Jared Jaffee was just involved in two big 2-7 Triple Draw hands. The first hand started off with a raise from Kirk Morrison in the cutoff with Jesse Martin calling from the button and Jared Jaffee calling from the big blind. Morrison drew two, Martin drew three and Jaffee drew one card.
Jaffee was first to act after the first draw and led out with a bet, getting called by both of his opponents. Jaffee stood pat, but Martin and Morrison each took two cards.
Jaffee led out with another bet with Morrison folding and Martin calling. Jaffee continued to stand pat, while Martin drew one last card. Jaffee checked on the last round of betting and called a bet from Martin.
Martin tabled for the nuts and Jaffee mucked, clearly upset with the way things went.
On the very next hand Morrison raised from the button with Jaffee calling from the small blind and Adam Spiegelberg calling from the big blind. Both Morrison and Jaffee drew two cards and Spiegelberg drew one.
Action was checked around with Morrison and Jaffee again drawing two cards and Spiegelberg drawing one. When Jaffee bet after the second draw, he got a call from Spiegelberg but Morrison folded. Each player drew one card before the last round of betting.
The final bet came from Jaffee with Spiegelberg simply calling. Spiegelberg tabled and Jaffee mucked.
We got to the table and Bryn Kenney was already all in with one more draw to go. For the final draw, Kirill Rabtsov drew one, Kenney drew one and then Adam Spiegelberg drew one. After the draw, Rabtsov bet and Spiegelberg tank-folded.
Rabtsov tabled an and Kenney showed the with a chance to beat him. His final card was a and that wasn't what he needed. Kenney was eliminated in 20th Place.
Todd Brunson raised before Jose Barbero called out of the big blind. Barbero then check-called a bet from Brunson on the flop of . The turn added the and Barbero checked again. Brunson didn't slow down and fired another bullet. Barbero called. The river completed the board with the and both players checked.
Brunson tabled the for eights and fours, but Barbero had the for a full house. Barbero moved up to 265,000 in chips and Brunson dropped even further to 38,000.
Todd Brunson raised and Bill Chen reraised. Brunson made the call and drew two cards. He checked before he event got his cards as Chen drew one. Chen then bet and Brunson called.
Brunson drew two again on the second draw and Chen drew one. Brunson check-folded this time and dropped to 70,000 in chips.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8! That's how many games are being played in this $2,500 Mixed Event. Today is Day 3 of the event and 20 players remain spread across three tables. Everyone left is in the money and earning at least $7,585 in prize money.
Entering the day as chip leader will be Nikolai Yakovenko. He is the only player with over 300,000 in chips, sitting on an even 310,000. Matt Vengrin is the man behind him in second place with 276,600. Steve Sung, Kirk Morrison, John D'Agostino, Todd Brunson, Alexander Kravchenko, Jose Barbero and Bill Chen are a bunch of the other names in this high-profile field.
Play resumes today at 3:00 p.m. local time, which is just about 45 minutes from now. The plan is to play until we have a winner. We've already come to terms with the fact that it's going to be a long day so get ready to be here for a while. We'll be bringing the coverage straight from the floor in a short while.
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for the nuts and Jaffee mucked, clearly upset with the way things went.
and Jaffee mucked.
and that wasn't what he needed. Kenney was eliminated in 20th Place.
. The turn added the 
and Barbero checked again. Brunson didn't slow down and fired another bullet. Barbero called. The river completed the board with the 
and both players checked.
for eights and fours, but Barbero had the 
for a full house. Barbero moved up to 265,000 in chips and Brunson dropped even further to 38,000.