Lundberg completed with the ace and Mike Sexton made the call before the latter check-raised on fourth street with Lundberg making the call. Sexton bet fifth as well but both players checked sixth before the veteran bet again on seventh, Lundberg checked his cards before shaking his head and mucking.
Mike Sexton won this event 22 years ago, could he do so again today?
Mike Sexton limped in with an eight showing, Hernan Salazar completed with the ace of diamonds and Cory Zeidman called with the .
Salazar: / /
Zeidman: / /
Sexton: / /
Salazar bet out on fourth after Zeidman and Sexton had checked, fifth street was checked around. Sexton bet on sixth when Zeidman checked and both players called before it was checked to Sexton again on seventh and again he bet and both players called again, Salazar calling all in.
Sexton showed for eights and an 8-7-5-4-3 low.
Zeidman held for eights and threes, no low.
Salazar turned over for aces, no low.
Unable to win either half of the pot, Salazar was the first player to be eliminated from this final table.
Joining the action on fourth street and Zeidman checked, Rechnitzer bet out and Marks raised, Zeidman got out of the way and Rechnitzer made it three bets before Marks raised to four bets to set Rechnitzer all in.
Marks took the lead and picked up a flush draw on fifth before making a low and a straight draw on sixth, Rechnitzer also picked up a low draw on sixth but it wouldn't be good enough to beat Marks made low. Marks made a pair of sevens on seventh but Rechnitzer caught an eight, enough for the high half of the pot
Hernan Salazar started the action by bringing in with the . Hokan Lundberg completed with the and David Warga called with the . Salazar called as well.
Salazar: //
Lundberg: / - folded
Warga: //
Warga got the rest of his chips in on fourth street and improved to queens up, but Salazar improved his 8-5 low to a wheel on seventh street to knock out last year's champion.
It was passed to Lundberg who completed and Viox (who had the bring in) made the call. Lundberg proceeded to bet every street with Viox calling him down. On seventh it was checked down and Lundberg turned over for sixes and deuces which enough to win the entire pot.