We picked up with the action on fifth street to find Alan Myerson fire out a bet that Michael Mizrachi called. On sixth, Myerson bet once more and Mizrachi slid out a raise. Myerson called and then checked the river.
"Two pair," said Mizrachi.
Myerson tabled for kings up and Mizrachi threw his hand into the muck. The three-time bracelet winner is down to 42,000 while Myerson is sitting on about 82,000.
We came upon the action when Benjamin Pollak was getting the last of his chips in on sixth street and Mark Gregorich called him.
"Just the sevens," Gregorich said. They were no good as Pollak tabled the for a pair of eights. Seventh was dealt facedown and Gregorich showed that he had improved to two pair with the . That meant Pollak needed to pair one of his cards on seventh, but he failed to do so as he received the useless .
We caught up on fourth street to find Marcel Luske and Young Phan heads up in a hand. Luske fired out on fourth street and Phan called. Luske continued to fire bets that were called on fifth, sixth, and finally seventh. After a call on seventh, Luske showed for nines and eights. Luske was beaten, however, when Phan rolled over for tens up and a better two pair. Phan is now up to about 26,500 while Luske has fallen to 41,000.
We picked up the action with Cyndy Violette already all in with about 30,000 in the pot on a flop of . After the dealer burned and turned the , Jim McCrink bet from the under-the-gun position and then called when Dan Kelly raised him. McCrink then check-called a bet on the river and Violette stood and grabbed her things in anticipation of her exit.
Kelly then tabled the for aces and tens with the nut low, while McCrink rolled over the for the same low. That meant Kelly got three-quarters of the side pot. Violette then sat back down in her chair and showed the for a set of fours, which was good for half the high while her two male opponents chopped the low.
"Wow. I thought I was dead for sure," Violette said in regards to the third diamond on the river.
Meanwhile, both Andy Bloch and Justin "Boosted J" Smith have been eliminated from the tournament.
We caught up with the action to find Nacho Barbero and Max Pescatori heads up on a flop of . Pescatori checked and Barbero fired out a bet. Pescatori called to find the drop down on the turn. Once again it was checked and once again Barbero fired out. Pescatori stuck around.
The river was the and Pescatori check-called one final bet. Barbero showed for ace-king and an eighty six. Pescatori flashed before mucking his hand. Barbero scooped up the pot and now has extended his chip stack up to about 123,000.
We mentioned earlier that Dan Kelly and Daniel Negreanu are still in this event and sit second and first respectively on the 2013 World Series of Poker Player of the Year leader board. We've also got quite a few past WSOP POY champs in the field including Jeff Madsen, Tom Schneider, Erick Lindgren and Jeff Lisandro.
Say what you will about the POY, but the races seem to get more intense and the prestige rises each year.
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for kings up and Mizrachi threw his hand into the muck. The three-time bracelet winner is down to 42,000 while Myerson is sitting on about 82,000.
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for nines and eights. Luske was beaten, however, when Phan rolled over 
, Jim McCrink bet from the under-the-gun position and then called when Dan Kelly raised him. McCrink then check-called a bet on the 
for aces and tens with the nut low, while McCrink rolled over the 
. Pescatori checked and Barbero fired out a bet. Pescatori called to find the 
before mucking his hand. Barbero scooped up the pot and now has extended his chip stack up to about 123,000.
