David "ODB" Baker completed and Phill Hellmuth raised. Benny Glaser and Baker both called. Hellmuth was the only player to brick fourth and Baker checked. Hellmuth checked and Glaser bet. Baker raised and Hellmuth took a moment to fold. He was a little annoyed at the action.
Glaser bricked on fifth and Baker bet. Glaser called. Baker bet again on sixth and seventh and Glaser finally folded on seventh.
Jason Gola raised after Gerard Rechnitzer completed the bet on third. Then Gola bet the whole way and Rechnitzer called down, only to see the seven turned over by Gola .
Hellmuth: / /
Petrov: / /
Phil Hellmuth bet fifth, both players checked sixth, and Hellmuth bet again on seventh. After some deliberation, Yordan Petrov called.
Hellmuth showed a seven, , and left Petrov dangerously short with only 37,000.
Schaaf: / — Folded on sixth street
Hellmuth: / /
Freedman: / /
Phil Hellmuth completed and both Wendy Freedman and Jim Schaaf called. All three players checked fourth street. Hellmuth bet on fifth street and got two callers.
Freedman bet on sixth street, Schaaf folded, and Hellmuth called. Both players checked on seventh street.
Freedman showed for an eight low and Hellmuth got to his feet and triple-checked his hole cards before mucking.
Hellmuth: / / - Folded on seventh street
Ruben: / /
Wyraz: / /
Grzegorz Wyraz was all in and both Phil Hellmuth and Brad Ruben called. The pair checked down fourth, fifth, and sixth street.
Ruben bet on seventh street and Hellmuth mucked.
Ruben showed for a seven low and Wyraz turned over and was drawing to a four, six, or seven. Sadly for him, it was a and he was eliminated in 10th place for $8,477.
Yordan Petrov raised on third after Grzegorz Wyraz completed. Wyraz called and Petrov led on fourth street, hitting a two. Wyraz called. On fifth, Petrov bet and Wyraz raised. Petrov raised and went all in. Wyraz called.
The cards ran out and immediately gave Petrov a perfect eight, leaving Wyraz drawing dead.
Phil Hellmuth completed and Grzegorz Wyraz made it two bets. Hellmuth called. Both players checked fourth street and Hellmuth check-called a bet on fifth street.
Hellmuth bet on sixth street and Wyraz called. Both players checked on seventh street.
Wyraz showed but Hellmuth had a better nine with .
So far the players have been relatively tight. Most of the early hands have been completed on third street with the occasional defense of the bring-in.
Currently there are five players at each table and at the next elimination they will break to the unofficial final table.