After getting crippled down to just 200 in chips, Andrew Brown has been on the comeback trail. First he won a pot in Stud-8 to get back to 700 before wisely investing that money into a hand shortly thereafter. Brown won that pot and now has 4,000 in chips.
We caught the action on the flop as Max Pescatori and PokerStars Team Pro Andre Akkari played a heads-up hand.
Flop:
Pescatori, known as the "Italian Pirate", led out for a bet of 1,200 and Akkari made the call. The turn card came and both players checked the action.
River:
Pescatori led out for a bet of 2,400 and Akkari made the crying call. The Pirate's proved to be good enough and Akkari mucked his hand. We will keep you updated as these two veterans of the tournament circuit continue to do battle.
Cyndy Violette bet fourth and fifth after her opponent checked and was called both times. On sixth street, Violette paired and checked. Her opponent bet and she called. On seventh, both players checked.
Violette tabled the for sixes full of eights. Her opponent showed the for a spade flush. Violette won the hand and moved to 27,000 in chips.
We missed the most of the betting but a large pot was at stake as Eli Elezra and David Bach played a heads-up hand.
Bach tabled the for two pair, aces and jacks, and Elezra mucked his cards with a smile, saying, "Is that all David, just two pair?" Elezra must not be accustomed to losing pots so far in this $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event, as he appeared to be surprised that his holding was not the winner.
We picked up the action on fourth street in this hand between 2009 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. winner David Bach and one other player. Bach check-called fourth and fifth before his opponent acted first on sixth. Bach also called a bet on that street.
On seventh, Bach raised after his opponent bet and the player called. Bach showed the from his hole cards for deuces full of queens and his opponent mucked after flashing just the . Bach won the pot and moved to 45,000 in chips.
Picking up the action on fourth street, Eli Elezra checked-called a bet from his opponent to see fifth street. On fifth, both players checked and then on sixth, Elezra led with a bet. His opponent called. After receiving seventh street face down, both Elezra and his opponent checked.
Elezra revealed the for two pair, tens and sixes. His opponent mucked and Elezra won the pot. He's now at 141,000 in chips.
The Matador bet 1,200 on third street and was raised to 2,400 by his opponent. Mortensen came along and slowed down on fourth street, checking the action. His opponent fired a bet of 2,400 at the tournament veteran and Mortensen made the call. The action repeated itself on sixth street and after the last down card was dealt, Mortensen's opponent pushed all in for his last few chips.
The two-time bracelet winner looked his man up and tabled the for an ace-high flush, while his opponent could only show down the for a pair of aces. The opponent was eliminated and Mortensen built his stack to over 39,000 chips.