After a player opened, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi three-bet and a third player moved all in for 15,000 or so. The original raiser folded and Mizrachi made the call.
Mizrachi:
Opponent:
The flop gave Mizrachi a gutshot straight draw, but his opponent picked up a flush draw. Mizrachi has been running well as of late, and this hand was no exception as the dealer burned and turned the . The Grinder hit a pair to take the lead, and it held when the blanked on the river.
"Of course he got there as always," Todd Terry ribbed from Seat 1.
We saw Shawn Buchanan walking out of the room, which led us to believe he had been eliminated. Sure enough, a check with his former table confirmed it.
From the story that was told, Buchanan opened with a min-raise and action folded to Chris DeMaci, who simply moved all in. Buchanan had approximately 11,000 total and tanked for a bit before calling it off with . Unfortunately for him DeMaci held and the fishhooks held.
Paul Volpe is running well today. Just a few hours ago (literally) he won a WSOP gold bracelet by defeating Daniel Negreanu in heads-up play in Event #13: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship, and then he jumped straight into this tournament where he is still hanging on.
In a recent hand, Volpe got his stack of 10,275 all in preflop and was in bad shape against hist opponent.
Volpe:
Opponent:
Like we said, Volpe is running good today and that was evidenced when the flop came down to give him the lead with a pair of queens. The turn kept him firmly in the lead, and the river gave him the pot.
The players are now on a 20-minute break while the tournament staff races off the green T25 chips. When they return they'll play one more level before bagging and tagging for the night.
After two players limped, a short-stacked Sorel Mizzi moved all in from the button for his last 7,500. The player in the small blind folded, and then the one in the big moved all in over the top for 17,000 or so. The two limpers folded and the cards were turned up.
Mizzi:
Opponent:
Mizzi was in good shape to double, but an ace in the window put things in doubt. Fortunately it was followed by a third nine for Mizzi when the flop came out . The turn locked up the hand for Mizzi, and after the was put out on the river, he was shipped the pot.
flop gave Mizrachi a gutshot straight draw, but his opponent picked up a flush draw. Mizrachi has been running well as of late, and this hand was no exception as the dealer burned and turned the 
. The Grinder hit a pair to take the lead, and it held when the 
blanked on the river.
. Unfortunately for him DeMaci held 
to give him the lead with a pair of queens. The 
turn kept him firmly in the lead, and the 
river gave him the pot.
turn locked up the hand for Mizzi, and after the 
was put out on the river, he was shipped the pot.
, Phil Hellmuth checked and his sole opponent did the same.