When we reached the table, Elezra was all in against Buchman. The two got it in on fifth street, and Elezra picked up the , giving him more outs to beat Buchman. When he received his last card, he slowly began to sweat it.
"It's an ace, two or three," he said after seeing that it had no sides.
He unhappily flipped over the however, which wasn't good enough to beat Buchman's fives. Elezra hit the rail, while Buchman is up to 50,000 chips.
Eric Buchman just bet on seventh into a pot that had well over 20,000 chips in it. Seiver must have missed a draw as he quickly mucked once he looked at his card. Seiver has just 6,500 left as we near the bubble. Buchman, on the other hand, has reached 75,000.
Ali Eslami completed with the eight showing and got one caller in Sohail Afra. Both players checked the turn, with Eslami calling on fifth street. When Afra checked sixth street, it was Eslami's turn to bet and Afra's turn to call. Both players checked seventh street, and Afra flipped up for a pair of jacks. It was good enough to take the pot, as Eslami mucked his cards and dropped down to 47,000. Afra chipped up to 27,000.
Andy Bloch completed after the brought in and Chad Brown called. The two went to fourth street heads up and Bloch continued his aggression with a bet. Brown called.
On fifth street Bloch bet out again, Brown called to make a pair of sixes on sixth. This time Brown led out with his new found pair and Bloch called.
Brown checked dark as seventh street was dealt and Bloch began to peel his card. He missed, checked and Brown showed Tens and Sixes for two pair to ship the pot.
Bruno Stefanelli was in dire need of a double up with just about 2500 chips, and he got all of those in the middle on three street against Alex Wice, who was the only caller. Stefanelli flipped up for an early straight draw, and Wice showed for a baby pair. Wice would get two pair by the end, but Stefanelli had a better two pair with tens and nines, and took down the pot to boost his stack to 5,600. Wice dropped down to 28,000.
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Buchman completed, Bloch raised, and Buchman was his only caller. Bloch led out on fourth street and Buchman called. After catching a pair on fifth, it was Buchman's turn to lead. Bloch called. Buchman again bet on sixth, Bloch called, and Buchman bet blind on seventh. Bloch sweated his last card, tanked momentarily, and tossed in two yellow T1,000 chips to make the call.
"Just a pair of fives," Buchman sighed.
Bloch tabled for a pair of aces, scooped the pot, and is now up to 77,000 chips. Buchman dropped to 46,000.
Just ten minutes ago, we reported about how stacked table 282 was. After the last table break, you can now add Eli Elezra to that list, as he is taking the empty seat between Eric Buchman and Eugene Katchalov. Also, we are down to six tables, meaning that we are just eight spots from the money about an hour and ten minutes from the dinner break.
With just 51 players and a handful of big names left, its not uncommon to see two TV faces side by side. However, one table has put a new meaning to the term "table of death." Sitting next to each other in a row are Eric Buchman, Eugene Katchalov, Scott Seiver, Andy Bloch, and Chad Brown. It should be a very interesting table to keep an eye on.
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brought in and Chad Brown called. The two went to fourth street heads up and Bloch continued his aggression with a bet. Brown called.
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