Ray Dehkharghani raised to 2,500, and Billy Baxter three-bet to 7,000 on the button, Randy Ohel four-bet to 12,000 in the big blind, and both opponents folded.
Soon after, Baxter raised to 3,000, and three players called. Mike Leah squeezed to 11,000, and Baxter moved all in for 15,250, while everyone else folded. Leah stood pat and was showing a seventy-six, while Baxter was already drawing dead with an eight.
In one of the last hands of the level, Chris Klodnicki and Daniel Alaei got into a hand, and the draw was already complete. Klodnicki bet 25,000, and Alaei called. Klodnicki announced a pair of eights, and Alaei claimed the pot with .
After the draw, Anthony Zinno bet. Usman Siddique moved all in over the top of the bet. Zinno then folded an eighty-seven low face up.
"That was a tight fold," he said after the hand.
On the next hand, Phil Hellmuth opened with a raise to 3,500. Zinno made it 11,000 before Monnette moved all in for just over 18,000. Everyone folded, including Hellmuth, but Zinno called. Monnette stood pat, while Zinno pitched in one card, showing a face-up. Monnette had for a ten-low. Zinno showed , having broken the best hand. He did not improve with his draw, either, pulling a to give him a worse low. With that, Monnette doubled up, while Zinno was left with a short stack.
Nick Schulman was the initial raiser from early position and picked up two callers in Matthew Szymaszek in the cutoff and Ned Price in the small blind. All players drew one card apiece, and Price bet 3,000. Schulman called, as did Szymaszek, and Price rolled over . That won the pot.
David Benyamine added, "I was wrong, I thought he had an eight-seven-six."
Mike Watson opened to 3,000, and Benny Glaser called before Ben Lamb moved all in for 6,050. Both called, and Watson stood pat, while Glaser and Lamb took one card each.
Watson then checked, Glaser bet 6,000, and Watson folded. Glaser turned over , and Lamb briefly showed a before grabbing his belongings and heading out of the tournament area. It was the second entry for Lamb, so he has been eliminated.
According to Bernard Lee, who is also seated at the table, Dan Smith open jammed for 20,450. Action folded around to Benny Glaser, who called.
Smith thought for a while, then took one. Glaser stood pat, then turned over his . Smith was already drawing dead. He showed his and started laughing, as did some of the other players at the table. His final card was a meaningless and that was it for Smith, who had already busted once from the event.
Players are still registering, and one of the most recent additions to the field was Iraj Parvizi. He opened to 4,000, and Mike Leah in the big blind waved with his hand to see the stack of Parvizi, then called. Leah stood pat while Parvizi drew one. Both players checked, and Parvizi mucked an ace. Leah made a ten-nine and won the pot.
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, having broken the best hand. He did not improve with his draw, either, pulling a 
to give him a worse low. With that, Monnette doubled up, while Zinno was left with a short stack.
