Andrey Zaichenko raised and was three-bet by Matthew Szymaszek in the big blind. Zaichenko called.
Szymaszek stood pat, while Zaichenko took two. Szymaszek then bet, and Zaichenko called.
On the second draw, Szymaszek stood pat, while Zaichenko took one. Szymaszek bet, and Zaichenko called all in for the remainder of his stack. Szymaszek stood pat, and Zaichenko took one.
Szymaszek turned up for an eight-perfect, but Zaichenko had outs with . Unfortunately for him, his last card was a , and he was eliminated from the tournament.
"This game's so swingy, man," Mike Matusow said after the hand as he watched Zaichenko exit.
Robert Mizrachi was down to only 6,500, and he couldn't bounce back.
His farewell came in a hand that started with Jyri Merivirta's raise. Mizrachi three-bet on the button, and James Chen woke up with a four-bet. Merivirta called, and Mizrachi moved all in for 500 more. Chen and Merivirta both called.
Chen drew one on the first draw, while Merivirta and Mizrachi discarded two each. Chen started building a side pot with a bet, and Merivirta was ready to continue fighting. He called.
All players then changed one, and Chen bet again. Merivirta called again.
No cards were changed through the third draw, as everyone patted. Chen bet out for one last time, and Merivirta finally gave up, leaving the side pot to Chen.
Chen showed his for a rough seven, and Mizrachi knew his tournament was over, flipping up .
David "ODB" Baker opened with a raise and was three-bet by Adam Owen. Baker called, and the two went heads-up to the draw. Both players took two, then Owen bet, and Baker called.
On the second draw, both players took one. Owen then checked, and Baker bet. Owen called.
On the last draw, Owen took one, and Baker stood pat. Owen checked first, then Baker checked behind. Owen shook his head and turned over for the nuts. Baker mucked his hand, and Owen was awarded the pot.
Jean-Robert Bellande raised from the button and was reraised by Tommy Hang from the small blind. Bellande called.
Both players drew two, then Hang checked over to Bellande, who bet. Hang called, then drew two more, while Bellande took one. Both players checked, then drew one. Both players checked again after the final draw. Hang showed , and that was good to take down the pot, as Bellande mucked.
Bellande just recently joined the tournament, but has already lost a significant portion of his stack, sitting with just under half of what he started with.
Michael Gathy raised, and Konstantin Puchkov defended his big blind. Puchkov changed only one, while Gathy took two on the first draw. Puchkov let his opponent continue and opted for a check-call.
Puchkov took one again, but Gathy patted on the second draw. Puchkov check-called again.
When Puchkov patted, Gathy changed his plans for the third draw and took one. Both players then checked. Puchkov opened his eighty-seven with , and Gathy mucked.
Chris George was crippled to 2,400 but he now has a little more room to work with as he's just tripled up.
George moved all in from the cutoff, and [Removed:412] raised from the button. Mark Gregorich came along from the big blind.
Gregorich and George discarded two while Kruk decided to draw one. Kruk and Gregorich added one bet to the side pot, and continued to the second draw.
Gregorich changed two while George and Kruk took one apiece. No bets were made on the second draw.
All players changed one on the last draw, and Gregorich led out, forcing Kruk out of the way. Gregorich scooped the side pot and announced "a pair", leaving the triple up to George who rather double checked: "You have a pair?"
Gregorich confirmed, showing his . George tabled and moved up to 8,200 but he still has a mountain to climb.
for an eight-perfect, but Zaichenko had outs with 
, and he was eliminated from the tournament. 
