Erik Seidel raised to 18,000 from early position and was called by Travis Pearson on the button.
Both players pulled one, Seidel checked it to Pearson, and he made it 35,000 to go. Seidel called, but mucked when Pearson showed 9x8x4x3x2x.
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 15,000
After a 22,000 Brad Ruben raise from the button, big blind Richard Ashby slid in his calling chips.
Ashby and Ruben took one card each, then Ruben continued for 22,000. Ashby called but could not best Ruben's 10x7x6x4x2x.
James Scott opened to 20,000 from middle position and then called after Joao Dorneles Neto three-bet to 70,000 on the button.
Both players declined to draw with Scott checking to Neto, who moved all in. Scott thought for some time before deciding to pick a better spot, sending his cards into the muck to keep Neto chipping up.
Jason Mercier, winner of the 2016 $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship, raised to 16,000 from the button, and received calls from Alexander Kell called in the small blind and Brandon Nicholson from the big.
Kell drew one, Nicholson two, and Mercier one.
Kell led out for 24,000, Nicholson folded, and Mercier separated 71,000 from his stack and tipped it onto the felt.
Kell spent some time looking back and forth between his hand and his chips before letting the hand go.
Brad Ruben raised 20,000 from early position and Jon Turner called from the big blind. Each drew one and when Turner led out for 53,000 Ruben folded.
While the hand was taking place Phil Hellmuth told an amusing anecdote. He and Daniel Negreanu were on a cruise ship, and Hellmuth was playing no-limit hold'em, while Negreanu sweated him.
"Daniel piped up that he would play my discards," said Hellmuth, "And after playing the session that way, he had won more than I did."
Adam Friedman opened to 18,000 from early position, getting a call from Richard Mirin in the big blind.
Mirin took two to Friedman's one after which he checked to the initial raiser. Friedman responded by betting enough to force his opponent all in and Mirin quickly mucked to take a hit to his stack.
Taylor Paur raised 17,000 from early position and Matt Vengrin called from middle position.
Each player discarded one, then Vengrin bet 35,000, and Paur check-raised all in for 111,000.
Vengrin tanked for two minutes and asked again how much the all-in was for, while Paur's stare burned a hole in the baize. Vengrin turned his cards face up in his hand briefly, grunted, and then tossed them aside.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 12,000
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