Philip Sternheimer and David "ODB" Baker got all of their chips in the middle after a couple of raises and it was Baker at risk for a little over 100,000.
David "ODB" Baker:
Philip Sternheimer:
The flop came and Sternheimer still held the lead with his pair of aces but Baker picked up plenty of outs. The on the turn was one of them, giving Baker a straight, and Sternheimer was drawing dead to the on the river.
Koray Aldemir raised on the button to 14,000. David Benyamine three-bet to 58,000 in the small blind and Dan Smith four-bet to 135,000 from the big blind. Aldemir folded and Benyamine called.
Benyamine checked the flop over to his opponent who bet 75,000. Benyamine then check-raised all in for 372,000. Smith, to put it mildly, went into the tank.
Smith thought about his decision over the course of seven minutes. With an effective stack of 430,000, he wouldn't be all in but he would be left with just 55,000 behind.
"I have a bad hand," he said to Benyamine.
"Good news," said Benyamine. "Very good news."
Smith deliberated some more, apologizing to the table.
"I know you have a bad hand," piped up Benyamine. "I'm relaxed."
"It's possible I have the best hand," said Smith, apologizing again. "You can call the clock if you want"
Jesse Klein did so, but no sooner had the floor begun the countdown, he mucked his hand.
Phil Hellmuth had already mucked his board while Dave Rogers meshed his cards together, exposing for a full house. Both engaged in some table chat and Rogers admitted he already had too many chips of his short stack invested and put Hellmuth on "maybe a pair of tens".
Dave Rogers: / folded on fourth
Phil Hellmuth: / folded on sixth
Brian Yoon: /
The next stud hand followed shortly thereafter in which Brian Yoon completed and received two callers. Yoon paired his king right away on fourth to bet and Hellmuth was the only caller. Another bet by Yoon and call by Hellmuth followed on fifth before Yoon bet sixth to force out Hellmuth.
More bad news for Hellmuth came shortly after when an animated discussion with Adam Friedman from one table over unfolded.
Apparently, both had a discussion about the mark-up charged by Hellmuth for this very event in which the 16-time WSOP gold bracelet winner entered in the last level of the registration period.
Hellmuth was heard remarking "Why would you try to tilt me in the $50k you motherf*****" to Friedman.
The spat was still going on a few minutes later.
"Don't ever come up to me in a tournament again. Even the guys at my table are saying you're out of line," he said. "Just know you'll never win as much as me so there's probably some jealousy going on."
"Come on bud," Matthew Gonzales said to Hellmuth in an attempt to defuse the situation.
Yuri Dzivielevski: / folded on fourth
Dylan Linde: /
Yuri Dzivielevski checked fourth street with a ten when Dylan Linde bet. Fifth street propelled Linde into the lead with a king, which he bet right away and earned a quick fold.
Matthew Ashton: /
Dylan Linde: / /
Matthew Ashton then completed and Linde called as the former bet fourth street and Linde came along. On fifth street, Linde paired his trey and bet for Ashton to call. The last two streets were checked down and Linde tabled fours and treys while Ashton had the superior to pair with jacks and tens.
Picking up the action on fifth street, Brian Hastings paired his four so Jean-Robert Bellande had the lead and threw in a bet. Hastings called and the action was the same on sixth.
On seventh, Bellande checked to Hastings who peeled his last cards and then threw in a bet.
"Are you f***ing kidding me?!" Bellande went off as he slammed his chips on the table. "Every time they get there. Chad did the same thing to me over there."
Bellande gave it some thought but decided to eventually lay his hand down.
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Johannes Becker raised the button and was called by Anthony Zinno as well as Luke Schwartz in the blinds. The flop was checked to Becker and he won the pot with a continuation bet.
Soon after the game type switched to Limit Hold'em on which Schwartz raised from under the gun and Zinno defended the big blind. The flop was checked to the initial raiser and Schwartz took it down with a bet.
David Williams then raised and Maxx Coleman three-bet from one seat over in the cutoff for WIlliams to call. The flop was checked by Williams and Coleman won it with a bet right there.
Freddy Deeb was the bring-in and Talal Shakerchi completed with a jack. Julien Martini three-bet which got called by only Deeb. Martini led out with bets on fourth, fifth, and sixth streets.
Deeb called on fourth and fifth but chose to raise on sixth. Martini called and they were off to the last street. Martini quickly checked and Deeb tossed in another bet. Martini gave it some thought and eventually called.
Deeb flipped over for a rivered flush and Martini was left shaking his head as the pot was pushed towards Deeb.
Dave Rogers raised and Brian Yoon three-bet from the button. Benny Glaser called in the small blind and Phil Hellmuth pondered his decision from the big blind. The bet was exactly the same size as his stack and he eventually put it in the middle. Rogers also called.
The three players still in the hand checked the flop. Glaser bet on the turn and Rogers was the only caller.
The river was the . Glaser bet and called a raise from Rogers.
Dave Rogers: — Ace-high flush; eight-six low
Benny Glaser: — Two-pair (aces and nines); six-four low
Phil Hellmuth: — Six-high straight; six-five low
Rogers and Glaser chopped the pot with a shell-shocked Hellmuth getting to his feet and moving over to Adam Friedman at an adjacent table.
"Well Adam," said Hellmuth. "I guess you were right. You are the better player."
"You're not playing Phil?" asked Shaun Deeb spotting Hellmuth exiting the tournament area.
Andrew Kelsall raised it up from under the gun and Shaun Deeb three-bet from the small blind. Kelsall just called and the dealer fanned the flop of .
Deeb led out with a bet on the flop and Kelsall called. The paired the board on the turn and Deeb fired out another bet. Kelsall still called and the completed the board. Both players checked and Kelsall tabled for the winner.