Naoya Kihara raised from the hijack and was called by Josh Arieh on the button. Julien Martini then made it three bets to go from the small blind and both Kihara and Arieh called.
Martini drew one and both Kihara and Arieh took two off. Martini bet and was called by Kihara. Arieh then raised and Martini re-raised. Kihara folded and Arieh called.
Both stood pat on the second draw and checked.
Both stood pat again on the final draw, but this time Martini bet and was called by Arieh.
Martini fanned out and Arieh mucked — sending the sizable pot Martini's way.
Daniel Negreanu raised it up and was called only by Scott Seiver in the big blind. Seiver took two cards and Negreanu took one for Seiver to check-call a bet. On the second draw the same action repeated only for Seiver to then check-raise, earning a call from Negreanu.
Seiver patted the final draw and Negreanu took one card once more. The bet of Seiver was called and he revealed the as the winning hand.
Chad Eveslage and David Benyamine were in a heads-up battle on a runout of and Eveslage led out for 45,000.
Benyamine took his time before announcing a raise to 135,000 and it was Eveslage's turn to contemplate his decision. After almost two minutes, Eveslage let his hand go as Benyamine's raise took it down.
David "ODB" Baker: / /
Brian Rast: / /
Nacho Barbero: / /
Brian Rast made it three bets on fifth street and was called by Nacho Barbero and David "ODB" Baker. Rast bet again on sixth, Barbero called, Baker raised and then earned two calls. Rast also bet seventh and earned one call each to roll over the for tens full of deuces. Baker had an eight-five low with the and Barbero sigh-mucked.
Michael Mizrachi's bet was called by Jesse Klein, who discarded one while Mizrachi stood pat.
Klein bet 12,000 and was quickly raised by Mizrachi to 50,000. The call was made and Mizrachi indicated he stood on a jack, but Klein revealed 8-7-6-5-2 for the winning hand.
Frank Kassela was last seen with a shorter stack prior to the break and he has since been eliminated. The second open seat on the table was filled by Tony Hartmann, who was moved over to balance the field as two new players entered.
According to Anthony Zinno, Michael Mizrachi raised to 7,000 and was called by Kassela in the small blind in a round of No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw. Kassela drew one and Mizrachi patted. What followed was the check by Kassela and he called all-in for 40,000 with a nine-eight only to get shown an eight by Mizrachi.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and George Alexander are now in contention, which has brought up the field to 53 total entries.