Brian Rast opened to 45,000 from early position and was called by Phil Ivey on the button as well as Marco Johnson in the big blind.
Johnson led out for 60,000 following the 7♥9♥5♠ flop. Rast, after lengthy consideration, raised to 160,000, getting a quick fold from Ivey. Johnson thought for some time but did end up tossing his hand away to send the pot to Rast and leave himself in the danger zone.
Phil Hellmuth raised it up to 45,000 in the hijack and was then three-bet by Phil Ivey in the cutoff, who made it 160,000 to go. It folded back to Hellmuth and he reluctantly gave up.
A few hands later, Johannes Becker defended his big blind against a button raise by Kristopher Tong and checked the J♦7♣3♠ flop. Tong bet 50,000 for Becker to check-raise to 150,000 and the call by Tong followed.
They checked down the 5♠ turn and 4♥ river as Becker announced a trey. Tong had that beat with the 10♣10♦ to chip up.
Phil Hellmuth: XxXx/K♠6♠5♦
Marco Johnson: XxXx/10♦7♥5♠
Phil Hellmuth completed and was called by Marco Johnson.
Hellmuth bet on both second and third streets, each time getting called by Johnson. On fourth street, Hellmuth bet once more but this time Johnson decided to raise. After a short speech, Hellmuth relinquished his holding to send the pot to Johnson, who showed the table the 10♥.
The friction evident between Johnson and Hellmuth earlier persisted after the hand, with Hellmuth suggesting Johnson was trying to go broke. Johnson responded by pointing to his newly acquired chips, saying "does it look like I went broke?"
Josh Arieh: XxXxXx/4♣8♣Q♥5♥
Daniel Alaei: XxXxXx/A♠2♠K♣K♦
Josh Arieh completed and was three-bet by Daniel Alaei, with Arieh making the call. Alaei bet out on fourth and was raised by Arieh, with Alaei making the call.
Alaei bet out again on fifth and was again raised by Arieh and again made the call.
Undeterred, Alaei lead out again on sixth, but this time Arieh just called.
Alaei slowed down with a check on seventh and Arieh quickly bet out. After a few moments of deliberation, Alaei made the fold.
Marco Johnson: XxXx / A♣4♦folded on fourth street
Kristopher Tong: J♥8♥ / 8♠J♦2♠folded on fifth street
Johannes Becker: XxXx / 2♣7♦7♣
Phil Hellmuth: XxXx / A♥K♣folded on fourth street
Before the hand had started, Phil Hellmuth continued his table chatter and several players smirked.
"You decided to go broke with that hand?" he asked Marco Johnson, who moved his hands and pointed to his stack, showing how many chips he now had. "I didn't go broke," he joked with a wide smile.
Brian Rast responded "I don't want to get a big hand, I just want to watch".
Johnson then completed with an ace to get called by Kristopher Tong, Johannes Becker and Hellmuth the latter of which had an ace. On fourth street, Hellmuth had the lead with an ace-king and checked for Johnson to continue. Tong raised and Becker then made it three bets.
Hellmuth, still frazzled from the previous encounter, let go and Johnson tank-folded as well. Tong needed some time to consider his next option and ultimately called.
"It is not deuce to seven Razz," Tong joked and then received a deuce, while Becker paired his seven. That caused some chuckles at the table and Tong folded to Becker's bet, showing his cards to Johnson and admitting in chat after he had let go of jacks and eights.
By scooping the pot against three opponents, Becker moved back to seven figures.
Daniel Alaei: XxXx/6♦A♣7♦A♦
Talal Shakerchi: XxXx/Q♣3♥8♥6♥ - folded seventh street
James Obst: XxXx/10♠2♦4♣K♥ - folded sixth street
Maxx Coleman: XxXx/3♣ - folded bring-in
After Talal Shakerchi completed Maxx Coleman's bring-in, James Obst made it two bets to go and Daniel Alaei made it three bets. Shakerchi then made it four bets and the other two called with Coleman folding his bring-in amidst the action.
On fourth street, Alaei checked and Shakerchi bet, getting calls from his two opponents.
Fifth street saw a round of checks, but on sixth street, pairing aces, Alaei bet, only getting called by Shakerchi.
On seventh, Alaei placed a final bet but Shakerchi couldn't call it, sending the very sizeable pot to Alaei.
The last 14 players have been sent on a scheduled 15-minute break. They will switch between the side feature table and main feature table before completing the last 100-minute level of the night.
Matthew Ashton: XxXx/4♣K♦J♠J♦/Xx
Josh Arieh: XxXx/8♥3♦Q♥Q♦/Xx - folded seventh street
After Matthew Ashton defended his bring-in to a Josh Arieh completion, Ashton check-called a bet on fourth street before check-raising Arieh on fifth.
Arieh called, then check-called a bet himself on sixth after taking the betting lead.
After checking seventh, Arieh faced another bet from Ashton, which after some deliberation he opted to fold, sending a big pot to Ashton to move him to near the top of the chip counts.
