On third street, Mel Judah called the bring in, before then calling the completion of Michael Binger. Judah called again on fourth and fifth, before raising the bet on sixth street. On the river, Binger checked, Judah bet and Binger called.
Judah: () / / (X)
Binger: (X-X-X) /
Trip kings for Judah is good to collect the pot as he climbs to 20,000. Binger slips to 28,000.
As the blinds continue to increase, more and more players are hitting the rail. Some players who have been recently eliminated include Maria Ho, Eric Froehlich, Andy Bloch, David Steicke, Steve Wong and David Singer.
Zac Fellows completed before Brock Parker raised it up. Fellows made the call before taking the lead to bet on fourth, fifth and sixth streets. Parker's board was looking pretty ugly for a razz hand, but Fellows checked the river. Parker bet and Fellows made the call.
Fellows: (X-X-X) /
Parker: () /
Parker surprised everyone with a wheel as Fellows just chuckled and mucked. Fellows is down to 16,000 with Parker up to 32,000.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu raised it up from middle position with Yuval Bronshtein and Greg Raymer making the call in position. Action was then with Mikael Thuritz in the small blind and he put in the three-bet. All three opponents made the call and they took a flop of .
Thuritz led out with a bet before Negreanu raised. However it didn't thin the field as everyone made the call to see the fall on the turn. Thuritz checked and Negreanu bet. Bronshtein made the call but Raymer then raised. Thuritz got out of the way as both Negreanu and Bronshtein called.
The river brought the and action checked to Raymer who made another bet with both opponents calling.
Raymer opened for a straight to the six with a six-low, but fellow Team PokerStars Pro Negreanu took half with for the nut low, as Bronshtein was left caught in the middle.
Mike Matusow, who isn't playing today's event, has been wandering the room making small talk with various players. Right now he is over at Jean Robert Bellande's table, but what they're talking about isn't exactly known. Perhaps they're talking about Survivor, the hit television show Belande appeared on. If we had to guess, we'd say Matusow's favorite former contestant isn't Bellande, but probably the more amiable Rupert. Nonetheless, Matusow sure seems to enjoy the company of the various players.
Four players limped in to see a flop of . David Oppenheim took a stab with a bet from the big blind, but he found himself two callers, and shutdown when the hit the turn. An early position player fired a bet with Richard Ashby the only caller in position.
The river landed the and again the EP-player fired out but Ashby announced a raise. His opponent called but Ashby showed for a wheel, which was good for the high and low as his opponent flashed and mucked. Ashby is up to 40,000.
Abe Mosseri raised to 2,000 and the player in Seat 4 reraised to 3,000. The player on the button then discovered that he had been dealt five cards. Since he didn't know which cards were which, the floor was called.
It was determined that since there had been action, the button's hand would be killed and the rest of the hand would continue. The blinds folded back to Mosseri who made the call. When the flopped, Mosseri bet 1,000 and Seat 4 called.
Mosseri continued to bet when the came on the turn. This time, however, Seat 4 raised to 4,000. Mosseri called and the came on the river. Both players checked and Seat 4 turned over for three kings.
"You win," Mosseri muttered as he checked his card. He was down to just 9,000 after the hand.