So said Gavin Smith just now after raising, then watching Schneider hesitate before acting from the button. Schneider did do it — he three-bet — and when it folded back to Smith he made the call.
Smith took two and Schneider stood pat, then Smith check-called a bet from the four-time bracelet winner. Smith then took two cards again while Schneider remained content with his hand, and when Smith checked and Scheider bet again, Smith let his hand go.
We got to the table just in time to see the drawing start in a three way pot involving Eric Wasserson, Eli Elezra, and Joe Tehan. All three players drew two cards, and Wasserson bet out. Elezra raised it up, then Tehan cold called behind. Wasserson called, and Elezra said "well I tried to get him out." Both Wasserson and Elezra drew one, while Tehan drew two, which got another chuckle from Elezra. Tehan simply responded with "I'm here to gamble.", and this time, it was checked to Tehan, who fired out. Both players called, and everyone drew one on the final draw.
It was again checked to Tehan, who fired out one more bet. Wasseron quickly folded, but Elezra wanted to see the hand, as he tossed in the call. Tehan showed , and Elezra quickly mucked. He then said "You were gambling do you want to see what I had?" He then retrieved his cards, and showed .
Iakov Onuchin raised from middle position, David Bach three-bet from the button, and Onuchin called. Bach would stand pat through all three draws as Onuchin took two, then one, then stood pat himself. Onuchin check-called a Bach bet after the first draw, check-raised Bach on the second (and Bach called), then both checked on the end.
Onuchin tabled a rough eight — . But Bach had him beat with (the dealer obscuring the fifth card before sweeping Bach the chips).
Annie Wang began today as the lone woman left in the field of 88, while Jeff Siegal started with the shortest stack of all of the returners.
Siegal added a few during the first half-hour, but he just lost some back to Wang after calling her bet after the third draw, then watching as she turned over a number four — — and mucking.
David Self and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi had just completed the first draw when we arrived at the table. Self bet out, Mizrachi called, then Self drew one card. Mizrachi drew two, and Self bet out again. Mizrachi called, then both players drew one, with Mizrachi accidentally flipping over his draw card, the . Self checked it, and Mizrachi fired out. Self made the call, and Mizrachi announced "pair." Self tabled the , then the rest of his hand, for a winning hand.
Jason Mercier began today 87th out of 88 players in the counts, but he's gotten off on the right foot after taking a pot off of Naoya Kihara.
We caught up with the hand on the second draw, by which point Mercier was standing pat while Kihara was drawing one on each of the last two opportunities. Kihara check-called Mercier's bet after the second draw, then both checked on the end.
"I have a deuce," said Kihara, showing a . Mercier spread out his hand — — and it was good enough as Kihara mucked.
Jonathan Tamayo raised from under the gun and got two callers in David Blatte (cutoff) and Mike Watson (big blind). All three players took two cards, then when checked to Tamayo bet, Blatte raised, Watson folded, and Tamayo called.
On both the second and third draws both Tamayo and Blatte took one card, and both checked. Blatte tabled and Tamayo mucked.
Action folded to Ismael Bojang on the button, and he put out a raise. Jon Seaman was the lone caller from the big blind, and both players drew three cards. Seaman led right out, and Bojang raised him. Seaman called, then both players drew one card. Seaman check called a bet, then drew one, while Bojang stood pat. Despite this, Seaman fired right out, and Bojang's eyebrows raised. He rechecked his hole cards, then sent them to the dealer, giving the early pot to Seaman.
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, and Elezra quickly mucked. He then said "You were gambling do you want to see what I had?" He then retrieved his cards, and showed 
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(the dealer obscuring the fifth card before sweeping Bach the chips).
. Self checked it, and Mizrachi fired out. Self made the call, and Mizrachi announced "pair." Self tabled the 
, then the rest of his hand, 
