Paul Mangine was on crumbs and he got the rest of his chips in on third street in a hand against Joseph Cappello:
Joseph Cappello: 
Paul Mangine: 
Cappello made a six-high straight and Mangine was drawing dead before peeling his river card. Players are now redrawing for the last two tables.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminé |
All five players on Table #5 made it to fourth street in a completed pot. Michael McKenna then fired, earning three calls before James Obst announced, "Sorry guys," as he folded.
"Party pooper," Seiken joked.
Fifth street saw Seiken fire and they were still four to sixth street where he blasted again. McKenna finally gave up but Grapenthien and Yu continued to the river.
Grapenthien bet on the last round, earning a fold from Yu but Seiken made it to the showdown, calling.
"Flush," Grapenthien declared and proved it when he rolled over his hand. Seiken couldn't beat that.
James Obst: / 
- fold
Michael McKenna: / 
- fold
Ben Yu: / 
/ - fold
Nicholas Seiken: / 
/
Matt Grapenthien: 
/ 
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
555,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
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| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholas Seiken | 220,000 |
| 2 | Michael McKenna | 1730,00 |
| 3 | Al Barbieri | 50,000 |
| 4 | Todd Brunson | 245,000 |
| 5 | - Empty - | - |
| 6 | Ben Yu | 255,000 |
| 7 | Yaniv Birman | 400,000 |
| 8 | Matt Grapenthien | 555,000 |
| 1 | James Obst | 270,000 |
| 2 | Jesse Martin | 703,000 |
| 3 | Jordan Siegel | 79,000 |
| 4 | Perry Friedman | 272,000 |
| 5 | Laith Salem | 425,000 |
| 6 | Joseph Cappello | 185,000 |
| 7 | Lars Gronning | 153,000 |
| 8 | Daniel Negreanu | 107,000 |
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
703,000 | |
|
||
|
|
555,000 | |
|
|
||
|
425,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
400,000
139,000
|
139,000 |
|
|
||
|
272,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
|
||
|
270,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
|
||
|
255,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
245,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
||
|
220,000
-117,000
|
-117,000 |
|
|
||
|
185,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
|
173,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
153,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
107,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
||
|
79,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
50,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Ben Yu and Yaniv Birman tangled in a big pot. We caught the action on fifth street where it looked like a two-bet street.
Birman then fired on sixth and seventh. Yu called the first bet but decided to raise on the river and Birman called.
Yu showed aces up but Birman had that beat with trip queens.
Ben Yu: 
/ 
Yaniv Birman: 
/ 
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
490,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
160,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
|
||
Todd Brunson led out on fourth street with queen-deuce and Ben Yu called. Yu hit a king on fifth and checked to Brunson who fired again. Yu opted for a check-raise and Brunson called.
Yu kept the betting lead for the rest of the hand, betting on sixth and seventh. Brunson called both bets.
Todd Brunson: /
Ben Yu: 
/
Yu opened two pair, kings and eights and Brunson couldn't top it.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
170,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
|
||
Joseph Cappello: /
/
James Obst: /
/
James Obst made it three bets on third street and Joseph Cappello called. Cappello led on fourth and Obst called. Both players checked fifth street and Cappello led again on sixth. Obst called and called again on seventh street.
"House," announced Cappello as he turned over the 
and Obst mucked.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
335,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
92,000
-178,000
|
-178,000 |
|
|
||
The field is now one off of the money and the two tables will play hand-for-hand until a player is eliminated.
Daniel Negreanu was all in on third street, facing off against James Obst. Negreanu started with a pair of eights but Obst was ahead with jacks.
James Obst:
Daniel Negreanu:
Obst made a six-high straight on the river and Negreanu was drawing dead, peeling a meaningless . He walked away in 15th place.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Eliminé | |
|
|
||
Since the redraw for the last two tables, Ben Yu and Yaniv Birman are sitting next to each other. They are in the epicenter of the vast majority of the pots, tangling with each other. Oftentimes, they make it all the way to the river. That was the case in the following hand.
Todd Brunson completed, Yu made it two bets and Birman fired a three-bet. Only Yu called and called on all following streets. Birman turned up trip kings, biting into Yu's stack again.
Ben Yu: / /
Yaniv Birman: 
/
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
175,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
||
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
833,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
555,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
335,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
235,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
140,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
134,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
55,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
