Event #23: $2,500 8-Game Mix

From the small blind, Rami Boukai raised first into the pot. Eric Buchman reraised from the big, and Boukai called to see a flop.

It came      , and Boukai check-called a bet. Action went check-check on the   turn, and the river came the  . Buchman led back out with another bet, and this time Boukai was forced to fold, getting dangerously short on chips.

Boukai was eliminated just a couple hands later when his     fell to John Monnette's    , and he's off in 10th place. That's worth close to $20,000, and our final nine players have redrawn down to one table.

It's the last redraw of the night, and we'll show you how they look in just a moment.

2-7 Triple Draw

Owais Ahmed raised from the cutoff seat, and was called by John Monnette on the button and Rami Boukai in the big blind. Boukai drew two, Ahmed drew one, and Monnette drew two. Boukai led out and was called by both opponents.

On the second draw, all three players drew one, and Boukai led again. Ahmed raised, Monnette folded, and Boukai called all-in.

Boukai drew one, and Ahmed patted, showing      . Boukai was drawing to a an eight with     , and pulled a   to make him an eighty-seven. Boukai doubled to 230,000, while Ahmed was left with his last 80,000.

A few hands later he was all in against Eric Buchman. On the final draw, Buchman was pat with      , and Ahmed drew with     . He was dealt a  , which was no good, and he was eliminated from the tournament.

"Rami," Ahmed called to Boukai. "Take it down for the brown man."

Pot-Limit Omaha

Under the gun, John Monnette raised to 17,000, and Mikko Pispala reraised the pot. Monnette re-potted, and Pispala called all in for his remaining 89,000.

Showdown
Monnette:        
Pispala:        

The board ran out in Monnette's favor, coming          . A straight beats a pair of aces every day, and Pispala's chips were shipped across the felt. He's out in 12th place, good for a pay bump up to $15,196.

No Limit Hold'em

The action folded to Rami Boukai in the small blind who moved all in for 56,000. Eric Buchman called in the big, and the hands were opened.

Boukai:   
Buchman:   

The jacks held as the board ran      , and Boukai shipped the double up.

Eric Buchman	570,000	-50,000
Rami Boukai	121,000	71,000

Stud 8/b

John Juanda: (  ) / (    FOLDED
Rami Boukai: (  ) /      / ( )
John Monnette: (  ) /      / ( )

We reached the table on fifth street, where Juanda checked, Boukai bet, and Monnette called. Juanda mucked, and Monnette called another bet from Boukai on sixth.

Boukai did not lead on seventh, rather he check-called a bet from Monnette. Monnette opened    , giving him queens and fives for a high and no low. Boukai mucked, and is now severely short-stacked.

John Monnette	570,000	230,000
Rami Boukai	50,000	-75,000

Razz

John Racener completed with a   up, and Brent Hanks called with a  . On fourth street, they both pulled a  , and it went check-check. On fifth street, they repeated that same action, pulling the other two kings out of the deck and checking through to sixth. Racner drew an   and bet, and Hanks'   forced him out of the pot.

Razz

Ben Yu: (  ) /      / ( )
Mikko Pispala: (  ) /      / ( )

We caught the hand on fifth street, where Yu led out and Pispala called. Yu led out again on sixth, Pispala again called, and both players checked on seventh.

Yu announced, "Jack."

Pispala opened up       for a ninety-eight low, and won the pot. The hand left Yu very short, and was eliminated a few hands later.

2-7 Triple Draw

Adam Geyer raised from the button, and Adam Kornuth three-bet from the small blind. In the big, Michele Limongo put in another raise to make it three bets, and Geyer quickly folded. Kornuth called, though, and off they went.

Limongi patted all the way while Kornuth drew one on all three rounds. He got there. Limongi began with      , and Kornuth improved to a       on the last pull. His ninety-eight is good, increasing his stack to 280,000 while Limongi falls to about 250,000.