We caught up with the action on fourth street, where Shoten bet and Buss called. Buss called another bet on fifth street, but on sixth he check-snap-folded when Buss picked up a fourth club. Buss tabled for a jack-high flush, and is now up to 14,300 chips.
We caught the action on fifth street with last year's POY Frank Kassela betting and his opponent Vasili Lazarou calling. Lazarou bet out on sixth, and Kassela raised him. Lazarou called, as he did on seventh street as well. Kassela said "one pair", and Lazarou flipped over the and the for two pair. Kassela mucked, and dropped down to around 4200 after the hand.
We just reported that Frank Kassela had been crippled on a previous hand, and now he has been eliminated. We caught the action on fifth street, where Kassela bet and got raised by Anthony Mosholder. Kassela called, then put himself all in on sixth street. Kassela showed in the hole for two pair, but Mosholder had already made a straight, with underneath. Kassela has been eliminated, and Mosholder is up to 16,800.
Wice completed and was only called by one player; Bowes. Wice led out on fourth, Bowes raised, and Wice called. Wice slowed down on fifth and sixth, opting to check-call two bets, and on seventh he checked again. This time Bowes checked behind, and Wise unhappily opened for a straight.
We're unsure if Wice checked blind or not, but unfortunately for him his check-raise failed. He still shipped the pot however, and is up to 27,000 chips.
Jean Gaspard - (x) (x) / / (x)
David Tighe - (x) (x) / / (x)
Tighe brought in, Gaspard completed, and Tighe came along for the ride. Gaspard led out on fourth, and Tighe called. On fifth, Gaspard led out again, but this time Tighe raised. Gaspard called. Gaspard slowed down on sixth, check-calling a bet, but on the river the two capped it and Gaspard was all in.
Gaspard showed [ks kd x] for trip kings, but they were no good against Tighe's for a full house.
Eric Buchman, who was part of the 2009 November Nine, has just been given a one round penalty. We came to the table amidst the controversy, but from what we can gather, Buchman was called on seventh street, and simply stated "you win" and tried to muck his hand. Bryan Devonshire asked that the hand be turned over, but Buchman tossed his cards into the middle of the muck, making them irretrievable. Buchman must now sit out eight hands, equal to 1,600 in antes with possible bring ins.
Tom Dwan entered the day with a solid stack of 22,300, but we just saw him getting up and leaving his table, with no chips in front of him, meaning he has been eliminated.
Jerry Buss was able to get his money in heads up against his opponent. Down to his final 3,000 chips at the start of the hand, his pair of Queens were ahead of the pair of eights of his opponent. Buss was ahead until the river when the other player made Aces up. Buss, without a draw or an Ace, needed one of the two live Queens. He bricked and gracefully shook his opponents hand.