Ian Johns has been eliminated before the last 18 players are redrawn to the final three tables.
According to Ian Feller who eliminated Johns, Feller raised, and Johns moved all-in for less.
By the end of the drawing rounds, Feller made a 
to beat Johns' nine-low.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Frankie O'Dell was down to his last 10,000 and he got it in against David "Bakes" Baker.
O'Dell took three cards on the first draw and Baker took two.
O'Dell stood pat on the second draw and Baker took one.
Both players were pat on the third draw.
Baker turned over 
to beat nine-high and that was it for O'Dell's run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
463,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
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On the second draw versus Jason Papastavrou, Frankie O'Dell drew two versus his opponent's one-card draw.
O'Dell called one more bet before the final draw, leaving himself with just 4,000 chips. O'Dell drew one against Papastavrou's now pat hand.
Mistakenly thinking O'Dell was all-in, Papastavrou opened his hand briefly within O'Dell's eyesight, showing a smooth eight (
). O'Dell checked his hand to see that he had made a worse eight on the end and folded, leaving himself with the proverbial chip and a chair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
445,000
|
445,000 |
|
|
4,000
356,000
|
356,000 |
|
|
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Stephen Deutsch has grabbed the chip lead and is bossing his table.
A key aspect of 2-7 Triple Draw is knowing when your opponent's are drawing thin to key cards.
Case in point in a recent hand, as Deutsch raised in first position and received folds from around the table.
Deutsch proudly showed 
as he dragged the pot, knowing that with only one deuce left in the deck, he was a favorite to get a round of folds in that spot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
Cory Zeidman got his last 40,000 in with David "Bakes" Baker before the first draw.
Both players drew one on the first draw.
Zeidman drew one and Baker stood pat on the second draw.
Baker remained pat and Zeidman took one on the third draw.
Baker turned over 
. Zeidman had / 
and the fifth card was an 
to give Baker the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
505,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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With several bets in the middle in a three-way pot after the final draw, Stephen Deutsch led into Matthew Schwagler and Marc Booth, whose stacks were getting short.
Schwagler called, leaving himself with 80,000 behind. Booth folded.
Deutsch turned over a wheel to drag a substantial pot which puts him over the 600,000 chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
670,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
120,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
80,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level: 20
Limits: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 0
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
640,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
550,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
495,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
440,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
410,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
360,000
228,000
|
228,000 |
|
|
||
|
360,000
215,500
|
215,500 |
|
||
|
335,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
320,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
310,000
243,000
|
243,000 |
|
300,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
255,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
190,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
190,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
155,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
150,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
||
|
130,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
|
||
|
100,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
100,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
100,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
65,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
50,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
||
Players are now on a 15-minute break.
Colin Wickersheim called from the small blind and Vincent Griboski checked from the big blind.
Griboski took three cards and Wickersheim took two.
Wickersheim bet the first draw and Griboski called. Wickersheim took one and Griboski took two.
Wickersheim bet again and Griboski came along. Both players took one card for the final draw.
Wickersheim bet and Griboski called. Wickersheim turned over but Griboski had to take the pot with an eight-seven.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
477,000
192,000
|
192,000 |
|
|
455,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
