Current chip leader Michael DeMichele just took a detour through the stack of Billy "The Croc" Argyros. On third street, the players showed:
Argyros: (X) (X)
DeMichele: (X) (X)
Argyros completed, DeMichele raised and Argyros called. DeMichele proceeded to bet every street through the river and Argyros called him the whole way. In the end, they showed:
Argyros: () () (X)
DeMichele: () () ()
Billy mucked his river card and was left with just 15,000. DeMichele increases his chip lead as his stack is now over the 1,100,000 mark.
After returning from the dinner break, Billy "The Croc" Argyros was in the mood for a massage. He removed the crocodile that usually rests atop his head and his masseuse delightedly donned it.
After Michael Mizrachi scooped a stud-8 pot with a six-high straight that was good for both high and low, Chris Reslock is on life support with only 8,000 remaining in his stack.
Miami John Cernuto's final hand in the $50K H.O.R.S.E. was of the razz variety, where he ended up all in against Daniel Negreanu. Cernuto made a 10-8 low, but Negreanu had him one better with a 10-7 low and sent him to the rail.
Chad Brown and Daniel Negreanu duked it out in a hand of Razz that saw action to seventh street. Negreanu bet the whole way with the exception of sixth street where Brown bet and Negreanu raised. Brown folded to Negreanu's seventh street bet and Daniel showed a wheel.
Alexander Kostritsyn put in a raise from the cutoff, Matt Glantz three-bet from the big blind and Kostritsyn called. The flop was . Glantz bet out and Kostritsyn called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and they checked again.
Glantz turned up for aces up and Kostritsyn mucked. Glantz scooped the pot.
The cards are in the air and it has just been announced that play will continue until the completion of level 17, or the field reaches 24 players, whichever comes first.