Gus Hansen raised from UTG before Isaac Haxton reraised from the next seat. Everyone else folded but Hansen made another raise that Haxton called before the dealer brought a flop.
Gus led out for 1,200 and Haxton called so we saw the turn . Hansen led out again only to be raised by Haxton but he responded by raising once more. Haxton called and the river came .
Both players seemed suspicious of each other as they just checked it down. Haxton revealed and Hansen tapped the table and gave up the pot to his neighbor.
Hansen's down to 21,000 now, Haxton up to the dizzy heights of 81,000.
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(Table 1)
Seat 1: Torstein Iversen
Seat 2: Sherkhan Farnood
Seat 3: Jeff Duvall
Seat 4: Max Pescatori
Seat 5: Phil Ivey
Seat 6: Mark Gregorich
Seat 7: Yuval Bronshtein
Seat 8: Erik Albinsson
(Table 2)
Seat 1: Robert Williamson III
Seat 2: John Juanda
Seat 3: Marc Goodwin
Seat 4: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 5: Daniel Negreanu
Seat 6: David Williams
Seat 7: Martin Vallo
Seat 8: Ivo Donev
(Table 3)
Seat 1: Spencer Lawrence
Seat 2: Joe Beevers
Seat 3: Jeff Lisandro
Seat 4: Gus Hansen
Seat 5: Isaac Haxton
Seat 6: Barny Boatman
Seat 7: Raul Paez
Seat 8: Howard Lederer
Jason Gray has just been eliminated from the tournament by Howard Lederer, leaving us with 24 players.
According to Isaac Haxton, Jason, short-stacked, traded preflop raises with Howard until Jason was all in. Jason tabled at the showdown and was up against Howard's . The board delivered four spades for Howard and he took down the pot with the nut flush.
Now that we're down to 24 players, Tournament Directors Charlie Ciresi and Steve Frezer are orchestrating a redraw. We'll have the new seat assignments available momentarily.
I caught the action on fifth street, with Barny Boatman betting out. Raul Paez raised, and the Hendon Mobster stood up to get a closer look at Paez' up cards. He called.
Boatman bet out again on sixth street and seventh street; both times Paez flat-called, and mucked when Boatman announced, "Threes and sevens with an ace," and turned over his hand.
Paez:
Boatman: with
Boatman, who left himself just 12,000 behind when he bet on seventh street, is now back up to a rather healthier 30,000.
Sherkhan Farnood and Phil Ivey just tangled in a big pot that went all the way to the river. The flop came down before Farnood led out from the big blind. Ivey raised it up to 2,400 and Farnood made it 3,600 but Ivey was going nowhere as he made the call.
The turn came and there was a simple 1,200 bet from Farnood and a call from Ivey before the river came .
This starting the raising war off again as Farnood bet 2,400, Ivey made it 4,800 before Farnood made it 7,200 and Ivey called.
Farnood tabled for the rivered full house. An unlucky Ivey mucked but flashed for the smaller full house.
Ivey back down to five figures on 81,600, Farnood up to 33,500.
Short for much of today, the losing end of a stud hand against John Juanda put him right down to the felt. After an erratic pattern of check-raising, calling reraises and just plain checking on seventh street, Juanda turned over a queen to pair the one he was showing up, and it was good for the pot, leaving Krause with just 2,700 in chips.
Krause:
Juanda: with
All in a few hands later on third street though, he triumped against Yuval Bronshtein and was back up to still trifling 6,000.
Two players were knocked out at Table Phil during this rotation.
Paul Jackson was the first to go. After losing a few pots to leave him low, and with Phil Ivey raising up every hand, he had no option but to wait for a hand. When he did get it in he told me he had ace-high after seven cards and no low! David Williams was the man who claimed his scalp.
In the last hand of the rotation, Chris Bjorin got the last of his chips in on fourth street when up against Phil Ivey and David Williams. Ivey bet Williams out of the pot on the next street leaving us heads-up.
Ivey revealed and that was good enough to oust Bjorin with .
Spencer Lawrence made it as far as fourth street, and Raul Paez made it as far as fifth before giving in to Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu bet all the way down, and after a considerable dwell on fifth street, Paez laid it down with a nod. Negreanu, with the barest hint of a smug smile, raked in the chips.
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. Hansen led out again only to be raised by Haxton but he responded by raising once more. Haxton called and the river came 
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and Hansen tapped the table and gave up the pot to his neighbor.
at the showdown and was up against Howard's 
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and there was a simple 1,200 bet from Farnood and a call from Ivey before the river came 
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for the rivered full house. An unlucky Ivey mucked but flashed 
for the smaller full house.
