From early position, the 2010 champion of this event, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, raised to 2,600. Joe Cassidy called in the cutoff seat and the 2009 winner of this event, David Bach, called from the small blind.
The flop came down and action checked to Cassidy. He bet 4,000 and only Bach made the call.
The turn was the and Bach checked. Cassidy bet again and made it 11,000 to go. Bach called. The river was the and both players checked.
Bach started to show his hand and turned over the first. Cassidy showed the for a straight and Bach mucked the rest of his hand.
John D'Agostino completed it on third street and Viktor Blom made the call. Fourth street gave D'Agostino the betting lead and he bet, Blom called. On fifth street Blom called another bet after which both players checked sixth street.
On seventh street Blom bet and D'Agostino called. The Swedish online superstars showed and took down the pot.
After winning a pot early on in which he busted Justin Bonomo, Bertrand Grospellier is now in real danger of getting eliminated himself.
Bertrand Grospellier
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Lyle Berman
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On fifth street Grospellier bet 4,000 and Berman raised it up to 8,000. Grospellier called and on sixth street Grospellier bet 4,000 again. Berman hesitated, and opted to make the call. Seventh street was dealt face down and both players checked.
Berman turned over , for an eight-seven-six-five-deuce low, and Grospellier mucked his cards in frustration.
Michael Glick started bij completing the action and Phil Hellmuth raised it up. David Grey made the call and Glick called as well. On fourth street Grey had the betting lead and bet out, Hellmuth called. Grey stayed out in front on fifth and bet again, Hellmuth called. On sixth street Hellmuth bet and Grey called.
Seventh street was checked by both players, and Hellmut tabled for an eight-six-three-deuce-ace low. Grey mucked his cards and Hellmuth profits early on.
From early position, Chris Klodicki limped in. Naoya Kihara raised from the cutoff seat and action folded back to Klonicki. He called and took the flop. Klodnicki checked and Kihara bet. Klodnicki called.
The turn was the and put another pair on board. Klodnicki checked and Kihara bet. Klodnicki gave it a minute of thought, then folded and Kihara won the pot.