Another four all-in and call produced no seat open and the remaining 18 players then headed into a scheduled 15-minute break. When they return, the three table redraw will take place and another two levels of 60 minutes each are foreseen for tonight,
Phil Hellmuth: / /
Nathan Gamble:
Joshua Rhodes: / /
Nathan Gamble was aiming to knock out Phil Hellmuth and Joshua Rhodes on the final three table bubble but instead saw both short stacks survive, taking the low (Hellmuth) and high (Rhodes). Numerous other all-ins followed but no player busted.
One bet and two calls were already raked into the main pot after the flop and Adam Friedman then bet the turn for 63,000. Ian O'Hara called and Mark Liedtke then jammed for 201,000 total. Friedman quickly folded while O'Hara asked for a count and made the reluctant call.
Mark Liedtke:
Ian O'Hara:
The river brought no spade but the and Liedtke more than doubled.
Phil Hellmuth was at risk prior to the second draw and faced Jaswinder Lally as well as Christopher Lindner in a Badeucey hand. All three players discarded one each and the two active players checked thereafter. Lally and Lindner took one card and Hellmuth stood pat.
Lindner showed for an eight Badugi to win half the pot while Hellmuth won the other half of the pot with , as Lally was scooped with the .
A massive three-way pot has sent Ray Henson over the million chip mark.
Before the first draw, Henson raised in the cutoff, Eli Elezra called in the small blind, and Naoya Kihara made it three bets from the big blind. Henson and Elezra called.
Elezra drew two, Kihara patted, and Henson drew two.
Kihara bet and both of his opponents called.
The second draw saw Elezra and Henson each take one card, while Kiyara patted again.
Again, Kiyara bet, but this time was raised by Henson. Elezra weighed his optioned, then folded.
Both remaining players patted, but Kiyara this time checked to Henson who bet. Kiyara called and received bad news as Henson showed to earn the huge pot.
Jaswinder Lally bet fifth to seventh and was called by Joshua Rhodes and Christopher Lindner. Lally showed aces up while Lindner had a pair of tens and an eight-six low. Rhodes could not beat either and was scooped.