Robert Mizrachi, who made the final table of this event in 2010 when his brother won, is doing very well and just worked himself into the top 10.
Robert Mizrachi
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Bill Chen
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David Chiu
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Mizrachi completed it, Bill Chen raised and David Chiu called. Mizrachi called as well and on fourth Chen had the betting lead. He bet, Chiu raised, Mizrachi called and Chen called as well.
On fifth street Mizrachi bet, Chen folded and Chiu made the call. On sixth street Chiu check-called again. Seventh street didn't slow Mizrachi down who bet, and now Chiu gave up his hand.
Action folded to John Juanda in the hijack and he went all in for 34,800. Joe Cassidy called from the cutoff and the rest of the table folded.
Juanda:
Cassidy:
The flop fell to give Juanda the lead with aces up, but the hit the turn to give it right back to Cassidy with a set. Juanda was not saved by the river, sending him to the rail.
Greg Mueller raised from middle position to 4,500 and John Hennigan called from them button to see the flop. After Mueller bet 5,000, Hennigan raised to 12,500. Mueller called.
On the turn, Mueller checked and Hennigan bet 22,000. Mueller made the call and the river completed the board with the . Both players checked.
Mueller showed the , but his ace high was no good against the for Hennigan, who had two pair and won the pot.
Phil Ivey had a really tough day so far, but he just managed to chip up right after the dinner break in a pot against Justin Smith.
Phil Ivey
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Justin Smith
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On third street Ivey completed and Smith called. Smith got first option on fourth street and bet, Ivey called. The option switched to Ivey on fifth street and he bet, Smith called. Smith paired up on sixth street, and called another bet.
Seventh street was dealt down and Ivey fired out another bet. Smith folded his hand and Ivey raked in the pot without showdown.
Joe Cassidy was the chip leader at dinner break, but that is not the case anymore.
We arrived at his table in the midst of a hefty pot that included Dan Kelly and Chris Klodnicki. On sixth street, the betting was capped and about 165,000 was in the pot. Their boards read as follows:
Cassidy:
Kelly:
Klodnicki:
On seventh street, Cassidy held the on-board lead and checked. Kelly was next to act and bet. Klodnicki called, but Cassidy put in a raise. Kelly called, but this time Klodnicki re-raised. A call from Cassidy and Kelly revealed the following.
Klodnicki:
Kelly:
Klodnicki's full house and Kelly's 7-6 low chopped the pot, leaving Cassidy with about 80,000 less in chips.
On back-to-back hands Allen Kessler lose two pots against Bill Chen. Kessler wasn't happy, and that's an understatement.
Kessler raised it up to 8,000 and Bill Chen made the call from the big blind. Chen drew three cards and Kessler needed two.
Chen checked to Kessler who bet 4,000 and opted to check-raise to 8,000. Kessler called and Chen stood pat.
"Pat? Really?" Kessler said out loud as he was surprised with Chen's move.
"Sometimes I take five cards and pat," Chen replied with a s smile while Kessler was pondering over his decision. The Chainsaw ended up taking two cards, and Chen fired out 8,000 right away. Kessler tanked for a bit before releasing his hand with some frustration.
On the very next hand Kessler raised again, and Chen three-bet from the small blind. Kessler called and both players took two cards.
Chen bet 4,000 and Kessler called. On the second draw Chen took one card and Kessler needed two again. Chen bet 8,000 and Kessler called. Both players took one card on the final draw.
"Let's see who gets lucky here," Kessler said as both players received their final card.
"I check," Chen said after which Kessler turned over the in frustration. Chen showed the after which he revealed the rest of this hand, . Chen took down this pot as well and he's now back up to around 135,000 chips. Kessler is knocked to around 100,000 and uttered the words, "This is really aggravating!"
We arrived at the table just as Eric Rodawig was sweating his final draw card with a already. He turned over another , falling to Keith Gipson who had a and fifth card we didn't quite catch.
The action was picked up on fifth street as Eugene Katchalov got all of his money in against John Hanson and Hoi Cheung. On sixth street, Cheung check-called a bet from Hanson. On seventh, the same action happened with Cheung check-calling.
Hanson turned over the for aces and eights and an eight-seven low. Cheung mucked and Katchalov showed the for a weaker two pair. Haonson scooped the pot and Katchalov was eliminated.
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after the final drawing round, and Cunningham mucked his cards.
to give Juanda the lead with aces up, but the 
hit the turn to give it right back to Cassidy with a set. Juanda was not saved by the 
river, sending him to the rail.
flop. After Mueller bet 5,000, Hennigan raised to 12,500. Mueller called.
. Both players checked.
, but his ace high was no good against the 
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after which he revealed the rest of this hand, 
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