From the cutoff seat, Huck Seed raised to 5,300. Erik Seidel reraised to 15,000 out of the small blind and Jason Mercier folded his big blind. Seed made the call and saw a flop of with Seidel. Seidel continuation bet 18,000 and Seed quickly gave it up.
Shortly after this hand, Seidel was moved from this table to another table in order to correctly balance the tournament out.
Matt Glantz opened the button with a raise to 5,000. Nam Le was in the big blind and when action got to him, he reraised to 15,400 with 90,000 behind. Glantz studied for a few moments and then four-bet to 32,500. Le gave it up and Glantz won the pot.
Ben Lamb and Jason Mercier just struck up a prop bet. Mercier laid two to one on $500 that at least one of the players from their table will make the final table. When the bet was made there were a full six tables left and the final table will consist of six players. Here are the players that Mercier needs to make the final table in order for him to win the bet:
Seat 1: Huck Seed
Seat 2: James Mackey
Seat 3: Erik Seidel
Seat 4: Jason Mercier
Seat 5: Ben Lamb
Seat 6: Hoyt Corkins
"If I make the final table I'm O.K. paying you $500," Lamb joked.
From under the gun, McLean Karr raised to 5,500. Vitaly Lunkin called from the cutoff before Tom Marchese three-bet to 14,000 on the button. Both Karr and Lunkin called.
The flop was and Karr led out for 23,300. Lunkin folded but Marchese moved all in. Karr made the call for less and the hands were turned on their back.
Karr:
Marchese:
The turn gave Karr some extra outs but ultimately, he did not get there with the river.
Chino Rheem called the all in raise of Isaac Baron preflop with . Baron held the and when the board ran out , Baron was back up to over 200,000.
Just a few hands later, the two were at it again. On a board that read with a pot that had already eclipsed 50,000, Baron checked to Rheem who fired 39,000. Baron painfully folded and Rheem got back a lot of the chips he had lost.
John Racener has just been eliminated and he was done in at the hands of Sam Trickett.
On the flop of , Racener and Tricket got all the money in. Racener held the for an overpair to the board. Trickett held the for two overcards to the board and Racener's hand along with a heart draw.
The turn brought the and that gave Trickett the lead. Racener could still hit a jack on the river to fill up and he also held an open-ended straight draw with Trickett hitting the queen. The river completed that straight draw, but with a heart as the fell on Racener's tournament life had ended.
James Mackey opened with a raise from under the gun and Jason Mercier three-bet from the cutoff seat. Mackey made the call when action got back to him and the two saw a flop come . Mackey checked and Mercier bet 9,300. Mackey made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked before the double-paired the board on the river. Mackey checked and Mercier bet 19,600. Mackey made the call.
Mercier showed the and Mackey the . Mackey won the hand and increased to 365,000 in chips. Mercier dropped back below 150,000.
with Seidel. Seidel continuation bet 18,000 and Seed quickly gave it up.
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and Karr led out for 23,300. Lunkin folded but Marchese moved all in. Karr made the call for less and the hands were turned on their back.
gave Karr some extra outs but ultimately, he did not get there with the 
river.
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. Baron held the 
with a pot that had already eclipsed 50,000, Baron checked to Rheem who fired 39,000. Baron painfully folded and Rheem got back a lot of the chips he had lost.
and both players checked before the 
and Mackey the 
