The action folded around to Yarron Bendor who raised from the cutoff; he found one caller in the form of "Miami" John Cernuto from the big blind, so off they went heads-up to the first draw, where Cernuto drew two cards and opened the betting. Bendor, who drew one card, flat called, and then both players took one card each and checked on both the second and third draws.
Bendor tabled a three-card hand of (), but Cernuto's hand was best with his three-card of ().
Sorry to give you three John Cernuto hands in a row, but that's just how it worked out right now. As we walked back by to count down "Miami" John's chips, he was involved in another pot.
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Brandon Adams opened from the cutoff seat, and Cernuto three-bet him in position. Adams called, and both players took one card and checked. They took one card apiece on the second draw as well, but this time Cernuto bet it. Adams check-called, and both men took one card again. Adams felt the urge now, and he led out with the last bet. Cernuto quickly called.
Adams didn't want to show, but Cernuto waited patiently to see () for the three-card jack. Cernuto had a three-card as well, but his () was significantly better and good enough to take down the pot. Up and down he goes, and Cernuto stops on 39,000 for now.
Alexander Kostritsyn raised to 3,000 from under the gun before the flop, but only found one caller in the form of Brian Haveson from UTG +1 to go heads-up to the flop of . Kostritsyn led out for 4,500 and Haveson leaned over the dealer and asked for a count.
"About a hundred," was Kostritsyn's reply. Havenson sat back down and just flat-called, then both players checked down the turn of the and the river . Haveson tabled for a pair and a flush draw, but it was enough to take the pot down.
We picked up the action on the flop, heads-up. Rep Porter was in the big blind, and he checked to Lyle Berman, the preflop raiser. Berman made a bet of 4,500, and Porter called.
On the turn, the drew checks from both players, and Porter decided to take the lead after the river. He made it 7,000 to call, and Berman tanked before doing just that. It sounded like Porter mumbled that he had pocket kings but we can't be sure. What we can be sure of is that Berman's was the best hand at showdown, and it's given him a chip boost up to 97,000.
Porter is getting low now, down to 31,900 with some work to do.
Marco Traniello raised from UTG +1 and found only caller in the form of Freddy Deeb from the button, so off they went heads-up to the flop of . Traniello led out and Deeb called both after the flop and after the turn of the , but when Traniello opened again on the river of the , Deeb let his hand go.
With the field now down to just 49 players (seven bust-outs from the money), we suspect that it will be slow going from this point. And rightly so - each player that makes it into the money in this event (let alone win it) will be creating history!
Brian Powell had been near the top of the chip counts at one stage, but after taking several hits, he's just managed to triple up through Steve Sung and John D'Agostino.
Sung raised from under the gun and D'Agostino reraised from UTG +1 before the action folded around to Powell who four-bet it from the big blind. Sung called, but D'Agostino capped the action. Powell and Sung both called and they each took one card in the first draw while D'Agostino opted for two.
Powell bet and both Sung and D'Agostino called, then on the second draw, Sung stood pat while Powell and D'Agostino each swapped one card. Powell checked, Sung bet and D'Agostino called, but Powell check-raised all-in for another 500.
Both Sung and D'Agostino called, and while Powell and D'Agostino drew one more card each, Sung stood pat again and checked his option to D'Agostino, who also checked. Powell quickly showed down and that was plenty good to triple up.
Sung is down to 71,500, but D'Agostino is sitting pretty with 115,500 in chips.
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for a pair and a flush draw, but it was enough to take the pot down.
drew checks from both players, and Porter decided to take the lead after the 
river. He made it 7,000 to call, and Berman tanked before doing just that. It sounded like Porter mumbled that he had pocket kings but we can't be sure. What we can be sure of is that Berman's 
was the best hand at showdown, and it's given him a chip boost up to 97,000.
. Traniello led out and Deeb called both after the flop and after the turn of the 
, but when Traniello opened again on the river of the 
, Deeb let his hand go.
