Layne Flack raised to 17,000 from the small blind against Andrew Radel in the big blind. Radel made the call. The flop came down and both players checked.
The turn brought the and Flack led for 20,000. Radel raised to 50,000. Flack made the call.
The river was the and both players quickly checked. Flack tabled for top pair and won the hand. Radel did not show.
Shamus
Jerrod Ankenman continues to maintain the chip lead. He now has 674,000.
As a side note, the co-author of The Mathematics of Poker also is carefully maintaining some of the neatest-looking, easiest-to-count stacks one is likely to find sitting in front of a chip leader.
Chris Klodnicki raised the action from middle position and action folded to Eric Crain in the big blind. Crain moved all in for 51,500 more than Klodnicki's raise. The move sent Klodnicki into the tank for some time. Trai Dang finally called the clock, but almost immediately after that, Klodnicki folded. Crain showed only the . He is now up to 88,000 chips.
Eric Crain pushed his last 27,500 in the middle from under the gun, and it folded back around to Jimmy Fricke who made the call, turning over . Crain tabled .
The flop was , giving Crain two pair but Fricke the gutshot. The turn was the and the river the , and Crain doubled up. He's now at 60,000, while Fricke is still doing well with 370,000.
Rami Boukai, winner of Event No. 10 ($2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha), had a hard time keeping his stack from slipping during the first level-and-a-half today. Having slipped below 50,000, Boukai finally found a Stud/8 hand to which to commit, having picked up A-3-4. He also found an opponent in Trai Dang who had Q-Q-9.
All of Boukai's chips were in on third street. Dang would eventually draw another pair -- sixes -- to go with his queen, while Boukai couldn't draw either a low hand or a high to beat Boukai's two pair.
Boukai is out, and Dang is now back up to 165,000.
There was some crazy betting going on in a Stud hand between Adam Friedman, Layne Flack, and Jeff Tims. As we picked up on the action, Tims was showing two sixes on a board of against Flack's .
Friedman ducked out on fifth street saying, "Come check out this fold." to his buddies on the rail. He was showing three diamonds at the time.
"We all know you have a flush." said Flack. Friedman then showed Jon Turner next to him and flung in his hand.
After Flack received his sixth card, the , Friedman threw his arms up in the air and jumped out of his seat. The tournament director warned him now to do such a thing and be conscious of the other players in the hand for the future.
On seventh, Flack bet in the dark after Tims checked dark. Flack turned over in the hole, revealing that he was rolled up. His last card was the . Tims couldn't beat his full house and mucked his hand. The pot was worth well over 100,000 chips and was shipped Flack's way.
Over on Table #150, Dario Alioto just took a sizable pot off of Eric Crain. Crain had led the betting through seventh street, then Alioto raised him on the end, and Crain called.
Crain had showing, and turned over a queen and two treys for two pair. Alioto had showing, and turned over for the flush.
Alioto is up to 270,000, while Crain has slipped to 45,000.
Shamus
Layne Flack (from Day 2)
Layne Flack has dragged over one of the unused dealer's chairs from a nearby table to replace the usual seats provided for players. "Twenty times more comfortable," judged Flack.
Just now on the last hand of the Razz round, Adam Friedman, sitting to Flack's right in a relatively less-cushiony chair, received a face card as his door card and had to bring it in. Flack had a deuce up, raised, and claimed the pot.
Friedman was still muttering when the first hand of the Stud round was being delivered. "C'mon dealer," said Flack. "Give this man some low cards." (Not what Friedman wanted, now.)
"You're a funny guy," said Friedman with a grin.
Flack is still sitting pretty with 345,000, while Friedman is currently at a not-entirely-comfortable 165,000,
Jimmy Fricke completed the bet after a player brought in and then Chris Klodnicki raised. Fricke made the call. On each street after third, Klodnicki drove the betting. Fricke called until sixth street when he mucked showing two pair. Two pair might be good if this was stud, but the game was razz. Klodnicki raked in the pot.
and both players checked.
and Flack led for 20,000. Radel raised to 50,000. Flack made the call.
and both players quickly checked. Flack tabled 
for top pair and won the hand. Radel did not show.
, Jimmy Fricke fired a bet and Eric Crain moved all in over the top for 66,500 more. "Ugghhh, I suck, I call." said Fricke.
for a flush draw and a pair of threes against Crain's 
and the river the 
. Crain tabled 
, giving Crain two pair but Fricke the gutshot. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Crain doubled up. He's now at 60,000, while Fricke is still doing well with 370,000.
in the hole, revealing that he was rolled up. His last card was the 
. Tims couldn't beat his full house and mucked his hand. The pot was worth well over 100,000 chips and was shipped Flack's way.
showing, and turned over a queen and two treys for two pair. Alioto had 
showing, and turned over 
