We arrived at the table to see Robert Mizrachi and Benjamin Benoet get it all in for the former's tournament life on a flop of . Mizrachi had flopped a straight and was leading heading into the final two community cards.
Mizrachi:
Benoet:
The board finished off with the and the , ensuring that Mizrachi would score the elimination. He's now up to about 200,000 in chips.
Maria Mayrinck bet out pot for about 12,000 after a flop, and Frank Kassela put her all in for about 30,000. She quickly called, showing for the nut straight with a boat redraw. Kassela had (we didn't catch his fourth card), and the turn and river kept Mayrinck in front.
In one of the last hands before the break, Brandon Cantu bet a flop of and got raised by Benjamin Benoet. Cantu slammed his chips and began thinking, cutting and recutting.
"Why did you pick this stupid game, I hate this game," Cantu said.
"I raise," he said. One of the players at the table let out a laugh.
Cantu got the rest in on the turn, and he showed . Benoet had and needed a king, but the river was a .
Bill Chen popped it up from the cutoff and found calls from Maria Ho in the small blind and Perry Green in the big blind. Ho and Green pulled two new cards at the first draw while Chen opted for one. Action checked to Chen, he continued out, and both of his opponents called.
On the second draw, the players repeated their first round draws. This time, however, each player checked to advance to the final draw. All three players drew one new card and Ho led out with a bet. Green called and Chen got rid of his hand.
Green showed for an eight-six badugi but it was no match for Ho's for an eight-five badugi and an eighty-seven. She scooped the pot and now has about 65,000 in chips.
Jacob Boyle was all in before the first draw, and he drew two against Bill Chen, who drew two, and Perry Green, who drew one. Chen check-called in a side pot against Green, and he drew one while Green stood pat. This time, Chen check-raised Green, who called. On the end, Green called all in after he and Chen both patted.
Chen showed for a seven-low but no badugi. Green held a badugi with , and Boyle's hand was a bit of a mess, as he had continued drawing but failed to catch anything: .
Perry Green got most of his stack in on fifth street against Jacob Boyle.
Green: /
Boyle: /
Green caught an , while Boyle got the . They got the rest in, and Boyle flipped along with his river: , ending with one pair. Green's down cards were , good for two pair and a double, while Boyle was left with just a few bets.
. Mizrachi had flopped a straight and was leading heading into the final two community cards.
and the 
, ensuring that Mizrachi would score the elimination. He's now up to about 200,000 in chips.
flop, and Frank Kassela put her all in for about 30,000. She quickly called, showing 
for the nut straight with a boat redraw. Kassela had 
(we didn't catch his fourth card), and the 
turn and 
river kept Mayrinck in front.
turn, and he showed 
. Benoet had 
for seven-low and a seven-badugi, hands that Green could not beat.
for an eight-five badugi and an eighty-seven. She scooped the pot and now has about 65,000 in chips.
for a seven-low but no badugi. Green held a badugi with 
