It seems like every other hand John Monnette and Huu Vinh are going at it. In a recent hand, Vinh completed with the and was called by his nemesis, who was showing the . Monnette took the lead on the turn and led out, only to have Vinh put in a raise. Monnette made the call and then check-called bets on both fifth and sixth streets before both players checked seventh.
Vinh: /
Monnette: (x-x) / / (x)
Vinh sheepishly turned over his pair of queens, but it proved enough to get the job done.
John Monnette completed with the and Jeff Lisandro called with his . Monnette proceeded to fire every street while Lisandro called him down every step of the way.
Monnette: /
Lisandro: (x-x) / / (x)
Lisandro's cards remained a mystery as he sent them to the muck after seeing Monnette's trip jacks.
Bryn Kenney completed with the , and Huu Vinh called along showing the .
Kenney: (x-x) / ...
Vinh: (x-x) / ...
Kenney bet his lead on fourth street, then check-raised all in on fifth. Vinh quickly called the remainder, and Kenney was at risk. The down cards were upped, and the boards ran out like this:
Kenney: / /
Vinh: / /
Vinh's jacks up were plenty good, and he's sent Kenney off in seventh place. That's good for $27,062 as a consolation prize, but his first bracelet will have to wait for now.
After John Monnette completed, Mark Dickstein put in a raise. Monnette not only called that bet, he called one on the turn before raising Dickstein's bet on fifth street. The latter called off and was ahead with a pair of tens, though he needed to dodge the overs and flush draw of Monnette.
Monnette: / /
Dickstein: / /
Unfortunately for Dickstein, his opponent hit his flush on seventh and his run came to an end in sixth place.
After action was brought in, short-stacked Jeff Lisandro completed and received a call from Perry Friedman. The 2009 WSOP Player of the Year then led out on the turn only to call off when Friedman raised.
Lisandro: / /
Friedman: / /
Lisandro was ahead with nines when the money went in, but he needed to dodge Friedman's gut-shot straight draw, which became a double-gutted straight draw on fifth street. Sixth gave Friedman more outs, but it was the on seventh that would give him the straight and send the five-time bracelet winner to the rail. Lisandro misses out on his sixth bracelet, which would have been his fifth in Stud variations, but he left with a $41,789 consolation prize for his fifth-place finish.
With Jeff Lisandro's elimination, which accounted for five WSOP bracelets leaving the table, there are just two bracelets represent. Perry Friedman accounts for one from winning the 2002 World Series of Poker Event #3 $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo for $176,860, while John Monnette accounts for the other thank to his Event #23 $2,500 Eight Game Mix win last year for $278,144.
Will one of these men be able to capture their second bracelet, or will either Huu Vihn or Tim Finne get their first taste of WSOP gold?
Perry Friedman completed with the only to have John Monnette, who was showing the , put in a raise. Friedman made the call and proceeded to check-call bets on every street only to muck when Monnette revealed a flush.
and was called by his nemesis, who was showing the 
. Monnette took the lead on the turn and led out, only to have Vinh put in a raise. Monnette made the call and then check-called bets on both fifth and sixth streets before both players checked seventh.
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and Jeff Lisandro called with his 
. Monnette proceeded to fire every street while Lisandro called him down every step of the way.
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