On the flop of , Wayne Diep check-raised into a bet of Viacheslav Zhukov and was called. The turn brought a bet by Diep and a call by Zhukov before the river brought no betting action. Diep showed an ace-king-queen and Zhukov won the pot with the .
Jesse Martin raised and picked up one caller in Perry Friedman. Mickey Craft from one seat over three-bet and John Monnette called in the big blind, as did Martin and Friedman. On the flop, action checked to Craft and he moved all in for fewer than a big bet, which was called by Martin and Friedman.
Both remaining active players checked down the turn and the river. Friedman showed for the low, Martin had and Craft the for the nut straight to chip up thanks to the multi-way pot.
Julien Martini scooped a pot against Shane Douglas when the latter called his bet on the river of a board with pocket aces, then mucked when Martini flashed the .
Right after, Nick Shulman raised in the cutoff and Daniel Negreanu three-bet on the button, Shulman called. On the flop, Shulman check-called a bet before doing so again on the turn and the river. Negreanu showed and Schulman claimed the low pot with .
Right after the hand was over, Brian Rast sat down after having just entered. The same table also features Mack Lee, who Martini played with for hours and hours on the way to victory in Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Omaha 8 or Better.
On the three-way turn of , Rafael Concepcion in the small blind made it four bets to go all in and Benny Glaser in the big blind, as well as John Hennigan on the button, called. The river brought no action between the two remaining active players and Concepcion said "here we go, nut nut," before tabling his for the nut flush and the nut low.
Hennigan had for the nut low as well, while Glaser mucked his cards. Concepcion took three quarters of the pot and chipped up considerably.
In a three-way all-in situation, Eric Kurtzman escaped eliminated when he was all in against Carol Fuchs and Larry Kantor. On a board, Fuchs showed for a straight and the nut low, Kantor held and chopped the high with Fuchs, while Kurtzman had to chop the low with Fuchs.
In the next hand, another short stack got his final chips in against Fuchs.
Short Stack:
Carol Fuchs:
The board ran out and the short stack was eliminated.