Daniel Smith opened to 4,800 from the cutoff and then carefully called Bernard Lee's reraise from the button of 17,300. Smith drew one card and Lee stood pat before both players checked.
Smith said, "Ten-nine," and flipped - Lee looked pained and mucked his hand.
Travis Pearson opened for 4,200 and Daniel Smith made it 24,200 only for Pearson to move all in for about 64,000 and Smith made the call.
Smith stood pat and Pearson drew one card to his , Smith showed a very rough but Pearson picked up the to make an eighty-six perfect and win the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Jason Mercier is at it again, tripling up to 80,000.
Daniel Smith raised from late position to 4,800, then, on the button, Rami Boukai raised to 15,000. After a look at his hand Mercier moved his whole stack in for 26,500. Smith then also moved all in for a total of 31,000. Rami made the call with a chance to knock out two players from the tournament
Mercier was pat, Smith was drawing with a but paired up with another , and Rami was drawing with but hit a . Mercier showed to take down the majority of the pot and triple up to 80,000.
In the hand, Rami did beat Smith's hand with a to Smith's pair of twos, but after he saw that he had drawn a and that it didn't beat Mercier's hand, he mucked without thinking of the other player in the pot. Smith is now left with about 4,500 but should be out of the tournament. His (and Mercier's) lucky day.
He's on a tear, moments after tripling up Jason Mercier is up to around 170,000 knocking out two players in one hand.
Dario Alioto, Mercier and Daniel Smith were all in before the draw. Mercier and Alioto stood pat and Smith drew two to an but could only show . Mercier flipped which had the Italian's pat crushed. Smith was eliminated and after a countdown, Mercier had his other opponent covered as well. He's up to about 170,000.
We missed the action but Greg Mueller and Dan Kelly told us that Kelly made drew one to make a Jack-low and that Brancato also drew one but could only manage a pair of threes in his elimination hand.
Greg Mueller is down to 28,000 after calling Aaron Schaff's reraise to 20,000 and drawing one card but failing to beat Schaff's . Schaff is up to 100,000.