Noah Boeken: (X)(X) / / (X)
Joe Cassidy: (X)(X) / / (X)
Marco Traniello: (X)(X) / / (X)
We picked up the action on sixth street. Noah Boeken was all in and Joe Cassidy bet. Marco Traniello called and then the same action happened on seventh street.
Cassidy turned over for a wheel and a six-high straight. Both Traniello and Boeken mucked. Cassidy won the hand and eliminated Boeken from the tournament.
"Has the three-seat been here all day?" asked our PokerNews field reporter to tablemate Chris Tryba.
"Yep. And he hasn't missed all day either!" responded Tryba.
The reason we asked was because Matthew Ashton just took a pot from Chris Amaral to move just shy of the 240,000-chip mark.
Omaha-8
Ashton limped under the gun, as did Amaral next to act as both blinds came along to see a flop fall. Ashton fired out 2,500 only to have Amaral raise as both blinds kicked their cards in.
Ashton made the call before leading at the and the on the turn and river as Amaral smooth-called on both streets.
Ashton tabled his for a wheel, and once Amaral flashed his , he mucked while slipping to 14,000 in chips.
Action folded to Erik Sagstrom in middle position and he limped in. Eugene Katchalov limped in from the button and then Andrew Yeh checked in the big blind. The flop came down paired with the and action checked to Katchalov. He bet and Yeh made the call. Sagstrom put in a raise and Katchalov folded. Yeh stuck around to see the turn.
The turn was the and Yeh checked. Sagstrom bet and Yeh made another call before the dealer placed the out on the river. Yeh and Sagstrom both checked.
Noah Boeken brought it in with the , and Sorel Mizzi completed. Joe Cassidy called, and when action folded back to him, Boeken did the same. Mizzi bet fourth street, and both opponents called him. He bet again on fifth, and Cassidy folded quickly. Boeken carefully counted his remaining 15,000, eventually deciding to save them for another hand. Mizzi is nearing the 100,000 mark.
Scotty Nguyen opened under the gun with a raise to 5,000 and defending champion Ian Gordon made the call from the big blind.
Gordon checked the flop as Nguyen bet out 2,500. Gordon raised to 5,000 and Nguyen moved all in for 6,400 with Gordon making the call.
Gordon:
Nguyen:
With Nguyen a lock for half the pot, he would unfortunately see the grace on the turn to award half the pot to Gordon, and after the meaningless completed the board on the river, Nguyen moved to just shy of 12,000 as Gordon sat with 44,000 in chips.
On the flop, John Juanda checked to Raymond Dehkarghani. Dehkarghani bet and Juanda raised. Dehkarghani raised once more and was all in for the full three bets and Juanda called.
Juanda:
Dehkarghani:
The turn was the and the river the , missing Dehkarghani and sending him to the rail. Juanda moved towards the century mark in chips.
Barry Greenstein hits the rail with Mickey Appleman
Stud-8
With Barry Greenstein all in on third street and Mickey Appleman all in on fifth, the two active players - Sergey Rybachenko and Tom Dwan - played out the pot.
Greenstein would reveal an ace-high flush, but when Dwan tabled his in the hole for quads, and Rybachenko his wheel, both Greenstein and Appleman were forced to the rail.
Fu Wong: (X)(X) / / (X)
Tommy Hang: (X)(X) / / (X)
Erik Sagstrom: (X)(X) / / (X)
Fu Wong bet on sixth when he paired his five. Tommy Hang folded, and Erik Sagstrom called. Wong and bet again after getting a seventh card, and Sagstrom called, hoping for the high half of the big pot. Wong showed an for two pair, and Sagstrom couldn't beat it. Neither made a low, and all the chips were shipped to Wong. He's up to 108,000 now. Sagstrom sill has a field-leading 160,000, and Hang is hanging in there with 37,000.
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for a wheel and a six-high straight. Both Traniello and Boeken mucked. Cassidy won the hand and eliminated Boeken from the tournament.
flop fall. Ashton fired out 2,500 only to have Amaral raise as both blinds kicked their cards in.
and the 
on the turn and river as Amaral smooth-called on both streets.
for a wheel, and once Amaral flashed his 
, he mucked while slipping to 14,000 in chips.
and Yeh checked. Sagstrom bet and Yeh made another call before the dealer placed the 
out on the river. Yeh and Sagstrom both checked.
flop as Nguyen bet out 2,500. Gordon raised to 5,000 and Nguyen moved all in for 6,400 with Gordon making the call.
, missing Dehkarghani and sending him to the rail. Juanda moved towards the century mark in chips.
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in the hole for quads, and Rybachenko his wheel, both Greenstein and Appleman were forced to the rail.
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for two pair, and Sagstrom couldn't beat it. Neither made a low, and all the chips were shipped to Wong. He's up to 108,000 now. Sagstrom sill has a field-leading 160,000, and Hang is hanging in there with 37,000.
