Steven Friedlander moved all in from the button for 32,400, and Kenneth Fitzgerald called his shove from the small blind.
Friedlander:
Fitzgerald:
The board ran out , keeping Fitzgerald ahead the whole way with no sign of a sweat. That did it for Friedlander, who was eliminated in 14th place, collecting $5,657 for his run.
David "ODB" Baker opened with a raise to 8,000 from the cutoff. Action folded to Jerry Wong in the small blind, and he put in a big re-raise to 30,000. Baker called.
Wong stood pat while Baker took one. Then Wong led out for 22,000. Baker tanked for nearly five minutes, counting his chips over and over again before he finally released his hand into the muck and awarded the pot to Wong.
Ismael Bojang raised from the button, and Sergey Altbregin moved all in from the small blind. Bojang called.
Both players drew one, and Bojang showed . Altbrergin was drawing live with , but unfortunately for him, he drew another to pair and was eliminated in 13th place.
Daniel Negreanu picked the game and seemed to be pretty excited about choosing Pot-Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw.
On the first hand, he opened from under the gun with a raise to 10,500. Ryan Hughes was the only caller from the small blind. Hughes took two while Negreanu took one. Hughes then bet 20,000, and Negreanu moved all in for not much more. Hughes called.
Both players took one apiece on the second draw, then one more on the third draw.
Hughes showed .
"Give him a six," Negreanu requested. "Oh wait, I threw away three sixes."
Negreanu was holding . Hughes peeled first and revealed a making him the nuts and giving him an unbeatable hand. Negreanu showed his , and he was eliminated in 12th place, collecting $7,188 for his finish.
Ashton Griffin raised to 6,000 from the button, and he was called by Kenneth Fitzgerald in the blinds.
Fitzgerald took one on the first draw while Griffin took one, as well. Fitzgerald then checked over to Griffin, who bet 12,500. Fitzgerald called.
On the second draw, Fitzgerald stood pat while Griffin took one. Fitzgerald then led out with a bet of 15,000. Griffin thought for a moment, counted his chips, then raised to 48,500. Fitzgerald went into the tank for nearly two minutes before eventually deciding to let his hand go, allowing Griffin to scoop the pot and move up the leaderboard.
Ismael Bojang raised to 8,000, and Jens Lakemeier called in the small blind.
The pair checked the flop, and the came on the turn. Lakemeier bet 14,000, and Bojang called. The river was the , and Lakemeier bet 35,000. Bojang called.
Lakemeier showed for a full house and took down the pot.
"I wish I got dealt deuce-three-four double-suited king-queen," bemoaned Mike Matusow.
, keeping Fitzgerald ahead the whole way with no sign of a sweat. That did it for Friedlander, who was eliminated in 14th place, collecting $5,657 for his run.
. Altbrergin was drawing live with 
.
flop, and the 
came on the turn. Lakemeier bet 14,000, and Bojang called. The river was the 
, and Lakemeier bet 35,000. Bojang called.
for a full house and took down the pot.
flop, Matusow checked from the small blind over to Andrew Kelsall in the cutoff. Kelsall bet, and Matusow quickly moved all in. Kelsall called. 
on the river, and that was it for Matusow, who needed to hit his flush or a four to survive.