In a huge Badugi pot, Daniel Zack bet the end and his opponent looked disgusted before calling. Zack showed for an eight-badugi, and his opponent showed for the best three-card along with another , having drawn a pair on the end.
The next hand, Zack raised the button and the small blind reraised all in. Zack called, and the small blind patted every street while Zack drew two, then one, then stood pat. The small blind showed a king-badugi, but Zack had made an eight with .
Zeev Lukacs opened with a raise from the cutoff and Kyle Loman made it three bets to go from the small blind. The big blind folded and Lukacs thought for about 30 seconds before dropping out a call. For the first draw, Loman pulled two new cards and Lukacs opted for one. Loman checked blind and Lukacs fired out a bet. Loman called.
The second draw saw Loman once again pull two cards while Lukacs once again took one. Loman took the lead on this street, putting out one big bet. Lukacs called to see the final draw. Loman stood pat and Lukacs took one card for a third time. Loman bet all in for 2,250 and Lukacs went deep into the tank. After about a minute, he spoke up.
"You going to show me the bluff, or what?" asked Lukacs.
"What did you make?" quickly replied Loman. "What's the big lay down you've got?"
At that, Lukacs took about another ten seconds before folding his hand. Loman pulled in the pot and now has about 19,000.
Just before Table 436 broke, a small controversy broke out around the embattled Brandon Cantu.
Apparently, Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck drew one card during a hand of badacey while Cantu patted, but Mayrinck had taken back the card she put out and placed it back in her hand after Cantu patted. She then placed the card back out.
Cantu called the floor, and Mayrinck told the floor the only reason she had taken the card back is because she thought she had been dealt a new card. Mayrinck's neighbor confirmed she had put out the same card, as did the dealer.
Cantu pointed out that since she had put the card back in her hand, she could have easily changed her mind about what she wanted to do and put out a different card after seeing him stand pat. Since Cantu hadn't seen the card, he had no way of knowing if it was the same one.
"I thought you said yesterday you didn't angle," a player at the table said. "There's no scenario in which she would change her draw."
It was ruled that since she had placed the card back in her hand, the draw was dead and she had to stay pat for that round. Cantu patted behind and both players checked, then they checked the end as well. They ended up chopping the pot, as Cantu had an eight-low while Mayrinck had a badugi.
David Levi and Jimmy Fricke, formerly toting big stacks at Table 442, find themselves with considerably less since the last time we checked on them. Meanwhile, former Main Event runner-up Perry Green and Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen now have heaps.
We picked up with the action to see a large pot brewing going into the third draw. Arthur Morris announced that he was pat and Brandon Cantu stayed pat behind. Morris checked, Cantu bet, and Morris called.
Cantu fanned for an eight badugi. Morris mucked his hand and Cantu picked up the pot. He's now sitting on 78,000 while Morris has dropped to 52,000.
Perry Green check-called a bet from Jimmy Fricke on a flop. The players checked through the turn and river, and Green showed for a low and kings up. He scooped the pot.
for an eight-badugi, and his opponent showed 
for the best three-card along with another 
, having drawn a pair on the end.
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for a six-badugi, and Wright was done for.
flop. The players checked through the 
for a low and kings up. He scooped the pot.