Action folded around to Sam Farha on the button who made it two bets to go and was called by Jay Kerbel in the big blind.
The dealer spread the 10♣2♦6♣ flop and Kerbel check-called a bet from Farha. The J♥ turn checked through, as did the 4♠ river.
Farha showed A♣K♠7♦2♣ for an emergency low and Kerbel tabled J♠K♣7♥5♣ for top pair jacks.
Level: 17
Limits: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 0
Upon completion of level 16, the final 33 players are on their last 10-minute break of the day during which the T-1,000 chips are raced off. One more level will be played for the night and the money bubble still hasn't burst.
Craig Chait raised in the cutoff and Michael Chow called on the button, as did Bryce Yockey in the big blind. The trio checked the K♦8♣2♠ flop and Chait then bet the Q♠ turn when checked to by Yockey, which sent Chow deep into the tank.
Chow sigh-folded after long deliberation and Yockey called as they headed to the K♣ on the river. Yockey's bet was called by Chait, who could not beat the A♦A♠7♠5♦ of Yockey. "I had queen-deuce ... ace, queen, deuce," Chow mentioned in the table chat.
The board read J♣9♠10♦9♣8♠ in hand between Jose Luis Velador and Erik Seidel. Velador tabled K♦K♠Q♠J♦ for a king-high straight and Seidel mucked.
In four-way action to the K♠J♦10♥Q♦ turn, the action checked to Bryce Yockey, and he bet to force folds.
One table over, three-way action came around to the J♣4♥2♥9♦6♦ river, and James Chen saw his stack reduced, as James Obst earned three quarters with the A♣9♠6♥3♣ for nines and sixes on top of his nut low. Yarron Bendor only chopped the low with the A♥Q♠4♠3♠, and that pulled Chen into the danger zone on the stone-cold money bubble.
Ben Lamb bet the Q♠9♠6♣ flop when checked to by James Chen (US), and they headed to the 2♦ on the turn. Chen now check-raised for Lamb to call before leading the K♦ on the river. Lamb raised and received a call to turn over his K♥J♣10♣8♥ for the nut straight to earn the entire pot.
John Hennigan bet the turn and river of a 8♦5♦3♠9♥7♠ board when checked to, and Damjan Radanov called. Steve Chanthabouasy was also involved in the action as well and tanked for a long time on the river before he came along.
Hennigan tabled the 7♥6♦3♣3♠ for a straight to win the high pot, while Radanov won the low with the A♣10♣9♣2♥ as Chanthabouasy mucked to get very short once more.
In the meanwhile, Kyle Ray earned three quarters against Johannes Becker with a check-call on the 6♣2♣2♠7♦Q♥ river. Ray tabled the A♥7♠5♣2♦ for a full house to win the high and half the low, as Becker only had A♦9♠5♥2♥.
The action picked up on the turn in a hand between Craig Chait and Pascal Leyo. The board read K♠3♦J♣, and Leyo called a bet from Chait.
Chait bet out on the Q♥ river and was subsequently raised by Leyo. This put Chait in the tank, as he announced he held a very "key card." Leyo offered him the opportunity to pick two cards to see from his hand if he folded, but Chait wanted to see all four and made the call.
Leyo tabled A♠A♣2♠10♠ for an ace-high straight, and Chait mucked, revealing he had ten nine for a king-high straight.
On the impending bubble, James Chen (Taiwan) picked up a pot in four-way action while fellow namesake and US citizen James Chen leaped into the lead. The same table also featured a full scoop for James Obst with A♣A♥8♥4♠ on the A♠7♣2♥10♥Q♥ board with the nut flush and eight-low against Jason Daly.
Chen then bet the four-way flop of 8♦4♥4♠ flop while on the button with Chen in the small blind check-calling, Ben Lamb check-folded in the big blind and Daly stuck around as well. The three-way turn of 3♣ was checked to the button and his bet then earned two folds.
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