Grizzle and RW3 were heads up on fourth street, where Grizzle bet out. RW3 called. Grizzle check-raised on fifth street, RW3 called, and Grizzle led out again on sixth. RW3 called. On seventh, Grizzle bet dark.
"Come on, Robert!" Jared Bleznick exclaimed. "Bust Sam!"
RW3 didn't seem to happy when he sweated his last card however.
"What did you do?" Bleznick asked. "Pair?"
"Worse," RW3 responded.
"What's worse than pairing?" Bleznick asked himself.
RW3 ended up calling, and Grizzle turned over . Williamson mucked, leaving himself around 8,000 chips, while Grizzle now has around 28,000
Earlier today we told you about a situation that saw Jared Bleznick avoid a penalty, much to the dismay of Raymond Davis. Now it seems Bleznick has received his comeuppance as he was just issued a one-round penalty.
From what we could piece together, Bleznick asked to sweat Robert Williamson III's last card and grabbed it, though he released before looking; nonetheless, the floor said touching another player's down cards is a big no-no and told Bleznik that this time he was going to get a penalty.
Bleznik wasn't too happy with the situation as he never looked at the card, but the rest of the table seemed amused.
"He's done it before," Sam Grizzle chimed in.
"Yes," Davis shouted after the penalty was issued. "Justice is served." The rest of the table lightheartedly debated the legitimacy of the penalty while Dan O'Brien, who we gathered has a vested interest in Bleznick, came over from an adjacent table.
"I need him at the table," he explained. "Sam, don't you want him at the table? He's terrible. He doesn't even play this game."
"Yeah, but he's got a horseshoe up his ass," Grizzle shot back with a smile.
Bleznick, who has around 42,000, is currently waiting out the penalty watching the basketball game on television.
After being crippled by Sam Grizzle, Robert Williamson III was in a three-way pot against Bryan Micon and Pat Pezzin for his tournament life.
Micon: / /
RW3: / /
Pezzin: / /
The action checked all the way down, and RW3 turned over for a queen-low. Micon showed for a king-low, which was good for the side pot, and Pezzin mucked his hand.
After returning from his penatly, Jared Bleznick completed with the only to have Brian "The Icon" Micon raise to 4,000, leaving himself just 300 behind. Bleznick made the call and then led out on the turn, which inspired Micon to call off.
Micon: / / (x)
Bleznick: / /
Micon was out of his seat and prepared to make his departure after double pairing, but stuck around to watch Bleznick make a 9-8-7-2-A low.
Shchmelev was heads up with an opponent on fourth street, who called a bet from Shchmelev. Shchmelev led again on fifth, his opponent called, and on sixth, he check-raised. His opponent called. Shchmelev fired one last bet on seventh, his opponent called, and Shchmelev tabled for a seventy-five low.
Unfortunately we didn't catch the action, but we can confirm that the two short stacks at Table 430 just clashed and the result was the elimination of Robert Williamson III. His demise came at the hands of Raymond Davis, who won with .
Once again we heard a commotion at Table 430 and made out way over. Apparently Jared Bleznick had said the f-bomb and both Sam Grizzle and Raymond Davis were lightheartedly pestering him about it, though they believed he should receive a penalty.
"There's no f-bomb rule this year," Barry Greenstein chimed it as action came to a halt. Nonetheless the dealer called the floor over.
"Every time I open my mouth these two guys call for a floor," Bleznick said shaking his head with a smile. The floor arrived and explained that this year there is no penalty for saying the f-bomb unless it is abusive and/or directed at another player.
"All I said was 'Who the f**k would give Sam Grizzle $2,500 to play this tournament,'" Bleznick said, which inspired a round of laughter from the entire tournament floor. The tournament director determined that it wasn't abusive enough to warrant a penalty.
"I can't believe they let him get away with that," Davis said afterwards.
Greenstein then elaborated on the relaxed f-bomb rule: "Some of these people don't have a very good vocabulary, so it's probably the only adjective they know."
The approximately 48 players remaining are now on a one-hour dinner break. When they return they will play four more levels, in which time we'll no doubt hit the money and make a push toward the final table.