Another pot for Eli Elezra: He was the bring-in with the , Anthony Zinno completed to 20,000 with the and Elezra called. On fourth street he raised when Zinno bet again, then called Zinno's bet on fifth.
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Zinno checked, Elezra bet. Zinno called here on sixth street but declined to call the next bet after the river.
Anthony Zinno was calling down Eli Elezra after defending the bring-in but then picked up four to a straight and came out betting on sixth, despite Elezra having a strong board himself with a pair and three to a straight.
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Elezra: /
Elezra called and faced a final bet on the river. He tanked about 90 seconds and splashed in a call. Zinno showed for the eight-high straight and took the pot.
Anthony Zinno is regaining some of the ground lost in the last level to Eli Elezra. He defended with the just now when Elezra, showing the , made it 25,000 to go, and then bet when his eight paired. Elezra had picked up the , and made the call, leading out himself when he paired higher with the on fifth street. Zinno called.
Zinno: /
Elezra: /
Elezra bet again. This time, Zinno reached for more: he made it 100,000 and Elezra called. With the final card dealt, Elezra bet out 50,000. As soon as he received a call, he gathered up all of his cards to muck, pausing to hold them fanned briefly as if attempting to find some combination that beat Zinno's / ace-high flush.
Anthony Zinno completed with the but Eli Elezra took over the lead when he started picking up a threatening board on fourth with clubs and a possible straight rolling off, along with a pair of sixes.
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Elezra bet the end and Zinno called fairly quickly. Elezra didn't appear to believe his hand was good, flashing the for two pair, and Zinno indeed had aces up: .
Anthony Zinno raised with the after Eli Elezra completed with the and Elezra peeled. He called on fourth, and Zinno appeared to catch decent on fifth with the but Elezra paired his eight.
Zinno: /
Elezra: /
Faced with a bet on the paired board, Zinno backed down.
Anthony Zinno, who'd bet fourth and fifth streets, faced a raise to 100,000 from Eli Elezra. Despite the low, rainbow nature of Elezra's shown hand, Zinno elected to fold and bring the final two players' stacks a little closer back to even.
A back-and-forth hand just went down with Eli Elezra raising when Anthony Zinno completed with the against the . Zinno called but picked up a pair of eights right away and fired a double bet. Elezra called then paired aces and bet fifth. Zinno then picked up two pair and bet sixth.
Zinno: /
Elezra: /
Elezra called and they took in seventh. Zinno fired again and Elezra was in there with a quick call. Zinno showed an airball in the hole, playing his board, and Elezra had for aces up.
Eli Elezra is very swift acting in Stud, so it was notable that he took some time over his decision in a pot that ultimately went to Anthony Zinno. Elezra had completed with the , Zinno called with the . Elezra picked up the on fourth, Zinno the . Elezra fired again and was called.
Zinno: /
Elezra: /
Elezra bet out again; this time Zinno throw in a raise to 100,000. Now Elezra took a rare dip into the tank and when he emerged it was to fold.