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 opened for a raise in the small blind in one of the hands, and Aaron Schaff defended the big blind. Schaff called a bet on the flop, and the turned. Idema bet again, and Schaff got a rough count of his stack before deciding to fold.
Idema showed with ace-high spades for the nut flush draw, a wrap, and a nut low draw.
Robert Mizrachi commented that Idema only had 13 bad cards in the deck.
On the final hand before the break, Idema opened from the button and Bill Chen called from the big blind. Both players pulled two cards on the first draw and Chen check-called a bet. For the second draw, Chen once again took two while Idema opted for just one.
Chen checked, Idema bet, and Chen called. Both players pulled one new card on the last draw and Chen led out with a bet. Idema called and Chen fanned for a seventy-six and a six badugi. He scooped the pot and left Idema with just 35,000 in chips.
Schaff opened under the gun for 23,000 during one of the hands, and Bill Chen called. Daniel Idema came along in the big blind and they took in a flop: . Idema moved all in for about 20,000, and Schaff potted. Chen shoved all in behind that, and Schaff called.
Idema:
Schaff:
Chen:
Idema had flopped an open-ender, while Schaff held tens up. Chen, meanwhile, had flopped better two pair along with a gutshot. The turn was an , giving Schaff the lead with top two heading into the final card: . Three pair did Chen no good, and Idema had failed to hit either of his straight draws.
Schaff's double knockout means he now has a massive lead three-handed.
Playing Shane Abbott's choice, the "Cadillac of Poker," Robert Mizrachi opened for 21,000 on the button. Abbott jammed for roughly 165,000 in the small blind, and Mizrachi snap-called, throwing into the middle. Abbott's needed a lot of help, and the flop was nothing but bad news. Even worse: the turn to give Mizrachi quads. The river was a mere footnote, and the man affectionately called "Moose" by his friends was banished back to the woods.
"Why don't we just rotate them?" asked Robert Mizrachi before selecting the game, suggesting to go through each game instead of sorting through the plaques and choosing a new game every two hands. "It's easier that way."
Schaff shook his head.
"No," Schaff calmly replied. "Maybe in a little bit if I get bored. Let's play razz."
Mizrachi: /
Schaff: /
Schaff brought in and Mizrachi completed with a trey. Schaff called to see fourth street. Both players checked fourth and Mizrachi led out with a bet on fifth. Schaff called only to have Mizrachi lead into him once again on sixth. Schaff opted to let it go and Mizrachi took down the pot.