James Bord raised to 5,000 from the cutoff, and Derric Haynie called on the button. Then big blind Keith Lehr bumped it up to 22,000. Bord shipped in his 36,300 stack, and after Haynie folded, Lehr called. Both players needed a card. Lehr held and pulled a . Bord's four cards were better - - but he'd have to make a five card hand to stay alive. He drew a , plenty good enough to double him to 82,000. Lehr jumped back like he'd been hit and made an anguished noise somewhere between a grunt and a yell. He's down to 34,000 and not happy about it.
Alexander Kravchenko opened to 4,500 from under the gun and Mike Wattel three-bet to 15,000. JC Tran made the call from the button as Kravchenko folded with both Tran and Wattel drawing one card each.
Wattel checked and Tran fired out 14,000 with Wattel deliberation for several minutes before making the call.
Tran tabled his for a pair of sevens as Wattel tabled his .
With Wattel picking off Tran's bluff, he climbs to 190,000 as Tran slips to just 23,000 in chips.
Newly-crowned Players' Champion Michael Mizrachi just appeared on the rail. He stopped by long enough to give Chino Rheem a fist pound before heading back to his seat in the $10k Stud Hi-Low event.