Limit Hold'em
With the stakes now 30,000/60,000 in the limit games, Shaun Deeb raised from under the gun, then Jason Lester three-bet from the hijack seat. It folded back around to Deeb who called.
The flop came 
. Deeb checked, and Lester pushed out a bet. Deeb folded, preserving his last 45,000. Lester, meanwhile, has about 775,000.
Limit Hold'em
From under the gun plus one, Yan Chen raised. Robert Mizrachi called from the big blind and the two took the flop of 
. Mizrachi checked, Chen bet and Mizrachi folded.
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Limit Hold'em
Scott Seiver raised in middle position, and Jason Lester defended his big blind. The flop was 
, Lester checked, and Seiver bet. Lester called.
Lester check-called another bet after the 
turned, and check raised after the 
fell on the river. Seiver put in three bets, and Lester called. Seiver opened up 
for Broadway, Lester mucked, and Seiver won the pot.
Level: 18
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
The remaining 19 players are now taking their second break of the day. Just three more eliminations until they reach the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,118,000
448,000
|
448,000 |
|
||
|
2,054,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
||
|
1,570,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
|
||
|
1,562,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
1,400,000 | |
|
1,380,000
815,000
|
815,000 |
|
||
|
1,130,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
1,100,000 | |
|
900,000 | |
|
|
||
|
855,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
840,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
||
|
830,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
630,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
|
620,000
-276,000
|
-276,000 |
|
|
||
|
620,000 | |
|
||
|
500,000
223,000
|
223,000 |
|
||
|
450,000
-437,000
|
-437,000 |
|
|
||
|
248,000
-282,000
|
-282,000 |
|
134,000
-271,000
|
-271,000 |
|
|
||
2-7 Triple Draw
The Triple Draw round has proven to be Marco Johnson's undoing. In the last couple of hands before the break, he lost the rest of his stack to finish in 20th place.
First Johnson raised from UTG, got reraised by Josh Arieh on the button, then called. Johnson would take two cards, then one, then one, while Arieh would draw one then stand pat on the final two rounds. Johnson check-called bets from Arieh on all three draws.
Arieh showed 
, Johnson 
, and Johnson was down to 52,000. Arieh, meanwhile, moved up to 2.02 million.
Soon after Johnson reraised back-and-forth with Brian Rast prior to the first draw enough to get the last of his chips in the middle. Johnson drew three at first and Rast two, then both players took one on each of the last two rounds.
Rast tabled , then turned over the he'd picked up on the end. Johnson showed 
and squeezed his last card -- a .
Johnson is out, while Rast continues to sport a top five stack.
Limit Hold'em
Just as the rest of the players were heading off on break, this hand was finishing up between Ben Lamb and Robert Mizrachi.
Action folded to Mizrachi in middle position and he raised. Ben Lamb reraised from the small blind and Mizrachi called. The flop came down 
and Lamb bet out. Mizrachi raised and Lamb called.
The turn was the 
and Mizrachi bet after Lamb checked. Lamb thought it over for a little bit and then made the call.
The river completed the board with the 
and Lamb checked. Mizrachi bet right away and Lamb tanked. He eventually made the call.
Mizrachi showed the 
for a rivered pair of kings after flopping a straight draw. Lamb thought he won for a moment and exposed his 
, but then caught that Mizrachi had paired his kings on the river and angrily tossed his hand into the muck face down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
887,000
537,000
|
537,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
277,000
-223,000
|
-223,000 |
|
|
||
| Player | Points | Cashes | Final Tables | Bracelets | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Lamb | 572.65 | 3 | 2 | 1 | $1,130,494 |
| Chris Moorman | 486.20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | $1,051,466 |
| Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier | 479.25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | $811,639 |
| Phil Hellmuth | 458.25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | $527,970 |
| Sam Stein | 402.63 | 5 | 2 | 1 | $731,279 |
| Joe Ebanks | 410.25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | $1,179,031 |
| Mikhail Lakhitov | 401.80 | 5 | 2 | 1 | $851,058 |
| Jason Mercier | 385.33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | $696,438 |
| Mitch Schock | 364.81 | 5 | 3 | 1 | $406,018 |
| Sean Getzwiller | 343 | 3 | 2 | 1 | $672,627 |
*Through Event #53
2-7 Triple Draw
It folded to Minh Ly in the small blind who raised, Marco Johnson reraised from the BB, and Ly called.
On the first draw, Ly took two cards and Johnson one. Ly checked, Johnson bet, Ly check-raised, and Johnson called. Both players then stood pat on the next two draws, with Ly betting and Johnson calling both times.
Ly showed , while Johnson had . Ly has 1.51 million, while Johnson drops to a dangerously low 170,000.
