Sorel Mizzi was one of the very last players to register for this event and we just saw him pick up back-to-back pots in the Limit Hold'em portion of this rotation.
On the first hand the player to Mizzi's right raised and the Canadian pro three-bet. The action folded back around and heads up the two saw a flop. The flop brought out and the initial raiser check-called.
The turn was the and Mizzi got check-raised, but decided to make the call. The river was the and Mizzi raised his opponent's bet, and that was enough to take down the pot.
The very next hand Mizzi raised and David 'Bakes' Baker three-bet. Sergey Rybachenko made the call from the blinds and Mizzi paused for just a second before also tossing in the call. The flop brought and both Rybachenko and Mizzi called Baker's bet.
On the turn the hit and all three players quickly checked. On the river Rybachenko checked, Mizzi bet, Baker folded and the former called. Mizzi showed and took down this pot as well.
David "ODB" Baker just made his way across the room to Table 371, and sat next to Daniel Negreanu.
"Oh my god!" Negreanu blurted. "My three studs!"
True enough, Baker is the third member of Negreanu's $25K Fantasy League team to be seated right next to Kid Poker. On Baker's direct right is Bryn Kenney, and on his direct right is Brock Parker.
Parker, who won Event #10, leads the team with 134 points, while Kenney and Baker have one point each.
Matt Vengrin raised from the button and both Marco Johnson and Huck Seed called from the blinds. The flop brought out and Johnson checked to Seed who bet and Vengrin raised after which Johnson folded.
Seed three-bet and Vengrin called after which the turn brought the . Seed bet, Vengrin called and the river was the . Seed checked and Vengrin bet after which Seed quickly called.
"You got it," Vengrin sighed as he showed for a missed draw.
Seed showed for two pair and he took down the pot.
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Bryan Micon was just knocked out from the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em in 25th place and hopped right into the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. We just saw him complete on third street and Sebastian Saffari, on his left, called. The player with the bring in raised it up and both Micon and Saffari called.
On fourth street the aggressor put out another bet and both Micon and Saffari called. On fifth however Saffari took over the betting lead and Micon folded. On seventh Saffari bet again and his opponent called again.
Toby Hausen made it two bets, Richard Ashby called two spots to his left, Phil Hellmuth made it three bets in the cutoff, and Alex Kostritsyn cold-called out of the big blind. Hausen made it four bets, Ashby folded, and Hellmuth capped the action. Kostritsyn and Hausen both called.
The flop fell , Kostritsyn and Hausen checked, and Hellmuth fired out a bet. Kostritsyn called, Hausen raised, and both Hellmuth and Kostritsyn called.
The turn was the , Kostritsyn checked, and Hausen bet. Hellmuth begrudgingly folded, Kostritsyn called, and the Russian check-folded on the river ().
Hausen mucked without showing, and raked in a big pot.
Doyle Brunson isn't the only player to join the field at the very last minute - Jonathan Duhamel, Bryan Micon, Joe Cassidy, and Jean Gaspard have all sat down.
Likewise, fellow double-digit bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth is in the building as well.