Gavin Smith had nursed a short stack for a while before finally finding himself all in on fifth street in a stud-8 hand versus Daniel Makowsky.
They turned over their down cards, with Smith revealing his () / and Makowsky () /
Makowsky picked up a , then a on seventh, leaving him with a pair of sixes and no low. Smith meanwhile picked up the on sixth and thus needed to beat Makowsky's high hand to survive. Whatever his last card was didn't help Smith, however, as he mucked and headed to the cashier as the 28th-place finisher.
Felipe Tavares opened the action by completing and Mike Wattel raised when action came around to him. It folded back to Tavares and he put Wattel, who had a small amount left behind, all in.
"That's a pretty good hand," Wattel said showing his rolled up eights.
Wattel retained the lead throughout the entire hand but did have a fairly big sweat heading to seventh street. Tavares did not make trips, a straight, or a flush, though, and Wattel was able to double up.
We've lost two more from the field as both Freddy Deeb and Marcel Luske have hit the rail during the Omaha-8 round at their respective tables.
Deeb fell in 31st place after getting the last of his chips in following a flop holding versus James's . The turn was the and the river the , and Deeb was out.
Luske was eliminated shortly thereafter in 30th after losing his last hand to Daniel Makowsky.
We arrived at the table to see Kendall Fukumoto all in and at risk before the flop against Felipe Tavares.
Fukumoto:
Tavares:
The flop gave Fukumoto additional hope when it brought him an open-ended straight draw with , but he ultimately failed to connect as the rolled off on the turn and the finished off the board. Tavares was able to score the knockout and bring his stack up to 78,000.
Prior to this, Robert Price and Joseph DeLuca were eliminated from play in unknown action.
Picking up with the action on a flop of , we found Marcel Luske fire out a bet from the small blind. Sebastion Saffari folded and Gavin Smith called from the button. The turn brought down the and Luske bet out once more. Smith called to see a third spade hit the board on the river in the form of the . Luske moved out one more bet and Smith slapped his cards into the muck.
"I don't know about this," remarked Luske as he tabled . "They're the right color, wrong suit."
Smith shook his head as Luske dragged in the pot. He's currently sitting on about 46,000 while Smith has fallen to roughly 21,000.
Michael Jarmark raised from under the gun, then Scott Abrams three-bet from a seat over. It folded back to Jarmark who called, then both players drew one card on the first draw.
Jarmark bet out and Abrams called. Then Jarmark stood pat while Abrams drew one, and again it was Jarmark betting and Abrams calling.
Jarmark stood pat one more time, and this time Abrams stood pat again as well. Jarmark checked, and when Abrams bet Jarmark spent an uncomfortable half-minute or so in the tank before calling.
Abrams tabled and Jarmark mucked while muttering how he couldn't find a fold.
Dan O'Brien and Brendan Taylor have both been eliminated from play in unknown action. The latter fell at the hands of 2004 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Raymer.
On Day 1, Scott Clements organized a $500 last longer bet in this tournament that drew what we believe to be 31 entrants. Clements recently returned to the tournament floor to check up on the progress of this bet and inform us of who is still in. Only four players remain vying for the last longer prize. The four players still in contention are current chip leader Christopher George, Marcel Luske, Shawn Buchanan, and Brian Tate.
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