Michael Mizrachi, winner of the 2010, 2012, and 2018 WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship, will not be adding a fourth title to his poker resume after busting in a hand of No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw.
He drew one against a standing pat Adam Friedman for his last 300,000.
Friedman tabled and Mizrachi was drawing live with and could hit any deuce, four, six or nine.
Mizrachi crouched down to peel his final card. "It's a three-sider," he said, meaning the card was a six, seven or eight. He peeled some more before flipping over an to pair and bust.
From his short stack, Daniel Negreanu raised under the gun and was called by both Johannes Becker on the button and Dan Cates in the big blind.
Cates drew three cards, Negreanu drew two and Becker also took two.
Action was checked to Becker who bet, but he was then called by both opponents.
Cates and Negreanu each drew two, while Becker discarded just one.
Again the players checked to Becker, who bet once more. Cates called quickly, but Negreanu paused briefly before opting to call, leaving himself just 80,000 behind.
Cates took one, Negreanu needed one, and Becker stood pat.
The play was then checked through on the last betting round with Becker rolling over , which would end up being the winner.
On the following hand, Becker raised in the cutoff, with Negreanu calling in the big blind and bringing out the vlogging gear.
Both players needed two cards and then checked. They each drew two again, but this time Negreanu moved the last of his chips forward, receiving a call from Becker.
"Kid Poker" then stood pat, while Becker needed one card.
Negreanu showed , while Becker showed , drawing very live. Unfortunately for him, he paired his seven, sending a small double-up to Negreanu, who is now battling to stay alive in the tournament.
David Williams was forced all-in for 40,000 out of the big blind after he had lost the vast majority of his stack just before the break. Benny Glaser raised from under the gun and all other players folded.
After checking all his cards one by one, Williams discarded four "paint cards" while Glaser took one new card. Both then took one each after the second draw and did so again for the final draw to turn over their cards.
David Williams:
Benny Glaser:
"Just catch a six so I don't have to worry about it," Williams joked and Glaser turned over a deuce to pair up. Any non-pair would save Williams but he also paired the to hit the rail.
Bryn Kenney raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Erik Seidel then pushed out of the big blind. Kenney mulled it over before calling all-in for around 400,000 as he flicked in the sole remaining T-25,000 he had left over.
Once Seidel patted, Kenney was pained for a few seconds but that may have also been the result to the massage he was receiving at the same time. Ultimately, Kenney patted it back and the cards were revealed.
Seidel turned over an and Kenney asked the dealer to check which card he would have received if he had broken up his hand. That happened to be the as his ten-eight ended up second-best.
Johannes Becker raised from under the gun and Daniel Negreanu three-bet on the button for Becker to call. On the flop, Becker bet and Negreanu raised to receive a call from his opponent. That left Negreanu with exactly two big bets behind and he invested one of them on the turn when Becker bet and he called.
Becker also instantly bet the river and Negreanu was stunned.
"It has been like this all day, get to 400k and have to grind it all back ..." Negreanu sighed as he sunk back into his chair. After mulling it over for another thirty seconds, he let go and was left with one big blind.
In the very next hand, Negreanu was all-in from the cutoff via the open raise and Becker called out of the big blind.
He was about to grab his selfie stick to record the action but his assistant was already there as the cards were exposed.
Daniel Negreanu:
Johannes Becker:
"Alright, we go for the low and they go for the high," Negreanu mentioned for his upcoming vlog. There was not much help on the flop but the turn was huge for Negreanu. He asked for another low card and that indeed came but it was the river that paired the board.
Negreanu grabbed his equipment and joked "selfie stick in hand just to be safe" before heading to the rail, while Becker raked in the pot with a chuckle.
Stephen Chidwick raised under the gun and was three-bet by Yuri Dzivielevski on the button.
Chidwick called to see a flop of . The players each checked to see the on the turn.
Chidwick then fired out a bet and was called by Dzivielevski.
On the river , Chidwick put in his last bet and was quickly called by Dzivielevski who called and instantly rolled over for a full house of sixes full of queens. Chidwick tossed his cards frustratedly into the muck and left the tournament floor.
What seemed to run out as a rather standard hand culminated in a crazy twist as Ap Garza managed to get Adam Friedman to fold a four-heart open board.
It was Friedman who bet all the way and Garza, on the other side of the table with a rather innocent jack-high board and just two clubs, called it down while he had the sunglasses on.
On seventh street, Friedman bet once more and Garza then raised! Friedman vaulted out of his chair in disbelief and counted his remaining 360,000 chips behind very carefully. He double-checked his cards and muttered an "holy shit".
Another two minutes passed and Friedman then asked "you see I have four hearts here, right?" to which Garza stood up from his chair, took off the sunglasses and stared at Friedman's board.
Friedman needed more time to think and apologised twice to the table but nobody was going to call the clock anyways. Ultimately, Friedman crumbled his board and tossed it into the muck.
Garza, now with the sunglasses back on, offered to reveal one card but Friedman instantly declined.
"You don't have to have hearts, I had three in my hand," Garza seemingly said and Scott Bohlman then chimed in. "You have heart for sure, you might be my new favourite," he concluded in table chat while Friedman was left with a very short stack.
A short-stacked Matthew Gonzales raised on the button and was called in the small blind by Ap Garza.
Each player drew one, with Gonzales playfully putting the on the brim of Garza's black cowboy hat.
The players then checked, and each drew one again.
This time Garza led out with a bet to start the big bet rounds, which was met with a raise by Gonzales, leaving himself just 120,000 chips behind.
Garza hesitantly made the call, then patted his hand. Gonzales also stood pat before the final round of betting.
Garza now checked, and Gonzales put out a bet to leave himself just 20,000 behind.
Garza bemoaned his decision, then flashed the and folded his hand.
Gonzales slammed his winning hand down onto the table as the pot was pushed his way.
"I f***, boys! I f***, proclaimed Gonzales enthusiastically as he stacked his chips.
The table laughed heartily at Gonzales' proclamation, then asked the PokerNews reporting team to ensure the comma in his statement was correctly placed in this post.
Maxx Coleman shoved for 260,000 from the cutoff. Ap Garza called in the big blind. The pair waited for hands at the other two tables to finish before turning over their cards.
Maxx Coleman:
Ap Garza:
There was a jack in the window of a flop. The turn was the and the river was the and Coleman was eliminated. The remaining 17 players are all guaranteed $83,738.