James Dempsey raised from ealy position and Tony Merksick called on the button. Mikael Thuritz called from the big blind as well to make it three players to the flop.
The flop came down and Dempsey bet after Thuritz checked. Merksick called and Thuritz also called. The turn added the to the board and Dempsey bet again after Thuritz checked. Merksick called and Thuritz folded.
The river completed the board with the and Dempsey bet into his only opponent. Merksick flashed the and mucked saying, "I wish I made a full house."
"I wish you did, too," responded Dempsey, who increased to 693,000 in chips. Merksick dropped to 214,000.
Eric Baldwin started chucking out bets pre-flop and didn't stop until the last player folded the river. He three-bet from the big blind after Abe Mosseri opened from early position and was called by Mike Sexton and Sam Farha. All three players called Baldwin's re-raise to a flop of . Farha checked to Baldwin who bet. Sexton was the only caller.
Sexton called another bet after the hit the turn. The on the river put three clubs and a low on board, but that was where Sexton finally decided to fold for one more bet.
Baldwin is up to about 330,000 after starting that day as one of the shortest stacks.
Sergey Altbregin, Tony Merksick and James Dempsey all took a flop of . Dempsey was last to act and fired out a bet when the action checked to him. Altbregin and Merksick both called to see a third heart, the , come on the turn. That card seemed to agree with Merksick. He led into Dempsey after Altbregin checked. Only Dempsey called.
Both players checked the that paired the board on the river. Merksick showed the nut flush, , to collect the pot. He's up to 325,000.
John D'Agostino was all in for his last few thousand chips against James Dempsey and Oleg Shamardin. The final board read and D'Agostino held the . Unfortunately for him, Dempsey held the for the nut low and better trips. Shamardin showed just the and mucked his hand.
Seat 1: Steve Wong
Seat 2: Michael Chow
Seat 3: Mikael Thuritz
Seat 4: David Baker
Seat 5: James Dempsey
Seat 6: Oleg Shamardin
Seat 7: John D'Agostino
Seat 8: Sergey Altbregin
Seat 9: Tony Merksick
Outer Table
Seat 1: Abe Mosseri
Seat 2: Jean-Robert Bellande
Seat 3: Tai Nguyen
Seat 4: Eugene Katchalov
Seat 5: Mike Sexton
Seat 6: Steve Zolotow
Seat 7: Sam Farha
Seat 8: Eric Baldwin
Seat 9: Yueqi Zhu
Chino Rheem was the last person to go earning $17,138. Everyone has now earned a money jump as Yueqi Zhu sent Rheem to the rail with the on a board of . Rheem had no chance at a low and we didn't see his cards because once Zhu turned his diamond flush, Rheem flung his hand into the muck face down.
Steve Wong raised and then Tai Nguyen reraised. Wong made the call and the two players took a flop of and Wong bet out. Nguyen made the call.
Wong then bet the turn and river with Nguyen calling on each street after they came the and . Wong tabled the for two pair, kings and fours, and Nguyen mucked.
Wong moved up to 477,000 in chips while Nguyen dropped to 170,000.
James Dempsey raised from early position and then Abe Mosseri reraised from the small blind. Oleg Shamardin called from the big blind and Dempsey also called.
The flop came down and Mosseri bet out. Shamardin called and then Dempsey folded. The turn card added the to the board and Mosseri bet out again. Shamardin called.
The river completed the board with the and Mosseri bet out again. Shamardin called and watched Mosseri tabled the . Shamardin held a better low with the and the two chopped up the pot. Mosseri has 750,000 in chips and Shamardin 300,000.
Some of the eliminations are coming so quick that we can't keep up with the action. After the elimination of Mike Watson, we returned to the outer tables just as Jose de Paz was being eliminated. His couldn't overtake Eric Baldwin's after the board rolled out . Each player made three tens, but Baldwin's ace-queen played stronger than Paz's ace-nine.