Down to his last 6,000, Brad Owen was all in from the small blind against Robert Mizrachi. Owen drew one card while Mizrachi drew three. Owen then drew one and Mizrachi went to two.
On the final draw, Owen stood pat and Mizrachi exchanged his paired deuce.
Owen showed 8x7x5x3x2x and Mizrachi paired up again with 5x5x7x4x2x.
Brad Owen raised from the cutoff and found one caller in Alejandro Burzaco, who was on the button.
Owen drew one and Burzaco drew two on the first draw. Burzaco then called a bet from Owen.
The same drawing action occurred on the second round and Burzaco again called a bet from Owen.
Owen stood pat and Burzaco also stood pat after thinking for a while.
Owen put out a final bet and Burzaco looked him up.
"You're good," Owen said as he turned over Qx8x6x5x4x.
Burzaco revealed 10x8x7x3x2x for a ten-low to claim the pot.
Scott Seiver raised from middle position, Christopher Viox called one seat over, Tsutomu Inoue three-bet from the blinds, and Seiver and Viox called. Inoue drew one on the first draw, Seiver and Viox two.
Inoue bet, Seiver raised, Viox folded, and Inoue called. Inoue drew one on the second draw while Seiver stood pat. Inoue check-called another bet to draw one more card, then check-folded to Seiver's final bet.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000-2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000
Defending champ Aaron Cummings overcame a 574-entry field last year to claim his first and only WSOP bracelet and has been living a "normal" life between the series.
Cummings, who owns a tire shop in Montana and only plays poker recreationally, said "work and family" have been his focus since his victory last year.
Cummings arrived back to Vegas for the first time since his win just a couple weeks ago, but has no big aspirations to defend his title and doesn’t consider himself a specialist in any one game.
"I just like to play mixed or stud games," Cummings explained. "Something different... it's more entertaining."
Cummings currently sits with an above-average stack of 75,000 — putting him in good shape to make another deep run.
Arriving on the second draw, John Farrell-Clancy was up against Jon Turner and stood pat. Turner drew one. Farrell-Clancy fired a big bet, met by a raise from Turner. Farrell-Clancy called.
Both players patted and Farrell-Clancy checked. Turner quickly bet and with a deep sigh, Farrell-Clancy called it off.
Turner rolled over Number Two 7x6x4x3x2x for the winner.
With Carlos Saucedo all in and at risk for his final 3,000, four players went to the first draw. Frankie O'Dell and Greg "FBT" Mueller drew two, Saucedo one, and Michel Bouskila two. O'Dell bet and the others called.
O'Dell drew one on the second draw, Mueller two, Saucedo patted, and Bouskila drew two. O'Dell bet and netted folds from both active players.
O'Dell and Saucedo stood pat and the former fanned out 8x5x4x3x2x for an eight perfect. Saucedo flung his hand face-down in the muck and made his way to the rail.
Robert Diantonio raised on the button and was three-bet by John Prather in the small blind. Diantonio called.
Both players drew two on the first draw and Diantonio called a bet from Prather.
On the second draw, Prather reduced to his draw to one and Diantonio took two off. Prather bet and Diantonio raised to put him all in for his last 7,000. Prather called and drew one while Diantonio stood pat.
John Prather: 7x5x3x2x
Robert Diantonio: 8x7x6x4x2x
Prather needed an eight, six, or four to keep his tournament run alive, but instead he peeled 5x — eliminating him with a pair.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000-2,000
Limits: 2,000-4,000
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