Taylor Wilson opened the cutoff and then called when Phil Ivey three-bet from the small blind.
Ivey stood pat and Wilson drew two and called a bet.
On the second draw, Wilson took one and check-raised after Ivey bet. Ivey called.
Both stood pat on the final draw and Ivey check-called a bet from Wilson who showed 7x5x4x3x2x for a wheel.
Jason Mercier raised in the cutoff and Brian Tate and Justin Saliba called in the blinds.
All three players drew two and Mercier bet. Saliba and Tate called.
Tate then took one, while Mercier and Saliba drew two. Tate led out with a bet and both opponents called.
All three players drew one and Saliba bet. Mercier folded, but Tate called.
"Oh no," Mercier said as Saliba turned over 8x5x3x2x2x for a pair of deuces. Tate could only laugh and muck as Saliba took the pot.
Allen Kessler opened from the button and Naoya Kihara defended from the big blind. Both players drew two and checked. Kihara then stood pat while Kessler drew two.
After the second draw Kihara bet and was called by Kessler. Kihara stood pat again while Kessler drew one.
With no draws remaining Kihara fired another bet, sending Kessler into the tank.
"Terrible call" Kessler commented after a minute or two had gone by before he flicked in the call.
Kihara revealed three sixes in his hand for a bluff while Kessler tabled 10x7x4x3x2x for a ten to take down a nice pot.
Eric Wasserson and Steve Zolotow both drew two and Wasserson bet. Zolotow called and drew two more, while Wasserson stood pat.
Nick Schulman stopped by to let Wasserson and Jason Mercier pose with his new bracelet. "Stop touching my bracelet," Mercier told Wasserson in the middle of this hand.
"It's not yours," Wasserson replied.
"You don't have a bracelet, so it's more likely to be mine," Mercier shot back.
Wasserson then bet and Zolotow called. Wasserson patted again and Zolotow took one, then folded when Wasserson bet again.
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 670 | 1 | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | 325,000 | 22 |
| 670 | 2 | Taylor Wilson | United States | 365,000 | 24 |
| 670 | 3 | Tobias Leknes | Norway | 380,000 | 25 |
| 670 | 4 | Phil Ivey | United States | 1,030,000 | 69 |
| 670 | 5 | empty | |||
| 670 | 6 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | 685,000 | 46 |
| 671 | 1 | Motoyoshi Okamura | Japan | 370,000 | 25 |
| 671 | 2 | Chino Rheem | United States | 225,000 | 15 |
| 671 | 3 | Allen Kessler | United States | 265,000 | 18 |
| 671 | 4 | Danny Wong | United States | 650,000 | 43 |
| 671 | 5 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 450,000 | 30 |
| 671 | 6 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 875,000 | 58 |
| 675 | 1 | Justin Saliba | United States | 365,000 | 24 |
| 675 | 2 | Jonathan Cohen | Canada | 250,000 | 17 |
| 675 | 3 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 350,000 | 23 |
| 675 | 4 | Jason Mercier | United States | 1,050,000 | 70 |
| 675 | 5 | Steve Zolotow | United States | 420,000 | 28 |
| 675 | 6 | Brian Tate | United States | 560,000 | 37 |
Action was picked up before the first draw. Allen Kessler stood pat from the small blind, Nacho Barbero, who was already all in, drew three from the big blind and Taylor Wilson drew two from the button.
After the first draw Kessler bet and was called by Wilson, who drew two while Kessler stood pat.
Kessler bet again after the second draw and Wilson folded leaving Barbero at risk against Kessler.
On the final draw Kessler stood pat and Barbero took one. Barbero ended up with 9x6x5x3x2x but it was no good against Kessler's 8x7x5x4x2x. Barbero was sent to the rail just before the three-table redraw while Kessler took the last of his chips.
Benny Glaser raised under the gun and Tobias Leknes called. Keith Lehr then reraised in the big blind and both opponents called.
Lehr stood pat, while Glaser and Leknes took two. "How do you like that timing," tablemate Chino Rheem said.
Lehr then bet and both players called. Lehr stood pat again, while Glaser and Leknes took two more. Lehr bet. Glaser raised, and Leknes folded.
Lehr then moved all in and Glaser called. Both players stood pat and Glaser opened up 7x5x4x3x2x. "Good job, Chino," Lehr said as he tossed his cards across the table and made his exit.
The remaining players are now drawing for seats at the final three tables.
Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000-15,000
Limits: 15,000-30,000
The remaining 19 players are going on the last 15-minute break of the night.
Allen Kessler was all in on the second draw and up against Jonathan Cohen.
Kessler stood pat and showed 8x5x4x3x2x, while Cohen had 5x4x3x2x showing as he took one.
"This will be really annoying," Kessler said, but Cohen turned over a face card for his last draw and Kessler doubled up.
Marco Johnson and Juan Lopez were recently eliminated to bring the field down to 19.
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