After calling a bet on the flop from Steven Zhou, Phill Hellmuth was faced with a bet of 17,000 on the turn. Hellmuth called, and the river was the . Zhou checked, and Hellmuth bet 12,000. Zhou tanked for several minutes, but eventually folded, and Hellmuth won the pot. Hellmuth showed the and scooped the pot.
Action folded to Michael Tran in the small blind, and he raised to 4,800 against Jackson Zheng's big blind. Zheng reraised all in for 17,100, and Tran called it off with the . Zheng was at risk with the .
The board ran out to eliminate Zheng in 15th place.
Bruno Politano bet 4,200 on the flop, and Tien Pham made the call to see the land on the turn. Both players checked, and the river was the . Politano bet 8,200, and Pham folded.
Steven Zhou opened the action with a raise to 4,000 from the cutoff seat, and both blinds made the call — Alexander Antonios in the small blind, and Ami Barer in the big blind. Then on the flop, action checked to Zhou, and he bet 5,000. After Antonios folded, Barer check-raised to 15,700 and won the pot.
World Series of Poker November Niner Bruno Politano bet 4,200 on the flop, and Tien Pham made the call to see the land on the turn. Politano bet 8,100, and Pham called once more.
The river was the , and Politano moved all in for 25,500. After a bit of tanking, Pham made the call, but couldn't beat the that Politano turned up for a flopped queen-high straight. Pham sent over the chips and was left with 4,200.
On the next hand, action folded to Brendon Rubie in the small blind, and he raised to 3,300. Politano was in the big blind and reraised to 8,500. Rubie folded.
On the flop, Ashley Mason and Michael Tran got all the money in. Tran had a flush draw with the , and Mason had top pair with the . The turn was the to pair the board, but then the on the river ended Mason's tournament as Tran had made a flush.