Stuart Rutter: //
Opponent 1: // (All-in on fifth-street)
Max Kruse: / /
One player called before Stuart Rutter raised, he got one call before Max Kruse called and the initial caller folded. Three-way on fourth-street both Rutter and Kruse called a bet before Rutter bet on fifth. The third player moved all in, which both Rutter and Kruse called.
Rutter continued betting into the side pot on sixth and seventh street which Kruse called. Rutter tabled his cards for an eighty-seven, which was enough to take down both pots and send one player to the rail.
Fabrice Soulier: / /
Per Hildebrand: / /
Third player: / /
Fabrice Soulier bet fourth street to pick up two callers including Per Hildebrand before betting again on fifth street. He got one caller and Hildebrand then raised with his ace showing, Soulier and the third player in the hand called. On sixth street, Hildebrand paired his ace and moved all in for the last 3,700, he was called two ways. Seventh street was then checked down between the two remaining active players.
Hildebrand showed the for aces and queens, Soulier took the low with his as the third player could not beat the high nor the low.
The action folded to Eric Kurtzman in the small blind, and he completed before David 'ODB' Baker raised. Kurtzman called and the flop came down . Baker bet, Kurtzman check-raised and Baker called.
On the turn, Baker called Kurtzman's bet and both players checked on the river.
Eric Kurtzman:
David 'ODB' Baker:
Both players held a pair of nines but Baker's jack kicker played, and he swooped in the pot.
On fourth street, Viacheslav Zhukov and Richard Bai were all in against big stack Randy Ohel. Zhukov had a massive draw with four clubs, however, he would run out blank with the as remaining cards. Bai picked up the for aces and tens, and Ohel's could not send two players to the rail.
Bai scooped the main pot to boost his stack, while Zhukov joined the rail.
On fourth street, David "ODB" Baker bet and Eric Kurtzman raised before betting fifth street, Baker called. Baker picked up the suited ace on sixth street and bet, Kurtzman called. Baker bet again seventh street and picked up a call to roll over for a flush as winning hand.
Right when all was done and dusted, Katja Thater was moved over from a different table while David Steicke sat down after having just registered, boosting the field to 155 entries according to the screens.
Ashish Gupta was facing a three-bet on fifth street from Daniel Zack and called the bet. Gupta proceeded to call it down on sixth and seventh street. Zack turned over for a seventy-five, and Gupta mucked to leave him on just 15,000.
Just a couple of hands later, those final bets got lost as well and he was eliminated.
George Alexander: / /
Motohiro Kondo: / / (folded on seventh street)
Yehuda Buchalter: / /
On fifth street, George Alexander was all in and faced two callers in Motohiro Kondo and Yehuda Buchalter. Buchalter bet sixth and was called before Kondo got out of the way on seventh when facing another bet.
"I have a flush," Buchalter announced and rolled over the .
"Good hand," Alexander replied and briefly flashed before heading to the rail.