Nick Binger opened to 1,500 and was called by Daniel Alaei before Derric Haynie moved all in for 7,500.
Binger passed but after two minutes of deliberation Alaei made the call and drew one.
"I have a queen, but just trying to do the maths" stated Haynie as he took two minutes also before deciding to stand pat on his .
Alaei showed his before reaching for his discard and flashing the he threw out.
Unfortunately for Alaei his hand wouldn't improve as he was dealt the to gift Haynie the double through to over 17,000 as Alaei slips to just 3,500 in chips.
Action folded to Lyle Berman on the button, and he raised it up. Brandon Cantu in the small blind went into the tank. While he was thinking, Berman's phone went off in his shirt pocket. It was rather loud, but Berman just let it go while players from other tables turned around to give him the evil eye. Finally, Cantu gave up his hand. "Big laydown, big laydown," he said. Berman reached for his phone and turned it off before showing a four card -. "Ok, not that big," admitted Cantu.
Will "the Thrill" Failla announced to the table that within four hands, he would double up. He would have been correct if he'd added "someone else" to the end of that statement. The next hand after the Thrill's prediction, Tad Jurgens raised to 1,450 from the hijack, and Failla shipped it in from the cutoff. Jurgens called all in with his last 6,050 and drew one. Failla stood pat with , but Jurgens caught what he needed to make a . He doubled to 14,000 while Failla was left with a paltry 2,700.
Chino Rheem raised to 1,350 from the hijack, and Michael Binger called in the big blind. Both players took one card, and Binger bet out 2,000. As soon as Chino called, Binger nodded. "Nice hand." Chino showed and raked the pot to move up to 51,000. Binger is on 12,500.
Dario Minieri raised to 1,700 on the button, and from the small blind, Nick Schulman moved all in for a total of 6,175. Minieri called and drew one to a . Nick drew one as well to a . Schulman picked up a to have Minieri drawing dead. Nick doubled to around 14,000, dropping Minieri to 25,000.
Alessio Isaia opened to 1,500 from the button only to have Scott Seiver bump it to 6,000 from the small blind.
Isaia pushed all in and Seiver instantly called and stood pat.
Isaia sat in the tank for near on two minutes deliberating whether to stand pat, draw, and if so how many. Eventually the Italian opted to discard two and table his .
Seiver flipped over his and screamed out, "hold, please hold!"
Isaia received his two new cards and slowly sweat one out to reveal the , and once he tabled his other to pair up, he made his way to the rail as Seiver climbed to 77,000 in chips.
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before reaching for his discard and flashing the 
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to gift Haynie the double through to over 17,000 as Alaei slips to just 3,500 in chips.
