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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Scott Abrams opened with a raise to 4,100 from the cutoff. Kenna James announced a pot sized raise from the button which mad it 14,700 to go. The blinds folded and action was back on Abrams who quietly called the three-bet.
The flop brought and Abrams checked. James rapped the table behind and the hit the turn. Abrams checked for a second time and James shot 15,000 into the middle. Abrams came over the top and pushed a large stack of chips into the middle.
"How much is that?" asked James.
"Forty-six thousand," replied the dealer.
"Alright, I call."
James' quick call prompted the dealer to burn and deal the on the river. Abrams moved a stack of 21,000 into the middle and James stood up out of his seat. He looked at the board, at Abrams, then right back at the board. He moved in calling chips.
Abrams rolled over for a straight with his seven and five. James shook his head and dropped his hand straight into the muck. Abrams scooped up the massive pot and now sits at 260,000 in chips.
, 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.
. "They're the right color, wrong suit."
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.
flop holding 
. The turn was the 
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and Makowsky (
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on the river. Abrams moved a stack of 21,000 into the middle and James stood up out of his seat. He looked at the board, at Abrams, then right back at the board. He moved in calling chips.
for a straight with his seven and five. James shook his head and dropped his hand straight into the muck. Abrams scooped up the massive pot and now sits at 260,000 in chips.
