Three players went to the first draw fighting for a pot of about 35,000. All three players drew one card.
On the second draw, all three players drew one card and checked again.
With one last chance, all three players drew one more card. This time, Christopher Roman bet 8,000. After the player in the middle got out of the way, Phelps made the call and saw the bad news.
The under the gun player raised to 5,000 before finding callers in Ben Yu on the button and Yuebin Guo from the big blind. The flop brought . All three players checked the potentially powerful board.
The turn brought the , adding even more possibilities. Guo led out for 11,000, the under the gun player folded, and Yu called on the button after some thought.
The river landed the , bringing in the potential back-door flush. Both players checked.
Guo showed for flopped trips, but Yu had for a better flopped trips that turned the straight and took down the pot.
James Johnson called a raise from Jacob Boyle leaving himself just 2,500 behind. Boyle drew one and Johnson agonized over his decision before drawing three and checking.
Boyle bet and Johnson continued to agonize before calling. Even then, he continued to deliberate which cards to discard. Eventually, he discarded three and Boyle stood pat.
The final draw saw both players stand pat.
Johnson tabled for a six badugi, six low beating the of Boyle, and Johnson stayed alive.