Twenty-two years after his last bracelet, four-time WSOP winner and 1996 Main Event champion Huck Seed is in pole position to triumph once again on poker’s grandest stage.
Seed currently leads the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event, heads-up against Slovenian standout Blaz Zerjav.
Min Zhang opened from middle position, Ryan Wolfson in the hijack three-bet all in for 160,000 and Zhang called.
Ryan Wolfson: A♣10♥ 
Min Zhang: A♥5♥
Wolfson kept the lead all the way through a board of 9♣9♠J♠6♠2♦ and doubled up.
Xiaoyao Ma opened up the action from the cutoff with a raise to 80,000. Anatoly Nikitin then shoved from the button for 320,000, and Ma made the call.
Anatoly Nikitin: A♥10♠
Xiaoyao Ma: K♣8♣
Nikitin held on the J♠A♣5♠5♦9♣ board.
Alex Lynskey got his last 220,000 into the middle with Jeffrey Hong trying to bust him.
Alex Lynskey: A♠2♠
Jeffrey Hong;:8♥8♠
Lynskey was one of the shortest stacks in the tournament and needed an ace or some spades to get his stack back up to over ten big blinds.
The A♦8♦3♠ flop was a disaster for Lynskey as Hong flopped a set of eights. The rest of the board ran out K♣3♣ and Lynskey hit the rail.
Fabian Gumz on the button found himself at risk against Jeffrey Hong in the hijack.
Fabian Gumz: A♦10♣
Jeffrey Hong: Q♦Q♥
Hong hit a full house on Q♠8♠6♠3♥6♥, leaving no chance for Gumz who was eliminated.
Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Scott Baumstein opened the action with a raise to 245,000 from under the gun. He left just 5,000 behind. Colin Dentan then shoved from the small blind, and Baumstein flicked in his last chip.
Scott Baumstein: Q♦J♣
Colin Dentan: K♠J♥
The king in the window spelled trouble for Baumstein, until the full K♥10♠9♠ revealed that he had the absolute nuts. Dentan was drawing slim, however picked up outs with the K♦ turn. The river 10♣ filled him up, and Baumstein couldn't believe how unlucky he'd got.
Jonathan Azoulay got his last 60,000 into the middle preflop with Venkat Chivukula making the call to try and bust him.
Jonathan Azoulay: K♠J♦
Venkat Chivukula: Q♣J♠
Azoulay looked likely to double if his king-jack could hold. The board ran out A♦K♣J♥9♦Q♦ to give both players two pair, but Azoulay's two pair was better, earning him the double-up.
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