It took more than two hours of play, but we finally found our first elimination from the final table. Robert Mizrachi opened from middle position and was called by big blind Dustin Leary. Leary led into the short-stacked Mizrachi on a flop of . Mizrachi raised 11,000 more and was all in with . Leary called, having out-flopped Mizrachi with . Leary's pair of kings held firm over Mizrachi's queens as the turn and river blanked out.
In a battle of the blinds, Robert Mizrachi raised from the small, and Konstantin Puchkov called from the big.
Mizrachi followed up his raise with a bet on the flop, and Puchkov wasted no time calling. The landed on the turn, and Mizrachi checked this time before calling one of Puchkov's bets. He called one more on the river.
At showdown, Puchkov turned over his for Broadway, and... Mizrachi held his cards. For maybe fifteen or twenty seconds, he sat absolutely still, staring down at his two hole cards. Finally, he released them into the muck with a big frown.
Mizrachi is all the way down to just 71,000 after dropping that significant pot.
Dustin Leary caught the bring-in, but that's not always terrible in Stud Hi/Lo. He called after Al Barbieri completed.
Barbieri bet every street from there on out, even the streets where Leary had the lead. Leary called all the way. At showdown, Barbieri's trip treys were bested by Leary's full house. Leary scooped the whole pot on one of the last hands of Stud Hi/Lo.
Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi is here, standing on the rail, sweating brother Robert. Right next to him are James "MiG.com" Mackey and Grant Hinkle, here to cheer on their good friend Blake Cahail.
They're not the only poker personalities here, however. David Levi is sitting on the first step of seating, and Alexander Kravchenko has been in and out all day to check on countryman Konstantin Puchkov.
For a fixed-limit final table, this event has attracted a sizable rail.
Dustin Leary is second in chips right now and is continuing to add to his stack. He completed third street and was called by Robert Mizrachi. Leary bet again on fourth street, then called after Mizrachi raised.
Mizrachi caught the lead on fifth street but checked it over to Leary. Leary took the bait and bet. Mizrachi called.
On sixth street Leary made open nines n bet again. Mizrachi thought about his decision for approximately 30 seconds before folding.
Andrew Revesz limped into the pot showing a 9 door card before Al Barbieri completed. Action moved to Dustin Leary, who raised his 2. Everyone folded back to Barbieri, who was the only caller. Barbieri had the lead on fourth and fifth streets and bet each time. Leary called both bets, then bet the lead himself on sixth street. Barbieri raised and was called.
Both players checked the river. Barbieri turned up an ace and a deuce in the hole for a 7-4 low. That was the winner.
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. Mizrachi raised 11,000 more and was all in with 
. Leary called, having out-flopped Mizrachi with 
. Leary's pair of kings held firm over Mizrachi's queens as the turn and river blanked out.
landed on the turn, and Mizrachi checked this time before calling one of Puchkov's bets. He called one more on the 
river.
for Broadway, and... Mizrachi held his cards. For maybe fifteen or twenty seconds, he sat absolutely still, staring down at his two hole cards. Finally, he released them into the muck with a big frown.
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