Derek Raymond put his last 800 in the middle from under the gun and then the cutoff raised. Ronnie Hofman called the raise from the big blind. The flop came down and Hofman check-called one bet.
The turn added the and Hofman check-raised the cutoff seat out of the pot to scoop in the side pot first. He held the . Raymond held the . The river was a and the two chopped up the pot, allowing Raymond to stay alive and get back to 1,450.
On the next hand, Raymond was all in from the big blind after Florian Langmann and one other player put four bets in each preflop. Langmann was also all in. He held the , Raymond held the and the other player held the .
The board ran out and the dealer began chopping the pot up. First, Langmann and the other player chopped the side pot. Langmann had the low and the other player the high. Then, Raymond took the low of the main pot while the other player took the high.
Langmann dropped to 2,675 and was eliminated on the next hand while Raymond moved up a little more to 2,500.
Joe Serock had raised preflop from late position and was called by Michael Mizrachi in the cutoff and Soheil Shamseddin in the small blind.
The flop came with Shamseddin checking before Serock bet. Shamseddin and Mizrachi both called.
We got a on the turn and betting went the same was as it did on the flop. With the on the river, Shamseddin checked, Serock bet and Mizrachi raised. Shamseddin used his turn to get out of the hand and folded while Serock called.
Serock:
Mizrachi:
Serock took care of the high hand with Mizrachi collecting the low. They each won some chips, though, having split Shamseddin's.
Todd Brunson had three-bet before the first draw with Michael Mizrachi making the call. Brunson drew one card while Mizrachi drew three.
Mizrachi check-called a bet from Brunson before the second draw with MIzrachi taking two and Brunson taking one. Betting followed the same pattern before the third draw, this time with Mizrachi drawing one card and Brunson standing pat.
Both players checked after the third draw. Brunson showed while Mizrachi mucked, saying "queen."
Brunson is now up to 32,000 while Mizrachi is at 80,000
We missed the preflop action but we do know that all the money went all in on the flop of when Hang and Billirakis both picked up straight-draws.
While the flushes wouldn't be made, Billirakis hit a straight on the turn when it came . Hang made a set on the river, but it wouldn't do him any good.
We got to the table as the players were on their third draw. Adrienne Rowsome drew one, James Mackey stood pat and then Marc Hodge drew one. Hodge was all in at some point before the third draw. After the draw, Rowsome and Mackey both checked.
Rowsome tabled the and Mackey mucked. Hodge held the , losing by one card to Rowsome. He was eliminated while Rowsome moved up to 25,000 in chips.
Jerry Vanstrydonck and Mark Johns got all in the money in preflop. Johns was the player at risk and all in for 12,800. He held the and Vanstrydonck the .
The board ran out and Vanstrydonck earned the elimination to move to 38,000 in chips.
Once the no-limit hold'em round hit the tables, it's been a fury of bustouts coming left and right. Here's another one and it's Hasan Habib who hit the rail.
Habib was all in with the and up against the for Alexey Makarov. The board ran through and Makarov made trip jacks to send Habib packing. Makaraov increased to 34,000 in chips.
Brant Hale raised to 1,050 before Vitaly Lunkin reraised to 2,900. Hale tanked for a bit and then made the call.
The first three community cards came down and Lunkin, who was acting from the big blind, bet out 2,000. Hale tanked for some Hollywood effect and then moved all in. Lunkin quickly snapped him off.
Lunkin had flopped top set with the and Hale held the . The turn was the and the river the , giving Lunkin quads, although all he needed was to dodge an ace. He eliminated Hale from the tournament.
"Why did this hand take so long to play? It's aces versus queens and you have like 10 big blinds," commented Greg Mueller on all the Hollywooding that was done.
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and Hofman check-called one bet.
and Hofman check-raised the cutoff seat out of the pot to scoop in the side pot first. He held the 
. Raymond held the 
. The river was a 
and the two chopped up the pot, allowing Raymond to stay alive and get back to 1,450.
, Raymond held the 
and the other player held the 
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with Shamseddin checking before Serock bet. Shamseddin and Mizrachi both called.
on the river, Shamseddin checked, Serock bet and Mizrachi raised. Shamseddin used his turn to get out of the hand and folded while Serock called.
while Mizrachi mucked, saying "queen."
when Hang and Billirakis both picked up straight-draws.
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and Morrison check-folded to a bet of 1,725 from Minieri.
and the river the 
, giving Lunkin quads, although all he needed was to dodge an ace. He eliminated Hale from the tournament.
