George Rechnitzer limped in from middle position, then Erik Seidel raised from the cutoff. Rechnitzer called, and the pair saw the flop come . Rechnitzer bet, and Seidel called. The turn was the , and again Rechnitzer bet and Seidel called.
The river brought the and another bet from Rechnitzer. This time Seidel folded, preserving the 9,000 he has left. Rechnitzer flashed two of his hole cards -- -- as he collected the chips. He has 31,000.
In a three-way hand that was four-bet preflop, Scott Clements found himself all in for his last 7,000 against Alex Kravchenko and Jonathan Spinks. The flop came , Kravchenko bet and Spinks called.
The turn was the , and this time Kravchenko checked and let Spinks bet, thereby committing all but the very last of his chips. The Russian just called, but the pair essentially put the rest of Spinks' chips in dark as the river came the .
Kravchenko tabled for a straight, which neither Spinks nor Clements could beat. Two knockouts for Kravchenko, who now has about 40,000.
Scotty Nguyen raised preflop and was called on the button by Hoyt Verner and Jason Potter in the big blind. The was checked to Verner who bet, Potter check-raised and Nguyen folded. Verner made the call then called another bet on the [Kc} turn. We missed the river action but it looked as though both players checked the , Potter showing for jacks and sevens, Verner flashing having missed everything, unable to even take half the pot.
Michael Binger raised the cutoff and Benjamin Lukas made it two bets from the small blind, Binger then called bets the whole way on the board but mucked when he saw his opponent's for the nut low and two pair.
For this half-and-half tourney of split-pot games, here's a split-post.
Stud 8
Matthew Wood completed with the and it folded around to Mickey Appleman, sitting on Wood's right, who completed with the up. Wood paused, leaving Appleman an opening. "Come on, I haven't won a hand in two hours."
Wood then folded, showing he had another underneath. "Now you've won one," said Perry Friedman. Appleman currently has about 26,000.
Omaha 8
They switched games on the next hand, and on this one it was Wood who was wishing for some charity. But none came after he and Mayu Roca Uribe put in several bets on every street to the river as the board filled out . When Uribe bet on the final street, Wood shook his head in disgust, and turned over his hand -- -- before mucking.
Wood is now down to about 6,000, while Uribe has about 48,000.
We are fast approaching the money bubble, with the short stacks starting to eye the big board as the "Players" number decreases. Just 52 remain, meaning with four more eliminations they'll be in the money.
Stud 8
Erik Seidel had been nursing a short stack for some time before finally busting. Christopher Amaral followed him to the rail shortly thereafter.
In Amaral's final hand, he was all in with one card to come with versus Ben Yu's . Yu picked up the on the end, and so still had queens up. Amaral needed to pair up or hit the last ace, but whatever he received on seventh didn't help him and he tossed his cards dealerward.
. Rechnitzer bet, and Seidel called. The turn was the 
, and again Rechnitzer bet and Seidel called.
and another bet from Rechnitzer. This time Seidel folded, preserving the 9,000 he has left. Rechnitzer flashed two of his hole cards -- 
-- as he collected the chips. He has 31,000.![[user76023]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, Kravchenko bet and Spinks called.
, and this time Kravchenko checked and let Spinks bet, thereby committing all but the very last of his chips. The Russian just called, but the pair essentially put the rest of Spinks' chips in dark as the river came the 
.
for a straight, which neither Spinks nor Clements could beat. Two knockouts for Kravchenko, who now has about 40,000.
was checked to Verner who bet, Potter check-raised and Nguyen folded. Verner made the call then called another bet on the [Kc} turn. We missed the river action but it looked as though both players checked the 
for jacks and sevens, Verner flashing 
having missed everything, unable to even take half the pot.
board but mucked when he saw his opponent's 
and it folded around to Mickey Appleman, sitting on Wood's right, who completed with the 
up. Wood paused, leaving Appleman an opening. "Come on, I haven't won a hand in two hours."
. When Uribe bet on the final street, Wood shook his head in disgust, and turned over his hand -- 
versus Ben Yu's 
. Yu picked up the