Freedy Deeb was all in prior to the draw against Yan Chen. Both players drew one card, but showed their hands prior to revealing the draw card.
Deeb held and Chen held . Chen showed first and paired when he peeled another deuce. Freedy needed any card not to pair and he would double up. It just wasn't in the cards for Freddy though, as he rolled over another and was eliminated from the tournament.
Chris Bjorin raised all in from the button with his last 14,000 or so. John Monnette called from the big blind. Monnette drew one card while Bjorin stood pat. Bjorin revealed , but lost to Monnette's to be eliminated in 13th place.
Raphael Zimmerman raised pre-draw and Eric Kesselman called from one of the blinds. Action was unclear about how many each player drew or if they stood pat, but after the draw, Kesselman moved all in for 54,900 total.
Zimmerman went into the tank for a few minutes. Finally, he stood from his chair and removed his wallet from his pocket. He took a coin out of the wallet and flipped it onto the table. The coin landed on the side that Zimmerman deemed would be a fold and he mucked his hand.
Raphael Zimmerman raised from the button to 4,800 and Tony G called from the big blind. Tony drew two as did Zimmerman. After the draw, Tony checked to Raphael, who fired all in. Tony called off his last 21,200.
Zimmerman had made a pair with two nines in his hand and Tony G's was good enough to take down the pot. He now has 58,000 chips.
Layne Flack raised to 6,000 and Tony G called from the next position. Phil Ivey then reraised to 22,000 from the small blind. Xavier Laszcz was in the big blind and reraised all in for 30,000 total. Flack and Tony G folded, while Ivey made the call.
Both Ivey and Laszcz stood pat. "Nine-eight." announced Ivey.
"Nine-seven!" exclaimed Xavier as he turned his hand over triumphantly.
Ivey dropped to 95,000 while Laszcz moved up to 78,000.
Tony G moved all in for 21,000 pre-draw from under the gun and Torstein Iversen called all in from the button for around 10,000. Everyone else folded.
Tony G stood pat while Iversen drew one card. Tony G showed and Iversen held before looking at his draw card. He flipped his draw card and revealed another nine to pair up, giving Tony G the pot.
Tony G is now up to 36,000 while Iversen was eliminated from the tournament.