The players are back from their break and ready to play just two more levels. With some late bust outs last level, exactly 25 players are at the felt. That means we are on the bubble and play is hand-for-hand.
Bruno Fitoussi got the rest of his short stack all in on fourth street of a stud hi hand against Matt Waxman moments ago. Waxman had a concealed pair of queens, which held against Fitoussi's board, eliminating him from the tournament.
Scott Clements opened with two bets and got a slew of calls. Phil Hellmuth, Chris Bell, Joe Tehan and David "Bakes" Baker all saw a flop of . Baker and Clements checked, Hellmuth bet, Bell called, Tehan folded with Baker and Clements.
The turn came , Hellmuth bet, Bell made it two bets and Hellmuth called. The river came , Hellmuth checked and Bell bet. Hellmuth instantly check-raised and Bell called.
Since they were heads up and the chips in the pot were stacked right in front of them, Hellmuth asked, "Are you calling or raising?"
Bell indicated calling and Hellmuth turned over his hand and said, "I got nut, nut."
Hellmuth:
Bell shook his head in disbelief as he held onto his cards. He was left just about 6,000 and finally tossed his cards in the muck.
Abe Mosseri brought it in with a showing and John Hennigan completed with his . John D'Agostino then called with his and Mosseri got out of the way as the two player's named John would play the hand until showdown.
Hennigan: / /
D'Agostino: / /
on fourth street, both players checked their eight, while on fifth street, Hennigan led out with a bet. D'Agostino called and then called another bet when the final cards were dealt.
At showdown, Hennigan said, "nine, eight, six," tabling as he did so. It was enough to see D'Agostino's cards into the muck and the chips into his own stack.
Bruno Fitoussi had the button, and raised. Matt Waxman called, and the dealer fanned . Waxman check-raised Fitoussi, who called. The turn was the , and Waxman led out. Fitoussi called.
The completed the board, and Waxman fired again. Fitoussi called, then mucked when Waxman tabled for top two pair and the nut-low. Fitoussi was left with one purple T500 chip, which is currently one-third of an ante.
The next hand was the first of the razz rotation, and Fitoussi was all in and heads up against Eric Wasserson, who completed. Fitoussi made a ninety-seven low on seventh, septupling his stack to 3,500 chips. He doubled the next hand through Robert Mizrachi, and is still fighting as of this post.