Raymer Crippled

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Back-to-back hands have put Greg Raymer on the edge of elimination from today's tournament. In a three-way pot with Gioi Luong and Ben Ponzio, Raymer came up second best when Luong turned over a Number Two. The very next hand, Mike Wattel raised on the button, and Raymer called from the small blind.

Raymer took two on the first draw to Wattel's one, then check-called Wattel's bet. He took one on the second draw while Wattel stood pat, and again check-called Wattel's bet.

Things got interesting on the third draw, when Raymer stood pat. Wattel elected to break his hand, and drew one card. Again Raymer checked, and again Wattel bet. Raymer tanked briefly before making the call.

Wattel showed 8-7-5-3-2, which beat Raymer's nine. He has just 7,000 chips left.

Tags: Greg Raymer Mike Wattel