Shunjiro Uchida raised to 2,200 under the gun, and Chino Rheem defended his big blind. Chino drew two and Uchida one. Then Rheem bet out 3,000. Uchida called easily and showed . Chino flashed a and a on their way to the muck. Chino slipped a bit to 85,000 and Uchida is up to 29,000.
Craig Hartman opened to 1,900 and was called by Tommy Hang and Lyle Berman from the blinds.
Hang drew one while the two drew two cards as Hang moved all in for his last 6,750. Berman folded but Hartman made the call only to muck at the sight of Hang's as he climbs to over 19,000 in chips.
"Hallo! Hallo!" Chris Bjorin shouted at a spectator messing with the television near his table. "Some of us are watching that!" He's been fixated on the Philadelphia/Chicago game since it began and was worried that the guy was trying to change the channel. The man laughed, pointing to his shirt. He's wearing a Blackhawks jersey and clearly had no intention of turning away from hockey. He and Bjorin had a good chat about the game, at least until someone at the table reminded Chris he had to check his cards.
Scott Seiver started the day as one of the chip leaders. At his high point, he was up to 86,000. Yet in under an hour, he's down to 21,000. On the last hand, he doubled up Ari Dinov. Both stood pat, and Dinov showed . Seiver said he mucked a nine-seven-six. "How do I get notched every single hand?" he lamented. "This is unreal. It's insane." He looked down at his chips. "They're all gone!"