Limit Hold'em
Alex Livingston opened from under the gun and Michael Noori called in the cutoff. John Racener also came along out of the big blind to send action three-way to the flop.
All three players checked through the K♣6♦2♦ flop to the 5♦ turn where Racener led out. Livingston called while Noori got out of the way.
Racener bet again after the river came 6♥. Livingston quickly called holding 10♣10♦ which beat out Racener's 9♦8♥ to the pot.
Limit Hold’em
Aaron Katz raised first-to-act and Seth Gottlieb called from directly behind. Dan Cates made it three bets from the button and both Katz and Gottlieb called.
Katz and Gottlieb check-called a bet from Cates on the A♣6♠10♠ flop and it was checked to Cates again on the K♠ turn. Cates bet and only Gottlieb called.
The 3♠ completed the board and Gottlieb check-called a bet from Cates once more. Cates turned over A♠K♦ for the nut flush and Gottlieb mucked — conceding the pot to Cates.
Seven-Card Stud
Roman Yitzhaki: 7♥6♠5♠ / 7♠3♥A♦2♦
Johannes Becker: XxXx / A♣2♥3♣J♠ / Xx
On the tail end of a heads-up duel between Johannes Becker and Roman Yitzhaki, the former checked sixth street. Yitzhaki bet and Becker called. Both then checked behind on seventh and Yitzhaki won the pot with his pair of sevens.
Yitzhaki is the current big stack at their table while Ben Lamb has plummeted to a shorter stack.
2-7 Triple Draw
Yuri Dzivielevski raised and Saya Ono defended her big blind. Both players drew two, Ono bet and Dzivielevski called. Both players drew one and this time Ono check-called a bet from her opponent.
Ono drew one and Dzivielevski stood pat. Both players checked. "Queen," announced Ono, with Dzivielevski tabling 9x6x5x4x2x and taking down the pot.
On the very next hand, James Obst raised and Ono called. Dzivielevski raised out of the big blind and got two calls.
Ono and Dzivielevski drew two, with Obst drawing one. Ono checked and Dzivielevski bet. Both opponents called. Ono drew two, Dzivielevski stood pat and Obst again drew one.
Ono checked, Dzivielevski bet and this time Ono was the only caller. Ono drew one and Dzivielevski again stood pat.
Ono check-called a bet but was shown the 8x6x5x3x2x from her opponent.
Stud Hi-Lo
Saya Ono: XxXx / 6♣Q♣A♠6♥ / Xx
Rob Hollink: XxXx / 8♦A♥Q♠6♠ / Xx
Saya Ono completed and Rob Hollink called. Hollink bet fourth and fifth street with Ono calling, who then bet her lead on sixth to receive a call from Hollink.
Ono also bet seventh and Hollink sigh-folded.
"Your board is my high and I couldn't get a low," Hollink said before he was trying to figure out what cards Ono had.
"I can't tell you ... but I could beat sixes," she said. After the hand was over, Eric Wasserson was moved tables to balance the field as David "ODB" Baker had been eliminated.
Pot-Limit Omaha
Seth Gottlieb limped in the cutoff and Dan Cates checked his option out of the big blind.
Cates checked following the A♥8♣7♣ flop, then called a bet of 4,000 from Gottlieb.
The turn came 4♣ and Cates checked again. Gottlieb pushed 11,000 into the middle but was met by a pot sized check-raise from Cates. Gottlieb did not take long to toss his hand away to concede the pot.
Limit Hold'em
"You have a PLO bracelet?" Phil Hui asked Josh Arieh, with the latter nodding.
The table was about to play its first game of Limit Hold'em.
"Do you have a Limit Hold'em bracelet?" Erick LIndgren asked Arieh, who nodded for a second time*
Brian Rast and Josh Arieh saw a flop blind on blind, with both players checking the 10♠7♦3♥ flop.
Rast check-called bets on the 6♠ turn and the 2♥ river with Arieh tabling 9♥5♣ for a bluff.
Rast turned over Q♥3♦ for a pair of threes and won the pot.
*Editor's Note: Arieh actually has two bracelets in each format:
Pot-Limit Omaha
Alex Livingston raised to 8,500 from under the gun and directly behind him, Kristopher Tong three-bet to 29,000. Action folded back to Livingston, who called.
Livingston led out for 60,000 on the Q♦3♠5♠ flop and Tong put his remaining 90,000 into the middle. Livingston called to put Tong at risk and a showdown was held.
Kristopher Tong: A♣A♥6♣6♠
Alex Livingston: A♦K♥6♦4♥
Tong was ahead with his aces and remained ahead on the J♠ turn; however, the 10♥ river improved Livingston to Broadway and Tong was eliminated.
Pot-Limit Omaha
Phil Hui in the small blind checked the Q♣10♣10♦ flop and Brian Rast in an early position checked it back. They both also checked the 7♣ turn and Hui then led the 9♥ river for 15,000. Rast called and was shown the K♥Q♥Q♠J♥ for flopped queens full by Hui.
Pot-Limit Omaha
On a Q♠J♥7♦J♠ board Aaron Katz and Dan Cates checked to Benny Glaser who bet 15,000. Katz check-raised to 60,000 and Cates called with Glaser getting out of the way.
The river was the Q♥ and both players checked.
"Jack-seven," said Katz who tabled A♣K♣J♦7♥
"You have jack-seven?" said Cates in disbelief, flashing 7♣7♠ for a lower full house and mucking.
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