Joe Hachem raised, and he found action from three players. Only one of them ended up making it to showdown with Hachem, the other two ducking out after the second and third draws, respectively. So we'll focus on the two active players, Hachem and Mr. Opponent.
Hachem took two cards on the first draw, and his opponent took just one. Hachem's bet was called (all the way around), and he bet again after standing pat on the second round. His opponent took one card again and called, and both men patted on the last draw. The betting action was the same with Hachem getting in one more bet.
He showed , and the seventy-six was good for the pot. It's a pretty big one, and it moves Hachem up to 19,000.
An unknown player opened to 600 from early position, and Jean-Robert Bellande three-bet to 1,800 from the cutoff seat. The button called, Daniel Makowsky called from the big blind, and the initial raiser folded to let them draw three-handed. Bellande patted while the other two took one card apiece. The table checked to the player in position, and he fired 5,400 at the pot. That folded the Makowsky in the middle, but Bellande was not folding. He took his time squirming in his chair, then said something like, "I feel like I'm slowrolling, because I'm definitely calling." After another squirm or two, he made the call, and his opponent made a motion to muck.
Bellande showed his , and it was easily good. The other player indicated he'd been drawing to a seven perfect, but the pot goes to Bellande, pushing him up to 43,000.
We picked up a three-way flop as the dealer spread out . Ashton Griffin put out the first bet, and unknown player called, and Prince Gaspard came along as well. The action repeated just like that after the turn, and the river checked all the way around. Griffin showed just , and his high card was good. The other two mucked in turn, and that pot moves Griffin up to 14,000.
We were late to the party for this hand, only walking up as the dealer put the turn card down on a board. Cole South checked, then called a bet of 1,900 from Bellande. On the river, the was pretty safe, and Bellande bet another 4,300. South check-called there, too, and Bellande showed him for the nuts.
That pot pushes JRB up to 51,000, the big stack in the room.
When we walked up to the table, McLean Karr was squeezing all in for 5,325 in front of a raise and a call. The initial raiser called the shove, the caller folded, and Karr was heads-up for his tournament life.
The caller turned stood pat and turned up , and Karr showed his first four cards: He was drawing live to the eight, and he peeled his last card: .
"Wee," Karr said, the beneficiary of a fresh double-up. He's back over 11,500 now, back in the game.
A player opened to 600 before Michael Mizrachi three-bet to 1,500. A couple seats over, a third player reraised all in for 4,875. Mizrachi called him down, and both players took one card. Mizrachi broke a jack, and the at-risk player broke a queen.
The player all in drew to , and MIzrachi's was live for the knockout. His last card paired though, and another on Mizrachi's board means his opponent has doubled up.
After that slip, Mizrachi is left with just about 3,300 chips.
, and the seventy-six was good for the pot. It's a pretty big one, and it moves Hachem up to 19,000.
. Ashton Griffin put out the first bet, and unknown player called, and Prince Gaspard came along as well. The action repeated just like that after the 
turn, and the river 
checked all the way around. Griffin showed just 
, and his high card was good. The other two mucked in turn, and that pot moves Griffin up to 14,000.
was pretty safe, and Bellande bet another 4,300. South check-called there, too, and Bellande showed him 
for the nuts.
