Hands #27-31: Kurita Gets Active; Straight for Hellmuth

Hand #27: Michael Tran raised to 9,500 and Phil Hellmuth peeled from the big blind to see the flop. Both players checked and Hellmuth won the pot with a bet of 13,000 on the turn.

Hand #28: Steven Zhou raised to 10,000 from the cutoff and Tran called only to check-fold the flop to a continuation bet of 12,000.

Hand #29: Alexander Antonios made it 8,500 from the button and Yu Kurita called in the big blind to see the flop. Kurita check-raised from 9,000 to 22,000 and Antonios folded with the words "nice hand."

Hand #30: Antonios raised to 8,500 from the cutoff and folded to a three-bet of Kurita for 20,000.

Hand #31: Tran raised to 10,500 and Hellmuth defended his big blind. Both checked the flop and the fell on the turn. Hellmuth bet small for only 8,000 and Tran called, he did so again for 27,000 after the on the river. Hellmuth showed for a straight and took down a nice pot.