With about 30,000 in the middle and a board showing , Bill Chen bet 15,000 from the big blind and Evan McNiff called from late position. The river brought the . This time Chen bet 25,000, and McNiff again called.
The showdown revealed Chen had turned a flush with , beating McNiff's rivered trips with . Chen is up to 230,000, and McNiff down to 180,000.
Erick Lindgren raised to 8,000 from the cutoff, Steve Sung called on the button, Sandor Demjan called from the small blind and Ted Forrest came in with a reraise to 33,000 from the big blind. It chased away Lindgren and Sung, but Demjan made the call.
The flop came down and Demjan instantly moved all in for his remaining 126,200. Forrest made the call and turned up , well ahead of Demjan's . The turn was the , the river was the and Demjan was eliminated, Forrest dragging the monster pot to increase his stack to 445,000.
Huck Seed
After a flop of , Huck Seed led out for 16,000, Matt Woodward raised to 35,000, and Seed called. The turn brought the . Seed bet 90,000, just a little more than Woodward's remaining stack, and Woodward made the call.
Seed showed -- he'd flopped the open-ender and turned the straight. Woodward showed for top pair, meaning the river was inconsequential. Woodward is out, and Seed now has about 300,000.
Bill Edler raises to 5,500 from middle position and Michael Binger moves all in for 15,200. Edler makes the call and shows . Binger is racing for his tournament life with .
The board comes allowing Edler's pocket pair to hold up, eliminating Michael Binger from the tournament.
Brett Richey made a button raise to 16,000 and David "The Dragon" Pham made the call. Pham led out for 8,500 on the flop and Richey called. Both players checked the on the turn, but Pham fired 10,600 on the river when the fell. Richey made the call, but mucked at the sight of Pham's .
Richey was left with 46,200 after the hand while Pham was up to 235,000.
We caught up with this one preflop after some back-and-forthing between Russell Rosenbloom and Phillipe Rouas had already built up a pot of 53,000. Rosenbloom next raised 56,000 more, and Rouas reraised all in with his remaining 71,000, and Rosenbloom called.
Rosenbloom
Rouas
The board came , and Rosenbloom pushed up to 200,000. Rouas now has 113,000.
A short stacked Eli Elezra pushed all in for his last 27,000 with and was called by Lex Veldhuis with . The better hand held up and Elezra was eliminated.
After action folded around to Gavin Smith on the button, he moved all in and was called by former November Nine member Dennis Phillips. Smith showed but was in bad shape against the of Phillips. Big Slick held up and Smith hit the rail.
Steve Zolotow
Ted Forrest raised to 4,000 from under the gun, then Steve Zolotow reraised to 14,000 from middle position. It folded around to Sandor Demjan who called from the big blind, and Forrest called as well.
The flop came . It checked to Zolotow who continued with a bet of 18,000. Demjan folded, and Forrest called. The turn was the . Forrest bet 10,000, Zolotow raised to 40,000, and Forrest called.
The river was the . Forrest checked, and Zolotow shoved all in for 63,900. Forrest tanked for a while, then gave it up.
Forrest now has 260,000, while Zolotow has chipped up to 235,000.