With 1,875 in the pot, three players took a flop of . After the first player checked, Hassan Fares moved all in for a paltry 425 and Mike "Timex" McDonald raised to 1,200, which pushed the other player out of the pot.
Showdown
Fares:
McDonald:
The turn gave Fares the nuts, while the river improved him to a flush.
Jeremy Kottler got his last 3,500 all in on a flop holding but was in bad shape against the of Sean Jazayeri. The turn have Kottler a gut-shot straight draw, but the river would not complete it.
"That's how I went out of the last PLO event," Jazayeri told Kottler, who didn't seem to care about the consolation.
Joe Hachem, Steve Dannenmann and Scott Seiver have combined live tournament earnings exceeding $21,000,000, all that was worth nothing against Micah Smith just now.
After some a pre flop madness, during which both Seiver and Dannenmann ended up all in, it was Hachem who also put his money on the line when the flop showed . All were covered by Micah Smith, and the following 16 cards were turned over.
Showdown:
Joe Hachem:
Micah Smith:
Scott Seiver:
Steve Dannenmann:
Hachem had a set with the nut flush draw, Smith had a straight flush draw but Seiver also had diamonds. They were inferior, and helped Hachem's chances. Seiver had a gut shot while Dannenmann had even worse odds of winning.
The turn was the and Smith hit trips while Hachem made a full house. On the river the popped up, and Smith had backed himself into hitting a full house. Three players were eliminated, and Smith took the chip lead!
Level 4 has come to an end, and that means it's time for a one-hour dinner break. The clock says 83 players remain, and they'll play four more levels upon their return.
As we headed out to the tournament field, Phil Ivey passed us headed in the opposite direction. He came from Table 19 so we made our way over and discovered that Ivey, who had late registered for the tournament, busted on just the second hand he played to McLean Karr.
According to Karr, Ivey raised to 600 in the hand and received a call from the cutoff. Karr then three-bet to 2,000, just Ivey called, and then the two got the money in on the flop. Ivey held a flush draw with , but wouldn't get there as Karr's proved victorious.
Though he busted just before dinner, we thought you'd enjoy this video with Steve Dannenmann, who had once again shared a table with Joe Hachem. Sarah Grant talked to Steve about what he has been up to and what brings him to Cannes.