Jason Mercier is one of the players still left in Event #21: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship and has left this event to go over and get in on the restart. He did very well over here though in the first little bit of things, building his stack of 4,500 up to 19,400 before leaving.
After a preflop raise of 300, Bill Chen made it 1,150 total. His opponent asked how much Chen had behind before making the call.
The flop fell 
and Chen's opponent checked to him. Chen declared he was all in for his remaining 900 and his opponent laid his hand down. This brings Chen up to about 4,000 in chips plus his 3,000 worth of add-on's.
We've lost our defending champion Tex Barch. Barch was all in on the 
flop against three other players. At the end of the hand, after the turn and river ran out with the 
and 
, Barch's 
couldn't beat one of the players' 
and he was eliminated.
Action folded to Joel Merwick in the cutoff seat and he raised to 250. The button called the raise and then Ronald Lee reraised to 1,100 from the small blind. Action folded back to the button and he reraised to put Lee all in. Lee called all in for 1,550 total and tabled the 
. His opponent held the 
.
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Lee's hand held up. He moved to 3,450 in chips.
Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
After a raise to 225 preflop, Matt Affleck and the players on the button and in the big blind made the call. The flop fell 
and after one check to Affleck, he bet the pot, leaving himself with only 175 behind.
The table folded around and Affleck scooped the pot, bringing him up to around 2,200, but still looking for a double up.
David Chiu made it 300 preflop and was called by the short stack of the table. Another player in late position three-bet the action to 1,350 total. Chiu made the call and the short stack moved all in for 1,175 total.
The flop fell 
and Chiu checked. His opponent moved all in and Chiu mucked his cards. The two players left in the hand turns up their hands:
Player 1: 
Player 2: (all in): 
The turn and river came 
and the short stack made a full house, eights full of jacks, to triple up back to around starting stack of 4,500. This hand knocked Chiu down to roughly 4,500 as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,000 | |
|
|
12,000 | |
|
|
5,000
-2,100
|
-2,100 |
|
|
2,000
-9,300
|
-9,300 |
|
|
1,400
-2,300
|
-2,300 |
|
|
1,400 | |
|
|
1,200 |
Will "The Thrill" Failla checked and the next player checked on the 
flop before action fell on Ben Zamani. He bet 650 and only Failla called.
The turn was the and Failla fired out 600. Zamani raised to 1,200 and Failla folded the face up. He dropped to 3,600 while Zamani climbed to 8,200.
Four players were in action on the 
flop with 1,200 chips in the middle. The first player was Ronald Lee and he checked. The next player checked and then Joel Merwick checked to the fourth, and last, player. That player bet 1,000. Lee check-raised and was all in for less than the pot. Everyone else folded.
Lee: 
Opponent: 
The turn was the 
and the river the . Both players finished with a full house, but Lee's opponent held fives full of fours to best Lee's fours full of kings and he won the hand. Lee was eliminated.
