We caught up with the action on fourth street to find Amnon Filippi fire out a bet. Both Andy Bloch and Jim Collopy called to see fifth. Filippi who once again fired a bet that was called by both players.
On sixth street, Collopy took the lead with a bet and Filippi announced a raise. Bloch flat called and Collopy called off the rest of his chips.
Filippi fired dark into the side pot before seventh and Bloch called once he looked at his cards.
Bloch showed for a seventy-five low, but was ultimately behind Filipi's for sixty-four.
Collopy rolled over for just a pair of queens for the high. It was good against both of his opponents and a look of joy washed over his face.
"Neither of you have a pair?" asked Collopy. "I love stud-eight! I was ahead the whole way with ace-king-queen!"
Collopy was able to take half of the main pot and stay alive with around 10,000 in chips. Bloch was the only player to take a major hit and is now sitting on about 22,000.
Chad Brown raised it up after a completion in the first hand of Stud Hi/Lo at his table, and made his opponent fold on sixth street after he was showing a pair of deuces and a jack on board.
After the hand, Brown asked for the floor, and he explained to the dealer that the ante should be 150 at this level instead of 100. The players at the table, including experienced tournament player Allen Kessler, seemed to be in agreement with the sentiment. The floor director promised to forward the idea to the appropriate parties.
We caught up with the action on a board of . Marco Traniello checked over to Stephen Moreschi who fired out a bet. Traniello called and the finished off the board.
Traniello check-called once again but mucked his cards when Moreschi showed for fives full of queens. With this hit, Traniello is down to around 3,500 while Moreschi has grown to about 13,000.
Erick Lindgren, from the big blind, checked and called on a flop of against an opponent who had raised in early position. He did the same after a turn and river, but was shown and mucked his hand.
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The Phil Ivey machine is gaining steam, and the other players in the room would do well to watch out.
In a hand we caught, Vanessa Selbst and two other players checked to Ivey on the button after the flop came . Ivey fired out 1,500, and only the cutoff made the call. The turn brought the , and the cutoff checked. Ivey turned it up a notch with 4,500 this time, and cutoff called after some thought. The came , and the cutoff checked again. Ivey announced all in and the cutoff quickly folded.
We caught up with the action to see a board of . Greg Mueller led out for 400 and Matthew Kaufman put out a raise to 1,100. Mueller flat called to see a river.
The dealer rapped the table and produced the on the river. Mueller checked and Kaufman put out a bet of 1,600. Mueller thought for a moment before calling. He tabled which prompted Kaufman to muck his hand.
Mueller dragged in the pot and is now up to about 24,000.
John Myung began today as one of the shortest stacks in the room and was unable to gain any momentum today. We caught up to find him all in on a flop of against Michael Malm.
Myung:
Malm:
Malm was ahead at the moment with top two and stayed that way as the turned and the rivered. Myung saw an early exit while Malm was able to pad his stack a bit to around 68,000.
We found Greg Raymer all in on one of the first hands with against players holding and . The player with the queens made a boat on the end, and Raymer was sent to the rail.
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for a seventy-five low, but was ultimately behind Filipi's 
for sixty-four.
for just a pair of queens for the high. It was good against both of his opponents and a look of joy washed over his face.
. Marco Traniello checked over to Stephen Moreschi who fired out a bet. Traniello called and the 
finished off the board.
for fives full of queens. With this hit, Traniello is down to around 3,500 while Moreschi has grown to about 13,000.
against an opponent who had raised in early position. He did the same after a 
turn and 
river, but was shown 
and mucked his hand.
. Ivey fired out 1,500, and only the cutoff made the call. The turn brought the 
, and the cutoff checked again. Ivey announced all in and the cutoff quickly folded.
on the river. Mueller checked and Kaufman put out a bet of 1,600. Mueller thought for a moment before calling. He tabled 
against players holding 
and 
. The player with the queens made a boat on the end, and Raymer was sent to the rail.