We caught up with the action on fourth street, where Deeb's opponent bet and Deeb called. The same action occurred on fifth, but on sixth Deeb was checked to and it was his turn to bet. His opponent called. On seventh Deeb's opponent check-called another bet, but mucked when Deeb opened up for the wheel.
We caught the action on fifth street, when Tom Dwan raised his opponent's bet. Dwan's opponent reraised, and he called. Dwan then check called sixth street, and both players checked seventh street. Dwan revealed just the for two pair, but his opponent showed for a higher two pair to take the pot. Dwan is down to about 3200 after the hand.
Allen Kessler earlier told an opponent that he, "has no chance at cashing in the tournament." The two were heads up recently, after Kessler completed and this particular opponent was his only caller. Kessler was the aggressor on fourth street, but every street after that his opponent was the one who was doing the betting. Kessler called him down until the river, where he turned over for a pair of queens, but he couldn't beat a king kicker.
"How can you bet on sixth?" he muttered to himself as his opponent raked in the pot.
We caught the action on fourth street with Jerry Buss firing out a bet on every street. His opponent called until sixth street, when he raised after getting a third diamond. Buss called and then checked called the river, and mucked when his opponent flipped up for a queen high flush. Buss is down to 3,100.
They have just announced the official numbers for this event. 357 people brought in for the first stud event of the series, down from last year's 408. First prize will be pocketing $122,909, with everyone at the final table guaranteed a five figure payday. We will be posting a full list of the payouts shortly.
Chad Brown - (x) (x) / / (x)
Opponent - (x) (x) / / (x)
Brown completed and found one caller in the three seat. On fourth, Brown bet and his opponent called. On fifth, his opponent bet out with a pair of three's showing, Brown raised, and his opponent called. For the next two streets, Brown's opponent check-called, and Brown rolled over for an ace-high flush.
Brown is now back above starting stack with 5,600 chips.
Jeff Madsen was all in when we caught the action on fourth street. There was a bet and calls on every single street, and Madsen looked like he was slowly accepting his fate. After the betting on seventh street, Opponent 1 flipped up for a queen high flush, and everyone else at the table mucked, including Madsen, knocking him out of the tournament.
Allen Kessler was down to his last 625. The brought-in, the completed and Kessler raised with the , leaving himself with just one 25 chip. Jason Mercier three bet with the and the called as Kessler went all in.
The boards ran out as follows:
Kessler: //
Opponent: //
Mercier: /
The third opponent in the hand bet fourth street to warrant a fold from Mercier. Kessler had outs with one card left but didn't get there.