Tony Green is the latest casualty of today's field. He was all in for less than the big blind and found himself in a three-way battle with Ivan Demidov and Michael Guzzardi. There was no low possible on a board of . Green's did not even come close to connecting with the board. Guzzardi had straight draws all over the place with but wound up with just two pair, kings and sevens. Demidov showed down to make deuces full of kings and drag the pot.
Demidov chipped up to 5,400, a long way from Guzzardi's 13,600.
The action flop was with Ashish Gupta betting out and Steve Topakas putting in the raise. Gupta made the call.
The turn was the and Gupta check-raised the bet from Topakas who made the call. The river was where things got crazy when the bricked. The action was capped on the river with a series of bets as both players felt they held the goods.
Gupta:
Topakas: -X-X
Incredibly both tabled full houses with Gupta taking it down with kings full of queens to climb up to 9,100 to leave Topakas, who finished second in yesterday's opening event, in trouble on 1,700.
With the board reading Mick "The Hoon" Stanton and his opponent went to showdown. Stanton tabled for the straight and best low as his opponent flashed and mucked.
As the entire pot was pushed towards Stanton he appeared confused as he thought his opponent had won the low with his ace-deuce.
"How do I get the low? You have ace-two!" said Stanton. The dealer explained that the deuce paired on the board and that he held the best low.
"Oh right," said Stanton, "I just didn't want to rob you!"
David Bach was low on chips and had no choice but to make a stand with . He was called by James Kronos and George Cotaidis. Bach was drawing live on the turn, . He had top two and a gutshot to Broadway against Kronos' straight and flush draws and Cotaidis' made straight, . The river paired the board, but it wasn't a pair that helped Bach -- it was the . That left Cotaidis as the winner. He's up to 14,000, Kronos is down to 5,000, and Bach is out.
The board showed . 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event Champion Alexander Kostritsyn bet and was called by two players. One of those players also called Kostritsyn's bet on the river. Kostritsyn tabled for a full house, aces full of tens. No low was possible; Kostritsyn scooped when his opponent mucked.
Van Marcus is still feeling pretty good. He recently came up to one of our reporters and told him, "If I win this tournament, I dedicate it to [online player] What is 7x6. He gets a $1,000 freeroll." "What is 7x6" is a regular in some of the higher-limit Omaha games on sites like PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.
On a flop of Billy "The Croc" Argyros fired out a bet. Joe Humunicki then raised for his last 375 before Steve Swalling put in yet another raise. Argyros made the call as a big pot developed.
The turn was the and again after a series of raises Swalling found his last chips in the middle.
Argyros:
Humunicki:
Swalling:
"The Croc" held the lead with his aces and nut low and scooped when the fell on the river to send his two opponents to the rail. Argyros is now up to a healthy 14,300.
In late position, Joe Cabret and Ashish Gupta were part of a five-way limped flop of . Cabret bet and was called only by Gupta. That action was repeated on the turn and the river. Cabret turned over ; Gupta showed . Gupta turned the second-nut low and had a ton of outs to a winning high hand, but Cabret's full house took that half of the pot.
Each player is just under the starting stack of 5,000 chips.