Joseph Cheong bet out on a flop of , and John Seaman called. He called again when Cheong bet on the , then both players checked the river when the hit the felt. Cheong announced, "Nine-high," and then Seaman turned over . Cheong slid his cards toward the dealer, and Seaman's ace-high took the pot.
We didn't catch Phil Ivey's elimination hand, but his fellow team member Mike Leah was kind enough to fill us in on what happened.
According to him, Ivey raised with suited from early position only to have Gary Benson three-bet from the big blind. Ivey called, leaving himself just 1,000 behind, and then called off when Benson led the flop. Benson rolled over for a flopped set, and Ivey was eliminated after he wafted his gutshot draw.
Daniel Negreanu, who started the hand with only 3,200 in chips, raised preflop. Jameson Painter made it three bets, and Pat Pezzin called. Negreanu then re-raised all in, and both other players called. The flop came , and Pezzin bet after Painter checked. Pezzin bet again when the fell on the turn, and this time Painter released his hand. The remaining players turn up their cards.
Negreanu:
Pezzin:
Pezzin's kings were in the lead, but the queen on the turn had given Negreanu outs to beat him. The on the river, however, was no help to Negreanu, and the five-time bracelet winner has been eliminated.
Jeffrey Yass opened from middle position and Andrey Zaichenko defended from the small blind. After the big got out of the way, the flop ran out and Zaichenko check-called a bet. The Russian then checked the turn and folded to a bet from Yass.
It wasn't much of a hand, but it gave us the perfect excuse to update you on their respective counts.
Jesse Martin raised under the gun, and Brian Meinders in the big blind was the only caller. Meinders checked when the flop came , then called when Martin bet. He check-called again on the turn and the river. Martin turned over for top pair-top kicker, and Meinder mucked his cards. He said afterwards that he had an ace with a weaker kicker. After the hand, Meinders had only 3,500 in front of him
On the very next hand, Joseph Cheong raised from under the gun, and Meinders three-bet from the small blind. Cheong re-raised, and Meinders called for the last of his chips. Cheong held , and Meinders had . The board ran out , and Meinders more than doubled up. After the series of hands, he had 9,000 in chips.