Action folded to Viktor Blom on the button and he raised to 12,000. From the big blind, Justin Smith made the call and the flop came down . Both players checked.
The turn was the and Smith checked to his Swedish counterpart. Blom bet 20,000 and Smith called.
After the hit the river, Smith checked and Blom bet 50,000. Smith raised to 145,000 and Blom tank-folded.
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi raised to 8,500 from early position and David Benyamine reraised to 30,000 from the hijack seat. In the cutoff position, Jeff Lisandro reraised the pot. Action folded back to Mizrachi and he gave it up. Benyamine called all in for around 80,000 and the hands were tabled.
Lisandro:
Benyamine:
The flop, turn and river ran out to give Lisandro the pot and send Benyamine out the door. Mizrachi said he folded hearts.
On the next hand, Lisandro limped in from late position and David Grey raised to 18,000 on the button. Lisandro called and the flop came down .
On the flop, Lisandro bet the pot to put Grey all in. Grey called off his last 25,000 with the . Lisandro held the .
The turn was the and gave Lisandro a straight to the nine. The river was the and completed the board. Lisandro busted Grey and eliminated a player for the second hand in a row to move over 600,000 in chips.
Allen Bari was on the button, and he decided to limp. Viktor Blom raised it up to 16,000 from the small blind, and Huck Seed called from the big blind. Bari gave it up and the flop showed .
Blom bet 18,000 on the flop and Seed called. The turn was the and Blom bet 28,000, Seed called once more. The river was the and Blom didn't slow down, he bet pot. Seed tanked for a while, but eventually he gave up his hand.
Blom chips up some more while Seed is one of the short stacks in the event.
Preflop, Jason Mercier, Minh Ly and John Monnette were all in in a hand of Limit Hold'em. Mercier was the shortest stack of the three and held the . Ly was the second shortest stack and had the . Monnette had both players covered and held the .
A board of ran out and Ly won the pot with two pair, sixes and fives. Mercier was eliminated.
On fifth street Ly got his last chips into the pot and Hellmuth called. Hellmuth turned over two pair, aces and queens, and Ly ended up with aces and sevens. Ly also missed his low draw, and he is eliminated.
Only Brian Rast (1st), Hellmuth (2nd) and Matt Glantz (6th) are still in the running for a back-to-back final table appearance.
Allen Bari completed on third street and Michael Binger called. Bari bet fourth, Binger called. On fifth street both players checked, and Bari bet again on sixth. Binger called.
On seventh street Binger bet, Bari raised and Binger called. Binger showed for two pair, eights and deuces, and won the hand.
Picking up the action on the first draw, both Joe Cassidy and Daniel Alaei drew two cards. After the draw, Cassidy bet, Alaei raised and Cassidy called.
On the second draw, both players took one card and then they both checked.
For the final draw, both players draw one again. Cassidy then checked, Alaei bet and Cassidy called.
Action folded to the cutoff seat where John Hennigan raised. Alexander Kravchenko reraised from the button and play folded back to Hennigan. He called and then drew two. Kravchenko also took two. After the draw, Hennigan led with a bet and Kravchenko called.
On the second draw, Hennigan took one and Kravchenko took two. Hennigan then bet and Kravchenko folded his hand.