On a flop Doyle Brunson bet 30,500, and Andy Bloch dropped in a stack of chips, enough to put his opponent all in. Brunson called for a total of 92,000.
Doyle Brunson
Andy Bloch
The turn was the , giving Bloch a straight, but the on the river gave Bloch a bigger straight.
"Let that be a lesson to you," Brunson said with a smile as he raked in his new chips.
George Danzer completed it on third street and both Michael Glick and Joe Cassidy called. Danzer had the best board on fourth street, and he checked to Glick who bet. Cassidy and Danzer called.
On fifth street Cassidy bet, Danzer folded and Glick called. Cassidy bet again on sixth street and Glick folded as well. Cassidy won another pot while Glick is getting dangerously short.
Defending champion Brian Rast was all in preflop and up against Ben Yu. Rast had only turned over three of his cards to show the . Yu had the .
The board ran out and Yu had a pair of kings with an ace kicker for high with the nut low. Rast didn't look at his fourth card until the river, but found nothing he could use to get any of the pot and claimed it was a jack. Yu scooped the pot and sent the defending champion out the door.
With Rast's elimination, it is now guaranteed there will be no back-to-back winner of this event, although previous champion Micahel "The Grinder" Mizrachi still remains.
Joe Cassidy just raised from the button and Phil Ivey defended his big blind. The flop came down . Ivey checked, Cassidy bet and Ivey called.
The turn was the and Ivey check-raised, Cassidy called. The river was the , and Ivey bet again. Cassidy decided to put in a raise and Ivey folded his hand.
Brett Richey came back from break with just 4,000 chips, but he's not done yet! He won two pots in a row, and is back up to 55,000 chips.
Brett Richey
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Patrik Antonius
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David Oppenheim
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Richey was all in and Antonius bet fourth street, Oppenheim called. On fifth Oppenheim called another bet, and Antonius checked to him on sixth. Oppenheim now bet himself and Antonius called. Seventh street got checked.
Oppenheim showed for two pair and took the side pot, but Richey showed for a full house in order to stay alive. On the next hand Richey doubled up again when he made an ace-high flush in Stud on fifth street against David Chiu who started with split queens.
On sixth street Patrik Antonius bet and all three his opponents called. On seventh street Antonius bet once more and Jeff Lisandro called. David Oppenheim tank-called as well, and Brett Richey folded his cards. Antonius turned over and Oppenheim showed for a flush. He took down the pot while Richey is crippled.
Qushqar Morad has just been eliminated by Michael Binger. Binger raised it up from early position to 12,000 and Morad moved all in for his final 104,000 chips. Binger called and the following showdown went down.