Eli Elezra opened for a raise from the button, Gus Hansen three-bet from the small blind and Elezra called. The flop was . Hansen bet, Elezra raised all in and Hansen called.
Elezra:
Hansen:
The turn was the , the river was the and Elezra won the pot with ace high. Hansen was left with only 24,000.
Michael DeMichele's 8-6-4-3-2 bested Gus Hansen's 8-6-5-4-3 in a sizeable triple draw pot. DeMichele is now up to 480,000 while Hansen has fallen to 120,000.
Matt Glantz 975,000
Tom Dwan 610,000
James Mackey 490,000
Michael DeMichele 360,000
Jeff Madsen 300,000
Sam Farha 260000
Gus Hansen 240,000
Anthony Rivera 210,000
David Oppenheim 190,000
Eli Elezra 93,000
Tom Dwan raised from the button, Ali Eslami raised all in from the big blind and Dwan called.
Eslami:
Dwan:
The flop was , and Dwan flopped a flush with a redraw to a straight flush. The turn was the , the river was the and Eslami was eliminated in 10th place. He'll take home $36.096 for his performance.
James Mackey opened for a raise, Ali Eslami called all in for 19,500 and Jeff Madsen called from the button. The flop was and both Mackey and Madsen checked. The turn was the . Mackey bet and Madsen folded. And the cards are turned over...
Eslami:
Mackey:
The river was the and Eslami tripled up with a set of fives. He's still short-stacked, though at 58,500.
In the hand following the one that crippled him, Tom Schneider was blinded all in. Jeff Madsen limped in, as did Tom "durrrr" Dwan. Schneider drew four cards, Madsen drew one, and Dwan drew two.
With Schneider all in, Madsen and Dwan put in three bets each. Schneider and Madsen drew one and Dwan stood pat. Madsen and Dwan then checked.
Schneider stood pat, as did Dwan, and Madsen drew one card. Madsen then bet and Dwan folded.
Madsen scooped the big side pot and also the main pot with a 7-6-5-4-2 low that bested Schneider's eight low.
Schneider was eliminated in 12th position and will take home just over $36,000 for his efforts. This was the last hand of 2-7 triple draw, but the first hand that Dwan didn't win in the eight-hand rotation.