On a flop of , the betting was checked to Erick Lindgren, who bet. Yueqi Zhu check raised and both was called by Lindgren and William McMahon. Lindgren at this point was all in. The turn of the was check and on the river of the , Zhu checked, McMahon bet and Zhu folded.
McMahon showed for the wheel. Lindgren mucked his hand and headed for the door.
Eugene Katchalov raised from the button on the flop and was called by Erik Lindgren and Bruno Fitoussi. On the river, with the board of , Katchalov moved all in and was called by both opponents. The river fell the and Katchalov showed . Both opponents mucked. After the hand, Katchalov moved up to 60,000 in chips.
James Van Alstyne raised in middle position and was called by both Mike Matusow and Robert Williamson III. Williamson was all in with the call. Matusow and Van Alstyne checked both the flop and the turn. On the river, with a board showing , Matusow bet and Van Alstyne called.
Matusow showed for the nut low and sevens up, and Van Alstyne showed for the seven high straight. Williamson mucked and headed to the rail.
After the hand Matusow said, "When you checked there, it felt like sweet music. Little static though. Felt like sweet music but it was a little static."
Brad Booth put the last of his chips in on the turn and sensed he was in trouble. The board read and Booth showed for a pair of queens and weak low against Max Pescatori's for top two pair and low draw.
Booth would have to dodge some cards on the river to survive and the was a relief as they chopped up the pot. Booth is on around 30,000 and will need a double up shortly to make the money.
Mike Matusow raised in the cutoff position and Robert Williamson III made the call in the big blind. On a flop of , Williamson bet and Matusow called. On the turn of the , Williamson bet out, Matusow raised, and Williamson folded. Williamson flashed the as he mucked and Matusow showed . Matusow then proceeded to tell the table at length about how that he could not be bluffed.