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Razz
The Prince of Poker is on death watch now that he's lost any breathing room he'd bought himself in the last hour.
Scotty Nguyen: (X-X) / 
/ (X)
Michael Chow: (X-X) / 
/ (X)
Chow bet every street, and Nguyen called down through sixth. He peeked at his final down card and had to fold to one last bet. Having missed his expensive draw, Nguyen left himself with 45,000, less than two big bets.
Omaha-8
Marco Johnson raised from the cutoff and Todd Brunson flat-called in position on the button.
Johnson fired three streets of value on the board of 
with Brunson calling him down.
Johnson showed 
for a full house and nut low to scoop as Brunson sighed and mucked.
Brunson is down to around 115,000 with Johnson now into the chip lead with 770,000.
Stud-8
Pawel Andrzejewski and Michael Chow tangled in a hand of Stud-8 with Andrzejewski all in by sixth street.
Chow: (
) / 
/ (
)
Andrzejewski: (
) / 
/ (
)
Chow made a pair of nines and only low to scoop and eliminate Andrzejewski in 20th place.
Hold'em
The short stack of Abe Mosseri was all in preflop during hold'em against Matt Glantz.
Mosseri: 
Glantz: 
Glantz was in a dominant position and it stayed that way on the board of 
. Mosseri is out as Glantz stacks up 230,000 chips.
Stud-8
Scotty Nguyen, Al Barbieri, and Brandon Adams all walked into a bar. We mean Scotty, Al, and Brandon were all involved in big stud-8 hand, and Nguyen was out of money on fourth. Barbieri bet on fifth, and Adams raised. Sugar Bear called all in, and Adams had a chance to score a double knockout. He had to settle for just one, though, as Nguyen made a ten-high flush to take the high. Adams' six-low was good for the other half of the pot. Barbieri held 
, which couldn't beat anything. He was dispatched in 22nd place.
Nguyen and Adams split Barbieri's chips, moving Scotty up to 85k and Adams to 220k.
Hold'em
Action folded to Allen Kessler in the small blind, and he looked down at . Kessler got all his chips in the middle against big blind Brian Townsend, who held 
. The 
flop was fine for Chainsaw, but the 
on the turn was enough to fell him. The 
river was no help, and Kessler is the day's first casualty.
As we arrived to the table, Steve Billirakis led the betting on sixth street with Carlos Mortensen making the call before Brandon Adam announced a raise. Billirakis called all in for his last chips, and Mortensen made the call also.
On the river, Mortensen checked and Adams fired a bet into the side pot, but Mortensen released.
Billirakis: (
) / 
/ ()
Mortensen: (X-X) / / (X)
Adams: () / 
/ ()
Billirakis was rolled up and filled up as he showed a full house to take the main pot. Adams also had a full house but it was only good for the side pot.
Billirakis triples up to 245,000, with Adams at 150,000 and Mortensen at 325,000
Stud-8
Scott Fischman surged ahead, scooping a huge stud pot.
Brian Townsend: (X-X) / / (X)
John Hennigan: (X-X) / 
Richard Ashby: (X-X) / 
Scott Fischman: (X-X) / 
/ (X)
We caught up with the action when Richard Ashby led with a bet on fourth. The other three called, and when Townsend bet out on fifth, Hennigan and Ashby gave up. Townsend check-called sixth and seventh and saw he'd been calling down with the worst of it when Fischman turned over 
for two pair and an eight-low. He moved up to 610k while Townsend fell to 550k.
Stud-8
The short stacks are fighting back early here on day three. Scotty Nguyen and Al Barbieri were both all in against Carlos Mortensen, but Nguyen made a flush to take the high while Barbieri showed a low to collect half.
Nguyen is at 65,000 with Barbieri a little more comfortable with 100,000.
