Liz Lieu was already all in when we got to the table, with the board reading . Two other players were heads up, but one of them folded to the other players bet. The remaining player tabled for top pair, and Lieu cheered, "I have an out", showing . Indeed, any club would give her the nut flush, but it wasn't meant to be, as the river brought the .
Lieu has yet to leave her table, but she hasn't shown any indication that she intends to rebuy. For now, it looks like she is eliminated from the tournament.
We walked up to the table to see that Mark Newhouse had reraised all in for 2,400 facing a 300 chip raise. It folded back to his opponent, and thanks to some words of encouragement from her table mate Mike Matusow, she made the call. The cards were flipped, and we were off to the races.
Newhouse:
Opponent:
The flop came down , giving Newhouse extra outs as he picked up an open ended straight draw. The on the turn brought him no help, but the river, the , gave Newhouse the nut straight. After that hand, Newhouse is back up to 4,800 from his original 5,000 starting stack.
We promise that Michael Mizrachi isn't the only person in the tournament. He just so happens to be the one providing all of the entertainment so far. We saw Karina Jett commit the rest of her 3,100 chip stack in preflop, and Mizrachi looked at his cards and immediately slammed a stack of blue T500 chips in for the call. Mizrachi called for Jett's rebuy before the hands were revealed, but he saw that he was in bad shape.
Jett:
Mizrachi:
The flop didn't pair either but brought some action, coming . Jett picked up a flush draw, but Mizrachi also picked up some chop outs. However, the on the turn sealed the hand for Jett, who made the ace high flush. The meaningless river was the , and Jett bumped her stack back up to 6,400.
So far, Michael Mizrachi has easily been the most active big name in the tournament, playing every hand that we've seen the table play. He just forced another player to reach into their pocket for a rebuy, as he has upped his stack to 15,000 early.
The money was already in the middle when we got to the table, on a flop of . Mizrachi's was drawing very live against his opponent's , but the on the turn brought no help. However, the spiked on the river, and Mizrachi collected another nice pot.
Well it's pretty clear that the players will be taking full advantage of their rebuy option. We've already heard the "rebuy" cry from three different dealers, one of them being from the featured table. We walked over, and saw that Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi was raking in a pot for an early double stack.
We didn't catch the action, but we saw that Mizrachi had on a board that read . His two pair was better then his opponents , and Mizrachi is quickly up to 10,000.
The cards are in the air, the players are in their seats, and we are underway! Over at the featured table, Karina Jett, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, and Dexter actor David Zayas are shuffling chips.
. Two other players were heads up, but one of them folded to the other players bet. The remaining player tabled 
for top pair, and Lieu cheered, "I have an out", showing 
. Indeed, any club would give her the nut flush, but it wasn't meant to be, as the river brought the 
.
, giving Newhouse extra outs as he picked up an open ended straight draw. The 
on the turn brought him no help, but the river, the 
. Jett picked up a flush draw, but Mizrachi also picked up some chop outs. However, the 
on the turn sealed the hand for Jett, who made the ace high flush. The meaningless river was the 
was drawing very live against his opponent's 
, but the 
spiked on the river, and Mizrachi collected another nice pot.
on a board that read 
, and Mizrachi is quickly up to 10,000.