In what was the final hand of a rather uneventful round of stud-8, Sebastian Saffari brought in and Scott Abrams completed. Christopher George called and Saffari stuck around.
Abrams checked on fourth street and George fired out a bet. Saffari called and Abrams called as well. George was first to act on fifth and checked his option. This time it was Saffari who led out and Abrams called once more. Geroge stayed the course and Saffari paired up his sevens on sixth. He led out once again and received two callers.
Saffari led out one last time on seventh and Abrams mucked his hand. George tossed out a raise and Saffari called.
"Straight to the seven," said George, fanning .
Saffari looked stunned as he flashed for two pair and an eight-low. George was able to scoop up this massive pot and now sits on about 630,000 in chips.
Six more relatively quiet hands marked the no-limit hold'em round as the final five players continue to cycle through the 10 games.
The first NLHE hand saw Scott Abrams raise to 15,000 from the cutoff, Brandon Wong three-bet to 50,000 from the small blind, and Abrams fold.
The next was a limped pot between Sebastian Saffari and Philip Sternheimer playing in the blinds. Sternhemier fired on an all-spade flop — — and took the pot.
Saffari then button-raised to 12,000 and got one call from Abrams in the big blind. The flop came . Abrams checked, Saffari bet 11,000, and Abrams folded.
Then Abrams opened for 16,000 from the small blind and Christopher George called from a seat over. The flop came , and Abrams bet 19,000, good enough to win the pot.
The round then ended quietly with a couple more raise-and-take hands.
In what was the only significant hand of the razz round, we picked up with the action on fourth street. Sebastian Saffari check-called a bet from Scott Abrams on this street and both players checked fifth. Saffari led out on both sixth and seventh. Abrams went into the tank on seventh but eventually decided to toss out a call. Saffari tabled for a wheel and was able to drag in the pot.
The last hand of the level was the first of the limit hold'em round. Christopher George opened from the cutoff, Sebastian Saffari three-bet from the small blind, and George called. The flop came , and when Saffari led out, George let his hand go.
The limit hold'em round concluded with three no-flop hands and two that went to fifth street.
In one of the latter two, Sebastian Saffari raised the button and Scott Abrams defended the big blind. Abrams then check-called bets after the flop and turn. The river brought the and a leading bet from Abrams, and Saffari let his hand go.
The other hand in which all five community cards were involved also began with a Saffari raise (from the cutoff), a three-bet from Abrams (small blind), then a four-bet from Christopher George (big blind). Both Saffari and Abrams called the four-bet, and the three players saw the flop come .
It checked to George who bet, Saffari raised, Abrams folded, and George called. The turn brought the and a check-call by George of another Saffari bet.
The river was the , and this time both players checked. George tabled for queens, and Saffari mucked.
Philip Sternheimer raised before the draw and Christopher George called from the button. Brandon Wong made it three bets from the small blind and both players called. Wong immediately stood pat and both Sternheimer and George drew two cards. Wong fired out a bet and Sternheimer folded. George called.
On the second draw, Wong tapped the table again and George drew one. Wong led out and find a raise from George. Wong flat called. The third draw saw Wong stand pat for the final time and George decided to take one card. The action went check-check on the final betting round and George mucked after Wong fanned for a ten badugi.
The next hand, Wong opened with a raise from the button and found a three-bet from Sebastian Saffari in the small blind. Wong called and watched as Saffari stood pat. Wong drew two and called a bet.
On the second draw, Wong drew two once more and and called another bet. Both players were pat on the third draw and checked the third betting round. Wong won with a for a jack badugi. After this round, Wong is now up to about 645,000 in chips.
Of the six stud hands, the first saw the most action, while the last two saw a couple of instances of players making big open pairs on fourth street to win small pots.
In the first hand Scott Abrams completed and both Christopher George and Brandon Wong called. Abrams then checked fourth and when George bet only Wong stuck around. George led on fifth and Wong called, then George check-called a Wong bet on sixth.
Abrams: () / — FOLDED
George: () /
Wong: () /
On seventh both remaining players checked, and Wong tabled for eights and sixes. It was good enough, as George folded.
The fifth hand of the round saw Abrams pairing his showing queen on fourth, scattering two opponents. Then the last saw Wong pairing his up card king on fourth, and Saffari backed away at the sight of the big pair.
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for two pair and an eight-low. George was able to scoop up this massive pot and now sits on about 630,000 in chips.
— and took the pot.
, and Abrams bet 19,000, good enough to win the pot.
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, and when Saffari led out, George let his hand go.
flop and 
and a leading bet from Abrams, and Saffari let his hand go.
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, and this time both players checked. George tabled 
for a ten badugi.
for a jack badugi. After this round, Wong is now up to about 645,000 in chips.
