Action was picked up on the 
board with Luke Donato betting 5,500 from the big blind. Chris Moneymaker called from middle position.
Donato sized up to 10,000 on the 
river and Moneymaker decided to let his hand go.
Also in the field in Paris Black is Eli Elezra. The Israeli poker legend picked up his fifth WSOP bracelet the other night, taking down Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better for $611,362!
Matthew Wantman raised to 900 in the cutoff before Chris Moneymaker three-bet to 3,000 on the button. Punal Patel cold-called in the big blind and Wantman quickly got out of the way.
Both Patel and Moneymaker checked to the river on the 
board where Patel checked once again. Moneymaker tossed a bet of 6,000 in the middle, putting Patel to a decision.
After some time passed, Patel grabbed 6,000 in chips and held them for a moment before putting them down, looking at his cards and pushing them into the muck.
There was 27,000 in the pot on the 
completed board. The big blind bet 5,500 to put the action onto Ezequiel Waigel on the button.
The Argentinian took his time before moving all in for around 37,000. The big blind quickly folded.
The board read 
. Mark Burford bet 15,000. Dean Chen thought for a bit before going all in for a bit more than the 15,000 which Burford called.
Burford tabled the 
. Chen got up as his vanquished hand the 
was shown.
David Peters opened to 1,000 from the hijack and Arne Kern called from the cutoff. Jeffrey Hakim three-bet to 4,500 from the button. After Peters folded, Kern called out of position.
The flop came 
and Hakim continued for 3,600. Kern called.
On the 
turn, Hakim fired another 6,500. While hesitant at first, Kern eventually made the fold with just 24,500 behind.
Picking up the action on the river, 2012 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Merson from early position was involved in a hand with a player in the small blind.
With the board reading 
and about 14,000 in the pot the small blind checked. Merson fired off 7,600 and his opponent went into the tank. After a minute or so the small blind asked how much Merson had behind, which turned out to be 40,100. Another minute of thought followed before the small blind announced a raise to 21,500.
That prompted Merson to consider his options. Eventually he pushed the remainder of his stack into the middle and it did not take long for the small blind to give up, sending a large pot Merson's direction. Before tossing his hand into the muck, Merson revealed he had held 
for the nuts.
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