Event #8: $10,000 8-Game Mix Championship

2-7 Triple Draw: Michael DeMichele bet after he drew two cards and Anthony Rivera called after drawing two as well. Both players then drew one card each. DeMichele bet and Rivera called. Then, both players stood pat. DeMichele tanked before making another bet and Rivera called. DeMichele: 8-7-5-4-3 Rivera: 8-7-5-3-2 Rivera has crippled DeMichele by barely besting his hand. DeMichele only has 40,000 left in his stack with Rivera approaching one million.

2-7 Triple Draw: Matt Glantz raised, Michael DeMichele called on the button, Anthony Rivera called from the small blind and James Mackey called from the big blind. Rivera, Mackey and DeMichele drew two while Glantz drew one. Mackey checked, Glantz bet, and everyone called. On the second draw Rivera and Glantz took one while Mackey and DeMichele took two. Mackey checked, Glantz bet, DeMichele called, Rivera called and Mackey folded. On the third draw Rivera and DeMichele took one and Glantz rapped pat. Rivera led out, Glantz called and DeMichele folded. Rivera turned up 7-5-4-3-2 for the stone nuts and raked in the massive pot, increasing his stack to 800,000.

It has seemed that 2-7 triple draw has been the game with the biggest pots. The players love to gamble and build the pots. We're coming up on another round of deuce-to-seven so things should pick up in action.

No-Limit Hold'em: James Mackey raised under the gun to 45,000. Matt Glantz re-raised from the button to 145,000. Action folded back to Mackey and he thought before folding. Two hands later, action folded to Mackey in the small blind and he raised to 50,000. Glantz called out of the big blind. The flop came       and Mackey checked. Glantz studied before betting 82,000. Mackey called. The turn came the   and Mackey checked again. Glantz studied even longer this time and then bet 145,000. Mackey quickly folded. Glantz is approaching two million with no one else over one million.

Eli Elezra and Matt Glantz looked around the table at the other younger players in the field and Glantz commented, "If you get out Eli, I'm gonna feel like the oldest man ever." Eli then asked the other three players how old they were and each of them stated that they were in their twenties.

Stud: Matt Glantz completed the bet and then Michael DeMichele raised. Glantz reraised and DeMichele called. Action was bet all the way to to sixth by Glantz with DeMichele calling behind. Glantz: (x-x)         DeMichele: (x-x)         When the action switched and DeMichele led on sixth, Glantz folded. DeMichele spread his arms and gave a little dance before he scooped the pot. With that pot, DeMichele is at 500,000.

Razz: Anthony Rivera brings it in with a  , James Mackey completes showing a  , Sam Farha raises with a   up and the action is on Eli Elezra. He counts out his chips and asks a similarly short-stacked Farha for a count. Elezra has him covered by only a single 1,000 chip. Eli re-raises all in showing a  . Rivera folds, Mackey calls and Farha calls all in. Mackey (   )         (x) Farha (   )         (x) Elezra (   )         ( ) Mackey bricks big time, ultimately making trip aces despite picking up a wheel draw on fourth. Farha bricks as well and Elezra makes 8-7-6-5-4 to take it down and eliminate Farha. He'll take home $85,728 for his finish.

Omaha-8: Sam Farha raised, Michael DeMichele called on the button and Eli Elezra called from the small blind. The flop was       and the action was checked around. The turn was the  . Eli bet all in for 38,000, Farha called and DeMichele called. The river was the  . Farha bet and DeMichele called. Farha showed         for the nut low, Elezra showed         for a pair of queens for high and they split the pot. Elezra had 145,000 after the hand.