We arrived at the table to find Greg Mueller all in and at risk before the draw against Jeff Lisandro. Lisandro stood pat with his hand and Mueller opted to draw one.
Lisandro:
Mueller:
Mueller was drawing live with his last card and needed to catch a deuce, trey, six, or eight to stay alive. He squeezed his card out slowly.
"No-across!" said Mueller. "No-across heart!"
He continued to squeeze until a wave of disappointment washed over his face. He flung the on the table, pairing his deuce and sending him to the rail.
"How is that not a three?" he lamented as he gathered his belongings.
Lisandro was able to score the elimination and boost his stack up to about 58,000.
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When we arrived at the table, Ben Yu was all in and at risk and fanned a jack-seven. It was no good against five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Jeff Lisandro's , though, and Yu was eliminated.
At an adjacent table, Bernard Lee was all in before the draw for roughly 12,000 or so. Jon Turner called, drawing one, while Lee fanned a . Turner showed , then peeled back the to make a nighty-eight and eliminate Lee.
Benjamin Parker opened to 2,600 from under the gun and Paul Volpe three-bet to 5,800 from the next seat over. It folded around to Parker who flat called.
At the draw, Parker took one and Volpe stood pat. Parker checked post-draw and Volpe cut out a bet of 7,200. Parker went into the tank for well over a minute before finally deciding to muck his hand. Volpe dragged the pot and now has around 205,000 in chips.
Brian Hastings raised to 2,700 in early position, Jesse Martin flatted on the button, and both blinds released. Hastings drew two, Martin one, and Hastings led out for 9,000. Martin quickly called.
Hastings announced he had a ten, but quickly mucked when Martin fanned for a rough ninety-eight.
Seven-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Billy Baxter was all in before the draw for 11,400. Vincent Musso had him at risk, and patted with a . Baxter drew one, and made a to double.
Dee Tiller raised to 7,000 from the cutoff and it folded to Konstantin Puchkov in the big blind. Puchkov called and drew one which prompted Tiller to tap the table and stand pat.
Puchkov took his time looking at his new card but eventually decided to check. Tiller checked back and threw over which was enough to take down the pot. Tiller is now sitting on about 68,000 while Puchkov has dropped to around 17,000.
on the table, pairing his deuce and sending him to the rail.
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