Robert Mizrachi bet 15,000 on a flop, and Aaron Schaff potted from the button. Arthur Morris repotted for 272,000 in the small blind, and Mizrachi folded. Schaff moved in, and Morris called off the remainder of his stack.
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Schaff had a massive wrap with a flush draw and top pair, while Morris held the nut flush draw, a gutter to a nut straight, and a pair. The turn was a brick, and the river left Schaff's kings up as the winner.
Shane Abbott opened to 8,000 on the button, and Bill Chen three-bet to 27,000 in the small blind. Abbott made the call, and the flop came . Chen bet 50,000, and Abbott thought for about 30 seconds before announcing all in.
"I call," Chen said with a shrug.
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Abbott had seen the worst possible flop, but he did pick up some chopping outs on the turn. The river was a blank though, and Chen took nearly all of "Moose's" chips, doubling for 170,500.
On sixth street, a short-stacked Melissa Burr was first to act and led out with an all in bet. Frank Kassela and Shane Abbott called and the trio of players received their final card. Kassela checked and Abbot checked it back. Kassela showed for a pair of kings and Abbott tabled , announcing that he was rolled up. Burr shrugged and showed , unable to best Abbott's trips. Burr was eliminated in 9th place, just shy of her third final table of the summer. She collected $9,944 in prize money.
Picking up with the action on fourth street, Aaron Schaff led out with ace-jack showing and Jen Harman called with king-deuce. Schaff once again had first action on fifth street and fired out another bet. Harman called and the two were dealt sixth street. Schaff bet once more and Harman called all in for less, allowing the two to turn their hole cards over.
Harman showed and was in the lead with a pair of eights against Schaff's for a pair of sixes. Schaff tabled his seventh street card first - the - giving him two pair and the lead. Harman squeezed out the , which was no help to the two-time bracelet winner. She was eliminated in 10th place and Schaff's stack now sits around 375,000.
Ten return, but only one will make history here on Day 3 of Event #41: $1,500 Six-Handed Dealer's Choice by taking home the first ever World Series of Poker bracelet in this poker variant.
The format of the tournament appears to have been kind to strong players, as plenty of bracelets dot the resumes of the survivors. Robert Mizrachi is seeking his second, and he leads the field with 390,500, while fellow jewelry-holders Daniel Idema (260,000), Bill Chen (185,000), Frank Kassela (153,000), Marco Johnson (87,000), and Jen Harman (60,500) are hungry to add to their collections as well.
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