stack to work but came off second best against John Racener in a recent Omaha-8 hand.
Racener opened with a raise from the cutoff position with Mortensen making the call in the small blind. They took a flop of and Mortensen check-called the bet from Racener. Again the action was check-bet-call on the turn before Mortensen decided to lead out on the river. Racener responded by raising it up and Mortensen made the call.
Racener opened for the wheel to scoop. He's up to 275,000 with Mortensen drifting back to the pack with 460,000.
Jared Bleznick is now on life support after being forced to fold on the river in a hand against Nick Schulman. With plenty already invested, Bleznick had only 2,500 behind on the river as Schulman bet into him, but Bleznick must've caught pretty bad as he decided to fold and live to fight another day.
Schulman: (X-X) / / (X)
Bleznick: (X-X) / / (X)
Schulman is now up to nearly 300,000 and looking strong, while Bleznick will need to find something special to recover from here.
Phil Galfond: (X-X) / / (X)
Roman Yitzhaki: (X-X) / / (X)
Phil Galfond was all in for less than a full bet on fourth street, but his only turned into a pair of sevens with the on seventh. Roman Yitzhaki's was ahead from the start and made two pair on fifth. That was good enough eliminate Galfond and move Yitzhaki up to 145k.
On a flop of Matt Glantz check-raised the bet from Abe Mosseri, before leading out with a bet on the turn. Mosseri responded with a raise of his own with Glantz calling.
The river produced the and Glantz checked. Mosseri bet and again Glantz put in the check-raise. Mosseri made the call but mucked his cards in disgust when Glantz revealed for the flush.
Glantz is at 220,000 with Mosseri slipping to 180,000.
We arrived to find James Mackey and Brandon Adams heads up on a flop. Adams bet, and Mackey raised all in. Adams looked him up. Neither player had a very impressive hand at showdown. It was Adams' against Mackey's . The ended the possibility of a low, and the on the turn missed both. That meant that Adam's pair of deuces was good enough for him to scoop the pot and send Mackey packing. With Mackey's stack added to his own, Adams is moving back in the right direction. He's got 255k at the moment.
A few minutes ago we reported that Jared Bleznick was down to his last 2,500 chips. Well, in a possible rags to riches story, he's been able to double and triple up on multiple occasions to get himself back into contention.
In the most recent hand he was all in on third street in stud against Carlos Mortensen and Nick Schulman.
Schulman continued to bet into the side pot on fourth and fifth to force a fold from Mortensen.
Richard Ashby raised under the gun, Allen Kessler flatted, and the small blind joined them. The flop fell , and after the small blind checked, Ashby bet. Kessler raised, the small blind folded, and Ashby called. He went back to betting on the turn, and Kessler just called this time. After the on the river, Ashby checked.
When Kessler bet, Ashby knew he was in trouble. "Do you have queens or aces?" Ashby decided he was willing to pay the bet to see Chainsaw's cards. Kessler showed for top set as Ashby predicted. Somehow Kessler's loose preflop call had been rewarded with a suckout against Ashby's . You just can't beat Kessler this summer now that he's opened up his game.
With this hand, Kessler moved up to 410k and took over the chip lead. Ashby dropped down to 250k.