There was already one bet from both players in the pot as Alexandre Luneau sparred with Daniel Negreanu. Luneau bet on sixth street, and Negreanu called. On seventh street, Negreanu bet. Luneau thought for a bit and then called.
Luneau: / /
Negreanu: / /
Negreanu scooped the pot with a nine-high straight for high and an eight-low. He climbed over 200,000 chips, while Luenau dropped to 160,000.
Jason Rivkin opened to 7,000 from the cutoff. Ryan Himes potted from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Rivkin got the rest of his stack into the middle. Himes called.
Rivkin:
Himes:
The flop came , and Rivkin moved his two diamonds away from the rest of his hand in the hope to catch one more. But it didn't help, as the turn and river bricked out, and Himes's set of jacks was enough to eliminated Rivkin.
Viktor Celikovsky called Masayoshi Tanaka's bet on fourth street, then led fifth street with a pair of sevens exposed. Tanaka raised and called when Celikovsky moved all in.
Celikovsky: / /
Tanaka: / /
Celikovsky had a pair of eights in the hole, but his two pair was still behind, as Tanaka's hole cards made for a bigger two pair. Celikovsky couldn't find any help through the rest of the hand, and his run came to a close. Tanaka moved close to 200,000 in chips.
Scott Bohlman's stack was suffering for the majority of the last two levels, and he would never recover. In his last hand, Bohlman faced off with Christopher Vitch as they were dealt and , respectively.
Bohlman check-raised on fourth street, and Vitch put him all in with a three-bet.
Bohlman: / /
Vitch: / /
Bohlman had a pair of kings on the fifth street but Vitch improved to a pair of aces at the same time. Vitch eventually spiked a wheel to seal Bohlman's exit.
Shaun Deeb opened the button to 4,500, and small blind Wendy Freedman moved all in for 32,400. The action returned to Deeb, who asked for a count and then called.
Freedman:
Deeb:
Freedman's hand remained ahead of Deeb's all the way through the board, and she scored a double-up. Deeb, despite handing over some of his chips to the last female left in the field, is still maneuvering a big stack.
Less than two hours ago, Scott Bohlman was approaching 150,000 chips, and his stack put him among the tournament leaders. He's now about 100,000 shorter. His recent loss emerged in a pot against Andrey Zhigalov.
There was roughly 35,000 already in the middle when the two saw a flop. Zhigalov checked from under the gun, leaving the action to his rival. Bohlman, on the button, bet 8,500, and Zhigalov check-raised to 20,500. Bohlman asked how much it was, but he was ultimately unwilling to continue.
Shaun Deeb called with the , and Wendy Freedman completed with the . Dustin Sitar came along with the , and Deeb also called.
Sitar gave up on the fifth street, but Deeb and Freedman continued battling. Freedman went bet-bet-bet-bet, and Deeb called on all occasions with one exception. He raised on the seventh street. Freedman paid but couldn't get a piece of the large pot, as Deeb scooped it with a flush and an eighty-seven low.