Adam Owen completed. He was raised by one player. Owen called. On fourth street, Owen bet, and his opponent called. Both players checked on fifth street. On sixth, Owen bet, and his opponent called. Owen bet once more on seventh, and the player called.
Owen showed for nines and sevens, and that was good for him to take down the entire pot.
The 2004 WSOP Main Event champion has, unfortunately, left the building. He was looking comfortable with 43,000 in chips, but during the last level, things took a turn for the worse. According to Twitter, he made a "dozen strong losing hands" to bust.
#justwow won 1 small pot, chopped 2 heads up pots, and made a dozen strong losing hands. maybe 1st to bust #wsop48 stud8. #supersigh
On fourth street both Viacheslav Zhukov and Shaun Deeb checked to John Turner who bet. Both other players called. Zhukov bet on fifth street and got two callers.
On sixth street Zhukov bet again, Deeb called and Turner folded. On seventh street Zhukov bet, Deeb raised and Zhukov called.
Deeb showed . "No good," said Zhukov, showing for a Broadway straight.
Deeb was left very short, and although doubling up in the very next hand through Jon Turner, he bust shortly thereafter.
On fourth street, Anthony Zinno bet, and Bertrand Grospellier called. Grospellier picked up the betting lead on fifth, and he bet. Zinno called. On sixth, Zinno grabbed the betting lead back, and he bet. Grospellier called. Zinno bet again on seventh, and Grospellier called again.
Zinno showed for a pair of threes and a low. It was almost good, because Grospellier just about mucked his hand, then pulled it back and flipped it over, just to make sure he wasn't making a mistake. He showed his hand and did, in fact, have a better low than Zinno. That allowed him to take back at least half the pot.
"That's an embarrassment," Norman Chad said to Grospellier.
"This is why I play online!" Grospellier said. "They do everything for you! Can't make a mistake."
Konstantin Maslak raised on third street, and Esther Taylor reraised. Maslak called, then check-called a bet on fourth street. Taylor made open fours on fifth street. With Maslak short, Taylor bet, and the pair proceeded to get the rest of Maslak's chips into the middle.
Maslak picked up a low draw on sixth street, but Taylor drew the on seventh street to give her a pair of fours and a seven-six low.
The Russian needed to find a pair bigger than Taylor's fours to grab half of the pot, but he drew the and was eliminated.