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Anthony Rivera and Matt Glantz capped the betting before the first draw. Rivera drew one and Glantz rapped pat. Glantz bet and Rivera called.
On the second draw Rivera drew one and Glantz rapped pat. Again Glantz led out and Rivera called.
On the third draw both players stayed pat and checked it down.
Glantz turned up 9-7-6-5-4, just out-pipped by Rivera's 9-7-6-5-3.
As we break for dinner, Rivera has seized the chip lead with 1,896,000 while Glantz is down to 1,015,000.
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Michael DeMichele - 4th Place
2-7 Triple Draw:
Michael DeMichele was all in predraw for his last 40,000. Anthony Rivera called and James Mackey called. Rivera and Mackey drew three while DeMichele drew two. Rivera led out and Mackey called.
On the second draw all three players drew one. Rivera bet and Mackey called.
On the third draw, Rivera and Mackey rapped pat and DeMichele drew one. Rivera and Mackey both checked.
Rivera turned up 8-7-6-4-2, Mackey mucked, and DeMichele showed a 10 before mucking his cards and hitting the rail in fourth place. He earned $139,872 for his finish.
Michael DeMichele bet after he drew two cards and Anthony Rivera called after drawing two as well. Both players then drew one card each. DeMichele bet and Rivera called. Then, both players stood pat.
DeMichele tanked before making another bet and Rivera called.
DeMichele: 8-7-5-4-3
Rivera: 8-7-5-3-2
Rivera has crippled DeMichele by barely besting his hand. DeMichele only has 40,000 left in his stack with Rivera approaching one million.
Matt Glantz raised, Michael DeMichele called on the button, Anthony Rivera called from the small blind and James Mackey called from the big blind. Rivera, Mackey and DeMichele drew two while Glantz drew one. Mackey checked, Glantz bet, and everyone called.
On the second draw Rivera and Glantz took one while Mackey and DeMichele took two. Mackey checked, Glantz bet, DeMichele called, Rivera called and Mackey folded.
On the third draw Rivera and DeMichele took one and Glantz rapped pat. Rivera led out, Glantz called and DeMichele folded.
Rivera turned up 7-5-4-3-2 for the stone nuts and raked in the massive pot, increasing his stack to 800,000.
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It has seemed that 2-7 triple draw has been the game with the biggest pots. The players love to gamble and build the pots. We're coming up on another round of deuce-to-seven so things should pick up in action.
James Mackey raised under the gun to 45,000. Matt Glantz re-raised from the button to 145,000. Action folded back to Mackey and he thought before folding.
Two hands later, action folded to Mackey in the small blind and he raised to 50,000. Glantz called out of the big blind. The flop came and Mackey checked.
Glantz studied before betting 82,000. Mackey called.
The turn came the and Mackey checked again. Glantz studied even longer this time and then bet 145,000. Mackey quickly folded.
Glantz is approaching two million with no one else over one million.
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and Mackey checked.
and Mackey checked again. Glantz studied even longer this time and then bet 145,000. Mackey quickly folded.