When we wandered past Allen Kessler's table, he was all-in during a Razz hand against one opponent. Kessler ended up showing an eighty-six low, while his opponent couldn't beat that, sending his cards to the muck and Kessler the double-up.
On fourth street, the action checked to Deeb, who bet. Eskandani, Zolotow, and Brunson called. On fifth, Eskandani led out, and only Brunson and Deeb called.
Eskandani led again on sixth, only Brunson called, and on seventh, Eskandani checked. Brunson tossed out a bet, and Eskandani quickly called.
"Two pair," Brunson announced.
Eskandani tabled for aces up, and Brunson mucked his hand.
Allen Bari was all in on sixth street with two aces and a flush draw against Bertrand Grospellier's pair of kings. Grospellier made kings and fives on seventh, while Bari bricked, eliminating him from the tournament.
Sean Deeb opened, Mori Eskandani called from the small blind and Steve Zolotow called from the big blind. The flop came , Eskandani bet, Zolotow folded and Deeb called. The turn came , Eskandani bet and Deeb called. The river came and both players checked.
When we arrived at Table 477, Brian Hastings and Andrew Brown were deeply involved in hand of Stud 8. It was sixth street when we were at the table and there was already a big pot brewing.
Brown: /
Hastings: /
Brown fired out a bet here and Hastings quickly raised it up. This sent Brown deep into the tank. Eventually he said, "nice hand," and decided to fold.
"Had a pretty sick re-draw too," said Hastings. "I had four hearts and a gutshot as well."
Joe Tehan opened to 8,000 and David Bakes Baker made it 12,000 behind him. Phil Hellmuth took a good long time to fold on the button, the blinds released and Tehan called.
The flop came , Tehan checked, Baker bet and Tehan check-raised. Baker called to see the turn. Tehan bet and Baker folded.