Xavier Kyablue had raised from the cutoff and Alex Foxen defended his big blind. Foxen drew one and Kyablue stood pat, after which Foxen bet out 12,000.
Kyablue made a quick call but had to muck his cards as Foxen showed 10x8x5x4x2x for a ten-eight.
Xavier Kyablue had raised from the cutoff and Alex Foxen defended his big blind. Foxen drew one and Kyablue stood pat, after which Foxen bet out 12,000.
Kyablue made a quick call but had to muck his cards as Foxen showed 10x8x5x4x2x for a ten-eight.
Action folded to a player in cutoff who raised to 6,500. Both Scott Seiver in the small blind, and Nick Schulman in the big blind made the call.
Seiver drew one card, Schulman drew two, and the player in the cutoff stood pat.
After the draw Seiver led out for 18,000. Schulman quickly folded and put the player in the cutoff in the tank. After contemplating his decision, he eventually found a fold, giving Seiver the pot.
Matt Glantz raised to 6,000 under the gun and Frederic Breton wanted to three-bet in the big blind but accidentally put in too few chips. He thus called and stood pat before Glantz drew one.
Breton bet 6,000 chips after the draw and received a quick fold from Glantz.
David "Bakes" Baker had gotten his final 57,500 chips in from the button against Tobias Schwecht in the big blind. Each player drew one card and then tabled their cards.
David "Bakes" Baker: 7x5x3x2x
Tobias Schwecht: 10x5x4x2x
Baker tabled a 6x as his final card, making an unbeatable hand as Swecht's 8x turned out to be useless.
Meanwhile, David "ODB" Baker had departed from the tournament.
Action was picked up with Marco Johnson all in for 25,000 versus Danny Tang.
Both players chose to draw one card.
Marco Johnson: 7x5x4x2x
Danny Tang: 5x4x3x2x
Both players had monster draws, but when Danny Tang flipped over 7x he made a wheel and that left Johnson drawing to a chop. Needing a three to stay alive, Johnson flipped over 7x, giving him a pair of sevens and eliminating him.
Niveau: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 3,500
Jason Papastavrou pushed his stack of 34,000 into the middle from under the gun and was called by Ren Lin in the cutoff. Papastavrou drew one and Lin stood pat.
Jason Papastavrou: 7x6x5x3x
Ren Lin: 9x8x7x4x2x
Papastavrou got his draw card and elatedly turned over a 2x to remain in the tournament.
"Do I gamble too much?" Lin asked his neighbor Jen Harman, but the latter affirmed Lin he had made a good call.
Meanwhile, Yingui Li had departed from this table.
The player in the hijack raised to 4,000 and Billy Baxter made it 13,000 to go in the cutoff. The hijack called and drew one card before Baxter stood pat.
The hijack then led out for 11,500 chips. Baxter inquired about his opponent's stack before putting in a call.
The hijack tabled 6x5x4x3x2x for a straight, while Baxter showed Jx8x7x4x2x for a jack-low.
Dario Alioto raised from the hijack to 4,500, before being three-bet to 12,000 by Nick Schulman in the hijack. Once it folded back to Alioto, he four-bet all in for 42,500. Schulman snap called to put Alioto at risk.
Alioto elected draw one and Schulman stayed pat.
Dario Alioto: 9x5x4x3x
Nick Schulman: 7x6x4x3x2x
As soon Alioto drew a card Schulman flipped over number two and Alioto knew he was drawing dead. He flipped over the 5x he drew to make a pair of fives as he was leaving the table.
Dario Sammartino raised to 4,500 under the gun and Robert Mizrachi defended his big blind. Mizrachi drew two and Sammartino stood pat.
Sammartino then bet 5,000 after the draw and Mizrachi quickly check-folded. Meanwhile, Brian Yoon decided to make a late-night entry and sat at the table with a fresh stack of 60,000 chips.