Action was joined after all cards had been dealt. Talal Shakerchi had 7x6x5x4xAxQx7x for a seven-six. Shaun Deeb showed 8x7x6x3xAx9x, meaning he still had a chance with his last card. Deeb turned over another ace, however, and wished the table well as he exited.
Ben Lamb was also seen exiting the tournament area, having been eliminated.
Mike Wattel: 7x6x2x / 4x8x5xQx
Hal Rotholz: XxXx / 5x2xAx9x / Xx
Hal Rotholz bet all the way on a favouring board against Mike Wattel, who reluctantly called on seventh street. Rotholz exposed his 7x2xXx for a nine-seven and Wattel had that beat with a seven-six-deuce in the hole for an eight-seven.
No longer in contention in the meanwhile is Dutch Boyd, who ran out of chips in the final hand of the last level. Several other hopefuls are also left with just a handful of big bets on the final five tables.
Nível: 13
Ante: 1,500
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 6,000
Limits: 6,000-12,000
The second 90-minute level has whittled down a field of 75 to start all the way to just 39 hopefuls and they have been sent on a scheduled 10-minute break.
Brian Rast: XxXx/Jx9x3x3x/Xx
Michael Moncek: XxXx/Ax2x4x8x/Xx
Mauricio Ferreira Pais: XxXx/4xKx5xQx folded on sixth street
Action was picked up on fifth street with Rast already all in. Moncek bet and Pais called.
Sixth street saw Moncek again, but his opponent folded. Moncek tabled 2x7xKx immediately after receiving his final card for an eight-seven, and Rast was drawing dead with Ax9xXx.
Shaun Deeb: XxXx / 4x6xAx5x / Xx
Steve Zolotow: 3xXxXx / 4xQx3x2x
Shaun Deeb started fourth with a six-four and bet against Steve Zolotow before doing so again on fifth and sixth street. Zolotow called down and then faced another bet by Deeb on seventh. Pretty quickly, Zolotow tossed in a raise and that sent Deeb into agony.
He tanked for nearly two minutes and then sigh-folded.
"Show the bluff!" Ben Yu demanded and Craig Chait chimed in with "show three pair". Zolotow only exposed a three he had paired before all players on the table were on the move near the end of level 12. Their table broke as the field was whittled down to 40 contenders with the elimination of Katherine Fleck.
Yu, Chait and Wil Wilkinson were all left short alongside Deeb and will need to gain some momentum very soon on their new tables.
Yehuda Buchalter: XxXx/4x7xAx8x/Xx
Talal Shakerchi: XxXx/6x10x5x4x/Xx
Brad Ruben: XxXx/2x10x5xAx/Xx
Action was picked up on fifth street with Buchalter betting. Shakerchi and Ruben both called.
Sixth street saw action checked around to Shakerchi, who bet. Both of his opponents called.
All three players checked on seventh street. "Seven perfect," announced Buchalter, turning over 7x3x2x. No other player showed their cards, giving Buchalter the pot.
Jerry Wong: Ax3x / 5x3xJxKx / Xx
Brandon Shack-Harris: 2x5x / 3x2x2xAx / 5x
Tam Hang had just won a pot against Mike Wattel when he got there on seventh street to leave Wattel frustrated.
In the meanwhile, Brandon Shack-Harris was on a nub and got it in with plenty of low cards against table chip leader Jerry Wong. However, the run-bad of Shack-Harris saw him pick up a set of treys and he even paired the five on top of it to hit the rail.
Scott Bohlman: XxXx/Ax5x2x6x/Xx
Michael Noori: XxXx/7x8x4xKx/Xx
Adam Owen: XxXx/9x3x8x8x folded on sixth street
Bohlman completed with Noori and Owen calling.
Fourth street saw Bohlman lead out and both players call, with fifth street following the same pattern. Bohlman again bet sixth street, with only Noori calling.
Bohlman threw a final bet in as the final cards were being dealt, and Noori threw in a call as well. "If you got it, you got it," said Noori. Bohlman turned over 4x7x9x for a six-five, and Noori mucked.
On a neighboring table, Mike Gorodinsky was seen leaving the area after being eliminated.
Noah Bronstein: Ax9x3x / 6x5xJx4x
Shaun Deeb: XxXx / 7xKxAx10x / Xx
Noah Bronstein bet on fourth street to get called by Shaun Deeb and then bet again on fifth street with a jack-six. Deeb raised his king-seven and Bronstein made it three bets for Deeb to call. The final two streets were bet by Bronstein and Deeb reluctantly paid off the final bet, tossing the chips towards Bronstein already.
He was shown a six-five and that won the pot.
After the hand was over, Craig Chait pulled out his payout slips from the previous events in this year's WSOP. "You see, Shaun, that's my whole bankroll on the table." Ben Yu, without even looking closely at the tickets, responded "that's not even a buy-in for this".
Chait bet out Deeb in the next hand on fifth street, but remains short.
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