We caught the action on fourth street, where Seiver bet when checked too, and was called by all three opponents. On fifth street the same action ensued, but in sixth street Seiver only received two calls. All three players checked on the river, and Seiver rolled over for two pair; eights and threes. His opponents mucked, and he's now up to 8,200 chips.
We caught the action on fifth street with Jeff Madsen calling a bet from his opponent. Madsen bet out on sixth street only to be raised by his opponent. Madsen called, then called once again on the river. His opponent flipped up for broadway, and Madsen mucked, dropping him to 3,500.
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We haven't caught many of his hands, but Daniel Negreanu, who was one of the chip leaders just over an hour ago, is now sitting on just 1150, or just under four big bets left. Its safe to say that "Kid Poker" will be doubled up or out within the next few minutes.
We caught up with the hand on fifth street, where Opponent 1 bet and was called by Elezra and the other player. On Sixth the player bet again, but this time only Elezra called. On seventh street both players checked, and Elezra's opponent opened up for two pair; queens and tens. Elezra opened up for a better two pair - aces and deuces - and is now up to 7,000 chips.
We arrived at the table and found Daniel Negreanu all in against Eric Buchman.
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Buchman's final three cards came , , to leave with him just sixes and threes. Negreanu, unfortunately, could not hit a better two pair as his last three cards were , , .
Buchman's is back the near the starting stack with 4,200.
Late registration for this event ended after the fourth level, and Daniel Alaei, Tom Dwan, Jason Mercier, Shannon Shorr, Eugene Katchalov, and John D'Agostino were amongst the players who got in just before the deadline.