Jerry Buss limped under the gun, Allen Bari limped from the next seat, the hijack seat limped, Marco Traniello limped from the cutoff seat, Matt Lefkowitz called on the button, the small blind called and the big blind checked. With seven players in the hand, the flop came down . Action checked to Buss and he bet. Bari raised, the hijack seat folded, Traniello called, Lefkowitz folded and then the two blinds also called. Buss called as well.
Action was now five-handed to the turn card. Play checked to Buss and he bet. No one folded this time and the river brought the . Action checked around.
The small blind tabled the for two pair, nines and fives and everyone else mucked. Buss and Bari both commented that they had some low draws, but nothing that materialized.
With Robert Mizrachi and Eli Elezra both late to take a seat, and very keen gamblers, it was no surprise to see the two discuss what prop bets they could get involved in throughout the next eight hours of play.
Originally we overheard them discussing cross-books, but when we began to pay more attention to the table talk, it was discovered that they were playing two prop bet games at $100 a point.
The first involved a flopped flush with Mizrachi taking clubs and spades, and Elezra hearts and diamonds, with three of one suit on a flop costing the other three points.
The second game sees them pick three numbers (which we believed are normally consecutive, but on this occasion isn't) with Mizrachi taking 3, 6 and 7 while Elezra has 4,5 and 8. We're not exactly sure on how much they are playing for in this particular prop, but we'll keep you informed as much as we can throughout the day.
Jen Harman is another player who is down early on in Day 1 here in Event #37. She just lost a couple of Limit Hold'em hands, first to David Baker and then to Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. Here's the one with Baker.
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On the board of , Baker fired a bet and Harman called to see the fall on the river. Baker bet again and this time Harman gave it up. Baker was kind enough to show her what he had, and that was the .
A couple of hands later, Harman couldn't beat ElkY's pocket nines on a board of and lost another pot.
With a new level starting, some of the late registrants can begin playing.
Eugene Katchalov and Huck Seed are seated together while Dan Shak, Sorel Mizzi and multiple bracelet winners Mickey Appleman and Mike Matusow are also battling it out.
Jimmy Fricke, Eli Elezra, Rob Mizrachi and Richard Ashby are also seated together.
World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Jason Young is off to a rough start in this one. He's been very active early on, but not much has been going his way. Even though it's early and the bets are still small, Young's stack has dwindled to 20,000 in chips. That's just two-thirds of what he started with.
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. Action checked to Buss and he bet. Bari raised, the hijack seat folded, Traniello called, Lefkowitz folded and then the two blinds also called. Buss called as well.
turn card. Play checked to Buss and he bet. No one folded this time and the river brought the 
. Action checked around.
for two pair, nines and fives and everyone else mucked. Buss and Bari both commented that they had some low draws, but nothing that materialized.
, Baker fired a bet and Harman called to see the 
.
and lost another pot.
