Action folded around to Ben Yu on the button who raised to 600. Robert Williamson III made it 2,050 to go from the small blind and the big blind folded. Yu pondered a moment before flat calling. Both players took one at the draw and Williamson checked post-draw.
Yu tossed out 2,500 and Williamson quickly called. Yu fanned for a ninety-eight and Williamson quickly threw away his cards. Yu dragged in the pot and now has about 19,500 in chips.
Action folded around to Jason Mercier in the small blind and he made it 375 to go. The big blind three-bet the action to 1,000 straight and Mercier called. Both players took one new card at the draw.
Mercier moved all in for his last 2,275 post-draw and his opponent went into the tank. A good forty-five seconds passed before a call was finally dropped in the middle. We weren't able to catch Mercier's hand, but it could not beat his opponent's . After the hand, Mercier gathered his things and made a quick exit from the tournament area.
We arrived to find Michael Mizrachi ship his short stack of 1,475 all in before the flop from under the gun. It folded around to the player in the big blind who announced a call.
Mizrachi:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Mizrachi was able to double up with aces full of kings.
"Just nuts," he said with a smile as he scooped up his double up. He now sits around 3,100 in chips.
Across the room, Bryan Micon was seen exiting the tournament area, eliminated from play.
We did not catch the action, but recently spied all of Vincent Van Der Fluit's chips being shipped across the table to Scott Fischman after a hand in the no-limit hold'em round. Fischman is now sitting on a fairly large stack of 28,500 while Van Der Fluit has been eliminated from play.
for a ninety-eight and Williamson quickly threw away his cards. Yu dragged in the pot and now has about 19,500 in chips.
and Mizrachi was able to double up with aces full of kings.
