On the second hand of stud 8, Daniel Idema completed with the and Mizrachi made it three bets to go with the . Idema called to see fourth street.
Mizrachi checked and Idema led out on fourth. Mizrachi stuck around and made a pair of sixes on fifth. He led out and Idema called. Mizrachi made two pair with queens on sixes on sixth and fired another bet. Idema call.
Mizrachi checked seventh and Idema knuckled the table behind. Mizrachi showed for queens and nines. Idema mucked his cards and Mizrachi scooped up the pot. He's boosted his stack up to 375,000 while Idema has dropped to 105,000.
Daniel Idema selected badacey. The first four hands were won with pre-draw raises. The fifth and final hands saw Aaron Schaff and Bill Chen engage in a battle of the blinds, only to chop the pot.
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After a round of triple draw selected by Bill Chen, the players moved on to Robert Mizrachi's selection: PLO8.
Raise-and-takes dominated the round, and in the only raised pot that saw a flop, Daniel Idema opened to 17,000 on the button and was called by Bill Chen in the big blind. Both players checked the flop, and Chen check-folded to 30,000 on the turn.
Another round of the same game followed as Shane Abbott chose it, but no flops hit the felt.
Immediately following Frank Kassela's elimination, commanding chip leader Aaron Schaff played a pot-limit Omaha pot against Shane Abbott. The completed board read and Schaff checked the river. Abbott shipped all in for his last 81,000 and Schaff went deep into the tank.
Roughly 90 seconds passed before Schaff moved forward a call. Abbot tabled , playing his five-trey for the straight. Schaff flashed for aces and fours before his hand was pulled into the muck. Abbott scored the double and now has about 260,000.
Frank Kassela is eliminated in 6th place in a multi-way pot
Pot-Limit Omaha
Aaron Schaff selected PLO, and it proved extremely beneficial.
He opened under the gun to 14,000, and Robert Mizrachi (cutoff) and Frank Kassela (small blind) called. In the big blind, Daniel Idema woke up with a pot raise to 70,000. One by one, each player made the call, building a massive pot. The flop rolled out , and Kassela thought for about 30 seconds before pushing all in for about 240,000. Idema folded, and Schaff announced all in over the top. Mizrachi tossed his hand into the muck after thinking for a bit.
Schaff:
Kassela:
Kassela was in awful shape with a worse draw and a worse hand. Idema lamented folding the best hand, and the dealer burned and turned a to give Kassela some hope in the form of a flush draw. The river was a brick though, and Kassela became the first player eliminated at the official final table.
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for queens and nines. Idema mucked his cards and Mizrachi scooped up the pot. He's boosted his stack up to 375,000 while Idema has dropped to 105,000.
for two pair.
flop, and Chen check-folded to 30,000 on the 
turn.
and Schaff checked the river. Abbott shipped all in for his last 81,000 and Schaff went deep into the tank.
for aces and fours before his hand was pulled into the muck. Abbott scored the double and now has about 260,000.
to give Kassela some hope in the form of a flush draw. The 
river was a brick though, and Kassela became the first player eliminated at the official final table.