Eric Wasserson raised and Christopher Claassen defended his big blind.
Both players drew two and Claassen check-called a bet. Claasen drew two and Wasserson drew one. Claassen then check-raised Wasserson and was all in.
Claassen stood pat and Wasserson stood pat behind, tabling 
"It's good," said Claassen who mucked his hand and was sent to the payouts table in 14th place.
Phil Hellmuth raised and Ali Eslami called. Eslami drew two and Hellmuth one.
Eslami check-called a bet and both players drew one.
Again, Eslami check-called a bet. Eslami drew one and Hellmuth stood pat. Eslami checked and Hellmuth bet. This time Eslami folded.
"That's a wheel," said Hellmuth showing 
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"How the fuck is that possible?" said tablemate Farzad Bonyadi. "Every hand you show a wheel. Then once in a while you miss and you [explode]."
Eric Wasserson raised and Brian Hastings called. Both players drew two and Hastings called a bet from Wasserson.
Wasserson then stood pat and Hastings drew two. Wasserson bet and Hastings called.
Wasserson stood pat again and Hastings drew one. Hastings called a bet from Wasserson, but mucked when shown 
Christopher Claassen got his remaining chips in after the first draw having drawn one against Eric Wasserson, who drew three.
Claassen drew one and Wasserson drew two. On the final draw Claassen stood pat and Wasserson drew one.
Claassen turned over and had Wasserson drawing dead, as he tried to muck . He still had to draw a and Claassen doubled up.
Ali Eslami raised and Phil Hellmuth called. Both players drew two and Hellmuth bet. Eslami called.
Both players drew one and Eslami again called a bet from Hellmuth.
Hellmuth stood pat and Eslami drew one. Hellmuth bet and Eslami called.
Hellmuth tabled and Eslami open-mucked
Danny Wong opened from middle position and action folded to Yuval Bronshtein in the small blind, who three-bet. Wong flatted.
On the first draw, Bronshtein took one card while Wong stood pat. Bronnshtein then checked to Wong who led out and was called.
The second draw saw Bronshtein again take one card and Wong once more stand pat. As after the first draw, Bronshtein checked to Wong who did not slow down but rather fired off another bet. Bronshtein was going nowhere and made the call.
The same drawing pattern as the previous two rounds was repeated during the final draw, after which Bronshtein led into Wong who snapped it off. Bronshtein flipped over and Wong, unable to show a better hand, was left with just 37,000.
A couple hands later Bronshtein opened from the cutoff and Marco Johnson called on the button. Wong raised from the big blind, leaving himself just 1,000 behind. Both Bronshtein and Johnson called.
The first draw saw Wong and Bronshtein take two cards while Johnson drew one. Action then checked through to the second draw, where the same drawing pattern was repeated. Wong checked and Bronshtein led out. Johnson called from the button and Wong tossed his last chip into the middle to put himself officially at risk.
On the final draw, Wong took one more card, Bronshtein stood pat and Johnson also drew a card. Bronshtein and Johnson checked and Bronshtein tabled 
. Johnson mucked and, after a moments hesitation, Wong did the same, ending his run in 15th place.
Shaun Deeb raised and Christopher Claassen called.
Both players drew one. Claassen bet and Deeb raised. Claassen called.
Claassen drew one and Deeb stood pat. Claassen check-called a bet.
The draws repeated themselves, only this time Claassen bet out. Deeb thought about it before calling.
"Deuces," said Claassen as Deeb took down the pot with 
"Is that jack-eight-seven-six-five?" asked a tablemate. "If Phil [Hellmuth] was at the table he would be talking about that all night!"
Picking up the action after the second draw, Mike Thorpe was involved in a hand with Eric Wasserson. Wasserson stood pat and Thorpe drew one, after which Wasserson fired out a bet. Thorpe called to send the two players to the final draw.
On the final draw Wasserson stood pat again and Thorpe took what would be his last card of the tournament. Wasserson bet enough to put Thorpe all in and Thorpe, muttering "take my money" threw in his last few chips. Wasserson tabled and Thorpe mucked. As Thorpe stood up to leave, Wasserson did offer some last words of consolation. "I'm sorry Mike...at least it went to me".
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