Seiver called the bring in, Ly completed, and Seiver called. Ly bet out on fourth and fifth street, Seiver called both bets, and the two knuckled on sixth and seventh.
Ly opened up for an eight-seven, Seiver mucked, and Ly won the pot.
Phil Hellmuth limped from under the gun, Owais Ahmed limped as well from a seat over, and it folded to Jason Lester who completed from the small blind. George Lind checked from the BB.
All drew three cards except Ahmed who took just two. It checked to Hellmuth who bet, Ahmed raised, the others folded, and Hellmuth called.
Both players stood pat on the second draw. Hellmuth checked, Ahmed bet, and Hellmuth called. The pair stood pat again, and again Hellmuth check-called.
Hellmuth showed , and Ahmed mucked. Hellmuth now has over 2.3 million, while Ahmed has 850,000.
Shortly after Hellmuth offered some commentary on his 2-7 TD play. "I haven't put a dime in a deuce-to-seven pot without the best hand," he said.
Owais Ahmed raised with the button, Jeffrey Lisandro re-raised from the small blind, and Ahmed called. The flop fell down , and Lisandro check-raised Ahmed. Ahmed called.
Lisandro led after the turned, Ahmed raised, Lisandro put in three bets, and Ahmed called.
Lisandro check-folded after the hit the river, and is now down to just 215,000 chips.
Minh Ly completed with the up and Ben Lamb raised with the . Ly made the call. On fourth street, Ly check-called a bet from Lamb and then check-called again on fifth. On sixth street, Ly picked up an open pair of jacks and bet out. Lamb raised to put himself all in for 101,000 more.
"How much more is it?" asked Ly.
"Not that much, it's less than one bet. Just put the money in and we'll move to the next street," responded Lamb.
Ly then sat there for about 20 seconds thinking before he said, "What if I don't want to call?"
"God, I might lose it right now," said Scott Seiver. "I swear, if he had anything right now this is unreal. He probably has quad jacks. Just been slowrolling like none other."
Eventually, Ly made the call and revealed the from his hole cards, giving him a pair of jacks and a flush draw. Lamb held the for two pair, nines and tens. Ly got his seventh-street card first and then Lamb. Ly squeezed and revealed the , meaning Lamb won the pot. Lamb turned over the . After the hand was over, Seiver reached out his fist and gave Lamb an emphatic fist bump.
"If anyone has been paying any attention to the World Series this year, there was no doubt in anyone's f***ing mind that Ben Lamb was winning that pot!" yelled Mike Matusow from right next to the table. "No f***ing doubt he was going to win that one."
George Lind raised from the cutoff, Vladimir Shchemelev reraised from the small blind, and Lind called. The flop came . Shchemelev bet, Lind raised all in with his last chips, and Shchemelev quickly called.
Shchemelev:
Lind:
Lind was in bad shape with his worse kicker, and the on the turn made his prospects even dimmer. Then the dealer burned a card and dealt the river -- the ! The now-thinned rail responded audibly, Mike "the Mouth" Matusow among them, at the sight of the saving eight.
Lind survives with 520,000, while Shchemelev has 1.47 million.
The structure sheet says "... play down to the final table." before the day ends. There have been some mumblings going around that the television production crew would like tonight to end before that final table is reached seeing as this is taking quite some time. We're unsure how the players feel about that, but we'll soon find out if it comes to that point.
Right now, we haven't heard any changes to the schedule so it looks like we'll be here until just eight players are left. We'll let you know if we hear any changes. If we happen to stop early, tomorrow could be a very, very, very long day on the felt.
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, and Lisandro check-raised Ahmed. Ahmed called.
turned, Ahmed raised, Lisandro put in three bets, and Ahmed called.
hit the river, and is now down to just 215,000 chips.
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from his hole cards, giving him a pair of jacks and a flush draw. Lamb held the 
for two pair, nines and tens. Ly got his seventh-street card first and then Lamb. Ly squeezed and revealed the 
, meaning Lamb won the pot. Lamb turned over the 
. After the hand was over, Seiver reached out his fist and gave Lamb an emphatic fist bump.
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for a straight.
. Shchemelev bet, Lind raised all in with his last chips, and Shchemelev quickly called.
on the turn made his prospects even dimmer. Then the dealer burned a card and dealt the river -- the 
! The now-thinned rail responded audibly, Mike "the Mouth" Matusow among them, at the sight of the saving eight.
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