On fourth street, Eli Elezra bet 20,000 and Jeff Madsen called. Both players checked on sixth and seventh street. Madsen sent his cards in the muck after Elezra opened two pair.
A hand that ended without showdown cost some chips to Manig Loeser, who played against Jochen Kaiser. Loeser opened to 20,000 from the button, Kaiser called from the small blind and Kaiser changed one card, while Loeser changed two.
In the next street Kaiser led for 10,000 and Loeser called. Kaiser stood pat and Loeser changed one card, followed by a fold when Kaiser bet 20,000.
Daniel Negreanu was left short and decided to put the rest of his chips in the middle in a 2-7 Triple draw hand against Kahle Burns. Both players changed one card each in the two last draws and they opened their hands.
Daniel Negreanu:
Kahle Burns:
Burns caught the in the last draw, while Negreanu hit the and departed from the field.
The sole woman in the field today, Natascha Stamm, has been eliminated at the hands of Jeff Madsen. It was Madsen who raised to 16,000 under the gun, Stamm who went all in for 17,000 one seat over. Espen Sandvik also came in from the blinds. No further betting would ensue during the hand.
Sandvik drew three on the first draw, while Madsen and Stamm took two apiece. Sandvik and Madsen drew two on the second draw and one on the final draw, while Stamm stood pat on both streets.
Sandvik briefly flashed an A-high hand. Madsen showed , Stamm revealed and was eliminated with the worse ten.
Ville Haavisto bet 16,000 chips in the river, in a pot containing almost 100,000. Vieira called only to muck when he saw Haavisto's rivered full house.
Allen Kessler: / /
Phil Hellmuth: / /
Kahle Burns: / /
On fifth street, Phil Hellmuth was all in for 13,000 and Kahle Burns raised with a big bet to 29,000. Back on Allen Kessler, he called after some thought. A sizable crowd started gathering to see the 15-time bracelet winner being at risk.
Burns check-called bets from Kessler on sixth and seventh street before all hands went to showdown. Kessler was the first to reveal, slowly rolling over for a pair of sixes and 8-7-6-5-2 low. Burns then tabled for aces and nines.
Hellmuth was last to act and turned over to make a 7-4-3-2-A low to claim half the pot.
"Needs a low to survive!" Daniel Negreanu cheerfully quipped, who was filming the whole showdown for his vlog.
By fourth street, nearly all of Tomasz Gluszko's 59k stack was already in the middle. After seventh, Eli Elezra had sixes up. Gluszko sweated the final card to reveal a seven for sevens up, doubling up.