Louis Hillman bet from the button and called after Xixiang Luo raised to three bets. Both players drew two.
Luo bet after the first draw and Hillman called. Luo drew two while Hillman only drew one.
After the second draw Luo check-folded to a bet from Hillman, leaving himself with just two big bets behind.
Thomas Taylor bet from the cutoff and received a call from Chris Hundley in the big blind. Both players drew two, checked and drew two again.
Hundley checked after the second draw and called a bet from Taylor. Hundley drew one while Taylor stood pat.
With no draws remaining both players checked and Hundley tabled 8x6x5x3x2x to take down the pot.
Alex Epstein raised from the hijack and was called by Chris Vitch in the big blind.
Vitch drew two and Epstein stood pat. Vitch then check-called a bet from Epstein.
Vitch drew one on the second draw and Epstein remained pat. This time Vitch check-folded and said, "I was probably drawing dead to a wheel," as Epstein collected the pot.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Limits: 5,000/10,000
The field is now on a 15-minute break as we approach the money bubble.
Of the 96 players remaining, 79 will make the money and secure a minimum $2,405 payday.
Action was picked up just before the second draw. Andrew Brown drew two from the big blind and Benny Glaser drew two from the button.
Glaser called a bet from Brown after the second draw and drew one while Brown stood pat.
Both players checked with no draws left and Brown tabled 8x7x6x5x3x for the winner.
The field is already down to 102 players.
Daniel Vargas was short-stacked and bet from the hijack, leaving himself all in and at risk. Alexander Freund called from the big blind.
Freund drew three, then two, then one while Vargas drew one on each street.
Vargas showed 9x8x5x4x3x to take down the pot and quintuple his stack.
The very next hand Vargas called from under the gun. Zoltan Gal made it two bets from late position and Vargas made the call. Both players drew one.
Vargas check-called a bet from Gal after the first draw. Gal stood pat while Vargas drew one.
After the second draw Vargas check-called another bet from Gal leaving himself all in at risk once again. Vargas drew one while Gal stood pat.
With no betting left Vargus drew one and Gal stood pat.
Daniel Vargas: 8x6x5x4x2x
Zoltan Gal: 7x5x4x3x2x
Vargas had made the 7th best hand but Gal had made a wheel after the first draw, sending Vargas to the rail while Gal collected his chips.
Phil Galfond has yet to make an appearance at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and as he told PokerNews, right now he has no plans to play live.
“But who knows, plans change,” added Galfond, who has been playing online at WSOP.com.
While Galfond hasn’t been at the WSOP – well, at least Phil as his wife, Farah Galfond, has been competing – the three-time bracelet winner is still weighing in by his relatively new newsletter “PG’s Takes of the Week.”
One of the topics the online poker legend, who prior to the WSOP inserted himself in some drama involving Doug Polk and Charlie Carrel with a pointed letter, was that of the Poker Hall of Fame. Right now, the public is being solicited for nomination.
“The nominations for the Poker Hall of Fame are now open, presenting voters with a familiar dilemma: there are simply too many great options to choose from,” Galfond wrote before giving his picks.
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