Keith Sexton put the rest of his chips in the middle against Gary Benson, but his pair of aces for high could not hold against Benson's eight-high straight. Benson also made a low with 7-6-5-4-2 and scooped the pot, eliminating Sexton.
Sorel Mizzi (X)(X) / / (X)
Mike Sexton (X)(X) / / (X)
We picked the action up on fourth street, as Mizzi bet out and Sexton raised. Mizzi called, then check-called another bet on fifth street. Sexton led on sixth and seventh street and Mizzi called him down.
Sexton showed for an eight-high straight, good for the high and the low. With that scoop, Sexton is up to 44,500.
Steve Zolotow: (X)(X) / / (X)
Tom Dwan: (X)(X) / / (X)
Abe Mosseri: (X)(X) / / (X)
After a player with the up brought in, Zolotow completed. Dwan raised and then Mosseri tanked before reraising with his nine up. The bring-in player folded and then both Zolotow and Dwan called. When Dwan called, he was all in.
Mosseri did the betting for the rest of the action, leading every street. Zolotow stuck around and even raised Mosseri after seventh was dealt. Mosseri called. There was a hefty side pot that developed, but Mosseri and Zolotow shopped it up. Mosseri had a full house for the high after he revealed the . Zolotow made the low with the underneath. Dwan couldn't beat either of them in the main pot and quickly headed out the door.
Max Pescatori (X)(X) / / (X)
David Grey (X)(X) / / (X)
Max Pescatori bet fourth street and David Grey called. Pescatori led again on fifth and was met with a raise from Grey. Pescatori called, and both players checked on sixth street. Pescatori bet the river and Grey looked him up.
Pescatori showed for sixes full of sevens. Grey mucked and Pescatori won the pot, taking his stack up to 89,000. Grey is down to 23,500.
Ron Ware: (X)(X) / / (X)
Simon Kearney: (X)(X) / / (X)
Sirous Jamshidi: (X)(X) / / (X)
Picking up the action on fourth street, Kearney was up first and bet. Both his opponents called. On fifth street, Ware checked, Kearney bet, Jamshidi called and then Ware called. On sixth, the exact same action occurred as the previous street and then the same on seventh.
Ware held the underneath for aces and nines. Kearney mucked, unable to beat that, but Jamshidi turned up the -X and made trip fours to scoop in the pot. It was a hefty one and put Jamshidi up to 130,000 where he looks to be leading the way. Ware dropped to 26,000 and Kearney dropped to 21,000.
David Grey (X)(X) /
Howard Lederer (X)(X) / / (X)
Chris Ferguson (X)(X) / / (X)
David Grey had the bring-in on third street, Howard Lederer raised, Chris Ferguson called the two bets and Grey called as well. Lederer made the high board on fourth street and bet out, both opponents making the call. Ferguson made an open pair of kings on fifth street and checked to Lederer.
"Well, I can't stop betting now," Lederer quipped as he tossed out his chips. Grey folded and Ferguson called.
Ferguson check-called another bet from Lederer on sixth street and checked dark on the river. Lederer bet and Ferguson called.
"I got it," said Lederer as he turned over -- a six-high straight for high and a wheel for low. It was good and Lederer scooped the pot. He's back up to his Day 1 starting stack of 30,000.
Kelly completed and Nguyen raised on third. Kelly made the call. On fourth, Kelly bet out and Nguyen called. Action was checked on fifth before Kelly bet sixth and seventh street. Nguyen made the call on both streets.
Kelly turned up the for aces and jacks. Nguyen mucked his hand and slipped to 62,000. Kelly improved to 50,000.
Jason Mercier (X)(X) / / (X)
Matt Lefkowitz (X)(X) / / (X)
Tom Schneider (X)(X) / (?)
Schneider had the bring-in on third street, Lefkowitz raised, Mercier called and Schneider called as well. Mercier led out with the high board on fourth street, getting a call from Lefkowitz and a fold from Schneider. Both players checked on fifth street. Lefkowitz bet when he made an open pair of fours on sixth street, Mercier making the call. Lefkowitz check-called one more bet on the river.
Mercier showed for kings up and it was good for a scoop. He's up to 59,000.