Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and Bruno Portaro have been amongst the recent spate of eliminations as the action continues here in Event #52.
Earlier, the action folded around to Mizrachi who raised to 200 from the button, only to see the big blind raise to 625 total. Mizrachi called, then both players checked the flop of before the big blind fired out 700 on the turn of the .
Mizrachi called, then the big blind checked again on the river before Mizrachi bet 2,400, leaving just 100 behind. The big blind called and Mizrachi could only rustle up a measly for a busted flush draw against the big blind's for two pair.
Despite doubling up a short time later, Mizrachi got the rest of his money in with but failed to improve his opponent's pocket kings. We've also just been greeted by Bruno Portaro here at media row - and for those who don't know, the Aussie Millions regular usually comes straight up to us after his bust-out.
We don't know what the exact action was preflop, but after a series of raises Daniel Negreanu faced a bet that would essentially put Phil Laak all in. Negreanu had already commited well over 4,000 chips to the pot and eventually convinced himself to make the call.
Negreanu:
Laak:
The flop was nothing what Negreanu had in mind as it came out . Laak not only hit his king, but also had a flush draw to go along with it. The turn changed nothing as Negreanu still needed a jack in order to win the hand. He received no such luck as the rang off the deck. With Laak winning the hand he puts himself over the 10,000 chip mark, and Negreanu now is sitting around 2,000 in chips.
With the board reading , David William's opponent bet out 1,600 and Williams quickly made the call. The river came and William's opponent decided that this time the magic number would be 2,600. Williams called quite quickly once again to see his opponent flip up . Williams dropped his cards into the muck and watched as his chips were pushed the way of his opponent.
On a flop that read , the small and big blinds checked to Shannon Shorr who opened for 400, but the small blind then check-raised to 1,075. The big blind folded, Shorr four-bet it to 6,000 straight and the small blind called all-in.
Small blind:
Shorr:
Shorr paired up on the turn of the , but the small blind kept the lead with his pair of queens. However, Shorr still had plenty of outs with that gut-shot straight flush draw of his, and he managed to bink one with the river .
On a flop of , Bruno Portaro bet out from the small blind and the big blind player raised it up before another player in middle position re-raised. Portaro four-bet it and both the big blind and the middle position players called before Portaro opened again on the turn of the .
The big blind raised and both the middle position player and Portaro called before he and the big blind checked to the middle position player on the river . The opponent bet and both Portaro and the big blind called, but were no good against the middle position player's , despite Portaro having flopped the straight with !
On a flop of , Noah Boeken's opponent checked to Boeken who fired out a bet. His opponent raised and Boeken made the call.
The turned and his opponent checked, leaving Boeken to fire out a bet. His opponent raised and Boeken three-bet the action. His opponent responded by four-betting only to find Boeken cap it. His opponent made the call and the fell on the river. Boeken's opponent check-called once last bet on the river only to muck his cards after Boeken tabled for a set of kings.
"In no-limit you would have had all of my chips," Boeken's opponent said.
"That's the good thing about limit", Boeken replied with a smile.
We caught up to Table 109 to find Ronnie Bardah bet from early position, Hoyt Corkins raise, and Phil Laak four-bet from the big blind. Action was then back to Bardah who called, then to Corkins who also made the call.
On a flop Laak bet, Bardah called, Corkins raised, Laak called, and Bardah called. With a on the turn Laak and Bardah both agreed to check and get out of the way from a charging Corkins. Corkins then two-bet, Laak opted to call while Bardah got out of the way.
The on the river brought another check from Laak and a two-bet from Corkins. Laak then surrendered the pot to Corkins.