We caught the action on fourth street, where Kovar check-called a bet from Ivey. Kovar led out on fifth, Ivey called, and Ivey called all-in for 1,400 on sixth.
Ivey:
Kovar:
Kovar had the wheel, and could make a diamond flush on seventh, but bricked when he flipped over the . Ivey could split the pot with a club, but was eliminated when he turned over the .
After swinging downward heading into the second break, Mercier's opponent check-called bets on fourth and fifth street, and both players checked on sixth. Mercier led out for a bet on seventh, the player called, and Mercier turned over for a flush.
His opponent mucked, and Mercier picked up the pot to push his stack back over 60,000.
Phil Hellmuth: / /
Mike Leah: / /
Daniel Idema: / /
Leah brought it in, Idema completed, and both Hellmuth and Leah called. Leah checked on fourth, Idema bet, and both Leah and Hellmuth called again. The same action occurred on fifth, although Hellmuth called the hand "tricky" before he called, and on sixth, Leah made kings up.
Thinking that Leah checked, Idema fired out a bet. He then realized his error, pulled his chips back, then tossed them out again when Leah actually checked. Hellmuth called while laughing, Leah check-raised, and Idema called. Hellmuth then raised, Leah re-raised, Idema tank-folded, and Hellmuth capped the action. Leah called.
Leah check-called a bet on seventh, and the hands were opened.
Leah:
Hellmuth:
The two chopped the pot, and we are now on the exact money bubble.
Joseph Hertzog: / /
Tianxiong Fu: / /
Linda Johnson: / /
Johnson, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, was all in for 8,600 on third street when we arrived at the table. Hertzog and Fu battle for the side pot on the ensuing streets, as Fu called a bet on fourth then check-called three more on fifth, sixth, and seventh.
Hertzog showed for just a pair of aces, and Fu scooped the side pot with for a straight and a low, and Johnson took down half of the main pot with for a flush.
We arrived at the end of the hand, but were able to gather the cards on Phil Hellmuth's final hand.
Hellmuth: /
Leah: /
Leah's aces up were better than Hellmuth's kings up. Leah pulled the on seventh street leaving Hellmuth an outside shot at winning, but the offered him no help, ending his run in 42nd place.
This event marked Hellmuth's 99th career WSOP cash.
Barbara Enright: / /
Mike Leah: / /
Issa Tadros: / /
Enright, a 2007 Poker Hall of Fame inductee, completed, moving all in for 3,500 with the . Leah raised, and Tadros called. Leah check-called a bet on fourth street, both players knuckled on fifth, and Leah led out on sixth. Tadros called.
Tadros folded to a bet on seventh, and Leah showed for a pair of fours and a sixty-five low. Enright tabled for a seven-low and a pair of deuces, and the 1995 Main Event final tablist hit the rail in 23rd place.
Matt Savage: / /
Mike Leah: / /
Young Phan: / /
Issa Tadros: / /
There was a bring in, Savage completed, Leah raised, and Phan called. Tadros made it three bets, Savage called all in, and both Leah and Tadros called. All three players checked on fourth and fifth street, and Leah checked once again on sixth. Phan bet, and only Tadros called.
Both players checked on seventh.
Savage: (Pair of aces)
Phan: (Eighty-seven low)
Tadros: (Aces and queens)
Savage was eliminated in 22nd place, earning $5,273.
We caught the action on fifth street, where Greenstein called a bet from Gill. The rest of the chips went in on sixth, and after the downcards were dealt we saw from Gill. He had a pair of threes and an eighty-six low, and Greenstein couldn't beat either as the dealer quickly pulled his cards into the muck.
The Poker Hall of Famer and three-time World Series of Poker Bracelet winner exited in 21st place, earning $5,273.
Tatalovich bet out on fifth street, Vengrin called, and Vengrin called another bet on sixth. On seventh, Tatalovich bet, then folded to a raise from Vengrin, showing for a bricked wheel draw.
Tatalovich fell to 3,500 chips, later doubling to around 10,000, while Vengrin is our commanding leader with 440,000.
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