Abe Mosseri raised first in, John Juanda three-bet, and Kris Lord made it four bets to go from the big blind. Mosseri ducked out but Juanda wanted to play ball. Lord would pat it all the way down as Juanda drew one card each time. Juanda called a bet after the first and second draws, but when Lord bet again in the end, he had to let his hand go.
Lord flashed 7-5-4-3-2, having been dealt Number One to start the hand.
Brad Libson raised from the cutoff seat, and Kris Lord was the only caller, coming in from the button. Lord would draw two-two-one, while Libson only drew one card before standing pat twice. Lord called one bet on each of the first two draws, but a final bet from Libson was enough to make him surrender.
The remaining seven players have been re-combined into one unofficial final table. Since they're seven handed, the player to the left of the big blind will sit out on each deal. We'll play on for one more knockout before we pack up and move over to the featured table. Here's how the table is set up:
With Le's knockout, there was just a single big blind for this hand. Brad Libson raised it up, and Hertzel Zalewski and Julie Schneider came along with him. Libson drew one while his opponents traded two cards. He bet and got both opponents to call.
On the second round, each player drew one before Libson made another bet. Zalewski put in a raise, Schneider folded, and Libson called the extra bet.
On the final draw, both Libson and Zalewski stood pat, and the former check-called a bet from Zalewski. Both men said, "Eighy-six," nearly simultaneously. Libson showed down the winner though, tabling 8-6-5-3-2. That loss knocked Zalewski down to just 22,000
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On the next hand, Zalewski raised first in, and Masayoshi Tanaka made it three bets. Brad Libson called, as did Zalewski, whose call put him all in and at risk. The betting rounds were pretty uneventful, and Zalewski would draw two cards the whole way. After patting on the last round, Libson tabled 9-8-7-5-3, good enough to win the pot and eliminate Hertzel Zalewski in 8th place. He'll get a pay bump up to just about $18,000 for his efforts.
Nam Le is out after two consecutive bad pots for him. In the first one, Le was the pre-draw raiser, and Masayoshi Tanaka three-bet him from the button. Le took three cards to Tanaka's one before calling a bet.
On the second draw, Le was down to drawing two, but Tanaka patted and bet again. That was enough to fold Le, leaving him with 11,000 chips.
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On the next hand, Hertzel Zalewski limped in from the small blind, and Le took a free draw from the big. Both men took three cards, and Zalewski bet out. Le had just 3,000 chips left, and he called all in. He would draw two-one on the last two rounds, and Zalewski drew one time before patting on the last draw.
Le showed 5-4-3-2 before drawing an ugly king at the end. Zalewski had patted his T-9-8-4-2, and it was the winner. With that, the short-stack ninja Nam Le has finally been put out of his misery, exiting in 9th place.
Nam Le raised from the button, and both Masayoshi Tanaka and Brad Libson called from the blinds. On the first draw, Libson took one card and bet, wihle Tanaka and Le drew two and they both called.
On the second round, Tanaka was the only man drawing two, while Libson and Le took one apiece. The betting checked to the button this time, and Le made a bet which got two callers.
Tanaka and Libson wanted one more card while Le stood pat, and the action checked around. Libson showed down the winner with 8-7-6-3-2, earning the first significant pot of Day 3.
Well, you can't fault the guy for being in bed. David Bach didn't make the bracelet ceremony today, and chances are good he's just now getting to sleep. Bach did indeed win the H.O.R.S.E. event this morning, but play didn't wrap up until about 10am. We did get the U.S. and German National Anthems though. It looks like Bach will be on the podium to receive his bracelet and the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy on July 3rd.
...And just as we get started, it's time for the daily bracelet ceremony. The $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Champion, David Bach, will be among those receiving bracelets today on the podium. We'll be holding the action for about 10 minutes for the presentation and the anthem(s).