The overall field has reached 136 entries of which 72 players remain and nearly one dozen participants busted recently including Phil Hellmuth and Justin Liberto.
Razz
Cary Katz: Kx9x7x/6x8x6x2x
Daisuke Ogita: 9x6x3x/2x7xJxAx
Scott Seiver: 9x6x3x/7xKx10x2x
Daisuke Ogita completed and was called by Scott Seiver. Cary Katz then raised and both Ogita and Seiver called.
Ogita bet on fourth street, Seiver called, and Katz called all in for his last 1,000.
Seiver proceeded to call bets from Ogita on fifth through seventh and Ogita turned over his hole cards for a seven. It was best against Seiver's and Katz's nine — eliminating Katz and sending the pot Ogita's way.
Razz
Alex Foxen: 3x8x / Ax7x5xQx / Xx
Chris Brewer: XxXx / 3x8xJx folded on fifth street
Brian Rast: Qx10x / 9x4x6xXx / 10x
Brian Rast lost all but the last 2,000 chips to Yehuda Buchalter and was then forced all-in for the ante. Alex Foxen completed and called a raise by Chris Brewer before he bet fourth street and Brewer called. Foxen also bet fifth street and Brewer sent his cards into the muck.
"How bad is it?" Rast asked glancing up from his massage. Foxen showed him a made eight-seven and Rast was drawing dead on sixth street.
Rast was ending the massage he received and Foxen told him "you might get the same seat" if Rast were to re-enter. However, it had been the second bullet already and that spelled the end for Rast in this tournament.
Razz
Justin Smith: 9x8x/2x3x5x3x/Ax
Ryutaro Suzuki: 8x4x/3x6x5xKx/Qx
Dylan Smith: XxXx/10x - folded on third street
Dylan Smith and Justin Smith called the bring-in and Ryutaro Suzuki completed. Dylan Smith folded, but Justin Smith called for a heads-up pot.
Smith called bets from Suzuki on fourth and fifth street, but then raised all in facing a bet from Suzuki on sixth. Suzuki called and hands were revealed.
Suzuki peeled a Qx first, leaving him with an eight-six. Smith revealed an Ax — improving him to an eight-five to be awarded the double up.
Razz
Jason Mercier: XxXx / 2xJx3x folded on fifth street
Christian Roberts: XxXx / 6xJx folded on fourth street
John Monnette: XxXx / 2x3xAx
Jason Mercier complerted, Christian Roberts called and John Monnette came along. The latter bet his lead on fourth street and Mercier called while Roberts got out of the way. Monnette then caught an even better fifth street and bet, Mercier reluctantly folded and was shown what appeared to be Ax4x.
Razz
Aaron Kupin: XxXx/5x2x4x7x
Patrick Stacey: XxXx/3xAx3x9x - folded on sixth street
Aaron Kupin called the bring-in and then called after Patrick Stacey completed.
Kupin called a bet from Stacey on fourth street and then led out for a bet on fifth after Stacey paired his three. Stacey called.
On sixth street, Kupin bet after catching best again and Stacey reluctantly laid his hand down.
Kupin revealed an 8x before collecting the pot.
Omaha Hi-Lo
Ryutaro Suzuki checked in the small blind with the turn showing Q♦J♠6♠6♥ and Yueqi Zhu then got his last 15,000 in from the big blind. Suzuki mulled it over for a while and eventually called.
Yueqi Zhu: 8♦8♠5♣2♣
Ryutaro Suzuki: A♦10♣7♠4♥
The 2♠ river changed nothing as the pair of Zhu held for the scoop.
The same table then lost Brad Owen, who had previously been left short after folding a king-high river with a set of jacks on a four-card straight board, Ali Eslami showed him ace-queen for broadway.
Omaha Hi-Lo
Three-ways on a flop of 10♠8♥K♥ with several bets already in the middle preflop, Luke Schwartz bet from the big blind and was raised by Alexander Kostritsyn in the cutoff. Justin Liberto called cold on the button and Schwartz called as well.
Everyone checked after the K♠ paired the board on the turn and Schwartz checked again on the 2♥ river. Kostritsyn put out a bet and both Liberto and Schwartz quickly folded — conceding the sizable pot to Kostritsyn without a showdown.
Level: 12
Limit Flop: 5,000-10,000 Blinds, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Omaha Hi-Lo
Three ways to the A♥3♠2♥ flop, Elior Sion in the small blind and Eric Wasserson from under the gun checked. Chino Rheem bet and received two calls. After the 8♣ turn, Sion checked and so did Wasserson, Rheem bet and then called a check-raise by Sion.
The 9♥ river saw Sion bet get called and he tabled the 5♠4♥3♥2♦ for a wheel and flush to scoop the entire pot.
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