Scott Seiver has just been eliminated by the hands of Bill Chen. Chen raised pre draw and Seiver three-bet, after which Chen called.
Both players took two cards, Seiver bet, Chen raised and Seiver moved all in for 5,000. Chen called and took two cards on the second draw while Seiver stood pat.
On the final draw Chen stood pat, and Seiver decided to take one. Chen showed while Seiver turned over . He hit another and was eliminated from this event.
The four players above went to fourth street and Shaun Deeb was first. He bet and Nikolai Yakovenko put in a raise. Viktor Blom reraised and Abe Mosseri folded. Deeb reraised and Yakovenko called. Blom also called.
On fifth street, both Deeb and Yakovenko paired up, leaving Blom to act first. He bet and Deeb raised. Yakovenko folded and Blom called.
On sixth street, Blom check-called a bet from Deeb before check-folded on seventh street.
Right before the break we lost both Bertrand Grospellier and George Lind. Both players tweeted about their exits. Mike Sexton also got eliminated, and we are down to 98 players.
elkypoker Bertrand GrospellierAnd busted it in NL when Roebl decided to gamble up in bad spot and obv win the flip. #whenwilltheylearn #hopefullynever #fmlJune 25 2012
GeorgeLindIII George Lind IIIBusto from this disaster of a tournament #wsop45June 25 2012
During the last level, Mike Sexton was eliminated by David Grey. Grey had raised and Sexton reraised all in for 16,000. Grey made the call with two jacks and Sexton was at risk with nines. No help came for Sexton and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Stud-8
Luke Schwartz is mostly known for his antics and his No Limit Hold'em game. But he also knows how to play the other games as he's doing well on day two of this event.
Luke Schwartz
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David Oppenheim
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Schwartz completed it on third street and Oppenheim was his only caller. On fourth street Oppeneheim bet and Schwartz called. On fifth street Kenney paired up and he bet, Oppenheim called. Sixth street still gave Kenney the betting lead and he fired at it again. Oppenheim called.
On seventh street Schwartz bet again, Oppenheim raised, Schwartz three-bet and Oppenheim folded giving the Englishman the pot without showdown.
Vladimir Shchmelev completed and Jason Mercier raised. Shchmelev called and then called bets on fourth, fifth and sixth from Mercier. On seventh street, both players checked.
Mercier showed the for a pair of nines and won the pot. Shchmelev mucked.
We just lost Naoya Kihara, the first Japanese bracelet winner who took down the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event earlier this Series. Nick Schulman was the one who took Kihara's chips, but he's also in the danger zone with just 52,000 chips.
John Juanda
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Naoya Kihara
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Nick Schulman
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John Juanda completed it on third street, Kihara raised, Schulman three-bet, Juanda folded and Kihara put in the fourth raise. Schulman called giving us heads up action on fourth street.
Kihara only had 1,200 chips left and he moved all in. Schulman called. Schulman's pair of queens held up and Kihara got knocked out.