The table folded around to Daniel Negreanu who raised to 20,000 from the small blind, and Vincent Musso called from the big blind. Negreanu took two cards, and Musso took one.
Negreanu checked, and Musso bet 40,000. Negreanu tanked for awhile, then finally announced he didn't believe Musso and made the call. Kid Poker showed 
, and Musso mucked.
That good read moves Negreanu to 166,000, while Musso has 280,000.
Chad Brown raised to 15,000 from middle position, David Baker reraised to 45,000 from the cutoff, and Peter Gould called with his stack of 35,000 from the small blind. Brown called Baker's bet as well, creating a small side pot.
Gould and Brown each took one card, while Baker stood pat. Both Brown and Baker checked. Gould showed 
to claim the main pot, and Baker's 
proved good enough for the side pot as Brown mucked.
Gould hangs on with 115,000, Brown slips to 108,000, and Baker -- still our chip leader -- has 580,000.
After battling with the short stack for some time, British player Peter Gould has finally been eliminated. Gould opened with a raise to 35,000 from the small blind. Eric Cloutier then reraised all in from the big blind, and Gould called with his remaining 90,000.
Gould stood pat with 
. Cloutier discarded one, tabling his before turning over his new card, a . Gould goes out in 14th place, while Cloutier chips up to 275,000.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,500
We shared a story earlier about a prop bet between Tom "durrrr" Dwan and John Juanda. Apparently the two made another bet at some point during the day as well -- an over/under on the number of entrants in Event No. 21. Juanda was the victor in that $1,000 bet, and Dwan came by to settle up.
Of course, when we say Dwan returned to "settle up," well, we don't exactly mean he returned simply to pay Juanda what he owed.
Dwan held out two fists, in one of which he held a chip, and invited Juanda to pick the hand with the chip and double his money. Juanda picked the one with the chip, and was up $2,000. Dwan immediately gave him a second double-or-nothing, putting his hands behind his back, then back in front. This time Juanda picked the empty hand, and Dwan soon departed with the pair all square.
For now.
Chad Brown raised to 17,000 from the hijack seat, David Baker reraised to 61,000 from the button, and the blinds got out. Brown reraised all in, and Baker called.
Both players took one card and the end result was...
Baker ...
Brown ...
Crummy draws for both, but Brown's was the worst of the two, making him a straight and knocking him out in 13th place. Baker now has 670,000.
Yan Chen's impressive run in yet another Deuce-to-Seven event has come to a close.
Down to his last 12,000, Chen pushed all in, George Danzer raised to isolate, and the others folded. Danzer stood pat while Chen drew two cards.
Danzer showed , while Chen tabled 
. Danzer is up to 346,000 now.
Erik Seidel raised to 17,000 from UTG and got two callers -- John Monnette (button) and David Baker (big blind). Baker drew one, Seidel stood pat, and Monnette took a card.
Baker led with a bet of 37,000, Seidel called, and Monnette folded. Baker announced "9-7-6" and Seidel tabled . Seidel now has 270,000. Baker has 605,000.
It is clear we won't be making the final seven-handed table tonight. We have 11 players remaining, and 15 minutes remain on the clock for this, our final level of play.
Vincent Musso, down to his last 64,000, open-raised all in from under the gun, and George Danzer called from the cutoff.
Musso stood pat with his . Danzer drew one card to go with his , and it was a handy . Musso is out in 11th place, while Danzer now sits with about 400,000.