Eli Elezra raised 10,500 from the cut off. Micahel "Timex" McDonald re-potted to 32,000 from the big blind. Elezra re-raised to put McDonald all in. He called.
Timex:
Elezra:
Timex flopped a big draw on a flop of , but Elezra was ahead. The turn was the and the river was the . Michael "Timex" McDonald was eliminated in 22nd place.
Erick Lindgren raised 6,000 from the cut off and Tony G called from the button. The flop was . Lindgren bet 12,000. Tony G Raised to 32,000. Lindgren moved all in and Tony G called.
Tony G: Q-Q
Lindgren: A-A
The G was in trouble and needed to catch a two outer to survive. the turn was the and the river was the . Tony G was eliminated in 23rd place.
On a flop of , Eli Elezra checked, Tony Bloom bet 9,000 and Elezra called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Elezra fired out 15,000 and after a long think, Tony Bloom made the call. Elezra showed for a stone bluff after he missed his straight draw, while Bloom turned up for aces and eights and won the pot.
Eli Elezra has appeared to have absconded with a couple of our reporters' notebooks to keep track of his "props" with Phil Ivey. For the uninitiated, props are high-stakes bets on what exact three cards will hit the flop. Elezra's sheet has two separate columns-- one with a slew of three-card combinations and the other with a running tally of the score. Ivey has a similar sheet with the three card combinations he has bet on.
Elezra looked to be up just slightly as this reporter passed their table. Stay tuned...
Michael "Timex" McDonald had a tough table draw with Howard Lederer, Tony Bloom, Allen Cunningham, Michael Sampoerna, Eli Elezra, Dan Shak, and Phil Ivey. The 18-year old from Canada is down to 50,000 after he lost a pot to Tony Bloom. Bloom had flopped trips with and took a chunk out of Timex's stack.