Picking up the action on fourth street when it was heads up between the two, Adams bet, Minieri raised, Adams reraised and Minieri called. On fifth street, Adams bet and Minieri called. On sixth street, Adams bet, Minieri raised, Adams reraised and Minieri called. On seventh, Minieri called after Adams bet.
Minieri held the two more eights in the hole for trip eights, but he lost to Adams who held the for a full house aces full of fives. Neither player held a low.
Adams improved to 104,000 and Minieri dropped back to 136,000.
Phil Hellmuth (X)(X) / / (X)
Allen Kessler (X)(X) / / (X)
Hellmuth completed on third street and Kessler called. Hellmuth check-called a bet from Kessler on fourth street, then called down his lead bets all the way to the river.
Kessler showed for sevens and fours, but Hellmuth had the better two pair, tabling for jacks up. Neither player made a low and Hellmuth scooped the pot, increasing his stack to 67,000. "Chainsaw" is down to 43,000.
Max Pescatori: (X)(X) / / (X)
Barry Shulman: (X)(X) / / (X)
We missed the action on the hand, but saw Pescatori table the after all the action was complete. His wheel was good enough to scoop the entire pot and Shulman mucked his hand. Pescatori is now booming with 214,000 chips.
Dario Alioto was just all in versus big stack Marco Johnson. Alioto's cards ran out against Johnson's . Alioto was able to stave elimination by making a low while Johnson took the high. The one good thing about this event is that you can stay alive with two chances, one at the high and one at the low.
Alioto is back to 20,000 and Johnson's sitting on 124,000.
After the unknown player folded on fourth, Bach bet fifth and was called by Hansen. On sixth, Bach bet and then Hansen called again. On seventh, Bach bet again and Hansen made another call.
Hansen revealed the from underneath for a six-high straight and a low. Bach mucked and dropped to 52,000 chips. Hansen moved up to 78,000.
Seed was all-in for the bring-in and got three callers. They continued betting on the side-- well, except for Allen Kessler, who folded on fourth street.
Seed slapped his on the table. "Flush!" he exclaimed. It was good to take down the side pot and keep him on life support with 4,700 in chips. Bach showed and won the main with a pair of kings, taking his stack up to 88,000.
We caught the action on fifth street, Violette betting out and getting called by both opponents. Violette led again on sixth, Smirnov called, Hernandez raised, and both Violette and Smirnov committed another bet. All hell broke loose on the river as the action was four-bet three ways.
Smirnov showed for an ace-high flush and took the high while Violette tabled , winning the low with 6-5-3-2-A. Hernandez mucked. He is down to 23,000 while Violette is up to 111,000 and Smirnov is sitting on 93,000.
We caught up with the action after all the cards were dealt out. Townsend checked, Altbregin bet, Nguyen called and then Townsend tank-called. Altbregin held for a seven low. Townsend tabled the for two pair, eights and sixes. Nguyen couldn't beat either hand and mucked, dropping to just 1,600 chips. Townsend moved up to 90,000 and Altbregin to 69,000.
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for a full house aces full of fives. Neither player held a low.
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for sevens and fours, but Hellmuth had the better two pair, tabling 
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against Johnson's 
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from underneath for a six-high straight and a low. Bach mucked and dropped to 52,000 chips. Hansen moved up to 78,000.
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