![[user67765]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
Michael Mizrachi has taken a small hit after doubling up a short-stacked opponent when his last chips went into the middle on a flop of 
.
Mizrachi was drawing with 
and would need to connect to get past his opponent's 
.
The 
on the turn was no help as the river also bricked the 
. Mizrachi slips to 85,000.
Jameson Painter has just been eliminated. He was all in preflop for 10,500 holding the 
up against the 
for his opponent. The board ran out 
and that was the end of the day for Painter.
With about 2,000 already in the pot, the flop came down 
. A middle position player led out for 1,350 and Bobby Baldwin called. Both players checked the 
on the turn. The river was the and the action was checked to Baldwin. He checked behind.
"I play the board," the middle position player said.
Baldwin had for two pair and took it down. He's up to 47,000.
With exactly 6,150 in the pot and the flop reading 
, the big blind checked as a player fired out 3,500.
With the action on Shawn 'Matrix' Marion, he casually tossed in two orange 5,000-denomination chips while loudly announcing, "Ten thousand!"
The big blind instantly folded as the flop aggressor paused slightly before tossing his cards into the muck also.
Marion tabled his 
for a flopped straight and collected the pot to move to a rather coincidental (since he played for the Phoenix Suns for a number of seasons as #31) 31,000 in chips.
On the flop of 
, Berry Johnston fired out a bet and his opponent raised. Johnston moved all in and had his opponent covered. The player tanked for a minute or two and then committed the rest of his chips to the pot. He held two red nines and Johnston the .
The turn was the 
and the river the , keeping Johnston in the lead and moving him up to 42,000 in chips.
Scott Seiver and his opponent both checked the flop of 
as the free 
hit the turn. Seiver checked and his opponent bet 900. Seiver made the call.
The river was the and Seiver checked again hoping for a little action but his opponent checked behind. Seiver sighed and showed 
for a rivered set. He's up to 48,000.
This is what happens when two Euros get heads up in a pot. Buckle up.
Thomas Bichon raised to 750 preflop, and Johan "busto_soon" van Til called out of the blinds. The flop came out , and van Til checked. Bichon bet 925, and van Til swiftly check-raised to 2,400. Bichon wasn't going to back down to a silly little check-raise. Instead, he three-bet to 5,800.
But busto_soon didn't get to be busto_soon by folding, and certainly not by calling, so he snap put Bichon all in. Thomas made the call for 14,600. So who had the ace? No one? At least a pair? Not so much.
Bichon: for jack-high and a flush draw
Van Til: 
for five-high and a gutshot
The was a brick, and the 
paired Bichon, so he doubled up to 43,000. Van Til was left with 32,000.
Kevin McGowan opened to 1,100 from early position to pick up the 450 in blinds.
The following hand he opened to 1,100 from under the gun, but this time was met with a 2,500 three-bet. McGowan called and then took the pot down after firing out 3,000 on the 
flop.
Why are these hands so blog-worthy?
With these two consecutive pots, it takes McGowan to over the 140,000 chip-mark as he currently sits with 142,500 in chips.
2003 Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker is back down to 33,000 after being unable to beat pocket kings. On the turn of a fairly innocuous board, 
, Moneymaker checked to his opponent -- the same player that earlier bluffed Moneymaker off of aces. That player bet 1,500, then called a large check-raise to 6,500 from Moneymaker. Both players checked the 
river, where the 
of Moneymaker's opponent collected the pot.
John O'Shea raised from under the gun to 850 and was called by the player on the button. The first three community cards came down and both players checked.
The turn added the 
to the board and both players checked again. The fell on the river and O'Shea checked. His opponent fired 1,200 and O'Shea made the call.
O'Shea tabled the and it was good, moving him up to 29,000 in chips.
