Hold'em
We caught up with Shaun Deeb involved in a pot with Justin Vold with over 30,000 in the middle. The board read 
and, from under the gun, Shaun Deeb put out a bet. Vold called quickly. Deeb turned up his 
for a flopped Broadway that improved to a flush and Vold mucked.
With that, Deeb scooped the pot and moved up the chip counts.
Niveau: 16
Limites: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Stud
Chris Tryba was all in from the bring-in with the 
. Bradley Snider completed in the next seat with a 
, and Brandon Cantu called with the 
. Snider bet when he picked up the but folded to Cantu's raise.
Tryba: 
/
Snider: 
/ (folded on fourth street)
Cantu: 
/
"Oh, I have jacks!" Tryba exclaimed.
He stayed ahead as he got 
while Cantu got 
.
"Do I have to improve?" he asked.
He did, as Cantu flipped the 
over for eights up. Tryba peeled a useless 
and headed to payouts.
Stud
Chris Tryba called us over to his table to share the story of Anthony Macnamara who was playing in his first World Series of Poker event ever. Macnamara was able to survive through the bubble with just one ante left and he was all in and at risk immediately after the bubble broke.
"I flew all the way from Australia for this," Macnamara said excitedly as he waited for the action.
"I wish I cashed in my first event ever," Tryba said. "I might've quit!"
Macnamara was all in and at risk with a 
up. A few seats over, Matheus Mendes raised and everyone else folded. The boards rolled out as follows:
Macnamara: 
/ 
/ 
Mendes: / 
/ 
Mendes made two pair and that would do it for Macnamara. He hit the rail, but not without collecting $4,523 for his first World Series of Poker cash.
Stud
Jim Collopy was all in for his last ante with the . John Crisp completed early with the and chased everyone away.
"You're good, man," he assured Collopy. "This is all I've got."
Crisp: 
/
Collopy: /
Collopy was ahead, but his board ran out with 
for no immediate help. Crisp, meanwhile, picked up 
for aces with a straight and flush draw. He got the 
on the river for aces up, and Collopy flipped over a useless .
Stud Hi-Lo
Hellmuth: / 
/
Taylor: / 
/
Arieh: / 
/
We caught up to the action on sixth street where Phil Hellmuth moved all in over a bet. He was called by both Brendan Taylor and Josh Arieh, leaving the two with heads-up action for a side pot.
On sixth, Taylor bet.
"Are you kidding me!" Hellmuth said, thinking he had been outdrawn.
Arieh called. On seventh, both Arieh and Taylor checked. Hellmuth showed for a seven low with a pair of fives. Taylor showed for a flush. Arieh, realizing he had lost both sides of the pot, just mucked, and Hellmuth and Taylor chopped the big pot, keeping Hellmuth alive for another hand.
Stud
Daniel Negreanu was down to his last two antes and was pleased to get dealt the . That bought him one more hand after he folded, so he was all in with the . He soon realized how bad of a spot he was in though, as two other players were dealt jacks as well. Tom West completed with 
, and Ryan Himes made it two bets with . Those two played a side pot that saw West pair up and lead sixth.
Negreanu: /
West: /
Himes: /
Himes called and both players checked seventh.
"Flush," West said, showing . Himes mucked 
and Negreanu squeezed out one diamond but said his second card was worthless and left him drawing dead.
"On to PLO8," he said cheerfully.
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