After taking a hit and being left with 115,000, Rep Porter raised to 20,000 from the cutoff only to have Mikal Blomlie three-bet pot. Porter committed his remaining chips and the cards were turned on their backs:
Porter:
Blomlie:
Blomlie was ahead with kings and would stay there as the board ran out an uneventful . Porter exited in 11th place, good for $14,823.
Matt Hawrilenko grew short and committed his last 7,500 with a in Razz. Both Donnacha O'Dea and Chris McHugh came along, with the former betting the next three streets and the latter calling.
On seventh, they both checked and discovered they had the same low, which was good enough to send Hawrilenko packing.
Action folded to Kevin Calenzo in the cutoff and he put in a raise, which saw Scott Seiver call off for 19,500 from the small blind before drawing one card, which he would do on every street. Calenzo, on the other hand, drew two on the first draw and then stood pat on the next two.
Seiver just shook his head, which was Calenzo's cue to roll over . Seiver sent his cards to the muck and made his way to the payout desk in 15th place.
Donnacha O'Dea completed with the and was called by Jennifer Harman, who was showing the . Rep Porter then opted to raise with the , and both his opponents called. Porter kept the lead on the turn and bet again, but slowed down with a check on fifth after both Harman and O'Dea had called. That opened the door for the latter to put out a bet, and Harman called off for 7,000.
Porter came along for the ride and even called a bet from O'Dea on sixth, but folded when the Irishman bet seventh. Harman didn't even wait to see O'Dea's full house before she swooped up her cards and sent them to the muck.
Action folded around to a short-stacked Calvin Anderson on the button and he raised to 16,500. Rep Porter was in the big blind and just called, which inspired Anderson to bet his last 18,000 in the dark and out of turn.
"Betting dark?" Porter asked.
"If you want to check," Anderson said referencing the fact that if his opponent checked he was obligated to commit the bet. Porter did check the flop and immediately called Anderson's bet.
Porter:
Anderson:
Anderson was drawing slim, but the was left drawing dead when the turn gave Porter a full house.
A short-stacked Freddy Deeb got all in preflop after Joseph Couden had opened with a raise.
Showdown
Deeb:
Couden:
The flop gave Deeb a pair of kings, while the turn imrpoved him to two pair. Unfortunately for him, the would spike on the river to give Couden a straight and the win.
Mikal Blomlie had the bring-in with a and cleared the field to a short-stacked Jerrod Ankenman, who promptly raised. Action was back on Blomlie and he decided to raise after seeing that Ankenmann had just 6,900 behind. The latter made the call and was at risk.
Ankenman: / /
Blomlie: / /
Ankenman was excited for a moment when he made a J-10-9-7-4 low, but then noticed Blomlie made a J-8-5-3-A low to win the pot. Ankenman's bid to win this event for the second time in four years comes up short as he becomes our 20th-place finisher.
We got the details after the fact, but we can confirm that Steve Sung has been eliminated in 23rd place. It happened in a hand of Stud against Michael Chow when the money went in on fifth street.
Sung: /
Chow: /
Sung had a big hand with a good draw, but he'd fail to improve while Chow would catch a to make jacks and nines.
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Action folded to a short-stacked Jeff Madsen in the cutoff and he potted. David "ODB" Baker then reraised from the big blind and Madsen committed for 16,000 total.
Showdown
Madsen:
Baker:
The flop wasn't much help to Madsen, while the gave him some outs to a straight. Unfortunately for him, the on the river would give Baker a full house and the win. Madsen, the 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year, made his way to the payout desk in 26th place to collect $6,587.
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Chad HollowayFreddy Deeb is one of 13 bracelet winners remaining
Two days ago, the 2012 World Series of Poker kicked off Event #37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix, which featured alternating rounds of Triple-Draw 2-7, Limit Hold'em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, No-Limit Hold’em, and Pot Limit Omaha. What started with 477 players is down to the final 27, all of who will return today to play down to a winner.
Of the 27, Joe Couden leads the way with 303,300. With that said, he has some stiff competition close behind including the 2009 champion of this event, Jerrod Ankenman (215,900); and thirteen other bracelet winners including Rep Porter (237,200), Jennifer Harman (204,300), Scott Seiver (169,000), Greg Mueller (163,600), Freddy Deeb (156,900), Chris Viox (145,000), Jeff Madsen (106,300) and Barry Greenstein (103,600).
To say the field is stacked would be an understatement. The question is, can one of the few amateurs remaining defy the odds and outlast the pros?
Former Eight-Game Mix Champions
Year
Player
Entrants
Prize
2011
John Monnette
489
$278,144
2010
Sigurd Eskeland
453
$260,497
2009
Jerrod Ankenman
412
$241,637
2008*
Anthony Rivera
192
$483,688
*Featured $10,000 buy-in.
That questions will be answered today as action recommences at 2 PM PST, which is about 45 minutes from now. Be sure to join us then as we look to crown the latest bracelet winner of the 2012 WSOP.
. Porter exited in 11th place, good for $14,823.
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. Seiver sent his cards to the muck and made his way to the payout desk in 15th place.
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, and both his opponents called. Porter kept the lead on the turn and bet again, but slowed down with a check on fifth after both Harman and O'Dea had called. That opened the door for the latter to put out a bet, and Harman called off for 7,000.
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flop and immediately called Anderson's bet.
flop gave Deeb a pair of kings, while the 
would spike on the river to give Couden a straight and the win.
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