Gavin Griffin had raised to 600 from the cutoff with the button calling before Ylon Schwartz bumped it to 3,400 from the small blind. At that time the player in the big blind went all in with Schwartz being the only caller.
Schwartz:
Opponent:
Schwartz needed to improve his hand but failed to do so as the board ran out and he doubled his opponent up while falling to 4,500 himself.
A player from early-middle position raised to 625 and then Jose Ignacio Barbero was on the button and three-bet to 1,800. The big blind moved all in for 3,375 and the original raiser folded. Barbero made the call.
Barbero held the and the big blind held two red jacks.
The flop came down and Barbero nailed trip fours. The turn was the and the river the . Barbero's trip fours were the best hand and he eliminated his shorter-stacked opponent and moved up to 20,400 in chips.
Greg Raymer recently lost almost all his chips before quadrupling up on the next hand.
On the hand that did the damage, Michael Mizrachi was in the button and had just called a raise from a player in middle position. Raymer was in the big blind and re-raised with both other players calling.
The flop came and Raymer led out with a bet only to be raised by the player in mid-position. Mizrachi excused himself from the hand and Raymer made the call.
Raymer elected to check-call both the on the turn as well as the on the river and left himself with just 800 chips when he mucked after seeing his opponent's
On the very next hand Raymer was in the small blind and had committed over 25% of his chips when the mid-position player from the last hand raised once again. Michael Mizrachi and the player in the button both called, and Raymer put in the rest of his chips to make a call.
The flop came down and and the initial raiser bet once more with Mirachi calling and the player on the button electing to fold. The hand was checked down through the turn and river.
Raymer showed for two pair and the main pot, while the mid-position player showed for the side pot.
There was around 3,300 chips in the middle and the board read between [Removed:163] and Chris Amaral when we got to the table. Sheikh had an all-in bet of 3,850 laid out in front of him and Amaral was in the tank. After a couple minutes and a pump fake or two, Amaral finally made the call. He held the for a pair and a gutshot while Sheikh held the . The river completed the board with the to give Sheikh two pair and he was able to double up to about 11,000 in chips. Amaral dropped back a bit to 23,000.
We arrived to this hand on fifth street, just in time to see Dan Kelly make a bet and then call a re-raise from Justin Smith. When Smith caught the on sixth street, he got first action and led out with another bet, getting called once more by Kelly.
Smith placed a bet on the river which encouraged Kelly to fold. With the win, Smith's stack is up to 32,000, while Kelly is down to just 1,000.
Even with a large stable of pros, many of whom are used to playing mixed games, some players are having a hard time keeping track of exactly which game they're playing. As we've walked through the Amazon Room we've heard more than one player look at their opponent's hand and say, "I thought we were playing razz," or "I was playing the wrong game."
We could say that iPods, iPads, magazines, and massages are a part of the problem, but instead we'll just remind players that tournament officials have placed helpful plaques on the tables which tell players and dealers exactly which game is being played.
Boeken called bets on all streets from the first opponent. The second opponents also called all the way down. The first opponent, the one who was driving the betting the entire way, tabled the from his hand for a low of 7-5-4-3-2. He won the pot and Boeken and the other player mucked. Boeken was knocked all the way down to 3,300.