The action folded to Jason Mercier who raised in the small blind, and Dario Alioto called in the big blind. Mercier drew three, Alioto drew two, and Mercier check-raised Alioto. Alioto called.
Mercier drew two, Alioto patted, and Mercier check-raised again. Allioto re-raised this time, and Mercier called.
Both players patted on the third draw, and Mercier check-called a bet. Alioto fanned , and Mercier mucked.
Chad Brown raised from under the gun to 3,500 and Minh Ly called from the small blind. The two took the paired flop together and both checked. The turn was the and Ly bet 6,000. Brown called.
After the fell on the river, both players checked. Ly showed the and Brown mucked his hand.
Andrey Zaichenko had bet the pot for 40,400 on the flop after Shaun Deeb and Robert Williamson III checked to him. Deeb made the call and then Williamson tanked long and hard before folding his hand. The turn was the and Deeb bet enough to put Zaichenko all in, which was 29,500. Zaichenko called and the hands were revealed.
Zaichenko:
Deeb:
The river completed the board with the and Zaichenko was able to double up with his straight to the nine as Deeb missed his draws.
When we reached the table, the board read , and Tom "durrrr" Dwan had checked to Ronny Kaiser. Kaiser fired 12,700 into a pot of about 22,000, and Dwan called.
The on the turn paired the board, Dwan checked again, and Kaiser plopped 23,200 in front of him. Dwan went deep into the tank, staring at Kaiser before eventually check-raising to 62,000. Kaiser tank-called, and the river was the .
Dwan tapped the felt with his index finger, and Kaiser paused before grabbing an entire stack of T25,000 and T5,000 chips, splashing them forward to put Dwan all in. Dwan sweated his cards one more time before releasing them, and Kaiser won the pot.
David "ODB" Baker raised to 2,700 from early position and Phil Hellmuth called from the next seat. Chris Klodnicki called from the small blind, as did Daniel Negreanu from the big blind.
The flop came down and Klodnicki checked. Negreanu went all in for his last 1,200 and was called by Baker. Hellmuth, though, popped it to 5,500. Klodnicki wasn't going anywhere, though, and re-raised to 17,000. Baker called once again, Hellmuth folded, and the hit the turn.
Both Klodnicki and Baker checked to see the river where Klodnicki checked once again. Baker bet 23,000 and after about a minute in the tank, Klodnicki folded. Baker tabled for a straight and Negreanu couldn't beat it, ending his tournament.
Ali Eslami: (X)(X) / / (X)
Dan Kelly: (X)(X) / / (X)
Richard Ashby: (X)(X) / / (X)
Ben Lamb: (X)(X) / / (X)
We reached the hand on sixth, and Eslami was already all in. Lamb bet, and both Kelly and Ashby called. The same action occurred on seventh, Eslami opened up for an eight-six, and Lamb showed for a seven-four. Ashby and Kelly mucked, and Lamb shipped a massive, 200,000-chip pot!
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, and Mercier mucked.
flop together and both checked. The turn was the 
and Ly bet 6,000. Brown called.
fell on the river, both players checked. Ly showed the 
and Brown mucked his hand.
flop after Shaun Deeb and Robert Williamson III checked to him. Deeb made the call and then Williamson tanked long and hard before folding his hand. The turn was the 
and Deeb bet enough to put Zaichenko all in, which was 29,500. Zaichenko called and the hands were revealed.
and Zaichenko was able to double up with his straight to the nine as Deeb missed his draws.
for a straight and Negreanu couldn't beat it, ending his tournament.
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