From the cutoff seat, Chino Rheem raised to 22,000. Hasan Habib called from the button and everyone else folded. The flop was and Rheem bet 27,000. Habib raised to 60,000 and Rheem folded the face up.
These two keep jockeying for position and the chip lead and are getting very close in chips. No one else in over one million.
From middle position, Isaac Baron raised to 18,000 and found a call from Adam Levy in the small blind. The flop was and Levy check-called a bet worth 18,000.
The turn was the and Levy check-called again, this time 38,000. The river was the and for a third time Levy checked. Baron was not down, however, as he fired out 79,000 this time. Levy decided to let go of his hand and move on to the next one.
Eugene Katchalov opened the pot preflop with a raise to 18,000 from middle position. Gavin Smith was next to act and moved all in for 195,000. After asking it to be counted down, Adam Levy announced that he was all in as well. Everyone quickly folded, including Katchalov, and the cards were placed on their backs.
Smith:
Levy:
The flop was and Levy remained in good shape to knock out Smith. However, the turn was the and left Levy drawing to only two outs. The hit the river and gave Smith his much needed double up while Levy fell to 275,000.
Brandon Meyers opened the button with a raise to 18,000 before Chino Rheem three-bet from the small blind to what looked to be either 50,000 or 60,000 from our vantage point, which is about 25 feet away up in media row. Action got back to Meyers and he moved all in for 265,000. Rheem debated for a couple minutes before folding his hand.
Meyers said he had ace-king after Rheem asked if he has ace-queen. Rheem then said he felt very, very good about his decision, claiming to have folded king-queen.
Chino Rheem opened from under the gun to 22,000 and Sam Trickett moved all in for around 210,000 from the button. Everyone, including Rheem, folded and Trickett won the pot.
Sam Trickett was all in preflop with the and up against the for Chino Rheem. Trickett was all in for approximately 250,000 and in much need of some help to stave elimination.
The flop came down and was not in the ballpark of Trickett. The turn added the to the board, which actually gave Trickett some outs to a chop if a queen or a jack were to fall on the river. It wouldn't be in the cards though for Trickett as the final card to the felt was the .
Rheem's nines held up and he earned the elimination of Trickett en route to 1.8 million in chips and an even bigger chip lead.
From under the gun, Erik Seidel raised to 23,000 and was called by Isaac Baron in the cutoff. The remaining players all folded and the two men saw the flop heads up.
Seidel checked to Baron who bet 27,000. Although the complete action is unknown from this point forward, the two players got it all in before we saw the turn card.
Seidel:
Baron:
The turn was the , completing Seidel's flush, but Baron still had redraws to fill up for a boat. The didn't do it for him though and after counting it down, Seidel had him barely covered. Just like that we are down to 9 players.