Allen Kessler completed and Eli Elezra called. On fourth, Kessler checked and Elezra bet. This betting sequence continued through seventh.
Kessler: 
/ 
/
Elezra: / 
/
Elezra tabled his 
for aces and the number two low.
Kessler shook his head and mucked.
Jon Turner faced some heat on fourth street with 
as there was a bet and raise ahead of him, but he called it cold only to have Qinghai Pan three-bet with 
. Larry Bernstein called with 
and they were off from there with Bernstein betting the remaining streets after catching the 
.
Bernstein: /
/
Turner: /
/
Pan: /
/
Bernstein didn't hesitate to bet the end and got two quick calls. He showed 
for a six-low. Turner showed 
and said he was rolled up, and Pan couldn't beat either hand.
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Randy Ohel completed and Jon Turner raised. Ohel called, and then called a bet on fourth.
From fifth, Ohel took the betting lead firing bets out on fifth, sixth, and seventh, with Turner calling him down.
Ohel: / 
/
Turner: / 
/
Ohel tabled his 
for trips, and Turner revealed his 
for the eight-low.
Dan Matsuzuki got all in on fourth street with low cards against an open pair of aces held by Thomas Schroepfer and Jason Mercier's 
. Schroepfer check-called fifth but was dealt another ace on sixth. Mercier tank-called.
Matsuzuki: /
/
Mercier: /
/
Schroepfer: /
/
Schroepfer bet the end and Mercier spun the across the table in frustration and mucked. Schroepfer had aces full with 
in the hole but Matsuzuki had the low to survive: .
Jack Duong got it all in on fifth street against Jerry Wong and Mike Matusow.
Duong: /
Wong: /
Matusow: /
Matusow caught the and Wong the , and each checked their newfound pairs. Duong picked up the . Matusow bet the end but folded to a raise from Wong, who announced two pair and a low. Duong flicked in 
but leaned over to see if jacks up was any good as Wong had the .
"Don't worry, I'd say aces up," Wong said, spreading cards to show his two pair was sevens and four as he had in he hole as well.
jan Suchanek was all in on third street against Jeff Lisandro and Qinghai Pan.
Lisandro bet out on fourth and fifth street with Pan calling each time. On sixth, Pan checked, Lisandro bet, and Pan check-raised to 24,000.
Lisandro called, and then asked, "You got a bigger flush?"
Suchanek: / /
Lisandro: / 
/
Pan: / 
/
On seventh, Pan bet, and Lisandro folded.
Pan tabled his 
for a flush, and Suchanek revealed his for one pair and headed to the rail.
A short-stacked Arkadi Kilman got it all in on fourth with / against the / of Roy Thung. Kilman ran out with and then bricked the river against the 
of Thung, good for threes and a low.
On the end, Tommy Hang was sporting a board with three nines on it, but that didn't deter Qinghai Pan from firing into him after a check.
Hang: /
/
Pan: //
Pan's last bet was met with a check-raise, though. He thought awhile and decided to give it up, and Hang smiled and dragged the pot.
Allen Kessler completed and Yueqi Zhu made it two bets. Frankie O'Dell made it three bets to go, and Kessler and Zhu each called.
Kessler bet fourth and both Zhu and O'Dell called. On fifth, Kessler bet again and Zhu raised. O'Dell called all in for 10,500, and Kessler called.
On sixth, Zhu bet and Kessler called.
Kessler: / /
Zhu: / /
O'Dell: / 
/
On seventh, Zhu bet and Kessler went into the tank for several minutes before folding his face-up.
Zhu revealed his for jacks full, while O'Dell tabled his for the low.
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