Following a raise and two calls, Ben Yu three-bet from the small blind and all three of his opponents called. Yu stood pat while all three drew two cards, then bet and all three called. Yu continued to stand pat before the second draw while two of his opponents drew two and the third just one. He bet again, and this time just one of the players who had drawn two shrugged and called.
Yu stood pat one last time, his lone remaining opponent drew one, then both checked. Yu flipped over and his opponent showed two of his cards — — as he mucked.
We noticed that Juijen Chang had started building quite a chip stack a couple levels ago, and he hasn't slow down all night, as he just took down a pot to up his stack to 68,000. By our best estimation, no one else is over 50,000, meaning that Chang has built up a nice lead for himself as we are in the last level of the night.
A short-stacked player on the button raised and Randy Ohel — winner of the $2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event a year ago — called from the big blind. Both took two cards on the first draw, and when Ohel bet out his opponent called. Ohel then stood pat and watched his opponent draw two cards, then bet again after the draw. His opponent thought a moment then called, leaving himself but 1,600 behind (two big bets).
Ohel stood pat once more while his opponent drew one, and Ohel bet one more time. His opponent tanked for nearly a minute before finally calling, at which point Ohel flipped over his . Ohel's play appeared nearly to have worked, but his opponent had managed to find the call with and won the pot.
Daniel Negreanu raised from under the gun and got a single caller in Naoya Kihara playing from the big blind. On the first draw Kihara took two and Negreanu one, Kihara bet, Negreanu raised, and Kihara called. Kihara then stood pat on the second draw, in response to which Negreanu discarded one card. Kihara again bet, and again Negreanu raised, Kihara called.
On the third draw both players stood pat, and Kihara checked. Negreanu bet, and after thinking for nearly a minute Kihara let his hand go.
Eli Elezra raised from under the gun, and Tom Schneider was the lone caller from the small blind. Both players drew two, then Schneider check called a bet from Elezra. Both drew two again, and this time, Schneider was the one who fired out. Not to be intimated, Elezra raised it up, and Schneider called.
Surprisingly, both players stood pat, then both players checked. Elezra began to announce his cards to Schneider:
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During this last round of counts we saw Eric Buchman hitting the rail, his last chips taken by Braden Murphy. And after picking up some chips early, Phil Ivey has made a Day 1 exit as well.