Shawn Buchanan has been making his rounds through the $3,000 HORSE field and gathering players for a last-longer bet. Jason Mercier and Christopher Vitch are not involved but were jokingly petitioning to get in.
"I got a lot of chips now, Shawn. Can I get in?" asked Vitch.
Buchanan responded with what was likely a no.
"I didn't have a bunch of chips then," Vitch offered an explanation to why he didn't join earlier.
"You can have both of us," Mercier chimed in, sitting with about 7,000.
"Yeah, you can have a big stack and a short stack," Vitch said.
While this discussion was going on, the table was playing a Stud 8-or-Better hand.
Mercier's door card was the 
. He looked around the table. "All these low cards, I'm gonna raise."
"He's playing great, too!' Vitch called out to Buchanan as another reason they should be added to the bet.
Mercier eventually won the high hand with aces up and split the pot with Bruno Fitoussi, adding a little bit more to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
14,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
||
|
12,900
12,900
|
12,900 |
|
8,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
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for trip deuces and a seven-low and scooped the post after his opponents mucked.
, and the action checked to Kihara on the button. He bet, and Ware raised. Kihara was the lone caller. The river was the 
, and both Ware and Kihara checked.
for a set of aces, and Kihara mucked.
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