Phil Ivey completed first to act and found 4 takers. He bet on fourth street and only two stuck around. He paired 7's on fifth street and bet again and only the player in Seat 3 came along. A third seven was given to Ivey on sixth street and he bet again. The player in Seat 3 called. Ivey bet in the dark before even looking at his last card.
"Don't have a low already?" Ivey asked, when his opponent didn't call immediately. His opponent took a look at his cards and mucked. Ivey flashed a fourth seven for quads.
"If you don't need that extra one, I could use it," smiled his opponent as the chips were pushed towards the nine-time bracelet winner.
A player opened with a limp and it folded around to John Monnette who completed. One more player called and the limper tagged along to fourth street as well. Action checked to Monnette on fourth and the player showing 8-4 folded his cards. The original limper, however, called.
Fifth street saw two checks from the active players, allowing Monnette to pair his queen on sixth. He tossed out a bet and his opponent opted to let his hand go, awarding the pot to Monnette. He's now sitting on about 23,000.
We got to the table with the action on sixth street and Dan Heimiller facing a bet from his opponent. He made the call and checked when the dealer gave him his down card for seventh street. His opponent made a bet and Heimiller called. The newly crowned Seniors NLHE champion showed for a flush which was good enough to best his opponent's for trip fives. After being down to 1,200 in chips earlier, Heimiller has bounced back nicely and now sits with 8,200.
Naoya Kihara completed and found calls from Daniel Negreanu and a third player. On fourth street, the third player and Kihara checked over to Negreanu who fired out a bet. Both of Negreanu's opponents called and the trio were off to fifth street.
On fifth, action checked around to Negreanu once more. He bet out and his unknown opponent called. Kihara let go of his hand, leaving the two heads up to sixth. Negreanu's opponent took the lead with a bet on sixth and "KidPoker" stuck around. Negreanu called one last bet on seventh but mucked his cards after seeing his opponent's for two pair of aces and nines. Negreanu watched as the pot was pushed to the other end of the table and he now sits on about 15,500.
There was a total of 743 entrants creating a prize pool of $1,003,050. The top 80 finishers will make the money with first place collecting $230,744. A minimum cash is worth $2,577. Full payouts are listed below:
Tom Schneider just finished in 8th place in the $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low tournament. Mike Leah was just behind him in 7th place. Both have jumped into the action here. Schneider's lost most of his chips so he'll need to perform some short stack magic if he hopes to make another deep run.
On a positive note, there are only 368 of the original 743 players remaining so they've outlasted more than half the field by late registering for the tournament.
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for trip fives. After being down to 1,200 in chips earlier, Heimiller has bounced back nicely and now sits with 8,200.
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for two pair of aces and nines. Negreanu watched as the pot was pushed to the other end of the table and he now sits on about 15,500.
