Tournament staff has returned to the floor with a ruling regarding the Senovio Ramirez elimination. Floor staff reviewed security tapes and saw that Ramirez did indeed receive the same card back after the draw - the . Bill Chen had already added Ramirez's chips to his stack and the deck had been shuffled. Therefore, tournament staff ruled that the hand must be reconstructed and Ramirez would receive the top card off of a newly shuffled deck.
While the cards were being recalled, players from every other table surrounded the table to see the climactic end to this situation. Players, however, were having trouble remembering the suits and cards to reconstruct the hand.
"Bill, you can't remember your own hand?" asked Marco Johnson.
"No! I don't remember my fourth and fifth card! I'm sorry!" quipped back a somewhat frazzled Chen.
Eventually, the cards were recalled and each player's original hands were picked out and placed on the felt.
Chen:
Ramirez:
Despite shouts from some players that their discarded cards were now in the deck, the ruling stood. The deck was shuffled with the left out. Ramirez then received the top card from the deck.
"He's going to win now," said Chen before the card was flipped.
The dealer dealt the card without sweat. It was the , pairing Ramirez and eliminating him from play.
"He lost," said Robert Mizrachi, deadpan.
The surrounding field returned to their tables and play resumed as normal. Just 21 players remain in the field.
Jacob Boyle was all in before the first draw, and he drew two against Bill Chen, who drew two, and Perry Green, who drew one. Chen check-called in a side pot against Green, and he drew one while Green stood pat. This time, Chen check-raised Green, who called. On the end, Green called all in after he and Chen both patted.
Chen showed for a seven-low but no badugi. Green held a badugi with , and Boyle's hand was a bit of a mess, as he had continued drawing but failed to catch anything: .
Bill Chen popped it up from the cutoff and found calls from Maria Ho in the small blind and Perry Green in the big blind. Ho and Green pulled two new cards at the first draw while Chen opted for one. Action checked to Chen, he continued out, and both of his opponents called.
On the second draw, the players repeated their first round draws. This time, however, each player checked to advance to the final draw. All three players drew one new card and Ho led out with a bet. Green called and Chen got rid of his hand.
Green showed for an eight-six badugi but it was no match for Ho's for an eight-five badugi and an eighty-seven. She scooped the pot and now has about 65,000 in chips.
We arrived at the table to see Robert Mizrachi and Benjamin Benoet get it all in for the former's tournament life on a flop of . Mizrachi had flopped a straight and was leading heading into the final two community cards.
Mizrachi:
Benoet:
The board finished off with the and the , ensuring that Mizrachi would score the elimination. He's now up to about 200,000 in chips.
A short-stacked Maria Ho was all in by fourth street for her tournament life against Brandon Cantu. Without any sweat, Cantu made a seven on fifth street, leaving Ho drawing dead by the end of sixth. She collected $5,911 for her 15th place finish.
Marco Johnson raised from the button and Frank Kassela called from the small blind.
"I raise whatever I can," said Maria Mayrinck from the big blind, pushing her whole stack forward.
Both Johnson and Kassela called and were off to the draws. On the first, Kassela and Mayrinck took two while Johnson opted for three. Kassela bet out and Johnson called to see the next draw. On the second draw, Kassela once again pulled two while Mayrinck and Johnson pulled just one.
Kassela checked, Johnson led out, and Kassela called. On the final draw, Kassela and Mayrinck pulled one and Johnson stood pat. Johnson cut out one final bet when action checked his way and Kassela let go of his cards.
Johnson rolled over for a ninety-eight and an eight badugi. Mayrinck could not beat it and her cards were pulled into the muck. Johnson pulled in the pot and now has about 84,000 in chips.
. Bill Chen had already added Ramirez's chips to his stack and the deck had been shuffled. Therefore, tournament staff ruled that the hand must be reconstructed and Ramirez would receive the top card off of a newly shuffled deck.
, pairing Ramirez and eliminating him from play.
for a seven-low but no badugi. Green held a badugi with 
, and Boyle's hand was a bit of a mess, as he had continued drawing but failed to catch anything: 
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for seven-low and a seven-badugi, hands that Green could not beat.
. Mizrachi had flopped a straight and was leading heading into the final two community cards.
, ensuring that Mizrachi would score the elimination. He's now up to about 200,000 in chips.
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, keeping Schaff's aces in the lead. He scored the elimination, boosting his stack up to about 239,000 in chips.
, Kevin Haney checked to Aaron Schaff, who bet 5,000 on the button. Haney potted it, and Schaff began thinking.
