Three players put in three bets preflop, and Isaac Haxton bet from the small blind on the flop. Mike Matusow raised in the cutoff, isolating Haxton, and Haxton called. Haxton check-called more bets on the turn and river.
"I have a straight," Matusow said, showing for a combo draw on the flop that hit on the turn.
Michael Mizrachi raised to 30,000 from the cutoff, and Josh Arieh called from the button.
They checked to the turn of a board, where Mizrachi bet 75,000. Arieh called, the river completed the board, and Mizrachi bet 150,000. Arieh tanked for about four minutes before he opted to let it go.
Gary Benson bet fourth street with a king, and Talal Shakerchi raised with his own suited , and Benson called. Shakerchi proceeded to bet every remaining street, and Benson called him down.
Benson: /
Shakerchi: /
Shakerchi showed an ace-high flush, and Benson mucked in disgust.
Mike Matusow checked over to Isaac Haxton on sixth street. Haxton bet it, and Matusow called. On seventh street, Matusow checked, and Haxton checked it back.
"Eight," Matusow said.
"Eight-five," Haxton said. He showed , and Matusow held his cards for a while, then mucked.
"Did I miss a bet Mikey?" Haxton asked.
"I was calling so fast it would make your head spin," Matusow said. "I knew exactly where you were at in the hand."
Haxton laughed. "If you knew where I was at then why would you call?"
The table laughed, and Matusow just shook his head.
Picking up the action after the turn of a board, Michael Mizrachi bet 150,000 from the big blind. Matthew Ashton called from the cutoff, the river completed the board, and Mizrachi checked. Ashton bet 280,000, and Mizrachi called after a few moments.
Ashton tabled for an eight-high straight, Mizrachi mucked, and Ashton won the sizable pot.
Chatting with Scott Seiver after the hand, Ashton said he won a nice pot off Mizrachi the previous hand as well.
After being put on a short stack just before dinner, Michael Mizrachi has started on the road to recovery. In a recent pot, a preflop raising war had Mizrachi, Ian Johns, and Josh Arieh putting in 100,000 apiece before the flop.
The flop came , and all three players checked to see the on the turn. Mizrachi led out from the big blind and was called by Arieh from under the gun and Johns on the button. The river was the , and Mizrachi led out again. Arieh called, but Johns threw his hand away.
Mizrachi showed for a rivered full house, and that was good for him to take down the pot.
"Lets go, baby! Grind it out," came cheers from Mizrachi's family on the rail as he scooped the pot and removed himself from the danger zone.