Nick Schulman limped in from UTG, Lyle Berman limped behind him, Brett Richey limped on the button and Michael Mizrachi made it another 100,000 to go from the small blind. Schulman folded, Berman called and Richey moved all-in. Grinder re-potted behind him and Berman gave up his hand.
Richey
Mizrachi
The board ran out , Mizrachi flopping the nut flush to eliminated Richey just as the field headed to dinner break.
John Juanda - 2,350,000
Mikael Thuritz - 2,320,000
Vladimir Schmelev - 2,100,000
Robert Mizrachi - 2,050,000
Michael Mizrachi - 2,040,000
Daniel Alaei - 1,450,000
David Oppenheim - 1,150,000
David Baker - 1,075,000
Abe Mosseri - 972,000
Alexander Kostritsyn - 830,000
Lyle Berman - 645,000
Nick Schulman - 383,000
When it comes to suck-resucks, this is one for the books, even if it did happen in PLO.
Lyle Berman limped in from UTG. Michael Mizrachi made it 108,000 to go from the button and Berman called.
The flop was and Berman checked to Mizrachi, who made a pot-sized bet. Berman reraised all-in and Mizrachi called.
Mizrachi tabled for top set while Berman revealed for bottom set and a flush draw. The on the turn made Berman quad sixes, but Mizrachi spiked a one-outer on the river, the falling to make him quad aces!
Mizrachi leapt from his seat at the river card hit, his mouth agape and his hands on his head. He turned to his brother Robert, playing on the other table.
"Quads over QUADS!" Michael gasped as Robert craned his neck to get a look at the board.
Meanwhile, Berman made a calm exit in 12th place, tucking his corduroy jacket around his shoulders as he left the table.
Vladimir Schmelev raised it up to 75,000 from under the gun and action folded around to John Juanda who defended his big blind with a call.
They took a flop of and Juanda checked to Schmelev who fired 100,000. Juanda made a quick call.
The turn brought the and action went check, check, as the completed the board on the river. Juanda came out betting for 215,000 but Schmelev made a quick call.
Juanda opened for a busted straight and flush draw as Schmelev showed for the overpair and a nice pot. He's up to 2.25 million as Juanda slips back to 1.8 million.
The poker gods giveth...and the poker gods taketh away.
Mikael Thuritz opened for 75,000 from the cutoff, David Baker potted to 261,000 from the button, Michael Mizrachi called from the small blind and Thuritz folded. Mizrachi led out for a pot-sized bet on the flop and Baker re-raised all-in, getting a pretty quick call from Mizrachi.
Baker
Mizrachi
The turn was the , the river was the and Baker's aces held up to double his stack to 2.06 million. The Grinder is down to 1.8 million.
Daniel Alaei raised it up to 75,000 and David Oppenheim made the call in the big blind. They checked a flop of and the fell on the turn. Oppenheim checked and Alaei took a stab with a bet of 110,000. Oppenheim made the call.
The river brought the and again it was checked through with Alaei opening for the best hand to take it down.
Michael Mizrachi raised from the button and Nick Schulman called from the big blind. Mizrachi drew one card while Schulman drew two. Schulman check-called a bet, then drew two cards while Mizrachi rapped pat. Schulman check-called another bet, then took one card on the final draw. Both players checked.
Mizrachi showed 9-7-6-5-3 and Schulman mucked. He's down to 410,000 while Mizrachi just crossed the 2 million mark.