Brent Wheeler raised from under the gun and Michael Scarborough called from the big blind to see the flop come down. Scarborough checked and Wheeler bet. Scarborough check-raised and Wheeler three-bet. Scarborough called all in for less and rolled over the . Wheeler held the .
The turn was the , which gave Scarborough some extra outs for a straight, but the river was the and sent him to the rail in 17th place.
Shannon Shorr raised from under the gun and Robert Ferdinand reraised from the cutoff seat. John MacDonald called from the big blind and then Shorr made it four bets to go. Ferdinand and MacDonald called.
The flop came down and MacDonald checked. Shorr bet and Ferdinand called all in for 4,000. MacDonald then called.
The turn was the and MacDonald check-folded to a bet from Shorr. Then Shorr and Ferdinand opened up the hands to see what was cooking.
Shorr held the and Ferdinand the to be outdone by one on his kicker. The river couldn't save him when the fell and Ferdinand was eliminated in 18th place, earning just over $8,000.
Huck Seed moved all in for his last 29,500 and Erik Cajelais made the call. Seed held pocket deuces and Cajelais pocket kings. No help came on the flop, turn or river and Seed headed out the door in 19th place. He earned $6,437.
The final 18 players are now redrawing for seats, which we'll have posted for you shortly.
Salman Behbehani raised to 6,500 and Phil Ivey flatted on the button. Simon Lam made the call from the small blind and the flop came down . Lam checked, Behbehani bet 8,000 and Ivey called. Lam also called.
The turn was the and Lam led for 16,000. Behbehani raised all in for 107,500 and Ivey folded. Lam called with the for top pair, top kicker. Behbehani held the for top two pair.
The river was the and kept Behbehani in front, which doubled him up in a big way.
Salman Behbehani raised to 6,500 from the hijack seat before Brent Wheeler reraised all in for 56,500 from the cutoff seat. Play folded back to Behbehani and he snapped it off, tabling the . Wheeler held the and it was off to the races for this one.
The flop came down and Behbehani fell behind as Wheeler picked up top pair in his quest to double up. Behbehani did add a flush draw as he held the only spade.
The turn was black, but not the spade Behbehani needed. The river was the and Wheeler won the pot to stay alive.
On the button, Joep van den Bijgaart raised to 6,500. Chris Tryba three-bet to 16,500 from the small blind and van den Bijgaart called to see the flop. Tryba bet 23,500 and van den Bijgaart folded.
After Michael Gathy raised from the hijack seat to 7,000, Michael Scarborough called from the cutoff. In the small blind was Jeremy Ausmus and he reraised to 25,500. Everyone folded and Ausmus won the pot.
Simon Lam raised on the button to 8,000 and action folded to Konstantin Puchkov in the big blind. He reraised all in for 49,000 and Lam made the call. Lam tabled the and Puchkov the .
Needing a lot of help on this one, Puchkov couldn't find it as the board ran out and he was eliminated.
flop come down. Scarborough checked and Wheeler bet. Scarborough check-raised and Wheeler three-bet. Scarborough called all in for less and rolled over the 
. Wheeler held the 
.
, which gave Scarborough some extra outs for a straight, but the river was the 
and sent him to the rail in 17th place.
and MacDonald checked. Shorr bet and Ferdinand called all in for 4,000. MacDonald then called.
and MacDonald check-folded to a bet from Shorr. Then Shorr and Ferdinand opened up the hands to see what was cooking.
and Ferdinand the 
to be outdone by one on his kicker. The river couldn't save him when the 
fell and Ferdinand was eliminated in 18th place, earning just over $8,000.
. Lam checked, Behbehani bet 8,000 and Ivey called. Lam also called.
and Lam led for 16,000. Behbehani raised all in for 107,500 and Ivey folded. Lam called with the 
for top two pair.
and kept Behbehani in front, which doubled him up in a big way.
and it was off to the races for this one.
and Behbehani fell behind as Wheeler picked up top pair in his quest to double up. Behbehani did add a flush draw as he held the only spade.
was black, but not the spade Behbehani needed. The river was the 
and Wheeler won the pot to stay alive.
flop. Tryba bet 23,500 and van den Bijgaart folded.
and Puchkov the 
and he was eliminated.
