James Obst raised under the gun and called when Johannes Becker three-bet on the button. Obst checked the flop and Becker bet. Obst raised and Becker called. Obst switched gears and check-called on the turn before checking the river. Becker bet again, and Obst thought about 30 seconds before releasing.
Michael Mizrachi completed, Scott Seiver made it two bets, and Mizrachi called. Seiver then fired every subsequent street and Mizrachi paid off all bets.
Seiver showed for trip aces, enough to win the pot.
Nobody made a low, so the full 300,000 pot went to the highest hand shown. Josh Arieh rolled over his for kings up, which was enough to beat both of his opponents.
Owen was left with shrapnel. He posted the ante for the next hand and then completed with for all his remaining chips. Shakerchi called and Matthew Ashton raised it up with a queen. Shakerchi called but folded on fourth when Ashton paired his queen.
Talal Shakerchi: / - fold
Adam Owen: / /
Matthew Ashton:
Owen had aces in the hole but Ashton made a flush on the way to the river. Owen could still chop with a low card on seventh street, but he didn't find any and mucked.
Todd Brunson made it three bets from the blinds before the first draw and Phil Galfond called in position. Brunson swapped two cards while Galfond drew three. Brunson followed it up with a bet and Galfond called.
Both players drew one apiece on the second draw. Brunson bet, Galfond raised, Brunson made it three bets, and Galfond called. Brunson rapped pat and Galfond patted as well.
Brunson checked to Galfond, who checked behind. Galfond showed , Brunson mucked, and Galfond scooped up a decent-sized pot.
With 70,000 in the pot, Michael Mizrachi bet 5,000 from the big blind on a flop. Scott Seiver called on his left, and David Steicke made it 39,000 in the next seat. Mizrachi came back with 105,000, forcing two folds.
"I just might be the worst poker player in the world," Seiver said. "They just don't make 'em worse than me."
The next hand, Brett Richey raised on the button and called a three-bet from Mizrachi, who made it 36,000. The flop came and Mizrachi checked. Richey immediately bet 56,000. Mizrachi put in a min-raise to 112,000, and Richey shoved all in right away. It looked to be around 400,000, and Mizrachi thought about a minute and folded, saying he was letting ace-queen go.
With three-way action on the flop, Felipe Ramos bet, Mike Sexton raised, Mike Matusow called, and Ramos called as well. On the turn, both Ramos and Sexton check-called a bet from Matusow.
On the river, Ramos checked, Sexton checked, and Matusow checked with a big sigh behind.
Ramos started by showing for two pair.
"I have that beat," said Matusow.
Sexton tabled for a set of threes.
"I have that beat too," quipped Matusow, who showed for a set of queens to drag the pot.
Around 200,000 lied in the middle with Harry Madoff and Daniel Negreanu battling on the turn. Madoff checked and Negreanu pushed all his chips towards the pot.
"How much do you have?" Madoff asked. It was exactly 160,000. Less than a minute after that, Madoff threw in some of his chips, calling.
Nergeanu rolled over for a flopped set but Madoff didn't want to turn up his hand.
"I got tens," he said. The dealer insisted Madoff had to turn his hand face down, following the showdown rule.
"I said I got tens, why would I lie?" Madoff replied, and then he finally showed his .
Negreanu dodged the deadly two-outer as the river improved his hand into a full house, securing him a large double up.
Negreanu was down to 40,000 but has grinded it back up to over 500,000 within the last hour.
Mike Ross has played his last hand of this tournament. Short-stacked, Ross got his last chips in on the turn during a blind battle with Mike Wattel.
The board was reading and Wattel showed . Ross only showed , indicating he was drawing to just the low portion of the pot. The on the river improved Wattel to Broadway, while Ross missed his low draw.
"Sorry Mike," said Wattel to Ross, who quickly left the tournament area.
Anthony Zinno had and bet fourth against Eugene Katchalov, who had a nice board himself with . Both caught high cards on fifth, and Zinno check-called a bet, with action going the same on sixth when Zinno paired.
Zinno: //
Katchalov: //
On the river, Katchalov bet again, and this time Zinno raised. Katchalov slammed in a call. Zinno showed for tens full of fours and took the pot.
Dan Smith shoved his last 31,000 from the cutoff and Nick Schulman called from the button. Small blind Jack Abdalla paused for quite some time, eventually pulling out 77,500. Smith then borrowed Joey Couden's sunglasses while Schulman thought about the situation. Schulman decided to call again.
The flop saw Abdalla fire another 75,000 and Schulman finally gave up, leaving the showdown to Abdalla and Smith.
Abdalla had and Smith turned up , hoping for a set or a runner-runner straight.
However, the turn and river were all but helpful for Smith who took off the sunglasses and returned them to Couden.
"Thanks for the help, appreciate it," Smith said before he left the table. "I tried," Couden replied.