After a raised pot preflop, Al Barbieri, Layne Flack and an opponent on the button all drew two cards before Barbieri opened from the small blind. Flack called from the big blind, as did the button before all three players drew one card on the second draw.
Barbieri bet, Flack made it two bets and the button folded before Barbieri called and drew one on the last draw. Flack elected to stand pat, then Barbieri check-called Flack's bet, but his was no good against Flack's badugi of .
On a flop that read , an opponent in early position led out to Tom Franklin who called before leading out to him again on the turn of the . Franklin raised and the opponent called before check-calling Franklin's bet on the river of the .
Franklin showed down for trips to take down the pot against the opponent's two pair with .
Frank Kassela raised the button, and Jeff Sarwer three-bet from the small blind. Kassela called. Each of them took one card, and Sarwer bet out. Kassela raised, and Sarwer called. He needed one more card, while Kassela stood pat and bet. Sarwer called, and the two men patted and checked it down on the last round.
Kassela showed , and it was good enough to take the pot and move him up over his starting stack by just a few chips.
American Team PokerStars Pro Chad Brown raised to 125 from UTG +1 and the action folded around to an opponent on the button who called before the blinds got out of the way.
Brown stood pat and the opponent drew two cards before leading out for 500 after Brown checked to him. Brown took another look at his cards and chuckled before folding his hand, but the opponent was only too happy to show that he had "number two" - !
The starting half of the yellow section has filled all the way in with tables, and we've spotted some more faces we like to follow. Prince Gaspard has joined the action, as has John Juanda, Kyle Bowker, Steve Sung, and WSOP-C ring winner A.J. Jejelowo. We also see Michele Limongi, the third-place finisher in the other mixed-game event that ended last night.
The number has shot up to 302 on the board, though, and we're overflowing into the other yellow section. A new group of tables is set to join the action at the start of this upcoming level, and we see a ton of notables over there, too.
Eli Elezra completed with the in the door, and Jon Turner raised with the . Frank Kassela cold-called showing the , and Elezra decided a fold was in order.
Turner: (x-x) /
Kassela: (x-x) /
Kassela picked up the open pair on fourth and made the double bet, and Turner called. On fifth street, Kassela was showing trips, and his bet went uncalled this time. Turner even flipped over his two buried diamonds, open-mucking the ace-high flush.
Kassela is doing some good work early, up around 10,000.
Frank Kassela raised from under the gun and the action folded around to the player on the button who called, as did Eli Elezra from the small blind to make it three-handed to a flop of . Elezra checked to Kassela who bet, but the button raised. Elezra called, Kassela reraised and the button four-bet it, so Elezra and Kassela elected to call before the dealer produced the turn of the .
Elezra bet and both Kassela and the button called before repeating the action on the river of the . Kassela tabled but the button's scooped the pot, much to Kassela's disgust.
Andrew Robl called the bring-in, and the player in Seat 6 followed in into the pot.
Robl:
Seat 6:
Robl bet fourth street, and Seat 6 bet the lead on fifth. Robl called a bet there, but he could not call the sixth-street bet when he pulled the king.
After the hand, the table noticed that the player in Seat 6 was actually in the wrong seat. His card says 154/6 but he's most definitely in 156/6. They're trying to sort out what to do about the issue right now.
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was no good against Flack's badugi of 
.
, an opponent in early position led out to Tom Franklin who called before leading out to him again on the turn of the 
. Franklin raised and the opponent called before check-calling Franklin's bet on the river of the 
.
for trips to take down the pot against the opponent's two pair with 
.
, and it was good enough to take the pot and move him up over his starting stack by just a few chips.
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in the door, and Jon Turner raised with the 
. Frank Kassela cold-called showing the 
. Elezra checked to Kassela who bet, but the button raised. Elezra called, Kassela reraised and the button four-bet it, so Elezra and Kassela elected to call before the dealer produced the turn of the 
.
