It's been a couple of small pots in a row for Richard Austin. He limped the button and took a three-handed flop of with Sorel Mizzi and Cliff Josephy. Mizzi and Josephy both checked to Austin, who bet 50,000. Only Mizzi called.
The that hit the turn was checked by both players. When the dealer produced the on the river, Mizzi checked again. He looked suspiciously at Austin when Austin bet 125,000, but decided the best course was to fold his hand.
Richard Austin limped into the pot from the small blind, then called a raise to 100,000 by Sorel Mizzi from the big blind. Austin checked a flop of to Mizzi, who put another 100,000 in the middle. Ausin quickly check-raised to 425,000, drawing the fold from Mizzi.
We believe Mizzi is still the chip leader but it's difficult to get accurate counts from our current vantage point.
We've been waiting to say "Rifat Re-pots" all day, but Rifat Palevic hasn't had enough chips to re-pot. He did have enough chips to open for pot (140,000) from the button. Sorel Mizzi was in the small blind and *he* was the one who re-potted. Dan Hindin folded the big blind, giving Palevic space to call all in.
Palevic:
Mizzi:
Each player made two pair on a board of , but Mizzi's aces and treys were better than Palevic's aces and deuces. Palevic is eliminated in 5th place, collecting $86,516, while Mizzi's stack continues to grow.
Rifat Palevic raised to 140,000 from the button and Sorel Mizzi repotted from the small blind to 480,000. Dan Hindin folded the big blind and Palevic called all-in.
Palevic:
Mizzi:
The board came giving Mizzi a flush, but Palevic deuces full of eights. He doubles up and is now at 475,000.
We finally have a sixth-place finisher. Sorel Mizzi opened the pot for 100,000. After Dan Hindin folded, Felipe Ramos re-raised all in. The other players at the table quickly folded, allowing Mizzi the opportunity to call and knock out Ramos. He'd need some help though!
Mizzi:
Ramos:
Ramos had single-suited aces against Mizzi's one-gapper hand. The flop was very non-threatening for Ramos, . It didn't hit Mizzi at all, and gave Ramos a flush draw to go with his aces.
The turn, however, changed everything. The was the best card Mizzi could hope to see, as it gave him a full wrap to draw at on the river (minus any diamonds that would make Ramos' flush). On the river Mizzi hit one of his cards, the , to make a straight and send Ramos crashing out of the tournament in 6th place.
Mizzi now has about 2.1 million chips, almost double his nearest competitor.