2004 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Greg Raymer got off to a rough start this evening, and he wasn't able to right the ship. We missed his elimination hand, but we learned after the fact that it happened in the stud hi-low round. He had kings showing, but his opponent ended up making trip sevens. Whatever the case, it spelled the end for Raymer.
Meanwhile, Roland Israelashvili has also been eliminated from the tournament.
Both players had several bets in and a rather annoyed Sammy Farha reached over the table to see the cards of his opponent. He then told the dealer to "stop splitting the pot" as he could not beat Dan Shak's two pair and was left with very few chips.
Phil Ivey raised from early position and got three callers in Mike Gorodinsky, George Danzer and the big blind. Gorodinsky made it three bets on the flop and Danzer as well as Ivey called. Danzer then folded the turn to a single bet of Gorodinsky whereas Ivey stuck around.
The completed the board and Ivey tabled as winning hand after both players checked and the defending champion mucked. "How much you got over there. About 9k?" he asked Ivey and got 9,500 as reply. Well, that helps us as we don't have to count ourselves.
Scott Abrams completed with the and received a call from Daniel Negreanu and another player, who were showing the and respectively. The unknown player then bet fourth, Abrams called, and Negreanu raised to 400. Both his opponents called and Abrams checked when he paired his ten on fifth.
Negreanu bet 400, two calls followed, and then Abrams check-called a bet of 400 from Negreanu on sixth. The other players folded and Abrams check-called one more bet on seventh.
Abrams: /
Negreanu: /
Opponent: (x-x) / fold
Abrams ended with tens and fives for two pair, which was good for the high, as Negreanu had the low with 6-5-4-3-A.
From the big blind, Mike Leah fired a single bet on the river of a board showing and his opponent called from the cutoff. Leah showed and discovered he was chopping versus . Not too much to report here, but it gave us a chance to update his chip count.
We arrived at the table with a board showing and Daniel Negreanu was making a call of 400 from an early position bet. The 5,000 or so chip pot went three-way to the river. All three players checked, and Negreanu tabled for trip deuce's. His opponents mucked.
We saw Ryan Tepen gathering his things and quickly exiting the tournament floor. By the time we arrived at the table, the dealer had already swiped his cards and two other players were chopping the pot.
The cards had been scrambled, but here's what we saw laid out in front of the two winners:
Opponent #1:
Opponent #2:
Tepen's hand will forever remain a mystery, but he did take a moment to share his feelings via Twitter:
Mario Adinolfi may not necessarily be a well-known name in the United States, but the Italian-pro is a regular on the European circuit. Adinolfi min-raised from early position, got two callers in middle position and the small blind. On the flop, he bet and then three-bet when the opponent in middle position raised. The big blind folded.
The was checked through. Adinolfi bet the river and called with as the winning hand. Shortly after, he lost a pot and is still down from where he started.
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flop and Danzer as well as Ivey called. Danzer then folded the 
turn to a single bet of Gorodinsky whereas Ivey stuck around.
completed the board and Ivey tabled 
as winning hand after both players checked and the defending champion mucked. "How much you got over there. About 9k?" he asked Ivey and got 9,500 as reply. Well, that helps us as we don't have to count ourselves.
respectively. The unknown player then bet fourth, Abrams called, and Negreanu raised to 400. Both his opponents called and Abrams checked when he paired his ten on fifth.
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fold
and his opponent called from the cutoff. Leah showed 
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