Players are going on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 22:34 local time. That will also be the time when the late registration for this event will officially close.
Heads-up to the flop in the last hand before the dinner break, the stacks of Philip Sternheimer and Dave Rogers went into the middle with the latter as the player at risk.
Dave Rogers:
Philip Sternheimer:
The turn was the gin card for Sternheimer and the river failed to keep Rogers in contention.
Anthony Zinno bet on fifth street and Maxx Coleman called. On sixth street both players had made open fives, and Coleman check-called a bet. He check-called a bet on seventh and Zinno announced straight, tabling for a straight six.
Andrew Kelsall raised it up from under the gun and Shaun Deeb three-bet from the small blind. Kelsall just called and the dealer fanned the flop of .
Deeb led out with a bet on the flop and Kelsall called. The paired the board on the turn and Deeb fired out another bet. Kelsall still called and the completed the board. Both players checked and Kelsall tabled for the winner.
Dave Rogers raised and Brian Yoon three-bet from the button. Benny Glaser called in the small blind and Phil Hellmuth pondered his decision from the big blind. The bet was exactly the same size as his stack and he eventually put it in the middle. Rogers also called.
The three players still in the hand checked the flop. Glaser bet on the turn and Rogers was the only caller.
The river was the . Glaser bet and called a raise from Rogers.
Dave Rogers: — Ace-high flush; eight-six low
Benny Glaser: — Two-pair (aces and nines); six-four low
Phil Hellmuth: — Six-high straight; six-five low
Rogers and Glaser chopped the pot with a shell-shocked Hellmuth getting to his feet and moving over to Adam Friedman at an adjacent table.
"Well Adam," said Hellmuth. "I guess you were right. You are the better player."
"You're not playing Phil?" asked Shaun Deeb spotting Hellmuth exiting the tournament area.
Freddy Deeb was the bring-in and Talal Shakerchi completed with a jack. Julien Martini three-bet which got called by only Deeb. Martini led out with bets on fourth, fifth, and sixth streets.
Deeb called on fourth and fifth but chose to raise on sixth. Martini called and they were off to the last street. Martini quickly checked and Deeb tossed in another bet. Martini gave it some thought and eventually called.
Deeb flipped over for a rivered flush and Martini was left shaking his head as the pot was pushed towards Deeb.
Johannes Becker raised the button and was called by Anthony Zinno as well as Luke Schwartz in the blinds. The flop was checked to Becker and he won the pot with a continuation bet.
Soon after the game type switched to Limit Hold'em on which Schwartz raised from under the gun and Zinno defended the big blind. The flop was checked to the initial raiser and Schwartz took it down with a bet.
David Williams then raised and Maxx Coleman three-bet from one seat over in the cutoff for WIlliams to call. The flop was checked by Williams and Coleman won it with a bet right there.
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Picking up the action on fifth street, Brian Hastings paired his four so Jean-Robert Bellande had the lead and threw in a bet. Hastings called and the action was the same on sixth.
On seventh, Bellande checked to Hastings who peeled his last cards and then threw in a bet.
"Are you f***ing kidding me?!" Bellande went off as he slammed his chips on the table. "Every time they get there. Chad did the same thing to me over there."
Bellande gave it some thought but decided to eventually lay his hand down.