Action folded to the button and Amnon Filippi raised. The small blind reraised and then Filippi called. The small blind stood pat and Filippi drew two. The small blind then checked and Filippi called.
On the next draw, the small blind stood pat and Filippi drew one. The small blind checked, Filippi bet and the small blind called. On the final draw, the small blind broke his hand and drew one. Filippi stood pat.
Filippi then fired a bet after the small blind checked and was called. He spread the and the small blind mucked his hand. Filippi now has 12,000 chips.
A few bigger stacks are emerging around the room. Maria Ho has more than doubled her starting stack and is up to about 17,000. Adam Friedman is up to 15,000, Shawn Sheikhan has about 12,000, and Dan "djk123" Kelly has about 12,000 as well.
Phil Ivey raised in the cutoff and was called by Amnon Filippi on the button and Richard Toth in the big blind. Toth drew two, Ivey one, and Filippi two. Toth checked and Ivey bet, receiving calls from both opponents.
Toth drew one on the second draw, as did Ivey, and Filippi drew two. It was checked to Ivey again and he bet, chasing away Filippi. Toth called and stood pat, while Ivey once again drew one card. Toth checked and Ivey did the same, but mucked when Toth tabled .
The Hungarian Pro moved up to 9,000 while Ivey slipped to 6,600. Following the hand, Ivey left the room and went back to the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout where his table is currently four-handed.
Roland Isra and Chau Giang both drew one apiece on the first draw. Isra then check-called Giang's bet before both players drew one apiece on the second draw. Isra then decided to lead out and Giang called.
On the third draw, Isra stood pat and Giang drew one. Isra then fired before Giang's draw card was pushed to him. Giang squeezed his last card, but it wasn't what he was looking for and he tossed his hand away. Giang was left with just 3,250 chips.
Daniel Negreanu's opponent drew two cards before Negreanu drew one. The player then checked to Negreanu, who bet and was called.
Both players then drew one on the second draw. They then both checked.
On the final draw, both players drew one again. Two more checks followed by both players before each of them exposed a . "Seven!" announced Negreanu, to which his opponent mucked and Negreanu tabled the . He's now up to 9,500 chips.
Dan O'Brien drew one, Erick Lindgren drew one and then Stuart Rutter draw two. After the draw, which was the first, O'Brien checked, Lindgren bet and Rutter called. O'Brien then raised before Lindgren made it three bets. Rutter and O'Brien both called.
On the second draw, O'Brien drew one, Lindgren stood pat and Rutter draw two. O'Brien checked and Lindgren bet. Both Rutter and O'Brien called.
On the third and final draw, O'Brien drew one, Lindgren stood pat again and then Rutter drew one. After the draw, all three players stood pat. O'Brien showed a and then Lindgren showed the . Rutter mucked and then O'Brien didn't show the rest of his hand.
Lindgren moved up to 10,000 while O'Brien and Rutter slipped to 4,825 and 6,400, respectively.
The late registration has certainly made for some great tables. Table #290 in the blue section consists of Andy Black, "Captain" Tom Franklin, Erik Seidel, Justin "Boosted J" Smith, and Tom "durrrr" Dwan.
Phil Hellmuth, Barry Greenstein, Jen Harman-Traniello, Steve Billirakis, and Greg Mueller have all taken their seats as well.