Tommy Zhu just tripled his stack after JC Tran opened to 5,500.
Samuel Spiwak and Zhu both called. Tran stood pat and Spiwak and Zhu both drew one.
Tran checked and Spiwak bet 7,500. Zhu called, leaving 700 behind. Tran folded and Spiwak announced he had a pair of twos. Zhu won the hand with a nine-seven.
Frank Kassela opened the next hand to 6,000 and Georgiy Belyanin raised all in to 16,700. Kassela called.
Kassela stood pat with and Belyanin was drawing to a ten. He hit a jack to make and was eliminated in 24th place.
We arrived at the table to see a pile of chips in the middle and three-handed between Tom Schneider, Rep Porter, and Phil Hui, who was the player at risk.
Porter had patted and tabled a nine-seven low forcing Schneider to muck. Hui had outs having a nine-seven beat as long as his draw card was lower. It was, unfortunately, a ten, and Hui departed in 22nd place, setting up a final three table redraw.
A sizeable pot laid visible in the middle between Rep Porter and Steven Tabb. Tabb was all-in and had a ten-seven low sitting in front of him. Porter had drawn one and had outs to eliminate Tabb and scoop a massive pot.
Unfortunately for him, Porter's draw card paired his hand, and the large pot was pushed Tabb's way.
JC Tran was happy to give us the info on his recent disposal of Steven Tabb, getting the best of him in two straight hands. In both hands, Tran patted with nine-eight, and both times, Tabb missed a draw.