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Ralph Perry raised from the cutoff, David Sklansky called from the button, and Shawn Sheikhan called from the big blind. Sheikhan took three cards, Perry stood pat, and Sklansky took two.
Sheikhan checked, Perry bet, and both Sklansky and Sheikhan called.
This time Sheikhan drew two and the others stood pat. Perry bet again, Sklansky called, and Sheikhan got out.
Both stood pat again on the third draw. Perry bet, and Sklansky called.
Perry showed an 8-6-5-3-2, but Sklansky showed 8-6-4-3-2 and took the pot.
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Ah, the pain of triple draw. Steve Zolotow had all of his chips in the middle against Mike Wattel. After the last draw was completed, Wattel turned up his hand and showed a ten-eight. Zolotow had 8-6-5-3, all of diamonds. He need any non-diamond, non-pair card below ten to win the pot. He squeezed his final draw card. It made his eight, but it also made his flush -- he pulled the . Zolotow is out.
Shamus
Phil Hellmuth had all of his chips in after the third draw holding just a jack-low. Luckily for him, the two remaining opponents in the hand drew a pair and a king, respectively.
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Jason Gray had the last of his chips in before the first draw and had a made 9. He stood pat for the first two draws, but watched as two opponents were betting into each other, both having stood pat on the second draw.
On the third draw, Gray decided he needed to improve, so threw back two cards only to end up with a J-9. He'd made the right move, though, as one of his opponent's showed 7-6-5-4-2.
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Nick "The Takeover" Schulman has been having his way with his table, taking down pot after pot and rarely showing down hands. He's currently at the top of the leaderboard with 33,000.
[user75032]
If poker tournaments are won and lost on the margins, Jason Lester is on his way towards winning after a recent hand. Lester reraised before the first draw, with position, after his opponent raised. His opponent made the call and drew two. Lester drew one, then bet after his opponent checked to him. His opponent called again.
On the second draw, both players took one card. This time, Lester's opponent led out with a bet that Lester called. On the final draw, Lester's opponent was pat. Lester drew one. He bet when the action checked to him. His opponent called to see some bad news:
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Julie Schneider and Greg "FBT" Mueller were both just eliminated on the same hand. Up against an opponent who stood pat on the last draw with 9-7-6-4-3, Schneider paired her deuce and Mueller caught a king.
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Todd Brunson was all in against David Benyamine, who was standing pat on the third draw with 9-6-5-4-2. Brunson had a 10, but discarded two cards and managed to pick up a 9-6-5-3-2 to survive. He had 2,200 after the hand.
His luck ran out soon afterwards, though, when he couldn't better an opponent's smooth 8.
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. Zolotow is out.