The player under the gun raised, the cutoff call and Mike Kim made it three bets on the button. The player UTG reraised, and both other players called.
UTG drew one, the cutoff drew two and Kim drew two. The cutoff put in his last 4,600, and the cutoff did the same with his last 8,500. Kim called to put both at risk.
UTG again drew one, as did the cutoff. Kim again drew two. One the final draw, UTG stood pat while Kim and the cutoff each drew a card. The cutoff rolled over a king-low, but Kim announced an eight-six.
Kim: . The player UTG had stood pat with a , so he was knocked out along with the cutoff.
Action folded around to the player on the button. He opened with a raise to 3,500. Chris Tryba called out of the big blind.
The flop saw hit the felt and Tryba checked. His opponent continued out for 3,800 and Tryba cut out a raise to 15,000. Tryba's opponent thought for some time before flat calling. Fourth street was the and Tryba slowed down with a check. His opponent checked it back and the hit the river. Two more checks prompted Tryba to show . His opponent mucked and Tryba dragged in the pot. He's now sitting on roughly 172,000 in chips.
We caught up to the action on seventh street to see a series of bets on the table. James Van Alstyne and Mike Wattel were both dealt their final card and Wattel checked his option. Van Alstyne fired out one last bet and Wattel took his time calling.
Van Alstyne showed for a straight and a low which was enough to scoop the pot. Wattel mucked and Van Alstyne boosted his stack to around 96,000.
Three players saw a flop of . Josh Arieh and Septimiu Popescu checked, and the player in the cutoff bet 5,600. Both players called. Everyone checked the turn, and Arieh led out 14,000 on the river. Popescu went into the tank for a couple of minutes, rubbing his temples and placing his forehead in his hands as he thought. Finally, he called off most of his stack. The cutoff folded.
Arieh:
Popescu:
Popescu's kicker won him the pot.
"What on earth were you thinking about?" Arieh asked. "Were you thinking about folding?"
Popescu confirmed he was, and Arieh just nodded thoughtfully.
The final 24 players are now on a 20-minute break. When they return they'll redraw to three tables and play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the night.