Ziv Bachar has the button in Seat 1. Seval Haegeland attempts to raise all in but it was ruled a string raise and he was only able to raise to 20,000. James Honeybone re-raises to 40,000 and Haegeland calls and is all in. The players show:
Michel St Pierre has the button in Seat 8. Seval Haegeland moved all in from the small blind for 10,500. Ziv Bachar called the additional 500 from the big blind. The players showed:
Haegeland:
Bachar:
Flop:
Turn:
River:
Seval Haegeland wins the pot, doubling through Ziv Bachar.
Sid Kim has the button in Seat 7 and he raises to 25,000. Seval Haegeland calls and the players see a flop of . Haegeland had checked dark and Sid Kim moved all in for his last 84,000. Haegeland calls immediately. The players show:
Sid Kim:
Haegeland:
The turn brings the . Sid Kim still needs a Q or 7 to stay alive. The river card is the and Sid Kim makes his straight. The Sid Kim supporters applaud as he drags the pot. Haegeland was crippled on the hand, left with just 11,500 in chips.
With the elimination of Roger Spets, the button is dead in Seat 6. Sid Kim calls from the small blind and Michel St Pierre checks his option. The flop comes . Both players check. The turn brings the . Again, both players check. The hits the river. Sid Kim checks and St Pierre bets 20,000. Sid Kim folds and St Pierre wins the pot.
Jozef Berec has the button in Seat 3. With the elimination of Roger Spets, there is no small blind for this hand. Berec raises to 25,000 and Sid Kim calls. The flop comes . Sid Kim bets 25,000. Berec asks for a count on Sid Kim's chips and then raises to 146,000, enough to put Sid Kim all in. Berec stands up and Sid Kim contemplates his options. He eventually folds and Berec takes down the pot.
James Honeybone has the button in Seat 2. Ziv Bachar calls as does Jozef Berec from the small blind. Roger Spets is all in in the big blind for 5,500. The flop comes . Both players check. The turn brings the . Both players check. The river comes the . Again both players check. Ziv Bachar shows and wins the pot. Roger Spets showed and was eliminated in 7th place earning $17,484 in the process.