John Jenkins raised and fired the flop of and the turn. On the river, both players opted to check and Jenkins announced pocket jacks before turning over the . Deeb had that beat with the and scooped a decent pot.
Raymond Davis remarked, "How do you check the river? If you fire again, he might fold."
Doug Saab had clung to his short stack for a while but had to part the tournament in the first level after the dinner break. His final chips went in with an all-spade hand and James Yoo looked him up with the .
The board ran out to give Yoo the winner with kings and treys, and Saab was eliminated in 82nd place.
All the way back in 1997, Doug Saab won a bracelet in a $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo event, where he cashed $130,305. 21 years later, he added another cash to his lifetime winnings of $389,460.
John Racener was left short after sending a lot of chips over to Mike Leah and busted. And soon after, start-of-the-day chip leader Dao Bac followed soon after in 81st place.
Three players saw a flop together. John Jenkins checked, James Pursley bet, Shaun Deeb called, and Jenkins called as well. On the turn, another bet from Pursley resulted in two calls again.
The river brought the and Pursley bet a third time. Deeb called and Jenkins folded, leaving himself with just 20,000 behind.
James Pursley:
Shaun Deeb:
Both players had pocket aces and they chopped it up.
Alex Christian was all in via three bets on the button after initial raise by Daniel Chio and a three-bet by Matt Woodward in the cutoff. On the flop, Chio bet and Woodward raised to put Chio all in, a call followed.
Alex Christian:
Daniel Chio:
Matt Woodward:
The turn and river completed the board and Christian was eliminated, while Chip suddenly climbed back to a playable stack.