Chris Viox opened to 5,000 from under the gun and Mike Wattel three-bet to 15,000 from the big blind.
With the action back on Viox he moved all in and was instantly called by Wattel.
Wattel stood pat tabling his and Viox drew one to his .
With Viox drawing dead, he squeezed out the meaningless as he made his way to the payout booth to collect his $3,601 in winnings as Wattel soars to the chip lead with over 145,000 in chips.
Scott Seiver raised to 3,100 under the gun, and Nick Binger and Mike Wattel both called. Seiver stood pat, and the other two each drew one card. Seiver bet out 7,200, and Binger folded. Wattel called. "Queen," Seiver said. It wasn't enough to win the pot as Wattel turned up . He's up to a healthy 115,000 now.
Thomas Ricketts raised to 3,000 from the cutoff, and Daniel Nicewander moved all in from the small blind. Ricketts called all in for 7,800 total and drew one. Nicewander was pat with a . Ricketts held and needed to pull a good card to stay alive. The he flipped over wasn't going to do it. Ricketts hit the rail in 20th place while Nicewander went from almost out to 25,000.
Tommy Hang found himself - and his short stack - all in pre-draw against Yan Chen.
Chen stood pat with his as Hang drew one along with his .
Unfortunately for Hang he squeezed a four-side card meaning he was drawing dead to a worse ten-low or a pair of nine. The result would be a meaningless to see Hang eliminated in 21st place for a $3,601 payday.
Erik Seidel raised to 3,000 from early position, and Mike Wattel defended his big blind. Both players took a card, and Wattel checked. Seidel fired 5,000, and Wattel kept him honest. But it was a bad time to play sheriff. Seidel turned over and took the pot on his way up to 35,000. Wattel fell to 72,000.