Dany Georges raised from the cutoff, Daniel Negreanu reraised from the button, then Dale Townsend made it four bets from the small blind. It folded back to Georges who released his hand, then Negreanu raised again to cap the betting and Townsend called.
Townsend stood pat before the first draw. "You're making me break it" said Negreanu as he pulled one card out of his hand to give back to the dealer. Townsend bet and Negreanu called, then the pair continued the same pattern for the next two draws — Townsend standing pat, Negreanu taking one card — with Townsend betting and Negreanu calling after the second, and both checking after the third.
Townsend tabled , at the sight of which Negreanu said "you got me to break the best hand." He studied the five he'd ended the hand with for a moment longer, then pushed them face downward to the dealer.
We caught up with the betting action after the second draw, where we saw Jon Turner put out a bet for half his stack. His lone opponent Ryan Tepen called, and both players drew one card. Turner checked, and Tepen did the same. Turner said he paired up, and rolled over , but fortunately for him, it was good as Tepen rechecked his hole cards for quite some time before mucking them.
Turner took down some much needed chips with that pot, upping his stack to 12,500.
Ali Sarkeshik was just wandering around between the tables for a moment, chatting briefly with Scott Seiver who was doing the same. Both players have around 60,000 sitting at their respective places at the moment, currently representing above average stacks with 48 left.
Seiver asked Sarkeshik how he was doing and he shrugged. "Okay, okay," he said. "Fifty or sixty," he added. "That's good," insisted Seiver. "Yeah but the Grinder has like 150," added Sarkeshik.
"Yeah, but the Grinder is special," said Seiver, and several chuckled at nearby tables. "You can't go comparing yourself to the Grinder!"
Seiver then walked over to Mike Watson and pointed to his stack — now up over 100,000 as well — and proceeded to do just what he advised Sarkeshik against doing.
"You probably think this is special, don't you?" grinned Seiver as he continued to point at Watson's stack, then added the news that Mizrachi currently had more.
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Leonard Martin knows a thing or two about limit 2-7 triple draw, as he won this very event just two years ago. Well he's sitting at a tough table of young pros today that includes Scott Seiver, Jon Turner, and Ryan Tepen, and to no one's surprise, he is holding his own against the sharks.
We just saw Martin in a three way pot with the aforementioned Seiver and Turner, and we caught up with the action after the first draw. Seiver and Turner checked to Martin who fired out. Seiver came back with a check raise, and Turner immiedately made a frustrated motion before spiking his cards into the muck. Martin called, and both players drew one card. They both checked, and they drew the same on the final draw, then Seiver fired out. Martin call, and Seiver announced nine. We were only able to catch a before he mucked his hand, as Martin showed a better .
Eric Wasserson raised from under the gun, Eli Elezra three-bet from late position, and both Matthew Smith (big blind) and Wasserson called the three bets. Smith and Wasserson took two cards on the first draw, and after a slight pause Elezra decided to toss back one of his original five.
It checked to Elezra who bet and both of his opponents called. On the second draw Smith took two, Wasserson one, and Elezra one again. Again it checked to Elezra who bet, and again both Smith and Wasserson called.
On the third draw the first two players took but one card and Elezra stood pat, and it checked around. Elezra showed his hand — — and the others mucked. Elezra then explained how he'd gotten his nine back after breaking his hand on the first draw.
"There was a guy who stood pat with a earlier," continued Elezra to Wes Self on his left, contrasting his own deuce-to-seven strategy with that of others.
"Oh wow," said Self in response. "I've been doing that all tournament… I'll stop now!" he added, and both laughed.
Ola Amundsgard raised it up from the button, and Dany Georges called all in for less then the big blind. Daniel Negreanu also called from the big blind, then all three players drew two cards. Negreanu bet out, and Amundsgard called, then Georges and Negreanu drew one, while Amundsgard drew two again. The same betting action occured, and Negreanu stood pat, while the other two drew one card.
It was checked through, and Negreanu showed . Both Amundsgard and Georges couldn't beat that, as they both mucked their hands. Negreanu is showing signs of life here as we approach the money bubble, sitting on one of the big stacks with 71,000.
, at the sight of which Negreanu said "you got me to break the best hand." He studied the five he'd ended the hand with for a moment longer, then pushed them face downward to the dealer.
