Action was picked up in a three way pot between Jon Turner in the hijack, Brian Tate in the cutoff, and Kenji Hamamoto on the button.
With 3,800 in the middle, everyone drew one on the first draw with action checking to Hamamoto who bet and received two callers.
Turner drew one on the second draw with the two players behind him following suit and once more action checked around to Hamamoto who bet. Turner tossed his hand into the muck while Tate called.
Both players drew one on the final draw and Hamamoto bet after Tate checked, eliciting a quick fold from Tate.
WSOP bracelet winner Ryutaro Suzuki raised in the cutoff and Allen Kessler called in the small blind with Jun Weng calling in the big blind behind him.
"It's gonna go two, one, one," Kessler said as he accurately predicted what his opponents were drawing. Action checked over to Suzuki who bet and both Kessler and Weng called.
Kessler drew two a second time with Weng and Suzuki both drawing one again. It checked to Suzuki again who bet and Kessler called while Weng raised. Suzuki clicked it back and both Kessler and Weng called.
"I need perfect," Kessler said as he pitched one card while Weng stood pat and Suzuki drew one. Action checked around to Suzuki who bet and only Weng called.
"Eight-six," said Suzuki as he turned over 8♠6♥5♦2♣ and Weng mucked his hand.
"You cost me a fortune that hand by raising with the worst hand of the three of us," Kessler remarked as Suzuki raked in the pot.
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Michael Wolff raised on the button and Brian Breck called in the big blind.
Breck drew four cards and Wolff drew two which saw Breck check-call a bet from Wolff.
The second draw saw Breck pitch two cards while Wolff pitched one and he checked over to Wolff a second time. Wolff bet and Breck responded with a raise which Wolff called.
On the final draw both players stood pat and Breck bet which Wolff called.
At showdown, Breck tossed over 7x6x5x3x2x, but it was second best against Wolff's 7x5x3x2xAx.
"Oh my god I didn't see the games switched," Breck sat shaking his head.
"You still had a pretty good hand," table mate Amir Nematinia chirped in as Wolff raked in the pot.
