Stuart Rutter raised from the button, and Brandon Shack-Harris three-bet from the big blind. Rutter called. The flop came , and Shack-Harris bet. Rutter had but 8,000 left, put it all in, and Shack-Harris called.
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Tough spot for Rutter, who after studying the situation called once for a trey to come. But the turn was the and river the , and Rutter is out. Shack-Harris has about 63,000.
Maya Roca Uribe had the bring in with the showing. Scotty Nyugen had an up and told Uribe, "I complete blind, baby," doing so without checking his hole cards.
The pair followed a similar routine the next three streets with Nguyen catching two low cards, then another ace, and each time saying "I bet blind, baby." Uribe called on each street until he was all in for his last 8,000 on sixth.
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Nguyen had trip aces for a high, but no draw to a low, meaning Uribe could either make a low and chop or pick up a six for a straight and scoop if Nguyen didn't improve.
Nguyen turned over his seventh-street card first -- -- and Uribe squeezed his to find the for two pair. Uribe is out, and Nguyen up to 90,000.
Scotty Nguyen raised from under the gun, and it folded around to Perry Friedman who called from the big blind. The pair would follow the same routine on the flop, the turn, and the river, with Friedman check-calling Nguyen's bets on each street. The last call came after some deliberation, as it only left Friedman just 1,000 chips behind.
Nguyen showed for tens and kings, and Friedman showed two of his cards -- -- before mucking.
"I thought you had something like that, baby," said a grinning Nguyen. "I set him up, baby!"
Friedman is likely not long for this one, while Nguyen is now up over 120,000.
Perry Friedman was all in preflop in a four way pot with Scotty Nguyen, Kevin Iacofano and Michael Mizrachi. On a flop it was checked to the button Mizrachi who bet, Nguyen check-raised and Iacofano folded. Mizrachi folded and Nguyen bet out on the turn declaring, "Raise it up baby."
Mizrachi sighed, "My spades are no good," mucking a nine-high flush draw.
"Of course, they're no good baby!" said Nguyen as he turned over for the nut flush draw. Friedman, who was all in blind flipped - a decent, and more importantly, ahead hand.
"I just want an ace baby!" said Nguyen and even when it was pointed out he couldn't win with an ace, he didn't care saying, "just give me an ace baby."
The river was the and Nguyen made the nut flush despite the number of spades already out of action.
Jason Potter was just knocked out when he was all in for his last few chips during Stud 8 against Michael Mizrachi. Potter could only make a pair of threes but was actually ahead until seventh when Mizrachi plucked out a gutterball queen to make an ace-high straight to scoop the entire pot.
Matthew Ashton just scooped a big pot, he had a board which was checked around against Kevin Iacofano's board and Gerard Rechnitzer's board. All three checked seventh and Ashton showed for trips, the other two players mucked and Ashton was happy but a little surprised to be taking the entire pot.
Jerry Buss has been eliminated in three-way Omaha 8 hand involving both Michael Mizrachi and Scotty Nguyen. By the river none could top Mizrachi's king-high straight to scoop, and the L.A. Lakers owner hits the rail in 25th place.
A brief pause now while they redraw for the final three eight-handed tables.
We've had a couple of eliminations since the redraw. Michael Mariakis went out in 24th soon after finding his new seat. And Jerrod Ankenman has been eliminated in 23rd.
In Ankenman's elimination hand, he was all in on the turn against Gerard Rechnitzer with the board showing . Ankenman held and Rechnitzer . The river was the , leaving Rechnitzer with a flush for the high and a better low, and Ankenman hit the rail.