Ralph Perry Crippled
On the first pass, everyone drew two cards. Perry took the betting lead; both players called.
On the second pass, everyone drew one card. Raymer came out firing this time. Perry raised, but Phan called and Raymer reraised. Both Perry and Phan called.
On the final draw, Raymer and Phan stood pat, while Perry drew one. Again Raymer fired; this time Perry folded but Phan called.
"Number Two," announced Raymer, showing 7-6-4-3-2. Phan flashed an 8-5 before mucking. Perry is now down to 4,000 chips, while Raymer, who was in serious stack trouble as recently as an hour ago, is up to 79,000.